as soon as tomorrow. let's bring in ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo with when the next storm is going to be moving in, mark looks like we are talking about some rainfall developing to morrow morning sometime between priority seven and 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, so kind of a mid morning deal, but today as we kind of have you been hearing we're celebrating the break in the rain fall for today across the bay area. in fact, a nice day to get outside. you can see our live camera looking out towards the estuary out towards san francisco. just some high clouds, some filtered sunshine, but a beautiful day with temperatures. actually the warm side lots of sixties you'll probably notice that change when you step outside the door, but we are talking about some more rain in your friday forecast. and your weekend, especially on saturday and looks like another system wants to move into the region early next week from monday, so the stormy active pattern will continue. but today we put a pause on all of that. we enjoy the sunshine across the region. now there are some rain . it's heading up to our north as you can see up on the north coast of california, so we just have some high clouds and some rainfall kind of getting close to the north bay, so there is a slight chance of a north based sprinkle. but as you can see, with the radar right now, the main activity is heading up to our north, especially right around cape mendocino right around humboldt county, but things will be changing for tomorrow and plan on a soggy weekend here in the bay area as the storm track kind of re energizes itself and wants to focus right here in the bay area will have more on that more. your forecast coming up in a few months. all right, mark, thanks so much cleaning up from this week's storm continues as another system looms on the peninsula, a tree that came crashing down in foster city, sparking renewed interest in a controversial plot of land. ktvu sally rasmus has that story owns this corner lot on beach park boulevard and foster city says he's been trying to have this building and the trees here demolished for years. last night. mother nature may have sped up part of that process. at first glance, it looks like someone took a giant ax to the nearly 100 ft. tall cyprus and split it in half part of the tree trunk came down last night on several parked cars. luckily no one was hurt. the other part of the trunk fell onto a vacant building 16 on one beach backboard, but if you google it, you know the controversies. it's been going on for a long time. cassandra bobbo bought this one acre lot 20 years ago, he gave us a tour of the building used to be a church, then a community center. it sits on prime bayfront real estate with views of the water and san mateo bridge, and it's been empty for 14 years in 2019 dibaba applied to build 32 town homes on this lot, the city considered and rejected the plan. neighbors worried about whether the city could handle that many new residents on such a small parcel this land and what to do with it has been a point of contention in the housing debate in foster city for years, forgotten until this fallen tree became a new focal point. it's unfortunate just i'm happy that nobody is hurt. that's all what i am. my concern at this time. but you want something to be done with this? right? was eventually i mean, it cannot be sitting like vacant like this for a long time, this side to being vacant for long time. and undeveloped. something had to be. it has to be developed as supporting time . whether it's me or somebody else and what kind of development only time will tell . just last week to bobbo says he applied for a permit again with the city to demolish the building. that permit was pending. when this tree came crashing down, he says he's not sure what effect it will have on that demolition process. in foster city. ali rasmus ktvu, fox two news. and the cemetery county a sinkhole has closed a four mile stretch of state route 92 in both directions. chp tweeted out photos of the sinkhole this morning. the closure went into effect around three am affecting upper state route 35 2 pillars tito's creek road. there is no estimate of when that part of 92 will reopen. drivers are being told to use alternate routes. flooding and salinas this afternoon could cut off the monterey peninsula from the surrounding area. the salinas river is rising, it could flood over on the highway 68 highway one on its way to the monterey bay that would cut off access to cities such as moderate pacific grove in carmel. the river is expected to rise. another five ft and evacuation order is in effect for people living in low lying areas of the river from about gonzales all the way north. to monterey bay. an evacuation center has been issued. an evacuation order has been issued for communities along the haro river in monterey county. it's expected to exceed flood stage today. several streets in the area already flooded. monterey county says the evacuation order will be in effect until further notice. monterey officials are set to hold a news conference at one o'clock for an update on the flooding and evacuations. the national guard is joining a search for a five year old boy was swept away by floodwaters along the central coast. search and rescue teams have been looking for kyle don't since monday morning, his mother was driving him to school near the salinas river. there were no road closures, but their truck got stuck in the current pastor by got the mother out because she was closest but were unable to reach kyle. we are now hearing from the little boy's father. i get the call from some lady. and she puts on my wife and she's just beside herself and saying, i can't find kyle. am i? what? what happened and i know that if they could have reached my son they could they