Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240711

Taco tuesday. Look, im here for that, too. We can combine them, terrific taco tuesday. All right, well check the commute with mike in just a moment. Kari, how are we looking weatherwise . A cold one again . Yeah, its cold and its foggy, so were seeing the combination of two things well have to deal with heading out the door this morning. This is a live look outside in san jose and for the most part weve seen the visibility looking a little bit better near the ground level in the south bay but higher up weve seen some of those low clouds rolling by. We will see this clearing out for a mild day and theres still dry weather in the forecast, so well talk about that coming up. Mike, how is it looking as a lot of people deal with the foggy conditions for the commute . Well, kari, chp has two Traffic Alerts going on right now and one is near a foggy area over my shoulder. You see the yellow highlighting. Ive circled 121 which is closed for a crash up there in sonoma. No mention of fog in that crash report but still know it is there as kari is talking about around spots in the bay. The other Traffic Alert in brentwood on vasco road. Well talk about both of those. You see the green sensors dominate the bulk of our commute. Back to you, laura. Thank you very much, mike. There are now more than 150,000 confirmed cases of covid in the bay area. With more than 2,700 new infections just added. Around 800 of the newest infections are in Santa Clara County. Nearly 2,000 people have died. Bay area health leaders, some already bracing for even more critical cases. This as new steps are taken to add more restrictions, to help bring the numbers under control. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live for us in San Francisco where many hospital beds are already being filled. Reporter yes, good morning. As we continue to follow those numbers, that concern is exactly what you just mentioned, the number of hospital beds that are occupied. Right now in the state of california 75 of those icu beds are occupied, and the bay area its about 72 . But those numbers are pretty tame compared to what the Health Experts are predicting. Right now nearly 7,800 patients are hospitalized and governor gavin newsom says its increased by 67 in the past two weeks. The governor warned monday that without more restrictions the number of patients could double or triple in a month pushing the icu bed capacity into 112 by middecember. Thats statewide. 92 in the bay area by early january. So in an effort to slow the spread in some of the citys hardest hit communities, ucsf has opened Free Covid Testing sites. Today is the last day for testing with the ucsf sites. One of the locations is at 24th and mission, an area that saw covid cases four times higher than the citys numbers and around the holidays testing and knowing when to quarantine in the community is crucial. Take a listen. Part of not only supporting but preventing transmission by helping to isolate safely and give them help figuring out how to do in their household. Reporter again, today is the last day for that testing at 24th and mission, a walkup testing site and it is rapid. They also offer the other testing version where you would have to wait about 24 hours for your results. Again, at this time Governor Newsom says if those numbers do not slow down there will be more restrictive measures put in place to slow those numbers. Well keep you updated as that comes down from the state level. Were live in San Francisco, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. Were all hoping for the slowing of those numbers. Late they are morning a panel of cdc experts will meet to determine who will receive the vaccines first. To today in the bays bob redell. Weve seen a lot of early reports and it seems the first in line will be the health care providers. Reporter correct, marcus. When the Advisory Committee on immunization practices meets later today, this is the cdc panel, we expect them to give priority to health care workers, doctors, nurses, other first responders, and people who live in places like Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities who are most vulnerable to catching covid19 and ending up in the icu. There are two vaccines in the pipeline, one from pfizer and its german partner bionntech and the other moderna. Both are expected to roll out within weeks for the first tier of people. It is expected the rest of us would be eligible late winter, early spring. An infectious epidemiology expert says the logistics for pulling off this mass vaccination is extremely complicated because of the low temps needed to store the doses. But believes our country can pull it off. When the shots are available he believes you would most likely go to your doctor. In some cases the local health department, two doses. Long term is to have the vaccine available at your local pharmacy. The trick is for us to not get infected and in the meantime overwhelm those hospitals and icus. And so thats the real message, while we take off this top little bit of people who have to be around to take care of the icu surge and who are most likely to die from this we need to tell everybody else to keep their mass be ks on and av crowding and mixing. Reporter coming up in a half hour, when we could achieve herd immunity and what it will take to achieve it. