a bit of rain through parts of the north bay. in the afternoon, mainly heavier, moderate rain in the north bay as it sweeps through moving from north to south throughout the evening hours. with that comes a winter storm warning as well. you don't want to be driving to and from tahoe tomorrow afternoon through saturday afternoon. up to two feet of snow expected in the highest peaks. i'll have my complete accuweather 7-day forecast coming up shortly. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the popular vacation spot that has asked airbnb to stop short-term rentals during the stay-at-home order. >>> first up, a brazen break-in. new surveillance video of a thief busting into a local jeweler. >>> plus we are tracking santa. the progress he's making right now in delivering gifts around the world. mom and dad. doctor's visits, landlords, parent-teacher nights, you name it. but when it came to getting them signed up for health insurance, i needed a little back-up. en covered california nos entienden. covered california offers free, expert assistan

there is a wind advisory for part of the bay area. it's the north bay. from 8:00 this morning through 4:00 in the afternoon we could see gusts that 40 miles an hour here. if we play this on future cast watch the bright red spots in the afternoon. focused along the coast and in the mountains. mostly in the north bay. gusts to near 40 miles an hour at times. once we get past sunset the wind will calm down and it won't be an issue. that covers the first issue. the second one is the rain. let's time that out. here comes the first chance for rain friday night. at 9:00 we start to see the leading edge of the showers arrived for the far north bay. advancing that through the overnight into very early saturday morning is when we see some of the best rain. that gets us to just before 4:00 saturday morning. noticed a pattern here. it's mainly focused on the north bay. not too terribly heavy. it will be enough that we notice rain. we could get maybe a quarter of an inch of rain out of that. that's friday night through saturday morning. and then a little bit of a bre

more of these 40s over the east bay, san francisco and the north bay. we can all handle this. we've had our jackets out for weeks, so we're good to go on that. what i want to change your attention to right now is a very weak system passing on by tomorrow. looks like it's really going to break up as it gets here from this area of high pressure to the south. high pressure always breaks up storm systems, so that, again, breaking this up. i think we'll only be left with a spotty drizzle chance tomorrow night. let me show you that better on my futurecast. you can see as that system approaches, we get some high clouds increasing tomorrow afternoon. so it's more of that filtered sunshine here from the north bay to the south bay. and then as we hit the evening hours, it's not much, but by the northern coast, we'd see a chance of some of that spotty drizzle. i even think down to about san francisco and the peninsula, we'd have a slight chance as well. temperatures tomorrow just a little bit here. i see some slight cooling as that cloud cover moves in. we'll be at 65 in livermore. 63 in

specifically the north bay coast in the north bay mountains. we could see gusts up to 45 miles an hour today between 8:00 this morning and 4:00 this afternoon. particularly windy day. not down along the major core doors, not in santa rosa and petaluma you should be back, but up along the mountains and the coast. here comes issue two. let's time out the rain. by the time we have got to friday night, this is tomorrow night, leading edge of the showers arrives. mainly focused on the north bay. it will be done by the time we get into saturday. most of saturday we should get a little bit of a break. late saturday a second system will come through and keep the showers going into sunday. it doesn't look like a soaker, but it certainly looks like measurable rain for the north bay. specifically, getting into saturday morning and again sunday through the heart of the day. bay areawide we could see some showers from that as well. shouldn't be a whole lot. most of it will be north bay stuff. low to mid 60s today. pretty much the general rule. you can see w

double that up in the north bay. we'll talk about what that means for the morning commute coming up. i know jobina is keeping an eye on this morning and tomorrow when it's wetter. how are we doing today, jobina? >> today is looking great. let's take it before all that rain comes through. good morning. thank you. so we will begin with a live look showing off emeryville. 80, not too bad. you can see those headlights making their way westbound. you know, look at the sensors from the toll plaza. no meeting lights on. there it's been a clear morning. moving over to our 880 at the coliseum camera in oakland. you can see what is happening. it's really just been -- there we go. i can see it now. i'm on a delay here. headlights are making their way southbound. so that's what we have going on in the traffic front. as i head out here, i will leave you with an overall picture of the map. if you are leaving your home in the bay area, you can see that it is pretty much clear unless you're coming out of than a holiday dinner table.

it starts in the north bay. by early afternoon it has finally started to work its way to the golden gate and it will then rain from the golden gate southward from early afternoon on. it's going to take time before it gets down to the peninsula and certainly the south bay. we don't really start to see rain in the south bay until the mid afternoon today. that's really the bulk of it. once we get passed mid afternoon, we have seen 90% of the rain. there will be isolated scattered showers that come with this over night but the bulk is in the afternoon. let's talk about rainfall totals. highest amounts are in the north bay. notice how numbers get smaller the further south you go. by the time you have gotten to nevada it's only .2. there is concord with less than a tenth. that is a theme we will see in the south bay. most spots from the city peninsula south bay east bay, you are getting less than a tenth of an inch of rain. so it rains but it doesn't necessarily rain a whole lot. it will get windy as the cold front co

