Of whats ang out there on the roads this morning as we get a look at our traffic maps. No major problems for the commute on this holiday, and we want to make sure youre aware of high winds so keep a tight grip on that steering wheel. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast, coming up in a few minutes. He look forward to it, thanks, kari. Were under 48 hours away from the inauguration. Tracie potts is live on capitol hill. 15,000 National Guard troops joined federal agents and police and theyre doing just everything to make sure this transition is not interrupted by any violence. Reporter exactly. I got a security update. They continue to expand the perimeter around the capitol, which is already locked down. By wednesday, there will be tens of thousands of National Guard troops here, already many of them on the ground working with police and federal agents to make sure this this is a peaceful transition of power. In washington, d. C. , this morning, businesses are boarded up, the National Mall and its landmarks offlimits to the public. The inauguration site, the u. S. Capitol and blocks around it behind concrete barricades, metal fencing, and an unprecedented display of americas military might. We dont want to see fences. We definitely dont want to see armed troops on our streets, but we do have to take a different posture. Reporter new video of the capitol riot where the [ bleep ] is nancy . Reporter shows what washington is trying to prevent . 25,000 troops will occupy the city by wednesday. Even though our inauguration traditions look a little different this year, and we still were all still together, though, united, you nighted across all of america. Reporter 14 states sent the National Guard to protect their capitols, after the fbi warned of possible violence. You want to be overprepared versus underprepared. Reporter but demonstrations sunday, some armed, were small but peaceful. A bunch of people decided not to come here because of the fear of the National Guard. We come in peace. We do not intend to commit violence. Reporter as crews pack up the white house, the nations attention turns to this week. President elect biden volunteering in philadelphia today for the mlk day of service. Preparations along pennsylvania avenue and at the capitol for todays inauguration rehearsal. And thats the one that was postponed from yesterday because of a security threat. Were told its a go today. Also happening today, california senator Kamala Harris resigns her last day representing california, because in her new role, she will be presiding over the u. S. Senate. I know you shared video from the capitol riots. Any new developments into that investigation . Reporter well, we know that about 125 people have been arrested. They are charged with a number of felonies, some of them weapons charges, other charges, theft charges, and a couple of fbi sources tell us that theyre looking into a 500,000 bitcoin payment to determine if there were any foreign actors, governments or other groups that may have tried to help fund the violence that we saw on january 6th. Interesting. Tracie potts live from washington, thanks so much. In the meantime, still no signs of protesters at the state capitol, despite some threats of possible activity over the weekend. All remained pretty quiet. Some of them may be due to the presence of so many National Guard troops. Theyll be positioned in the areas surrounding the capitol, and at least through Inauguration Day. Well have special Inauguration Day coverage from here in the bay area and washington, d. C. Well have specialll day long to mark this historic day. You can follow both on air and online. 6 05 on your monday morning. Vacaville police on the hunt for vandals after a group of protesters left this damage behind. Demonstrators broke windows, spray painted profane and threatening messages at the Police Station and on other parts of city hall. Investigators say this started out as a peaceful protest in andrews park. They say protesters broke out windows of two cars. People were inside them at the time. Nobody hurt. A vehicle associated with the demonstration was impounded but so far, no arrests. A surprise discovery made by bay area researchers, a new mutant covid strain is spreading. But here is the unnerving part, its not the one first identified in the United Kingdom. Today in the bays see cierra john sn is live to explain the origins and what we know. Reporter good morning, yes. Researchers are confident what theyre finding here in the bay area is not what made headlines in the United Kingdom around december but they are confident that this mutant variation is that of the one that was found in that outbreak in san jose. Now researchers are saying this mutant strain is called l452r. Researchers do not have data to determine if the variant is more trance missible or deadly but researchers noted it was being spread quickly in communities where it was identified. In the case of the outbreak at Kaiser Permanente in san jose, at least 90 people were infected around christmastime. The question why did the virus spread so quickly . Was there, you know, some change in ventilation, or some change in how personal protective equipment was used, or some staff turnover or you know, some other condition present . Reporter in addition to Santa Clara County, this variant has been detected in several other counties around the state, including humboldt, lake, los angeles, monterey, orange and san diego, and although researchers were still looking into specifics about the variant and its conditions, they say that the current vaccine thats out now is still effective against this strain. So there is some good news there. Were live in San Francisco, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. State Health Leaders advising one batch of Modernas Covid vaccine be held for now as they investigate a string of allergic reactions. The advisory is limited to a batch recently given to people in san diego. Once those allergic reactions were reported last week, the vaccine was set aside. The vaccines were given at petco park, which was also closed for a time last week, and people required medical attention. Providers are told to wait to vaccines from that lot, and keep them frozen until the investigation is complete. So far, the state has received 3. 