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Waiting and watching. Thank you, bob. Attorneys for a defiant south bay church back in court demanding Indoor Services be allowed to resume. Calvary chapel racked up hundreds of thousands in fines for ignoring the restrictions on indoor gathering. Eventually a Court Granted an injunction requiring the church obey guidelines. Todays hearing will cover the same ground, albeit under slightly different circumstances. Newly seated u. S. Supreme court recently limited restrictions on indoor worship in new york, but leaders here have already submitted a new brief in california opposing lifting sanctions. Some relief coming today for Business Owners and unemployed workers struggling to make it in the bay. State launching a 100 million tax credit aimed at rewarding Small Businesses for hiring employees. A half billion dollar relief package for Small Businesses and nonprofits. Threemonth tax extension for those with sales tax. The transition of power focuses on the economy and groundbreaking appointments. Two women in roles never before held by women. But republicans already have their site set against confirming one of them. Tracie potts dives deeper into issues raised by the gop. Reporter president elect biden named his Economic Team today with two historic firsts. Janet yellen is the first female treasury secretary and neeratanden as white house budget director. Republicans are lining up against tanden calling out hundreds of deleted tweets criticizing republicans. What she did is just pretty reckless and, unfortunately, shes the one who will have to pay the price. Their complaints are better directed at President Trump. Reporter a looming Government Shutdown in ten days and stalled covid funding. Democrat and republican senators are trying to work out a compromise. Theres no reason, none, why we should not deliver another major pandemic relief package to help the American People through what is poised to be the last chapters. Lets not be afraid to vote. Reporter votes in wisconsin and arizona are now certiedfi despite President Trumps lawyer crying foul. I call this the mccarthy era on steroids. Reporter despite baseless claims of Election Fraud in georgia theyre insanity, fever dreams made up. The second recount should be done tomorrow. Reporter 27 of challenges have been dismissed, withdrawn, or denied and none found evidence of fraud. Tracie potts, nbc news. City councilmembers will discuss expanding a ban. The city wants to move to a Renewable Energy future. Hospitals, addons to homes and restaurants would be exempt from the new ban if it goes into effect. Last year the city passed an ordinance and any new residential buildings. 1,200 muni workers may lose their jobs. A grim assessment to board members. Those cuts would make up more than 20 of munis workforce. Muni could be more than 200 million in the red within two years time, even with recent cutbacks. Lets switch gears and get a look at the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall, weve had some cold starts to the morning. What are we looking at today . Yeah, the afternoons have been something to look forward to when you start out and see temperatures dipping below freezing in napa. Mostly some 40s as you get ready to head out along the peninsula. We will watch out for that patchy fog. Mike, youve been watching two Traffic Alerts. You see the yellow highlighting from the fog. One is over in sonoma and the other in brentwood. The deadly headon crash, reports closed between highway 4. Alternates to get around the area for brentwood and byron and discovery bay. Still watching highway 121. Ill bring you an update there coming up. Giving back to those on the front lines of the pandemic, the new holiday perk starbucks is launching for all of those heroes starting today. A marvelous month for your money. A november to remember. The best since i was in high school, wow. Okay, look, probably so many of you at home right now have been on zoom calls. Be honest here, are you really paying attention . Microsofts new idea aimed at making sure you are. Uhoh. Well talk about it when we get back. 5 12. Youre watching today in the bay. In a land not so far away. People are saving hundreds on the most Reliable Network with xfinity mobile. They can choose from the latest phones or bring their own. And choose the data option thats right for them. They even get nationwide 5g at no extra cost. And since they are on the carrier rated 1 in customer satisfation, they live happily ever after. Again, again xfinity mobile. Your wireless. Your rules. Your way to stay closer together. Click, call, or visit an xfinity store today. At 5 15 through the trivalley, patchy, dense fog for the south bay and north bay, even around sfo. We are going to see temperatures very chilly, some upper 30s here. A nice afternoon. Well get a look at all of our microclimates and where is the rain coming up in a few minutes. Kari, we do have two Traffic Alerts on the map behind me. Thats not necessarily related to the fog, although that shows up here and it just showed up at the san mateo bridge. Once again chp warned about this overnight. There you go, trouble, a little bit, part of the roadway ahead. Do be careful as you travel across 92. Well, good morning, a very happy december 1st to you. Looks like its going to be a very good day for your money as we go out to the futures board showing green lights all around. Wall street pleased with what we might think of as old news. Janet yellen will likely be the next treasury secretary and two firms are asking the fda for emergency approval of their vacci vaccine. Markets fell monday, the last day of november, but all in all a very good month, very good like the best since the 1980s as far as novembers go. The dow up 12 for the month