throughout the east bay, the north bay because it's covering everywhere want to also show you some video of the across the bay area and this is what it looks like as you're out on the roadways here you can see the water, calming down now a major concern like you mentioned marty is we've had a lot. fires over the past few months and especially in the areas of the north bay, you know also the south bay. if you're in any of these areas and you've encountered or experience any of these fires. you're thinking about the mudslides so that is something that officials want to put on people's radar and the same way they've told people to be ready in mindful. the fires that potentially could happen you also have to prepare for mudslides also in the north bay we talked about the king tides, you know, and these areas in moran, especially where the tide is really high. the water is really thick and especially with the weather conditions today that's another main concern so if you are out if you have to do any community you want to be cautious today, especially because it looks like the entire bay area

of the north bay right now. i'll let you know how much rain you can expect >>> good morning, everyone. we have light rain falling over parts of the north bay roit now. y right now. you can see it here in the light green returns. we will see a lot of the rain hit the north bay the morning hours and slide south through the afternoon. temperatures are mild in the 40s and even 50s. 30s are gone except for san ma'am ramon. it's much milder because of the cloud cover. this afternoon, temperatures will be warmer as well, in the low 60s for the most part. so we have a couple of systems to tell you about and i'll show you that in my next forecast. >> thank you, frances. >>> in the east bay, santa helpers wore uniforms and badges. this is a look at oakland police handing out toys and food to more than a hundred families. officers identified the families in need during their regular tro patrols. they have organizing this giv give-away for past 30 years. >>> two separate toy dries. the police department gave us this video i

bay and then the rest of the north bay all the way up towards the coastline and marine and sonoma counties as well as napa county affected by these red red flag warnings and wind advisories. winds gusting in excess of 45 miles per hour for some of these areas gus regularly 15 to 25 miles per hour this morning. now as far as temperatures go winds have contributed to a much more mild start to the morning right now we're in a range of 30's, 40's and 50's dublin, you're one of our cooler spots at 39 while santa rosa look at that 51 to kick off the morning. nevada when napa each at 59 degrees much warmer start to the north bay, especially as we do see these winds whipping across the region napa 21 miles per hour winds right now now into the afternoon expect some of our warmest of temperatures in a while it's back to the 70's we go so it's warm it's windy and it is dry to kick off this new week. i'm talking the rest of your forecast all still to come. rebecca all right john thank you so much, let's a hit the roads now and check out your commute. >>on the bay bridge toll plaza approach looks grea

that we could get some drizzle in the north bay. first things first, let's talk about the daytime highs. temperatures in the low to mid 60s in this afternoon so we're a few degrees cooler than yesterday. now, another thing to keep in mind, spare the air alert is in effect for today. no wood burning allowed, we have unhealthy air quality in the north bay and the south bay expected for today. notice the time bar in the corner. we have the increase in cloud cover so we're starting out pretty clear and then that green that you see there is the possibility of seeing a little bit of rain mainly though drizzle for portions of the north bay. the rest of the bay area is going to remain dry. no measurable amounts of rain expected out of this system. just an increase in that cloud cover which is good because it will help sort of track us back up into our humidity. so it will help up bring up the humidity because as you know we have been dry. we are in need of the rain and then we have a chance coming tomorrow night and that's going to kick up

in the morning, top wind gusts across the north bay. notice how they really start to drop off as we head towards 5:00 in the evening when the red flag warning should expire. similar for the central bay and south bay. we have top wind gusts around diab low range and santa cruz mountains at sun advise. as we head through the afternoon, if there is any good news about this red flag warning, it should not last all that long as the wind speeds start to drop off. keep an eye on the forecast wednesday into thursday as we see a system to the north. chances are we could see another surge of north winds. i think there's going to be two windows for this. one we're seeing now, and potentially another one for thursday. but perhaps better news. if you look at this map heading into next weekend for a change, finally some chances for finding some rain getting closer to the bay area, and not really enough yet to put in the seven-day forecast. so as we head towards next weekend, increase in clouds, and i think at least for the north bay, by the time we g

north bay wind. it's going to be with you and up there is an advisory today for the coast of sonoma and marin county. and then as we get into the weekend there is a might rain coming our way. not a soaker, but we have some light rain. look out pretty the start of the day is. sunrise at 7:15. you can see the high clouds. somewhat visible hear from the top of hill . you can see them over san jose. while they may not show up as much in the camera in the tri- valley they are out there and it's impacting tim's. livermore down to 41. you would be down in the upper 30s without the. 44 concorde 46 oakland. 50 san francisco. 34 santa rosa. for the daytime highs, low to mid 60s with plenty of sunshine by the late morning and early afternoon. back with much more detail on that rain just a few minutes. how it does the drive look?>>> a busy one, especially for taking 880 through oakland. we have a trouble spot southbound 880 right at high street. you can see all of the this web popping up on the maps where you ha

