Right now this frid morning over e city. We look ahead to the weekend. Good morning. Its friday, january 29th. Another rainy morning. You saw all of that green on the radar. Lets get to meteorologist mary lee to talk about the weather. Hi, michelle. We are looking at light rain. We are dealing with wet weather as we start off the day. Zooming in on hidef doppler, you can see the green and orange colors. Orange and yellow colors. Light rain over san jose and down through 101 into morgan hill. You can see its pouring over you and light rain over fremont, hayward and livermore and san ramon at this hour. A live look at the San Francisco camera. You can see that light rain from concord, oakland and for livermore. Temperatures in the mid40s as well as San Francisco and san jose. 37 in santa rosa. As we head through the day, we are looking at a little bit of sunshine. So, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. Highs in the low 50s on the coast and nd the bay inland. Can see ashead through the day, we are looking at noon, a little bit of sunshine and, so, partly sunny as we head through the afternoon. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. Be careful. Slick services from the rain this week. We have a couple of accidents. 280 southbound we have a trouble spot near vista point blocking the number 3 lane from the left. In the south bay, dealing with flooding on the exit ramp from 280 southbound at 10th street. You will see standing around ponding water in the area. Heading to the bridges, things are quiet. Golden gate bridge is looking good. 15 minutes southbound 101 from the Richmond San Rafael bridge. We just got new video in from the far south bay. Actually this is south of the santa cruz mountains. A pg e truck got caught up in a landslide overnight it ended up 100 road. Was inaccessible to vehicles after a landslide. A tree was down blocking both lanes of valencia in front of a home. That tree did cause some damage, we can see, to the front of the property there. It looked like the front deck of the home appearance to have been lifted up by the tree as that went down. So, they are still experiencing some periods of heavy rain in that area. So, the Damage Assessment will begin once the sun comes up later this morning. We will be on top of it. Back to you. Developing this morning, cleanup is underway in caramel after the river under well maryland a lagoon spilling water into a nearby neighborhood. Emergency crews punched a hole in the lagoon to give it a quicker path to the pacific. It is a protected fish habitat and they didnt want to empty it unless they had to. The storm watch continues with wild weather across the state. A crazy amount of snow in the sierra over the past 24 hours. Nearly 40 inches have fallen in dunn nears ski ranch. Squaw 28 inches of snow. 80 was closed in both directions last night because of spinouts and avalanche control measures. The closure left drivers stranded for hours. Mmthe king calirnia. It poured in Ventura County clogging up storm drains. Some areas are facing the threat of debris flows and flooding from downpours. Happening today, caltrans crews will be out on highway one near big sur to assess damage caused by a massive mudslide. Outdoor dining is back in San Francisco despite the cold and wet weather. Eager diners went out to eat for the first time in almost two months. On Chestnut Street in the marina, lines were down the street for tables and curbside parklets. The owner of fran coulds latin table was grateful for the return of in person dining. Like a big relief because now we will be able to do a little more business. I know that its kind of scary with this new variant and things. But keep distance and do the measures to be safe. Other low risk activities allowed in San Francisco include indoor, nail and hair services. Local Health Officials are clamming the states plan to hand over Covid Vaccine distribution to blue shield. Blue shield is tasked with creating a faster and more Equitable Network to distribute shots to tens of millions of people in cafornia. Bufromsethey are not sure what problem is being solved. Blue shield declined our request for an interview but said in part great work has been done and together we can dramatically expand the rate of vaccinations so that all californians can be protected. Covid cases in Santa Clara County are steadily declining. The daily count isdo 50 compared to earlier this month. Yesterday the county Public Health department reported 828 new cases. Compare that to more than 1700 on just january 9th. As for the vaccine rollout, a new pop up vaccine clinic just opened in East San Jose you see a lot of hope. We had people, they are smiling, right. Some folks are emotional. I feel safe and secure. The clinic can vaccinate up to 500 people when its open on tuesdays and thursdays. Live to the white house. The discovery of another coronavirus variant is adding more urgency to the countrys fight against the pandemic. Cbss deborah alfarone on the warning from experts. Reporter a dangerous new coronavirus strain has turned up in the United States infecting two patients in different parts of south carolina. There is no known travel history and no known connection between the two cases. Reporter this variant was initially detected in south africa. Its bieve be more contagious and possibly more resistant to vaccines. The more uncontrolled spread of virus there is in this country or anywhere in the world, the more likely it is that strains will emerge and spread which are either more infectious or potentially more lethal. The discovery comes as another variant takes hold in the u. S. It was first identified in the uk. There are encouraging signs to report. The nations overall infection and hospitalization numbers are down roughly 35 from highs set earlier this month. Every 2,000 folks over the age of 65 that we vaccinate is four lives saved. Reporter 26. 