would have done so. brian don't says the family is now hoping to find kyle's body so they can at least have some sense of closure . don't says his wife is suffering survivor's guilt. he liked people he liked to dance. he was very outgoing active. um, we had he had a splinter faction in his femur last year in preschool because he ran and he tripped and fell and he was able to get her. he had to have a rod placed in him, but the children's hospital in madeira and he had it in there for over a year, and he was able to adapt to played soccer this last fall. kyle's mother says the rushing water forced them out of their vehicle. she held onto a tree grab kyle's hands, but the current was too strong and they lost grip. the go fund me page has been set up to help the search for kyle. stay in place. developing story right now. attorney general merrick garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the presidents of documents with classified markings founded president biden's home in delaware and this office in washington as well. the announcement followed biden's acknowledgment this morning that a document with classified markings from his time as vice president was found in his personal library, along with other documents found in his garage. it was disclosed on monday that sensitive documents were found at the office of his former institute in washington. based on mr latches, initial investigation concluded that under the special counsel regulations, it was in the public interest to appoint a special counsel. robert her. the former trump appointed u. s attorney in maryland will lead the investigation taking over from the top justice department prosecutor john lauch, who was earlier assigned by the department to investigate the matter. her is to begin his work soon. president responded about those classified documents during a news conference on the latest inflation report. caroline shively brings us more from washington. president biden came to tout the economy thursday, but reporters seemed more interested in news that classified documents from his days as vice president were found in a second location in his garage in delaware. okay classified material next year. corvette what were you thinking ? people know i take classified documents of classified material seriously. i also said we're cooperating fully, but the president did talk about inflation. data out thursday shows for the first time in more than 2.5 years, americans paid a little less for goods than they did the month before. the consumer price index fell 1/10 of a percent from november to december. the data is clear, even though inflation is high and major economies around the world is coming down in america month after month, giving families some real breathing room inflation overall remains well above normal levels, comparing year over year numbers for december. prices rose 6.5% the cost of electricity hotels in apparel all increased from 2021 while gas and used cars dropped. consumers really are still under real pressure again . we've got negative real income , and the question is, how do companies pass along? they're still high input costs. investors hope this means the fed will take it easy on the next rate hike to make that announcement on february 1st in washington, carolina, shively ktvu fox two news and as investors digest december's consumer price index, we see the dell's making small gains. it's up by just more than one half of 1% s and p is up by a third nasdaq up by almost one half. we're getting unlimited time off. how about that big change in policy for all full time employees that one massive tech company? and celebrating the year of the rabbit have the u. s. postal service is commemorating the lunar new year. meet three sisters. the drummer, the dribbler, and the day-dreamer... the dribbler's getting hands-on practice with her chase first banking debit card... the drummer's making savings simple with a tap... ...round of applause. and this dreamer, well, she's still learning how to budget, so mom keeps her alerts on full volume. hey! what? it's true! and that's all thanks to chase first banking. freedom for kids. control for parents. one bank with tools for both, all with no monthly service fee. chase. make more of what's yours. in to close and merge schools was met with community opposition for several hours last night, the board heard from teachers, parents, students and community members, who strongly urge the schools open. they celebrated the board's decision. the fact that my son gets to continue on with his mentors and grow and thrive in oakland is it's the best thing i could have ever hoped for. i'm so excited. the district of previously said it needed to close schools because of declining enrollment and a budget shortfall. it's unclear how the district will come up with the money to keep the schools open. planes are back in the air after that nationwide outage yesterday, but there are still flight delays and cancelations too greedy. trimble is at chicago's o'hare airport with an update. the situation here at o hare and across the country is definitely better than it was yesterday after the first nationwide ground stop since 9 11 delays, though, are still piling up as the airlines are playing catch up and dealing with a new line of storms moving across parts of the country. still today's issues pale in comparison to yesterday by late last night, more than 10,000 flights were delayed across the u. s and more than 1300 flights working canceled. the faa says that flight system went down as a result of a damaged database file. it says there's no evidence of a cyber attack, but it's still trying to pinpoint exactly why the system and its backups failed. pretty scary that we have a system like that that doesn't have redundancy and redundancy. to make sure that doesn't happen to make any family