despite the negative numbers on your screen for the day. The nasdaq up 11 despite a midmonth battering. Steven mnuchin and the head of the fed jay powell will testify on capitol hill today, a routine scheduled appearance. But were eager to hear from mnuchin, there on the left, as to why he shut down a Credit Facility created by the fed that the fed thinks is helping. The two men have very different opinions about the wisdom of the move. Powell, there on the right, saying the Trump Administration is going to hurt our economy. The wall street journal this morning reports there may be as many as four more antitrust investigations to be announced againstoogl g and facebook. Among them the ftc is looking into whether facebook stifled competition by buying instagram and snapchat. The state of texas leading a team of states investigating googles dominance in the online ad market. This is an interesting metric. One of the Big Companies that manages key cards that let you into an office say the number of people going back into the office has stalled. Understandable as we deal with this new surge of coronavirus, arguably the worst its ever been. Castle systems says the number of people that returned to offices peaked around 25 or 27 , rather, in october but has been falling since. The alltime low came during the shutdown in april when just 15 of people it measured went into the office. As you know, marcus and laura, a lot of companies, twitter, for instance, saying, you know what, you can stay home as long as you want forever and others like dropbox saying were just not going to have a central office. We might have some meeting rooms but no central headquarters. A lot of Companies Moving that way. For sure. It certainly has changed so much. Thank you very much. You know what theyre noticing as well charities are really suffering right now and you know what today is . Its giving tuesday. Today consider supporting your favorite charity. Were helping make a wish greater bay area. You can text wish to 91999 am donate any amount. Would certainly bring a lot of joy to a child. The Makeawish Foundation of those battling critical illnesses. If youd like to be a part of giving text wish to 91999. So many deserving charities out there. And speaking of giving, starbucks is saluting all frontline workers and were talking about, get this, doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, firefighters, Police Officers, dentists and Mental Health workers and hospital staff. We cant forget those in housekeeping, security and active duty military. So many welldeserved there. Starting today through the end of the year all are eligible to receive a free tall brewed coffee hot or cold. Starbucks wants to show its appreciation for those keeping the Community Safe during this pandemic. Well deserved. New for you that morning have you ever found yourself spaced out while at work, maybe feeling a little bored . Microsoft has a new system that really measures your boredom. According to the new patent it would be called the Insight Computing system. The idea is to use cameras and software to look for signs of boredom and tiredness in employees. It would monitor time spent texting, checking emails and browsing the internet. Critics, of course, are calling it a little bit too big brother. It may help avoid scheduling nonproductive meetings. Look busy, friends. A lot of people say could this meeting have been an email . You hear that all the time. So now theyll now. Like a twoline email. Youre sitting there like this. Bored. Especially when im talking, marcus. What did you say . Youd better entertain us, kari. Take it away. All right. Hopefully i can deliver with this as we are talking about some cold weather and were starting out with those temperatures in some spots below freezing. If you want to know is this a record, thankfully its not because take a look at todays record in santa rosa. 23 degrees is todays record and 20 in napa. Weve seen some 30s in spots in the east bay as well as the south bay, even san joses record is pretty low. Im glad were not there yet. As we get a look at our visibility this shows you how far you can see in miles. Only a quarter mile visibility in santa rosa and San Francisco. Getting a little bit better in san carlos. And for the south bay, were down to about threequarters of a mile. Slow it down as we start out. Once this fog clears out we have sunshine in the forecast for today. Make some plans to get outside as we check out our hiking forecast for the south bay. We are going to see temperatures this afternoon reaching into the low 60s. I think the best time to go hiking will be between 1 00 and 4 00 this afternoon. As we go into the rest of the bay area and the forecast if youre planning to head to the beach be careful out there because weve had these sneaker waves and rip currents and we still have the beach hazard statement that continues until 10 00 this morning. And then weep should start to see the waves calming down. As we go into the forecast weve seen a couple storm systems approaching and then just weakening before it has a chance to bring us any rain. Were looking at the same weather pattern with all sunshine, chilly mornings, but at least we will have some mild afternoo afternoons. Mike, youve been busy tracking two Traffic Alerts. Yeah, kari, we have one in brentwood thats affecting the major surface street, vasco, watching for that effect. A deadly crash there. As we look at the map you see the green dominates the freeways. The bulk moving at speed. There is another concern in the north bay, another highway, the second Traffic Alert weve been talking about. This is over southbound highway 121 over to the winery. That is blocking the southbound side. Its only a couple lanes there so you can probably get by on the shoulder, but that is a crash and a car fire watching that as well. I do want to show you what we have over in the bay bridge toll plaza. I was tracking this and we had a disabled vehicle in one of your middle lanes. I dont know if its still there. There it is near the top of the screen. One lane on the approach to the middle lanes of the toll plaza will cause you to tap those brakes and theres more volume. Well track that closely. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Coming up on today in the bay, not closing up shop. One Southern California restaurant defiant and keeping its doors open despite Health Orders to close. The shade theyre throwing at the governor this morning. Welcome back to you. 5 26. And this morning a lot of cleanup around philadelphia. This is after a powerful wind as well as heavy rain there. Several tornado warnings were issued as severe storms moved through the area. That storm ripping off sections of several roofs of the buildings and power outages. The National Weather service is looking into whether a tornado touched down or if this was a weather phenomenon like Straight Line winds. A restaurant is staying open defying orders to close its doors. Full of customers supporting the move. A banner hanging outside the long running diner reads the French Laundry patio dining, a dig at governor Gavin Newsoms recent dinner outing that made headlines. The restaurants owner says his move to stay open is about keeping my employees employed during this tough time of year. Up next on today in the bay, top stories were following for you. Were tracking developments at the cdc where leaders meet today to decide who gets priority for covid vaccine. One expert is breaking down how effective it will be once it is in the hands of health care workers. Plus, a surprise upon landing. Unknown travelers last night and Santa Clara Countys strict new travel measures. We have the power to harness californias Abundant Solar and wind energy, but its not available all day long. Use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. Right now at 5 30, the cdc preparing to make a critical decision when it comes to rolling out the first covid19 vaccine. Well explain who is likely at the front of the line and what one expert believes will begin putting the pandemic behind us. Plus dont mess with this grandma. A San Francisco woman fights back after a woman threatens her grandson. The physical confrontation caught on camera. More chilly morning temperatures. A live look at some of the current conditions. Besides it being cold out there were also dealing with a very dry forecast. Meteorologist kari hall breaking down why thats causing concern as today in the bay continues right now. A very good morning and thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well get to the road with mike in a bit. First we start with kari and what we can expect. Certainly a foggy start to our morning, kari. Yeah, foggy and freezing in some spots. When you have that combination you can get ice depositing on elevated roadways. We could see that in the north bay. After that a mild day and a breezy wind picking up in the forecast. Still no rain here. Were going to see a lot of sunshine and mild weather throughout the forecast. Well talk about that and get a look at our visibility coming up. Mike, youve been tracking two major problems on the roads this morning. Thats right. On surface streets in brentwood and sonoma, highway 121, as well as the fog you see on the cameras behind me. Focused on the bay bridge camera as we pull that to full screen in the upper middle part of the screen we have a disabled vehicle. Stop in your middle lanes and concerns cars are coming up on that car. There may be assistance now. We have a smooth drive approaching the toll plaza. You see the volume increasing. A crash on 121. Brentwood over on the right side. The rest of the bay affected by fog you see drifting on maps. More updates and more specifics coming up. Laura . All right, thank you very much, mike. So we begin with startling new numbers putting the latest covid surge into perspective. This is where we were 30 days ago on november 1st. You can see the u. S. Confirmed more than 9 million covid19 cases with deaths at less than a quarter million. Fastforward to the current picture, infections are now at more than 19 million, af additional 4. 5 million new cases, and the number of deaths now exceeds 260,000. And cdc experts are meeting today to figure out who should receive the first covid19 vaccines. Today in the bays bob redell is live for thus morning and, bob, i know the most vulnerable will receive that vaccine first. Reporter thats the idea when this panel meets later today. You can see theyll have a live stream, thats the cdc website behind me. People who live in Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities and at high risk are expected to receive priority and as well as health care workers, taking care of those people, doctors, nurses, and other first responders. Assuming there are no surprises the two vaccines could roll out within weeks for the first tier of people. It is expected the rest of us could receive the vaccine late winter early spring. An epidemiologist expects the United States to achieve herd immunity by next summer if enough people get the shot, which he estimates would have to be more than 70 of the population in order to stop transmission. Now