2 million Covid Vaccine doses have been administered in the u. S. So far. I want to stick around long enough to see my great grandchildren grow up. Reporter novavax shows its trial is 90 effective against the coronavirus but less effective against the south african variant. Still ahead onkp 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, small investors turn wall street in turmoil. The bay area app at the center of it all. A live look from our camera this morning looking east. Protesters demanded wall street, short sellers pay up on a big bet. The Commission Free trading app lets people buy and sell without a broker. That is how reddit users up ended the hedge funds by short selling game stop. Big investors were down about 5 billion from robin trstns the stock sending by . Tgi thbe they ed this is peoples money. That teaches us that things have changed that were in a world in which a fringe set of investors, possibly a large number of them like to cause havoc for hedge funds, especially those that are shorting firms. General motors announcing big goals for the year adding. Diane king hall has todays money watch report. Reporter wall street rebounded a day after experiencing the biggest loss in three months. The dow rallied be 300 points. S p 500 rose 36. Game stop was not part of the rally. The video Game Retailer stock fell sharply after Online Investment Services restricted trading in itraticiwere vere t trading certain stocks like game stop yesterday but hedge funds were free to continue. By the close, the price was down 44 to 193 a share. General motors surprised the automotive world on thursday announcing its intention to stop producing gas and diesel powered vehicles by the year 2035. The company says the move to an all electric fleet is part of a larger goal to become Carbon Neutral in the next two decades. According to the wall street journal, electric vehicles represent 2 of gms worldwide sales. Thats your cbs money watch report. For more head to cbsmoneywatch. Com. At the cbs broadcast center, im diane king hall. The idea of buying diamonds sight unseen may be nerve racking like popping the question. But a new trend driven by social media is getting a ringing endorsement. Reporter shopping for the perfect Engagement Ring doesnt involve going omto ste these days. Many, millennials in remotely b through instagram. Solitaire oval. Its a simple design. Reporter kristins fiance purchased this custom Engagement Ring without seeing it in person. With a big purchase its nerveracking to do it remotely, but they did a really good job in answering all my questions and then when will i received it it looked better in person. Reporter they got engaged this past august on treasure island. The clear cut, a direct to consumer Engagement Ring and Fine Jewelry Company says more couples are spending time together in quarantine and as a result taking the next step. The clear cut sales are largely driven by instagram and recently tiktok. You are in trouble. Reporter this particular tiktok has more than 1. 1 million views. The nature of the si as we do most of our custom rings completely remotely. We deal with clients from all over the world that reach out to us. We have a phone consul station with them. Reporter founder and ceo says the brand has not only sustained its business during the covid outbreak, but seen a 150 year over year increase in Quarterly Sales revenue. Now everyone is stuck at home and comfortable buying everything online, the diamond is another purchase. Reporter the clear cut starts the design process virtually and uses zoom, face time and video to help clients craft the perfect ring. I knew 2020 was the year oug not coming because of covid. Reporter this san upleand h sweethearts got engaged in tahoe. I didnt even look at the ring until i proposed because we were also living together and covid so we got it shipped to her friend. Reporter with hints from stephanies friends, the ring turned out to be what she dreamed off. The rings range from 5,000 to a quarter million dollars. This 7carat ring was sold. Value the simple things in life more. Reporter in San Francisco, kpix 5. The clear cut says their price points are less than traditional retailers. The time is 4 46. Time for a check of the forecast. Mary, you deserve a big rock for keeping us informed with this wild weather for sure. Thank you, len. Love you. All right. We okthe weather conditions calming down a bit. It is well to our south and away from us. The heavy rain is gone. We are looking at wet weather starting off the day in spots. On hidef doppler you can see the south bay tracking cells from morgan hill and onntraast. Zoom in closer, the light rain is over san jose as well as