plans or vacations. um i'm very nervous because it's you know, it's money out of our pocket. are we going to be able to go once? i booked the flight, so it's a little nerve wracking makes you think twice about going on a vacation. it really does. it makes you nervous. it makes you think maybe we should drive so americans are feeling less confident about flying even after giving the airlines nearly $80 billion to help them during the pandemic, the southwest meltdown over the holidays as well as this failure have prompted lawmakers and the u. s travel association to call for upgrades to the technology the air travel industry uses. they say it's outdated and needs to be modernized in chicago, grady trimble fox business. check this out a big change today from the rain we saw yesterday. this is what it looked like along the oakland estuary this morning. check out the beautiful colors in the sky for the sunrise this morning. it was absolutely gorgeous because we hadn't seen that in a long time either. alright son, check in with meteorologist mark tamayo for look at when the sun is going to go away again. yeah i think we're on a pretty good mood today, right with the with the brake and the rainfall, but yeah, it looks like we're talking about some more rain clouds as we head into your fridays. another system comes on board, not a major deal but still producing some moderate rainfall across portions of the bay area and then into the weekend. looks like another system wants to move in. so take a look at the rainfall forecast. as we put this into motion, we as you can see a bunch of zeros here in the bay area through what tonight, then into tomorrow and the weekend. those numbers going up a bit. this is through sunday. 11 o'clock so once again , we will have some flood advisories will have the flooding concerns down trees, mudslides and then also in the next week we could be talking about we will be talking about some more rain and also more snow in the sierra. quick check on the rivers here's russian river at grenville right now, nearly 28 ft. expected to reach flood stage. sunday morning, 10 o'clock so all the rivers and creeks will be going up with these incoming storms approaching the region. here is a look at the satellite the radar as you can see. right now the main focus is up to our north right around cape mendocino did see some light rainfall in crescent city this afternoon as becoming closer to the bay area radar right now, you can see the rain action kind of training up to our north. so right now we just have some high clouds out there. we actually still have a flood warning in portions of the north bay sonoma. county will click on this to bring up the information. this is in place until midnight. with all the recent rainfall, the creeks and the streams have been going up. so this is out. in sonoma county from mark west creek, green valley creek, santa rosa creek and laguna. they santa rosa, and that is until midnight for tonight. as we check out the current temperature is if he stepped outside for a second, you probably noticed the immediate change. it actually feels comfortable to be outside lots of sixties right now. san jose and fremont run 65 66 degrees. here's our live camera, looking out toward the golden gate bridge out toward the marin headlands. we still have some cloud cover, and it's not out of the question that we could have a light to shower or sprinkle. all up in the north basis, slight chance, but there's still that moisture is kind of heading up to the north of the bay area. but today, though, in general, we have our breakdown a and the mild conditions, so it kind of see it spelled out on the forecast animation. our next system comes in two parts with the warring parties going to move in tomorrow, that another guy tucked in behind this area of low pressure that's going to move in into the weekend that will generate some moderate to heavy rainfall. so today it is mild to warm rainfall develops in your friday forecast more rain, wind and some cooler conditions. for saturday and then once again we could be talking about some more rain into sunday. here's the forecast model clearly showing you the rain fall upon the north coast of california. this is this afternoon and then into your friday friday morning may start out dry. we do bring in some rain chances up in the north bay. but then probably a better bet by mid morning, 10 and 11 o'clock. look at this. the orientation clearly from north to south and a sharp divide, sacramento still drive but that will be changing tomorrow afternoon as that system comes on board that's friday and then this is saturday. this is a stronger system is going to move in that will generate some heavy rain and some stronger winds as well as we start off the weekend. maybe a few breaks in the showers by saturday afternoon, but we're not going to go completely dry and keep those rain chances into your sunday forecast as well. take a look at the numbers this afternoon. lots of sixties high clouds. it is mild out there for your thursday and look ahead. your five day forecast. we're back to the rainy pattern for your friday so once again, not the strongest system, but still will impact the commute here in the bay area and then rain and wind for saturday, often on rain into sunday and we could be talking about some more rain into monday, but sometime. maybe next week, maybe a week from today. we're talking about that welcome break in the rainfall patterns could change. mark thank you continue to follow the latest developments out of idaho . what happened today in a court hearing for the man accused of killing four college students. students appeared in court today during the hearing, 28 year old brian cole burger waived his right to a speedy preliminary hearing. the judge set a date for that hearing to begin june 26th. it's expected to last five days. he's charged with four counts of first degree murder and one count of first degree burglary for the deaths of the four students back on november. 