low to mid 60s for the east bay shore, south bay, north bay and east bay. rain is on the way for the weekend. we'll talk more about it coming up. reggie? >> happening now, a major moment in the effort to end the pandemic. the fda advisory committee is meeting to decide if pfizer's coronavirus vaccine should be approved. jobina is tracking that from the live desk. >> good morning. the advisory committee meeting just began minutes ago. this is a live picture of that meeting. the panel expected to vote on emergency use authorization this morning and the fda will give final approval shortly after that. before that approval, there's that side effect that is likely to be the topic of discussion. we told you about this yesterday morning. out of thousands in the uk who received the shot, two people, both health care workers, had allergic reactions and recovered. research shows that the vaccine is 95% effective. when the fda signs off, 2.9 million doses will be sent out across the country within 24 hours. >> there's much more to learn here, we're operating under dif

the north bay is getting the best. you can see that around monterey and part of that could possibly work its way a little bit further to the north and come up through the monterey bay and the santa cruz mountains, maybe even up 101 around gilroy and up towards san jose. that's something to keep an eye on. here's a look at sfo and the wet tarmac there. as far as showers, they taper this morning.s will hope for su this afternoon. mostly clear, much colder the next two nights. watch out for frost and fog in our valleys, 2021 begins with unsettled weather. 56 to 58 is our spread today. look at this, from 30 in santa rosa to only 42 in san francisco. my accuweather 7-day forecast. dry and brighter after a cold start tomorrow morning. we'll try to hit 60 with that sunshine. now the clouds will dim us a bit wednesday. mid to upper 50s. a chance of showers new years morning by the time we ring in the new year, it will be dry. saturday and sunday are starting to trend a little bit wetter, especially sunday. i just put a 1 for t

through the north bay an easy drive. how easy, too easy -- well, not too easy. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> joe biden won the presidential election. probably no surprise to many of you but "today in the bay's" tracie potts is reporting on capitol hill plus another vaccine on the way. >> reporter: nbc confirms president-elect joe biden will tap pete buttigieg. former michigan governor jennifer grantholn and gina mccarthy to lead climate efforts at the white house. this as the senate's top republican says for the first time -- >> i want to congratulate president-elect joe biden. >> i'm looking forward to working with him. >> reporter: president trump tweeting overnight, too soon. >> the president is still involved in ongoing litigation. >> reporter: biden and democrats are focused on electing two georgia democrats. on january 5th giving $5 million to run-offs that could tip the balance of power in the senate. >> you voted as if your life depended on it. well, guess what, now you're going to have to do it again. >> reporter: in washington lawmakers are clos

we will be seeing it sticking around for san pablo bay, the north bay shoreline as well as the car keen as well in the late morning, so it's going to have an impact for most of our north bay commuters as well as inland east bay drivers south bay, coastal bay looking at some actually pretty clear conditions to the contrary i'll keep you updated on the latest through the morning. james, all right john thank you very much. let's give you a quick check of the bridges as we take a look at the bay bridge. >>nice our camera here at the toll plaza on the oakland sideshows you've got no issues as you make your way through the toll gates and across the span things look great here also looking fine in san mateo your san mateo bridge drive looking great on 92 the westbound direction on the right side with the taillights that's heading out towards the peninsula and as you can see traffic is moving without any problems whatsoever from here let's jump over to the richmond sandra fell bridge. now we are starting to see traffic slow a bit at the toll plaza side enrichment and that's because we do have o

and it is basically here in the north bay. where we have got the last of the showers just kind of hanging on. those are probably even barely noticeable on 101 near cloverdale. it is mainly rain in the mountains. there is still a possibility especially if we watch the futurecast which picks up on that rain. we'll see a few showers fall apart. by the time we get to 9:00 notary public morning. there will be a new crop of clouds that shows up as we get into the early afternoon. for the most part, we'll see plenty of blue skies today and we wait. watch. we get out of the way. there goes most of sunday and it is just clouds. all of a sudden showing up on the far edge of the screen would be sunday's rain. much more on that coming up in the complete forecast. as far as saturday is concerned with breaks of blue sky. we go to near 60 for the daytime high. if you are wondering how we did with rainfall, depends on where you are. we got a lot in the north bay. santa rosa got an inch. san francisco got four tenths of an inch of rain. if you

half an inch around the bay and up to an inch in the north bay. those will be on our highest extremes. all right. we'll take a greater look at the seven-day torcaforecast coming . we'll get over to jobina and see what she is watching this morning. you still have an accident in the east bay you said. >> in oakland some great news there. that has cleared. i'll pull that up in just a moment for you all. thank you so much, mike. good morning, everybody. starting off here with a live picture of the bay bridge. 12 minutes to get across if you're making your way westbound. and now that is, of course, once you make it through the metering lights because it's backed up there. the lights came on around 5:36 this morning. live picture here at the golden gate bridge. we haven't checked this out in a while. clear conditions and also in the south bay and this is what mike was talking about. in oakland, you can see this is all green and following a sig alert there earlier this morning involving multiple cars on westbound about the covid-19 virus. it's real. it's