this disease isnt going to go away, and were going to continue to see it crop up from time to time. I think its too well established in the human population. And we have just too much travel, too much social interaction for it to go away and its going to take a long, long time to get it internationally around the world back in the box, and were never going to completely get it back into the box. Well continue to see cases crop up from time to time. Reporter dr. Rutherford says the safety profile for the two vaccines is very high right now, which should be encouraging news for anyone with concerns about whether they should receive the shot. As my colleague scott mcgrew pointed out to me, more than 28,000 americans have died from covid since pfizer announced its vaccine just over three weeks ago. Now coming up at 6 00, how the rollout will work and where you will most likely go to get inocula inoculated. Bob redell, today in the bay. Well check back with you. Thank you, bob. Right now we have a live look in San Francisco. The new curfew wrapped up about 30 minutes ago. All bay area counties but marin are under the most restrictive purple tier following the limited stayathome order. San francisco and san mateo become the latest counties to slide into the purple tier on saturday. Some struggling San Francisco Business Owners are calling this yet another hardship but necessary nonetheless. I think its the right move given whats going on. I think mayor breed and dre mak proper decisions. With the new curfew all dining, nonessential retail and outdoor gatherings must end by 10 00 p. M. Restaurants can still offer takeout or delivery and essential retail like Grocery Stores can remain open. Transportation Services Including buses, taxis and ride sharing will still be available. Santa clara countys new travel restrictions taking some completely by surprise. The county just enacted a 14day quarantine for anyone who travels into Santa Clara County for more than 150 miles. Signs are already posted at the airport but that doesnt mean most travelers knew ahead of time what was going on. We didnt know it was mandated until we walked down the stairs. What difference does it make . Under the new rules people driving into the south bay from places like napa or sacramento do have to quarantine. They dont have to quarantine but if you are traveling further away such as lake tahoe or beyond fresno you will fall under those quarantine orders. Here is a grandmother who when push comes to shove you dont want to mess with. Here is why. Something happened last night. Video shows a customer updebt about her order not being ready. Were told she became verbally abusive and she threw a fivepound bottle of hand sanitizer, nearly striking the manager, who was holding her young son. And thats when the boys 57yearold grandmother drew the line. After throwing a bag of food at the irate customer, she turned the table and knocked her down. I was thinking if she can hit my grandson, i mean, i do whatever i have to do. Thats all i was thinking. I wasnt thinking in that moment. Someone entering the restaurant managed to get the irate customer out the door, and that woman happened to be gone by the time police arrived. As we said earlier it is just food. Do not do this over food. Take a chill pill. Its the holidays, come on. Spread a little cheer somewhere. It is 5 38 for you this morning. Cheerful weather. Not right now but maybe later today, kari. Later today. Were dealing with the cold temperatures and fog especially in the north bay. Weve seen those temperatures dipping below freezing in spots but were mostly in the 40s as you head around the Golden Gate Bridge and areas to the south. Check out the current visibility right now. Weve seen it getting worse in parts of the south bay now at threequarters of a mile. Mike, how is that impacting the morning commute . You had a couple of Traffic Alerts you were watching. One of them cleared from sonoma. Fog still registering there. Lets look at the bay bridge toll plaza first. Just in the last, id say, minute and a half, 90 seconds. The middle lanes moving. All the way over on your lefthand side you see the flashing lights. They cleared that disabled vehicle from the middle lanes and now all those folks coming in off the maze, theres the brake tap. We should see metering lights in the next ten minutes, im guessing, if things hold up. The maps show where the bay bridge toll plaza is. No problems on the incline right now and 121 clear from the crash earlier. Look at the fog registering in the north bay, anywhere west of 121 there. We see that crash investigation continues. Vasco road is closed between highway 4 and camino diablo. You see the Speed Sensors near the intersection where things are really jamming up for traffic getting out of brentwood, byron and perhaps down vasco to 580. Other than that fog is the issue. You see that highlighted on the peninsula. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Today the cdc rollout meeting will likely focus on getting it to those who need it most. When will everyone else be able to get one . Were going to look at when experts say the vaccine will be made widely available. Here is a hint for you. You wont get it right away. Pretty serious threat made by a lawyer who says hes a member of the Trump Legal Team. Well walk you through it coming up. And fact versus fiction, one uk insider wants to make clear before you watch an episode of the crown on netflix. If youre at home thinking about your financial plan. So are we. Prudential helps 1 in 7 americans with their financial needs. Thats over 25 million people. With over 90 years of investment experience, our thousands of Financial Professionals can help with secure video chat or on the phone. We make it easy for you with online tools, esignatures, and nomedicalexam life insurance. Plan for better days. Go to prudential. Com or talk to an advisor. Its going to start to feel much nicer by this afternoon after a very cold start. Here we are at 1 00 to 2 00 and were feeling temperatures in the low 60s. Well talk about whats ahead and how much rain we need to catch up to normal. Thats coming up in the forecast. We at least have moisture. Highlighting on the maps shows it creeping around. Our fremont camera we see on 880 right here and on the observing camera. We have more developments coming up. Breaking news were following this morning, a shooting in fremont sends at least one person to the hospital. It happened near the intersection of caprina commons. Nonlife threatening injuries and no word on a suspect or a motive. A live look at the scene right now. Still several Police Officers there. Avoid that area, once again, in fremont. Well continue to follow this developing story and bring you updates as they come in. Operation warp speed to get a vaccine to you is moving fast. Still months away. A look at how soon we will be rolling out our rolling up our sleeves to get that covid vaccine. Kris . Reporter i know. Who thought we would be looking forward to that day, marcus, probably next summer for most of us in the general population. At zuckerberg and ucsf, preparing to vaccinate people within hours of green lighting a vaccine. They will meet on december 10th to consider an emergency approval for the Pfizer Vaccine or the moderna vaccine. The cdc is determining who will get the first rounds. The process is not straightforward. You have to think who is the frontline of the frontline. We dont have enough to vaccine all in the first batch of vaccine. Reporter as the governor said yesterday 327,000 doses of the Pfizer Vaccine are on the way to california. American Airlines Says its using empty passenger planes to fly those doses worldwide. With no time to waste because that Pfizer Vaccine has to be kept 94 degrees below zero. When its time for the general population you will probably get your vaccine from your provider like kaiser. You might end up at the Public Health department. But eventually those vaccines will be available wherever you get the flu shot. Maybe thats safeway or wherever you go. Thank you, kris. 5 46. One of President Trumps picks to help run the Coronavirus Task force has quit. And many are saying good riddance. Yeah, they are. This is atlas. He wanted herd immunity even without a vaccine creating a much higher death toll than our current 268,000. Scott atlas from stanford was hiring in august for a limited term. He often worked against the very efforts the white house was making arguing masks dont work and children cannot spread coronavirus. Neither is true. Atlas wrote in his Resignation Letter i always relied on the latest science and evidence without any political consideration or influence. A lawyer who says he is part of the Trump Legal Team made a threat against chris krebs while speaking on a podcast. Krebs is the former department of homeland official and said the 2020 elections were the most secure in history. Shortly thereafter trump fired krebs. In the clip youre about to hear it is said krebs should be shot. Im not going to play that part but will play the part leading up to it. Hes talk to go somebody on a podcast. Anybody who think this election went well like the idiot krebs oh, the guy on 60 minutes last night. That guy is a class a moron. Krebs, the victim of that threat, will be on the today show in a live interview. Other news we knew President Trump had pardoned his former National Security adviser for crimes of lying to the fbi about his phone conversations with russians. We have seen the full text for Michael Flynn showing its very broad and may protect flynn from future prosecution as well. Flynn pled guilty and admitted he did it. The same department that prosecuted him came back and asked that verdict be thrown out. Well be watching krebs on the today show this morning. Well be tweeting about it. You can find me scottmcgrew. Lets look for something fun. How about some Holiday Cheer with a live look at rockefeller center. The countdown is on to tomorrows annual Christmas Tree lighting. Getting a close look at the tree in person will be a little different this year. Guests will be guided through the queue by a virtual line monitor and pods will allow no more than four people to wait together and, of course, you have to wear those masks at all times. There will be a fiveminute viewing limit. The center will be closed for the Tree Lighting ceremony. The event airs here on nbc bay area so can you watch it from the comfort of your home. Trending for you that morning the latin grammy winner bad bunny making history around the world. If you dont know him, dont worry. He is the most streamed artist of the year on spotify. Has more than 8 billion streams locally. He announced last week he has covid19 and dropped a new album which now is on spotify and is in the top five albums list. Netflix viewers may be having trouble separating fact from fiction. They are calling on netflix to put a disclaimer before one of its most popular shows. Two women running the show, the last thing this country needs. Perhaps thats precisely what this country needs. The Fourth Season of the crown started streaming last month. Now the culture secretary says netflix should warn viewers that the royal drama is a work of fiction. The latest season depicts the queen ruled which many people know was a very tumultuous period. 