13th the family of a man killed while visiting san francisco back in june, trying to bring attention to the case. now police are now offering a new $50,000 reward in hopes of generating new leads. ktvu is amberleigh report. it was very sweet and caring, loved animals , and he likes people he liked to be around, people. solemn and don car are mourning the loss of their son, samuel st pierre. they're searching for answers after the 32 year old was shot and killed while visiting san francisco for the first time seven months ago there, speaking with me from their home in yuma, arizona, where their son lived with them, it's very hard. very very hard every day is a struggle. it's been very difficult on the night of june 19th around 10 35. police say st pierre was shot while he was near the intersection of alhambra and scott streets in san francisco's marina district . police say the suspect fled the scene in a great jeep grand cherokee limited suv from the model years 2014 through 2016. neighbors say the shooting was shocking in this quiet neighborhood. outrageous that sound good shot in the streets right here and no one said anything about it appears parents tell me he had driven to san francisco from arizona. he was only on the second day of a week long trip to visit a friend who lives in this neighborhood when he was killed. stuff like this should definitely be solved . i mean, the guy's doing again the property manager of an apartment building across the street from the shooting tells me she has surveillance video of the crime, but declined to release it. st pierre's parents say he was seen walking up to the suspect vehicle with three people inside, words were exchanged and that the driver shot st pierre twice in the chest. but nothing was stolen from him seems to be a random act. um at this point, so we're just we're trying to get some movement on this cleaning for anybody to come forward, please . police say st pierre did not know his killer and have not said if they know what the motive was. i want justice justice. i want him behind bars . he didn't deserve what happened. that's for sure. we need to find this person. this person should not be out on the streets. st. pierre's parents say they are a tight knit family , and the loss is devastating. police are urging anyone with information to contact them that they can remain anonymous. amberleigh ktvu, fox two news were found dead inside of a home in the community of sea ranch in sonoma county. sheriff's deputies say their bodies were found inside of a house near spinnaker close yesterday. authorities say the men were in separate rooms and there was a generator in the hallway. the power switch was turned on and the fuel tank was empty, while investigators are trying to determine and identified the men and determine how they died, they are advising the public to never use a generator inside of a building. police are searching for the people who stole thousands of dollars worth of photography equipment and yet another takeover robbery of a camera store. the latest happened tuesday afternoon in pleasant hill in mike's cameron contra costa boulevard, five armed, masked men burst into the store about 30 minutes before closing forced everyone to the floor, smashed display cases, still cameras and other equipment. i guarantee you'll see all this on facebook marketplace. i guarantee it, they'll put it up for 20% of the price. it will be gone so fast that, like police won't be able to catch it. that's usually how this goes. they were in. they were out. they made their point, and they got some gear along with it. it was it was all very fast but very impactful. pleasant hill. police are working with other agencies, including dublin and san francisco. during the investigation, similar crimes have happened in those cities. an update on what's happening with covid in the bay area and nationwide. whether we're seeing a post holiday bump in numbers and what to know about the newest variant that's causing so much concern, plus, sometimes the water is moving much faster than it appears to be, and it can sweep your car away water rescue teams on alert how teams are preparing for the next round of weather and their message to all dr ers. it's not going to last long, though. live. look here at the golden gate, san francisco and marine county is drying out just a little bit before another system heads into our area tomorrow, even though we are dealing with rain right now, crews are busy across the bay area dealing with storm related problems from down trees to power outages and concerns about possible flooding agencies working short, working hard to make sure people are safe. governor newsom and the white house, working together closely to speed up the process of getting help to californians affected by the storms. this is what it looked like in capitola this morning capitola, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm, the governor spoke directly to president biden and the president ordered an emergency declaration for california. 