in the south bay, santa cruz mountains, less across the north bay. things are start to dry out once we pass lunchtime tomorrow. the rain projections at least of the storm still highest for the santa cruz mountains and areas south of san jose. so morgan hill, santa cruz, down towards salinas, probably getting more out of the system than areas north of san francisco. round two comes in for wednesday into thursday. that two weeks will be a relatively light rain event as futurecast shows. most locations showing less than a quarter inch. other chances, next weekend, couple things going for this set up. it's longer lasting and we'll have a chance of tapping at times into an atmospheric river. parts of the north bay, rain totals can start to add up between saturday and sunday. as you look at the seven-day forecast, again, not a big impact out of the storm unless you're in the santa cruz mountains. and that, too, those totals will come down quite a bit. i don't think we'll see burn or debris issues from burn scars for this particular storm. same for the mid

tomorrow will be cool in the north bay. some areas dropping into the mid-30s like santa rosa, napa at 37. lots of mid-40s around the bay area. the accuweather seven-day forecast, morning rain to showers. we can certainly use the rain. brighter skies monday and tuesday, high pressure builds so we'll get a break. then our next system moves in, possibly wednesday night, maybe even wednesday afternoon. we'll be tracking that for you. thursday looks like a rainy day but it will be a very light system, much lighter compared to today. cool and breezy for friday, then next weekend looking wet, possibly, again, with another light system heading towards the north bay, liz. >> all right, frances, thank you. >>> two astronauts with bay area ties are candidates to walk on the moon in four years. one of them could be the first woman to do so. abc 7 news reporter david louie got to explore how their time here has prepared them for a space mission we earthlings can only dream about. >> reporter: born in petaluma, marine lieutenant colonel

that will bri bring us those moderate to light showers from the north bay down to the south bay right into the overnight hours. as we roll through tomorrow morning, the warm front will start to clear out. it's just more of some hit and miss activity for the morning and primarily for most of saturday, it's going to be dry for us. then as we head into sunday, that cold front is going to move on in, and that's when we could see some moderate, even a few heavier pockets of rain arrive by sunday morning right through the midday, and then as we roll through sunday afternoon, we'll start to see that system beginning to exit. rainfall totals with this one, pretty good here. up into the north bay we're looking at a half with some of the higher elevations right around three-quarters of an inch in that yellow color. the higher elevations of the east bay a half to three-quarters of an inch. f for the peninsula, we'll be right around a quarter inch to 0.4 inch. so a decent storm considering how much rainfall we have not had lately. sierra snow over the summit, be ready for winter conditions if you

bay where all across the entirety of the north bay were under red flag warnings and wind advisories both until 05:00pm tonight, the inland east bay also affected by these red flag warnings as is the san mateo coastline, including areas like pacifica half moon bay. so these areas right here exposed to some of the strongest of winds gusting regularly up to 45 miles per hour. peak, wind gusts and more exposed areas mountaintops as high as 60 miles per hour speaking of air quality though, at least we have seen the past couple of days in that regard we had a spare the air alert on saturday, some of our worst air quality we've seen in a while those winds are starting to mix out some of those por smoggy conditions that we had been seeing so there is improvement in that regard this morning and we will be looking at a much better day ahead of us to as far as air quality conditions are concerned forecast shows that today we remain sunny and dry we're going to stay that way in future cast all the way through this week, lots of sunshine temperatures well above average for this time of year. and

very little anticipated in the north bay. and the winds will be breezy, and we'll see along the coast that enhanced rainfall. here is a look at san jose, a little hazy here with the clouds. looking at the rain arriving later. and then our next weather maker will be some rain as we get into new year's eve, beginning in the daytime. the next few hours, as we get towards 3:00, you've got some sun out there. the rain is still offshore. let's take you through 7:00, 8:00. the rain is moving into the south bay. as it comes up from the south and west, it's going to get wrung out, that precip, along the higher elevations. elsewhere, to the east bay, not very much at all for our friends in dublin and pleasanton. same deal up in sonoma and napa, even marin, not expecting too much. peninsula, a tenth or two tenths. this is monday morning. taking out that level 1 for your monday, most of the rain will be over by the time we get to that commute monday. through 11:00 on monday, looking at very scant amounts here with 2/10 thchlths in san an

pretty chilly in the north bay. santa rosa at 32. napa at 39. we have a lot of mid 40s around the bay. san mateo and union city at 39 degrees. there's quite a bit of fog through the central valley. a dense fog advisory continues until 10:00 this morning. at fairfield, visibility dropped to a fourth of a mile. in napa, novato, santa rosa, less than five miles or so. live view from the exploratorium. looking out towards downtown san francisco. looks really pretty right now. mostly cloudy, possible sprinkles today. get ready for a wet and windy christmas with another storm arriving on sunday. highs today in the upper 50s to low 60s. san francisco, 60 degrees. oakland, 62 as well as san jose and napa at 57. antioch at 56. temperatures overnight will be in the 40s, some 30s as well with the fog returning through the valleys. fairfield one of the chillier spots at 32. milder around the bay. san francisco 47. oakland and san mateo at 46. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. possible sprinkles today. mostly cloudy. wet and windy tomorrow afternoon int