we look to milpitas and the trivalley getting light showers for you and across san ramon. Concord you can see that cell. We are looking for wet weather for the south bay and east bay. Mid40s in San Francisco and for san jose. Upper 30s santa rosa. This upper level low is bringing those showers for us this morning. As that kicks out we are looking at sunshine this afternoon. Hour by hour on futurecast, we will catch the clearing. As we head through tomorrow, most of us will be dry with mostly cloudy skies. But really that better chance of rain be r the no golden gate showfilling in to t n frciscowand then sunday, sameu ha better anceseeingwet weather. Then into monday, widespread rain with the next storm system. We are looking at the sunrise today, 7 15. Sunset at 5 30. Checking the daytime highs. To the south bay we go. 55 santa clara. 56 in san jose. To the east bay, concord, a high of 55 and pleasant hill. Mid50s for the San Francisco a oakland. Mid50s for the north bay later on today. Here is the extended forecast and what you can expect. Again, catching a little bit of sunshine through our day with partly sunny skies. Again, that better chance of rain will be north of the golden gate for the weekend. Widespread rain for monday. Nothing like what we just saw. Tracking an upper level low that will bring more rain for us monday, tuesday and then a drying weather pattern through wednesday and through the rest of next week. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic with wet roadways this morning. Yeah. Be careful with the slick surfaces. In oakland we have a closure in both directions. Caltrans and pg e crews eng pai. East high et. Yo off at high street or fruit veil. They are hopping to have it opened in the next 30 minutes or so but the closure has been out there for an hour. They estimate an hour for the closure. Use 880 as an alternate. Better bet to avoid delays on 580. 580, another portion, as the du a crash at santa rita road. Al few brake lights from the 580202 connector. Sluggish working toward north flynn on the westbound siding 2 10th street. We have standing water there heading through that exit ramp. Traffic elsewhere on 24 eastbound before oak hill we have the right lane blocked due to a crash there as well. Mary mentioned slick surfaces out there. There is raindrops on the lens on the san mateo bridge. The warriors last night, well, sometimes you are the dog, sometimes you are the hydrant. Three sthtthere for the taking. So, what happened. The good news happening in the bay area, go to kpix. Com together or send your storie. The warriors last night, when the coach isnt happy with shot selection, execution, up and down play, you pour all that in a cocktail and shake it up, thats a bad tasting mix. Chris and his sons had three straight losses at golden state. A 14 point deficit. Two guys had a nice day at the office. Forgetable third quarter. Her is curry, three of his 27. Cut phoenix lead to 6. The numbers dont lie. Warriors got to the free throw time eight times. Jay crowder nailed a three. Then for good measure, michael bridges. A long two. Suns scored double figures including all five starters. Upped the lead to 12. Ke is not the night for the warriors offense that could en th hottroi ford coach probably said watch my boys play. Spencer jones, a quarter pocket three to take the second half for free. Stanford after losing 20 straight to the cats completed a season sweep. First sweep since 2008. Stanford 5th in the conference with a regular of 63. Arizona state, curtain of distraction. No fans, no one to man it. Cal was in the house. Christher uled ep and itatin sude n itla in. Arks the roadgaindowntodenver lo fr e scinntof ne bit went in the basket. Colorado won it 30. The sharks, well, they will play the first, quote, home game monday. That will be in the desert. From that to the nfl and texas quarterback deshaun watson. Topic of yesterday. Watson a top 4 rated quarterback asked the texans to trade him. Any team would have to pay a steep price to get him. He led the nfl in passing yards last season and is under contract for four more years. If i amim like, ay, lets start with two number ones and go from there as the wheeling and dealing will ensue. Thats enough. Ill see you later. Time is 4 56. Still ahead in the next half hour, a lagoon overwhelmed. Are a couple of hours away from gyms reopening in alameda county. It feels like life is slowly getting back to normal in san ramone. A live report. Another look outside. This is from the rooftop camera from the transamerica pyramid. Z47ozz zi0z y47ozy yi0y. Right now on pigs 5 kpix 5 and cbsn bay area. , the vaccination plan getting pushed back by county officials. Why the decision is causing confusion. East bay as one business gets ready to welcome members back. Lets get a check of the weather with meteorologist mary lee. Hi, michelle, we are looking at wet weather as we start the day in spots. Afternoon, we will drive things out. On hidef doppler, catching showers for us, especially as we look to the south bay and the east bay right now. So, we are looking at some light to moderate showers pushing through. You can see fr down 101 and parts of the san jose area, as we look to the east bay, showers as well as up through san
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