31 counties are now on the list to get help, including marin, napa, san mateo. santa clara and sonoma county's. the effort comes as forecasters expect more rain to pummel our state william login s reports. it sucks working around your house in the dark with my camp light really does suck. and he's not alone. thousands of california's remain without power after days of severe storms. the national weather service says these atmospheric rivers dumped up to 20 inches of rain across the state in just two weeks. san francisco oakland , santa barbara saw more than half their annual precipitation with additional rain in the forecast. residents fear more power lines and trees could fall. the soil basically is like a sponge. and at some point you can't hold any more water and trees become essentially almost buoyant in the soil and very loose in montecito. several basins filled with debris are at or near capacity after the area received more than a foot of rain crews, there are now scrambling to clear the mud and rock. ahead of storms this weekend. they've been working, clearing out all those debris basins, and we'll see here how they're mopping up all the mud communities surveyed the damage . the death toll from these recent storms grew to at least 19 on wednesday. five year old boy remains missing after floodwater stranded his mother's truck california's national guard has joined the search basically at that point, hugging the train trying to grab kyle's hands. but the current pushed kyle out and they are hand slipped. forecasters expect the next few storms to be less severe, but collectively, the impact is adding up giving residents and first responders little time to recover in los angeles, william login s ktvu fox two news. california has deployed 31 special rescue teams throughout the state to respond to flooding and emergencies caused by the storms here. one team is based in oakland. they rescued two people who were trapped on top of their vehicle . ktvu jana katsuyama spoke with members of the team about the dangers of swift water rescues. yes it was dark and dangerous. when rescue crews arrived, they found the two people standing on top of a gray pickup truck that was surrounded by rushing water . their vehicle started getting carried away by, uh, the amount of water that was flowing and ended up being in a riverbed. oakland firefighter cassie hayes is part of the special state swiftwater rescue team that was called to hollister around 11 30 tuesday night. look at that tag line. rolling out long ladders and running support groups for safety. the special unit went to work. they used one letter as a temporary bridge. just take your time getting life jackets for the two men crews helped guide both of them across the running water. there is different hazards that we faced during nighttime operations versus daytime operations visibilities . obviously a lot more difficult , um, identifying other hazards that we might not see. the rescuers are part of oakland task force 41 of the all units that have been mobilized by the california governor's office of emergency management. the groups each have 16 members, and they've been stationed statewide with extra resources, extra equipment and specialized training. um in this case, a lot of it is water rescue training, so we have extra vote capabilities. extra boat training, with rain continuing to overwhelm storm systems and creeks, causing flooding on roads. the task force says. it's very important for drivers to avoid areas where they can't see the road surface, the water level, maybe above the road, and you can't see it's underneath sometimes. the water is moving much faster than it appears to be, and it can sweep your car away. the special swiftwater rescue teams are on standby in dozens of counties, partnering with cal fire and local sheriff's office. those oakland firefighters say they want to credit other members of their team made up of people from different jurisdictions here in the east bay. they are fighting fatigue, but they say they are ready for this next round of storms in oakland, jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news well. the recent rainy weather in the south bay has forced the homeless to leave encampments located at creeks and move to higher ground. senate clara county and the city of san jose opened emergency shelters to provide services to those in need. advocates for the homeless in san jose, say most people hated the message that dangerous storms were headed to the bay area. however some community leaders say there will always be people that simply won't seek shelter. there's still a lot of people. that i've seen that just either can't or won't go in for many reasons, and it's something that i know a lot of people don't understand, but when you're struggling with mental health issues, and you maybe have, you know people that you want to stick with both san jose and santa clara county officials say they still have plenty of space for people looking to get off the street during this evacuation period. emergency roadwork has planned today in the east bay city of lafayette, where part of st mary's road will be closed in both directions and embankment will be strengthened to deal with a mudslide caused by the recent storms. during the repair work, there will be detours that green boulevard and roller drive delays in the area will continue until four. p.m. closed down lanes on several streets in one the creek this morning. take a look here at some video we took just before seven o'clock today at the intersection of buena vista and parkside drive. if you know the area just across 6 80 from the walnut creek birth state. while we were there cruise route with chainsaws and wood chipper, taking that tree down piece by piece. a tornado touched down east of stockton early yesterday morning. as you can see a 90 mile an hour winds here snap pine and oak trees near the community of milton and calibers county. the national weather service says the tornado touched down down just after four a.m. traveled less than half a mile. fortunately no reports of any injuries. leaders with the state department of water resources are watching several rivers that could exceed flood stage in the coming days, including the russian river in sonoma county. it's forecast to exceed flood stage by sunday. 