you can see this red color over the north bay. those are 30 to 40 miles per hour and 8 to 26 miles per hour at 10:00 p.m. on sunday. we'll keep that wind in the north bay mountains certainly through monday morning. we'll take you through the full time line. i'm back here in about 6 minutes. >> so no outdoor dining, no haircuts, no backyard lang out. the new stay at home order includes rules about socializing, guidelines for gatherings that are really bumming a lot of people out. >>> plus what needs to happen for life to get back to normal? we ask an infectious disease specialist. and it's easy to take the new covid test that could be the key to getting more students back in school. >>> okay, we are less than 48 hours from the first stay at home orders taking effect. and it's not just businesses being impacted. the new rules put a pause an your social bubble. you're not supposed to get together with anyone outside of your immediate household for the next four weeks. as nbc bay area's sergio quintana tells us that could make for a v

brentwood and up in the north bay they're both sig alerts from the chp. back to you. >>> thanks so much, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay," parents fighting back. the new legal fight some are launching as they say the state is shortchanging their kids during the pandemic. >>> plus, begging santa for a win. where the 49ers faithful will be able to tune in to cheer on their team the day after christmas. hint -- it's not on national tv. we'll be right back. by harnessing california's abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. tre

bay just a few hundredths of an inch of rain although been out of there in the north bay has already picked up over 2 >>we're getting more on the way tonight, the clouds are already beginning to roll in outside, but we're waiting for the main event that likely to move in right about midnight tonight. that's when this thing comes roaring in and then you start to see some moderate to maybe some heavy amounts of rainfall moving on through kind of fast mover through the night tonight. so i think the worst coming overnight tonight and tapering off you can see couple scattered light showers outside right now the most that in the north bay and also rain you see the rain moving through in that direction just very light at this time but that's going to change overnight tonight, the scattered showers and then we start to gain the colors and there you can see by just after midnight, some moderate amounts some heavy amounts of rainfall moving in there and that's sweeping across the bay area about one 45 2 o'clock in the morning right through the heart of the bay area sliding in the south bay and

notice the north bay not seeing a lot. north bay breezes helping eat the rain. it evaporates it a lot of times aloft. we don't see big totals with this storm or the storm that will likely arrive late wednesday into thursday. right now new year's eve the evening part of thursday looks dry. rain totals generally less than 0.1 inch of rain. next weekend could be interesting as we see the weather pattern setting up that could tap into multiple atmospheric river type set-ups over the next ten days so the rain now between now and new year's eve doesn't look that big but watch as we jump the forecast forward ten days. red and purple on the north coast, mend sinno county, parts of sonoma county could involve 2 to 3 inches or more rainfall and that could be aiming in on us midway through next weekend. stay tuned. short term chilly with showers early in the day tomorrow. another mainly luight rain even wednesday night into thursday. things may get more interesting next weekend as that could become the gateway to more strong storms with the atmospheric river connection tha

friday, make sure you have your umbrellas if you're in the north bay. by 2:00 p.m. it starts to slide southward, but the bulk of the moisture is in the north bay. 6:00 it is going to be wet everywhere across the bay area going into 11:00 p.m. and a few lingering showers on saturday before the system moves out. in terms of rainfall totals because of the fast nature of the storm, we're not expecting a whole lot. winter storm watch friday morning to saturday morning for the mountains. look at this. possibly up to three feet for the peaks, a foot to a foot and a half, between 5,000 and 6,000 feet. travel is going to be difficult, so probably to hold off. the accuweather 7-day forecast, sprinkles possible tomorrow, wet and windy on christmas, level one going into saturday morning and a cold storm sunday/monday. we need the storms. we're going to get them. as far as white christmas, dan and ama, the sierra will see it, but obviously we're all in lockdown so can't just head up there right now. >> maybe i'll get a poncho along with my roller skates on christmas. >> good ide

highest totals will be at elevation in the north bay. places could see an inch and a half like mount tam. probably about a half inch in san francisco that we could see. and then as we move for the to the south bay, you can see it starts to get a little lower. but still a widespread rain would be so welcome. so i'm so happy to see this on the weekend. some of this is virga is not necessarily hitting the ground this. is sprinkles rolling through kind of moving in towards san francisco. and again, it's part of a bigger system. look to the north of us. kind of interesting to see. there's a little snow on the mountaintops to the north and northern california. this is the big system that is offshore. and essentially, we're in the warm sector of the warm front that is passing through now. but ultimately, when you get in through saturday, it's going to be the storm tracker. live look outside. you certainly see some of those clouds out there. and we are looking at san francisco, where it's 50 degrees. oakland, 55. livermore, 53. and san jose, rou

look at the north bay. we could see about half an inch of rain or more as you go farther to the north. with the next round of rain coming in between sunday night and monday, we could see some additional rainfall totals in all, about a quarter inch of rain for parts of the south bay and east bay, about half inch of rain for the coast and a little bit higher as we look at the north bay. for sierra snow, it's not looking as impressive at the initial runs, up to close to a foot in kingsvale. we do need all this rain and snow. we are in an extreme drought that continues for the north bay while much of the rest of the bay area is in a severe drought. so we'll be watching out for all of those rain chances going into the next several days. hopefully, it does help us out. with our christmas rain coming in, our temperatures will cool off. look at next week. we're only looking at highs in the low 50s in san francisco, as well as the inland areas. marcus? >> thanks, kari. >>> coming up for you, newborns are celebrating