5 51. This is in san jose right now near sjc and you can see that fog is thick out there. Kari hall has been tracking those temperatures for us. When is it going to warm up and burn off the fog for us . Well, by late morning well start to see it all clearing out. Visibility is low in a lot of spots. Ive been watching that as we get a look at our sensors around the bay area. Its the worst at sfo only down to a tenth of a mile. Weve seen the visibility dropping in parts of the north bay. As we deal with that were having some very chilly temperatures and well have a nice day. Thats a look at the live view in san jose. I know its hard to see anything. I think by the time we get through the 9 00 to 10 00 hour well see it all clearing out. Sunshine the rest of the day and temperatures warming up as we head to the low 60s for this afternoon reaching up to 65 degrees in livermore and some upper 60s in spots like santa rosa, San Francisco reaching 62. Were all dry. Still no changes in our weather pattern and its been like this as we see the storm systems approach, they just dry up before they bring any rain. They may also bring at times some gusty winds. Looking back on how much rain weve measured so far this water year that started october 1st, we barely measured any rain in october. November we got a little bit but nowhere close to the normal amount. And december is usually our second wettest month and hopefully well get some more rain in here. It looks like it will take at least a Halfway Point of december before we take any chances. San jose, oakland only measuring 5 of the normal amount of rain to this point. And in santa rosa we need nearly 6 inches of rain to catch up to normal so were only getting 22 of the normal amount. Normally we get at least one Atmospheric River coming in. We see dry weather conditions and slightly warmer temperatures with some upper 60s. Its going to be cool these next few mornings starting out with 30s and some of us below freezing. Mike, youve been tracking a lot of issues for drivers heading out on this traffic tuesday. Yeah, kari, we had two Traffic Alerts. Well talk about that but wider reaching is the fog. Lets look at the san mateo bridge where things got a lot tougher to see over the last half hour. This is our camera on the toll plaza side of hayward. Thats how tough it is to see at times across that span. Now it we look at the Speed Sensors, that alone doesnt tell us the whole story. The live cameras help. Were looking at the greater bay fog and the south bay, peninsula and the north bay. The vas coroad closed between highway 4 and camino diablo. Co highway 4 and camino diablo. The olympic symbol is once again lit up in tokyo bay. It was removed for maintenance shortly after the tokyo games were postponed until next year. The five rings have been reinstalled and stand more than 100 feet in length. Those rings will be lit at night and the Tokyo Olympics are set to open july 23rd right here on nbc bay area. And theres much more ahead on today in the bay this Tuesday Morning including a church heading back to the same court that force it had to follow the states covid restrictions. What the church is asking for today. And San Franciscos muni in serious trouble. The thousands of jobs on the line and what has to happen to avert disaster. A lot more news ahead. Youre watching today in the bay. Welcome back. Thanks for joining us this Tuesday Morning for today in the bay. Attorneys for a defiant south bay church are back in court today demanding Indoor Services be allowed to resume. San joses Calvary Chapel racked up hundreds of thousands in fines for ignoring Santa Clara Countys restrictions on indoor gathering. Eventually a Court Granted an injunction requiring the church obey guidelines. Todays hearings will cover the same ground albeit under slightly different circumstances. The newly seated u. S. Supreme court recently lifted restrictions on indoor worship in new york, but leaders here have already submitted a new brief in california opposing lifting thankses. City councilmembers in san jose plan to discuss expanding the ban on natural gas in new homes and buildings. The city wants to move towards a Renewable Energy future. Hospitals, addons to homes and restaurants would be exempt if the ban goes into effect. Last year the city passed an ordinance that bans natural gas and any new residential buildings. Barring a recovery in revenues more than 1,200 muni workers may lose their jobs, the worst Case Scenario n. A grim new assessment delivered to sfmta board members. If help does not arrive to close munis massive deficit, the cuts would make up more than 20 of munis workforce. Projections now show muni could be more than 200 million in the red within two years time even with recent cutbacks. Getting ready to get america vaccinated. Today is a pivotal day. In a matter of hours they will discuss who gets the vaccine first. Our Live Team Coverage next on just how bad the winter could get as the third hour of today in the bay continues right now. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. It might be a foggy one. You say were going to see the fog linger this morning . Fog in the south bay where we normally dont see fog this dense. And were going to have a cold morning in parts of the north bay when you have fog and freezing temperatures. We will look at some breezy winds and dry weather in the forecast as we head into the next few days