23 other rivers across the state will reach monitor stage in the next five days. we've deployed flood fight specialists and in various locations and continued continued to do so as requested, and as incidents pop up. we still have several incident command teams that remain, um, on the ready to be deployed as needed. the national weather service expects water levels on the russian river topline and granville to hover around flood stage through early next week. major weather disasters and the climate crisis caused tens of billions of dollars in damage in the united states last year, the report from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noah reveals the cost of extreme statewide weather disasters totaled over $162 billion in 2022, the disasters, rage from hurricanes and severe weather events such as floods and droughts. but we are seeing the impacts of a changing climate system where they live. work and play on a regular basis. we can see how drought is. tend to billions of dollars of damage across many different industries . agriculture, tourism. water resources and commerce at large as it's a critical resource for us to better manage. according to the report. the cost of last year's climate fuel disasters was the third highest of any year since 1980 federal judge will hear arguments in a case over whether or not san francisco can remove homeless encampments in the city. last month, the judge issued a preliminary injunction that banned the city from clearing encampments as long as there are not enough shelters to house the people living in them. the city asked the judge to clarify the order, saying it puts san francisco in an impossible situation. police have arrested a man accused of kidnapping a woman last month and hayward officers just released this video of what happened and we see a woman is leaning into a black sedan and then suddenly is being pulled in with her legs dangling from the car. check that out. please use the video to get the license plate and within an hour, they were able to track the car to a home. officers found the woman at the house and the man was taken into custody. police have not released the name or possible motive for all of this. if you haven't received your middle class tax refund from the state, it looks like you have to wait a little longer than expected. the california franchise tax board says the remaining debit cards for eligible californians will now be dispersed through february. 4th those payments were previously expected to be sent out by the saturday payments are between $401,050, depending on annual income and marital status. new social security payments have started going out. the boosted benefits are due to the cost of living adjustment. the payout for 8.7% higher payments that went out yesterday or for those with birth dates from the first to the 10th of the month. january 18th payments will cover those who have birthdays from the 11th to the 20th and possibly sent on the 27th for people with birthdays from the 21st through the 31st. starting next week, microsoft giving unlimited time off with a new discretionary time off policy, the tech company says it wants to modernize its vacation policy with a more flexible model. in addition to the gto, the salaried workers who will get 10 corporate holidays leaves of absence six and sick and mental health time off, as well as time off for jury duty and bereavement. employees with unused vacation balances will receive a one time payout for accrued time off garcia. there is no business like snow business what's happening in the sierra skiers and snowboarders are making plans to head up the mountain for the long holiday weeken possible growing up well, now he's been sworn in making history as the first latino elected to the senate from california. ktvu political reporter greg lee sat down with senator padilla in an exclusive interview about his priorities in his first full term. one week ago, senator alex padilla made history again. the democrats sworn in as the first latino elected to represent california in the u. s. senate video won a full term after governor newsom appointed him to replace vice president kamala harris in 2021 being there now as a result of having been elected by the people of california, the voters have spoken ah means that much more the senator sharing his priorities for this full term with us while visiting the bay area. like much of his party, he's focused on issues of immigration reform, voter rights and abortion rights while here padilla also meeting with first responders about the impact of this series of storms and promising federal support for hard hit communities when these disasters happen, want to make sure that we support local governments, but also individuals. families small businesses that at times were devastated by storms like this. as lawmakers return to capitol hill this month, padilla and a democratic controlled senate will be working with a republican controlled house in response to fears of political gridlock, padilla said he's ready to get to work republicans who are reasonable willing to work across the aisle, my door is always wide open. but for those who have an agenda of undermining our economy, undermining our democracy, undermining our country. they're in for a fight. despite his history making election, much of the focus has been on california's other senator dianne feinstein. rumors and speculation flying about what the longest serving female senator will do when her term ends in 2024. do you think senator feinstein should retire in 2024? you mentioned senator feinstein has not announced. her plans and they have nothing but the utmost respect for her, and we'll give her the time that she needs to make a determination will more the other to run again , not run again. i support whatever decision she makes. california needs a warrior in washington. potential field to replace feinstein is growing congresswoman katie porter launching her campaign, while congresswoman barbara lee told colleagues she's preparing for senate