, then the east bay and very little rainfall is expected up towards the north bay, perhaps nothing up in sonoma, and napa. monday morning scattered showers, but by monday afternoon, wie're back into partly cloudy skies so rainfall amounts from a couple hundredths in the north bay to maybe a tenth as you get closer to the bay, and then along the coast, maybe a quarter to a third of an inch, and you can see all the way down through the santa cruz mountains, the shading creates a higher rainfall totals but still, not very much. as we get into your tuesday, we're dry, and into wednesday, but we're not looking at the typical big ridge of high pressure. we're looking at storms continuing to move in from the west, even though it's maybe just clipping the bay area early new year's eve. still some beneficial light showers, maybe a little bit of light snow. we're dry into the end of the week, and then as we get into next saturday, looking at more shower activity, so that's certainly some good news as we enter into 2021. high temperatures today from the mid-50s to about 60 degrees in fremont, lo

area and the north bay and some of the inland areas. santa rosa 48 as well as novato. napa is 50 and foggy and 46 in fairfield, also in livermore. on our storm impact scale, it's one out of five. it's a light storm. the heaviest rain is happening right now during the next few hours in the morning. it turns into scattered afternoon showers, slight chance of thunder through parts of the north bay. and here is the forecast animation, so 8:00 this morning, we'll still see that widespread rain and some more moderate rainfall moving through 10:00 this morning through the south bay, peninsula and even into the east bay. by lunch time we'll get a little bit of a break but still expect some pop-up showers throughout the afternoon. so it's not quite over. don't be surprised by a pop-up shower if you're headed out this afternoon, and then by 11:00, mostly dry with a slight chance of a shower. then it looks like it will be dry for the next couple of days monday and tuesday. total rainfall amounts from half an inch to maybe less than that, a quarter

bay and evening hours for other yare yi areas south o north bay and another round of rain coming in by sunday and tracking all of this and talking about the timeline and how much rain you could expect. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> kari, it's looking great. this week tends to have lighter traffic and i mean the week of christmas with folks changing their work schedules, and of course, the lighter commute during the pandemic and the shelter at home. the bay bridge toll plaza has no backup and the north bay, solano county calling out there, as well. no problem for the green sensors and live look at san mateo how very light the traffic flow is. we will show little build and track that and for now back to you, marcus. >> thanks, mike. >>> two million cases and counting. california passed the threshold last night and continued to add more cases than any state in the country averaging more than 40,000 per day over the past week. now, it led to a dire new warning from bay area health leaders. they say the next two days will p be cr

fog will develop in the south bay and north bay. it will be an unsettled start to our first weekend of 2021. best chance of rain will be sunday. for today, about 55 to 58 degrees with more sunshine north, less sunshine south. tonight, look at that freezing cold temperatures in the north bay valleys. most likely in the tri valley and the east bay. a whole lot of 30s around the bay itself. be ready for that cooler weather. we get a bit of a break tuesday, wednesday. some morning showers as we try to finally say good-bye to 2020. wake up 2021 on friday. it looks like a little sunshine and then some chances of wet weather saturday and sunday. no impact scale needed just quite yet. kumasi? julian? >> coming up next. the girl scouts versus boy scouts. why one youth organization is suing the other. >>> and a man on a mission to swim 1 million yards. the personal reason behind this goal that he just reached. >> okay. >>> and coming up tonight on abc7, the buffalo bills going up against the new england patriots in monday night football. kick

highway 101 in the north bay. her mother now >>> president-elect joe biden is turning to california in selecting his health and human services secretary. biden plans to pick attorney general xavier becerra who would lead the administration's response to the pandemic. he was also considered a candidate to replace kamala harris in the senate. governor gavin newsom will have to appoint someone to take over as attorney general as well. >>> and we are hearing for the first time today about a connection between former san francisco mayor ed lee and three people charged in a corruption scandal at san francisco city hall. lee appointed former public works director mohamed nuru and former public utilities commission general manager harlan. both now facing federal charges. chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor fi contributor phil matier says a criminal complaint uses the code name 35 for lee. lee was a longtime friend of wong, an influential character who has plead guilty to fraud charges in the case lee died of a hea

okay, this is starting out in the north bay. if you're in santa rosa you're good for most of the afternoon to get out. we will see clouds rolling by and temperatures only reach into the mid-50s but the rain doesn't get here until around sunset or thereafter so you have time to get in outdoor activities. the evening commute will be pretty sloppy. let's go through when we are expecting heavier rain. not here until later on tonight. i wanted to stop the clock for you at 11:00 tonight. we start to see some of those showers moving on through for the north bay but not into san francisco until about midnight. moving from north-to-south it's late tonight, most of us will be sleeping as this rain moves through. then by the time we wake up tomorrow morning, it's starting to clear out. the roads may still be wet for your morning commute but we going to see bulk of that rain moving off towards the south and east. clearing for tomorrow afternoon. so tomorrow will be another day we can get out and enjoy after getting a nice amount of rain. le