run says he won't get involved right away if she chose to not run again. ah expected very crowded field. you know, we see that potentially beginning to take shape, but probably not to contest in the primary, at least that i will probably engage in senator padilla said the only way he'd likely get involved in the 2024 senate races if it comes down between a democrat and republican, and then he said he will work to maintain his party's hold on the upper chamber. in the newsroom correctly. ktvu fox two news at noon. the u. s postal service is commemorating the lunar new year with a new stamp. the year of the rabbit forever stamp was unveiled during a ceremony this morning in san francisco. the design is patterned after the decorative masks used in dragon or line dances. the rabbit stamp also features a contemporary look in the tradition of paper cut folk art. reid says napa heritage foundation president claudine chang was instrumental in having the postal service recognized the asian community. she was instrumental in pushing to make sure that the postal service of the united states recognizes the need to produce such a iconic stamp that really signify and uplift the asian culture. not only here in the united states, but this represents thousands of years of history. this latest in the series of lunar new year stamps was unveiled today will continue through 2031 with stamps for the year of the dragon snake horse, ram, monkey, rooster dog and boar. the storm systems coming through the bay area have been great for the sierra palisades tahoe received a foot of snow overnight. the resort posted this photo on instagram last night, saying the mountains saw nearly four ft of snow in the last seven days earlier on mornings onto the nine we spoke with patrick lacey, the public relations manager at palisades tahoe, he says the snowfall has been consistent. we're not making as much snow. you know, mother nature is doing doing that for us. thank goodness and you know it's kind of groundhog day right now, because with all these, uh, with all these storms , that's very consistent right now, you know, and our operations are out there working as hard as they can so huge shout out to them to get that mountain open. lacey says. with the amount of snow falling, he could see ski season running longer than usual, possibly garcia. into july. imagine that would be incredible, and it would be amazing for them up there. they do need the recovery efforts. meteorologist mark tamayo is here now tracking when the next round will begin while we dry after today. i guess we're all smiling for today, right? we have the sunshine to appreciate it. looks like the tomorrow yeah, the rainfall makes a comeback on our forecast, and also as we head into the weekend, so plan on a soggy weekend. i wish we could. we could be talking about several days and more rainfall, but not the case. so right fall for your friday you can see the rainfall expectations back in the weekend forecast, especially on saturday. it's going to be stronger and then, possibly into early next week, as well by sunday night and into a monday another system comes on board. so here is the forecast for today. look at this a bunch of zeros here in the bay area. that's a nice setup. at least in the short term, tracking some more rain in your friday forecast into the weekend and even beyond the weekend, those numbers continue to go up. but maybe sometime in the next week, maybe about a week. from today we could be talking about a pattern change that will bring in some rain and keep the rain out of here and actually keep us dry for a little bit. here's a live camera looking out toward the north bay. still some lingering clouds and there's actually still the possibility of some light showers or some sprinkles focused up in the north bay to chance. but for right now, the main rainfall is heading up to our north up along the north coast right around eureka. right around cape mendocino. for us, though we have partly cloudy skies or mostly cloudy skies, and here's another look at that radar imagery showing you the rain. approaching cape mendocino as far as current numbers. it is mild kind of in the warm part of this weather pattern. so temperatures right now san francisco 60 degrees napa 63 san jose 66 livermore 63 degrees currently for the 12 o'clock hour, and you can see the overall weather pattern. we have our break today. we have a ridge building in so this is keeping most of the barrier dry. and mild for today. upstream in the flow is our next system. developing that will be coming on board for tomorrow and then behind it looks like we're talking about more rain. in fact , a stronger system on saturday and we'll keep those rain chances going in to what your sunday forecast here we are this afternoon. there is that right up to our north and if you can't see, this is five o'clock looking okay, here and then tomorrow morning, early tomorrow morning to six or seven o'clock. might be looking okay in terms of the dry pattern, but the rain chances increasing, especially after eight o'clock tomorrow morning. this is 11 o'clock and then ground you spreading across the bay area. there's even the chance of an isolated thunderstorm. so that's for your friday and then into your saturday here is that stronger system coming onboard so not much of a break from friday and into saturday as a rainfall rates pick up into the to the first half of the weekend, and look at all this. the sierras still falls still showing up in the weekend forecast. and then here we are two sunday. still some scattered rain off and on and possibility of some thunderstorms. highest forwards for this afternoon will be in the sixties. so today, onewarmeh clouds either partly to mostly cloudy throughout the day, but we have our break for your thursday and then we're talking about some more rain into your