so in other words, another spare the air alert north bay, and south bay. could experience the worst air quality. live doppler 7, it is mostly clear, and as we look at the wider perspective there's some clouds offshore. the tail end of this system will move into northern california and we could see just a splash, maybe a few sprinkles, some drizzle overnight. it is 38 in campbell right now. 39 in sunnyvale. mountain view, 37 for you. and as we look at the rest of the bay area, chilly conditions inland, around livermore, also in the north bay, add in a slight wind and it feels like it's either in the upper 20s or low 30s there with that air temperature of 34 in novato, 36 in livermore, and looking at 49 san francisco, 50 in alameda. so about a 14 to 15 degree spread this morning so we've got our spare the air alert today with the poor air quality north bay, santa clara valley and then things improve as the winds arrive tomorrow, and this will take us through the rest of the week, in fact temperatures warming for december standards monday into tuesday, the wa

our north bay temperatures. no big surprise. some of our coolest again fairfield petaluma and santa rosa beach down to 34 degrees. so yeah it's a chilly start get the winner jacket on yet again as you venture out there hoping that even though it is cold it will be an easy drive into work this morning, we have rebecca strom in for robin this morning and she's taking a look at traffic as you do expect a 05:00am the roads are still light at the bay bridge i hope it holds up that way yeah exactl

yep, the rain moved to parts of the north bay and round two starts today, moving through the bay area from north to south. you can take a look at live doppler 7 and see where the rain is falling right now over parts of the bay area and this will start to slide south throughout the day. light to moderate rain expected. live view as we look out from emeryville, your day planner at 7:00 this morning, temperatures in the 40s and 50s. widespread rain. it will be breezy in the hills, and then this afternoon, most temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, so cooler day. showers will be tapering off and then tonight, mostly dry, but we'll still see lingering chances as the system exits the bay area. it does mean snow in the sierra and i'll talk about that as well as a coastal flood advisory and high surf advisory coming up. >> frances, thank you. >>> the first doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine will soon be on the way to california and the bay area. earlier this morning, the first doses of the vaccine were loaded into boxes at the pfizer facility in kalamazoo, michigan. this is still happening ri

no problems here into the north bay, no problems from the north bay rolling south on one on one a quick trip here leaving nevada where under 25 minutes from highway 37 to the toll plaza james five-fifty is the time and while millions of americans struggle through the pandemic democrats or republicans are still pretty far apart. >>on another relief package, one of the biggest sticking points blocking a new deal is whether to include liability protections for businesses. >>that would in essence prevent them from being sued if workers contract covid-19 while on the job. republicans say they want to prevent frivolous lawsuits. democrats though say giving businesses immunity will lead to the potential abuses and unsafe work environments that they've seen in the past. >>businesses will be from any kind of liability and that has to come out you should have some level of safe harbor as it relates to. >>a covid sometimes companies don't workers need to sue them to make sure the work place is safe. >>congress has until this friday to reach a deal on whether or on another funding bill or face a go

area, especially in the north they and the east bay hills. this is a rare warning for december in northern california and with no relief in sight. >>most of the models have been showing very limited chance for precipitation in terms of red warnings in the month of december we had 2 other instances over the last 10 years as the previous one was actually back in 2017. and then the one before that was in 2013. so those were also particularly dry years and we had some pretty historic fires during those years as well. >>the red flag warning is all day today through 5 o'clock this evening and firefighters mention it's a good time to make sure they have an emergency plan and you know the escape route in case there's a fire in your neighborhood so we're to be talking about this in december but yeah here we are we just well and you think we have some rain by now but that hasn't been the case tried to dry, i know all month long so far we've been dry. we finish november on a dry note we're going to stay dry this weekend. >>likely next week too so that d

bay and evening hours for other yare yi areas south o north bay and another round of rain coming in by sunday and tracking all of this and talking about the timeline and how much rain you could expect. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> kari, it's looking great. this week tends to have lighter traffic and i mean the week of christmas with folks changing their work schedules, and of course, the lighter commute during the pandemic and the shelter at home. the bay bridge toll plaza has no backup a t

the north bay coast is the outlier. we have strong northerly winds allowing for mixing of our air and keeping temperatures warmer in spots. we are still chilly for sure. looking outside here, we're looking at some of the patchy frost in the inland valleys, increasing clouds for tomorrow, christmas eve. we're looking at rain on christmas day. a storm arriving later in the evening. that's going to set the stage for a progressesive wet p ivive. today, mid 50s, plenty of sunshine. oakland, upper 50s, it will take a while to get there. the rest of the bay area near 60 in san jose, plenty of sun out there. 58 in richmond. and as what we're getting ready for. a level 1 system that will be breezy with winds 20 to 30 miles per hour, the rain coming in late in the evening anywhere from two-tenths to an inch of rain. >> all right. thank you so much. good morning, everybody. so checking in on traffic here, we do not have major crashes or blocking issues. hopefully i have that same story throughout the week as things calm down and p

fog up in the north bay in the usual spots. let's talk about your highlights for this forecast period. partly cloudy today. you'll need the sunglasses. a quiet pattern once again. seasonal temperatures tonight as the high clouds blanket us again with patchy fog in the north bay. it will change this weekend. more clouds, a little bit cooler as a cold front gets close. it doesn't bring us rain. what it does do is kick up winds that could cause a heightened fire danger sunday night into monday. right now you can see all that moisture to our west. that is going to head to the north other than a few high clouds. look how close we are to the santa ana wind event. you can see that dry air backing its way from vegas across the high desert and heading towards southern california. that's why they're going to have such a high fire danger today through saturday. back here at home, 61 to 66 our highs today. couple degrees warmer than average. tonight, mid to upper 30s inland. low to mid 40s around the bay. that's close to average. here's my

friday, make sure you have your umbrellas if you're in the north bay. by 2:00 p.m. it starts to slide southward, but the bulk of the moisture is in the north bay. 6:00 it is going to be wet everywhere across the bay area going into 11:00 p.m. and a few lingering showers on saturday before the system moves out. in terms of rainfall totals because of the fast nature of the storm, we're not expecting a whole lot. winter storm watch friday morning to saturday morning for the mountains. look at this. possibly up to three feet for the peaks, a foot to a foot and a half, between 5,000 and 6,000 feet. travel is going to be difficult, so probably to hold off. the accuweather 7-day forecast, sprinkles possible tomorrow, wet and windy on christmas, level one going into saturday morning and a cold storm sunday/monday. we need the storms. we're going to get them. as far as white christmas, dan and ama, the sierra will see it, but obviously we're all in lockdown so can't just head up there right now. >> maybe i'll get a poncho along with my roller skates on christmas. >> good ide

we have a straggling shower early in the morning in the north bay. temperatures are reaching into the upper 50s in the afternoon. we are between three to five degrees above normal. temperatures will drop slightly as the next chance of rain moves in on sunday. enjoy the mild conditions tomorrow before the wet weather rolls back in for the second half of the second half of the weekend. sunday will bring widespread rain. we dry out by monday afternoon. the dry weather continues on tuesday and wednesday before we see the next chance of showers heading our way for the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. that is a phrase we are all waiting here. >>> we have a goodbye to one of the best basketball as ever. the only day that the nfl had not played a game, that box was checked off the ♪ we're going to find the perfect tree. we're going skating. we're going to nana's. wherever you go this holiday, chevy can help you get there. which is why we're making our chevy... ...employee discount available to everyone. the chevy price you pay... ...is what we pay. n

look at the north bay, lower 40s now. that's a ten degree warm up from where you have been for each of the last several mornings. it feels better to step outside in the north bay. it doesn't feel that different anywhere else. we'll watch for patchy fog for the first part of this morning. concord, livermore, inland valleys of east bay could see some of the fog. let's talk about the rain. first line gets here by late morning in north bay. here we are at 11:00 noticing light showers in santa rosa. by 1:00, it is focused primarily on north bay. sonoma, marin, look at the line about to come through the golden gate and work across the bay area. early afternoon, we should notice the rain. by late afternoon it is finally raining in the south bay. i don't think we will get a lot, maybe a tenth of an inch of rain. we could see a half inch in the north bay. scattered showers will stay with us. once it starts you will get breaks but there is a possibility for rain from early this afternoon all the way to early saturday morning. if we

>>coming up but north bay animal sanctuary asked to pack up and move. >>tonight find tale shows us what's supposed to happen next. >>he and graham. you see was fast approaching and even the pandemic isn't going to stop us from having have fun check out the fireworks and looking ahead to what we have better 2021 that's right. he was spending a lot of time right here on our couch foam and we hope you stay safe at home and join us on new year's eve, starting at 1130. >>welcome back a north bay animal sanctuary will have to start off 2021 and a whole new direction. that's because the owner has been given 30 days to move in that it move involves a little goat that you might remember. >>which is the pygmy goat has settled into his new life and wonder farm sanctuary in penn grove in sonoma county is a little chunkier than the last time we parish has gained a little weight catches likes to sneak into the alpaca as a source. if i did volunteer reserve watching him, area last time owners had to move in given month. >>now patches will be on the move again. linda b

it's already starting to rain in parts of the north bay. as we get a closer look a lot of light green so light showers and we'll get more heavy as we go into the evening. as we widen out the view you can see how much more rain moving through the bay area as we go into today and moving north to south. i want to show you the forecast in san jose as we take a look at the clouds starting to move in. clouds tloud the day and temperatures reaching into the 60s. now here the rain doesn't arrive until after sunset. temperatures cooling off. for all of the bay area the time line with the north bay covered with rain and then we start to see some yellows and oranges. into the east bay it's still going to be off and on with the showers starting this afternoon. most of it clearing out as we go into tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon is pretty much sunny. the potential of decent amounts of rainfall for the north bay up to close to an inch of rain for ukiah and over to napa. less than that for areas south of the golden gate bridge. for the sierra loo