friday, rainfall develops a stronger system on saturday, often on rain into your sunday rainfall could be likely into monday and then possibly tuesday, but maybe a week from today. maybe a little bit earlier than that. we could be talking about a pattern change that could bring in several days of dry weather. we'll take it. we'll have to wait. still a little still made a few days for that. perfect mark. thank you coming up a call to ease overcrowding at the oakland animal shelter by the shelter says there is an urgent need to find homes for dozens of dogs by monday. also wednesday nights pack a punch with fox's new show , special forces world's toughest test, where celebrities get pushed to their physical and mental limits. we're giving away a new lululemon smart mary membership so you can test your 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note from rachael ations from vice president kamala harris, who started that same position almost 20 years ago. the newly sworn in d a pledge to balance criminal justice reform with accountability. what everyone in this room and even those beyond it knew was that we did not have to compromise our liberal and progressive identities for the right to feel safe. the celebration concluded with the musical performance by oakland's dwayne wiggins of tony toni tone. as the new covid sub variants spreads across the country. it's raising new questions about exactly who should get the latest omicron targeting vaccine booster jonathan siri reports from atlanta. there's a new covid strain spreading rapidly, and health officials are working hard to increase vaccination rates, but now a prominent virologist, it's questioning whether everyone should get the new ah macron targeting booster dr paul off at a former member of the cdcs vaccine advisory board, says only the elderly and those with underlying conditions should get the new shots shifting away from comments he's made in the past about achieving herd immunity through vaccines. meanwhile, the new sub variant called x b. b 1.5 is helping to drive a nationwide spike in cases almost half a million new covid cases reported this week 52% increase from just one month ago. it's so contagious so transmissible. i would imagine this will be the dominant variant worldwide in a very short time. very contagious, very aggressive area. there are fears the numbers could go even higher as china prepares to increase air travel with the u. s the country is in the middle of a full blown covid search. hospitals and morgues are overwhelmed with up to 70% of residents in big cities testing positive beijing is downplaying the crisis, claiming the situation is under control, and no further restrictions are needed. measures are fully legitimate and reasonable. we once again urge the relevant countries to adopt science based covid measures travel to and from china is expected to pick up significantly ahead of the lunar new year. just 10 days away in atlanta. jonathan serrie ktvu fox two news 49ers dominant ended the season is being recognized by the league quarterback brock party was named the nfc offensive rookie of the month. christian mccaffrey's the nfc offensive player of the month for december, the niners practiced in what were described as game like conditions as they prepared for saturday's wildcard matchup in cold, rainy weather. the first game of the nfl's wild card weekend will have the 49ers playing the seahawks, the niners swept the regular season series . the players say they are locked in and so ready for this weekend. having six games under my belt in terms of just playing in an nfl game and trying to win for four quarters helped me get to this point and um, all the guys in the locker room gamma back. they've we've all grown together so um, we're ready for what's ahead, that everything is strange because it's the playoffs, but you can kind of feel this other sense of there's another level. they're the guys are dialed in. we had fun today, out in the rain and the cold. i think we expect to have fun again this saturday. you will see the 49ers game saturday. right here on ktvu. the big game starts at 1 30 in the afternoon . vegas quarterback derek carr signals his departure from the organization and a goodbye message on instagram car wrote from the bottom of my heart. i am so grateful and appreciative of the years of support you gave to my family and me. breaks my heart. i didn't get an opportunity to say goodbye in person. the 31 year old was benched for the raiders spinal two games both losses. the raiders finished the season with a six and 11 record. local animal services holding extended adoption hours through monday due to overcrowding at its shelters. last year, oakland animal services took in more than $555 compared to the same period in 2021. they tell us that they have 95 big dogs and only 73 kennels available, and now there is an urgent need to find dozens of dogs a new home by monday and it done, director of oakland animal services told us earlier on mornings onto the 90 a s is ready to help people find the right dog to take home. i don't really need to know anything, except that we are there to help with matchmaking. we're expanding our hours. we have tons of staff and volunteers at the ready to really help people find the right pet. that's a good fit for their home. and a reminder. oakland animal services has extended adaption hours that run through monday. it's open until seven today seven p.m. and tomorrow and monday the center is open from noon to five pm oakland animal services has reduced adoption fees for the doctors to great addition to our family already. thank you so much for joining us. enjoy this break in the rain. our next newscast is coming up at noon. we have you (audience applauds) - [narrator] can you guess what this is? 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