5 million covid19 vaccines. According to the cdc, more than 1 million have already been injected. Of those 865,000 received their first dose only and 204,000 people have received both shots. Most bay area counties are trying to eliminate confusion in the ongoing vaccine rollout. Yesterday Santa Clara County fairgrounds, some appointments had to be turned away. The county is only allowing people over 75 to get the shot, even though the state allows people over 65. So some people are signing up at the state website, even though they dont qualify at the fairgrounds. They said are you over 75, are you a Health Care Worker . No, but im registered and they said oh, well, that was a mistake. Yesterday i got the email reminder, you have an appointment today and i got here the line at the end and refused because im only 73. Adding to the confusion, Health Providers have their own supply of the vaccine, so some are accepting people younger than 75. An east bay doctor rolls up her sleeves not to receive a vaccination but to give doses to others. Dr. Rebecca parish runs comprehensive wellness, an independent practice in walnut creek. Today 500 senior also have their first dose of the pfizer vaccine, after seeing the anxiety and frustration many seniors trying to get a Covid Vaccine appointment, she organized her own clinic. I had a patient call me absolutely in tears, my 83yearold patient, and after trying to navigate online and she just wasnt able to do it. She made a drivethrough site at Stanley Middle School in lafayette and acquired doses with help from the county. All the spots are filled but if you check out the story at nbcbayarea. Com, there is an email address listed to register for the next clinic. Today the nation is taking time to reflect on the life and legacy of dr. Martin luther king jr. There will be no events at the mlk memorial in washington, d. C. The National Mall remains closed due to security concerns leading up to the inauguration. In berkeley, the pandemic is forcing the annual mlk celebration online. The keynote speaker will be author regina mason. In addition, several organizations will be honored for their work during the pandemic, helping those in need. San jose will hold an annual park cleanup in dr. Kings honor at San Tomas Park at 8 45 this morning. In the meantime, the city of el cerrito will hold its 32nd annual dr. Martin luther king jr. Car caravan event. Participants will depart from the del norte b. A. R. T. Station at 10 00, ahead of a planned rally at the el cerrito barth station. S unusual for midjanuary but everybody was out there enjoying the weather. Heres the lake at the weekend at Lake Elizabeth in fremont. This is what it looked like, people just getting out and enjoying. People say they just couldnt stay inside. Try to get some air with the kids. Theyve been locked up for a long time especially the little guy, so we just wanted to take a walk and get some air, to be honest with you, man. I didnt expect the weather to be so nice and is so open with the lake view. Its just amazing. If youd listened to kari you would have known. The high in fremont sunday in the mid70s, exactly as she said it would be. It was just gorgeous, so many places across the bay area. I got out there so much. I kept coming in, having lunch, then id go out for another walk. It was gorgeous. So another nice day ahead, but now were mixing in high winds which of course brings high fire danger as well. Absolutely, and not only will it be very warm, but those winds will start to pick up even in the valleys later some people are feeling heading out the door, so look its 36 degrees, not much of a wind, but then in santa rosa, where those winds are rushing down a hill into the city, well, it is 70 degrees, and so were also seeing a big spread in temperatures across the bay area, as were starting out very warm this time of year. This is even above our normal high temperatures, and were looking at highs that will reach back into the mid70s again today, with these records that are falling across the bay area that were set back in 2014. So its going to be another warm day but also windy. Well talk about how high those winds will get, thats coming up in a few minutes. Scott and laura . Sounds good, kari, thanks. Except for maybe the stray package that never made the Holiday Shopping season, pretty far behind us now but how did retailers do . Weve got some of the numbers coming up next. 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It was dropped by Amazon Web Services in wake of the capitol riot. The domain is reportedly registered with the Company Called epic but its not clear who is hosting the site. Tesla facing a new competitor in the autonomous driving race, not here in america, though. The chinese automaker xpeng announced new features for its flagship model sold in china, said to be similar to teslas, featuring highway driving, change lanes, change speed, enter and exit highways. It will not be available in the u. S. Spais exs launch is scrubbed until tomorrow. The falcon 9 spacecraft will deploy 60 satellites into orbit. Weather conditions put it on hold. Liftoff scheduled for tomorrow 5 23 a. M. Pacific time. Good news for the hip top legend and music mogul dr. Dre. Hes now back home after being hospitalized after suffering a brain aneurysm. His Attorney Says hes on the mend. Dr. Dre was in the hospital for over a week at the beginning of the month. Trending this morning, a throwback you didnt know you maybe needed. Fans of the rock may remember during the macys thanksgiving take a look. This balloon celebrates nbcs new comedy young rock which follows the wild times of dwayne as a kid, a teen and college footballer. The balloon featured the rock circa 1990. The hayward born johnson released the first trailer for that new show young rock on his twitter page and show debuts on nbc february 16th. Theres always plenty of tv to watch, although its going to be beautiful out there today. Lets check in with kari. Yes, weve had such nice and warm weather. I went hiking over the weekend but i was a little sad that it was just so brown out there, and Lake Del Valle is low so we are feeling warm weather but today, those winds are going to start to pick up and were talking about the potential of some Power Outages due to those high winds. Make sure youre prepared ahead of time, charging up your phone and devices as well as gathering up flashlights in case and nonperishable food as well as water and outdoor items are secure. We could see some tree branches coming down, so its the possibility that well have especially as the winds pick up later this evening. In the hills were seeing high wind gusts. In fact, just a little while ago we had an 83mileperhour gust in the healdsburg hills as well as the clayton hills and just north of middletown, seeing winds up to 81 miles. Er hour. Mt. St. Helena 76 but even in livermore weve had a 50mileperhour wind gust. Whats going on is that we have such low humidity and the dry vegetation is creating critical as well as elevated fire danger for the bay area, because its so dry and kind of crazy to think were still talking about this in january, but we just havent had enough rain. You combine that with the prolonged wind event that will last through tomorrow, as well as the very low humidity. There could be some fire sparking here. So as we go into the forecast, looking at the winds in Miles Per Hour, were looking at stopping it and look at san up through the north bay and parts of the east bay. San francisco winds at 34. This continues through tonight. So were still going to be talking about this tomorrow, as well as throughout the afternoon as those winds stay pretty high throughout the forecast. May even still be gusting early wednesday morning. We have two weather systems close by but as we go through the week well see that low moving away from us opening up the door for a potential of another chance of rain by the end of the week. A lot of that rain falls apart before it gets here. Next week we should have a better chance of rain, we really need it. Change in the temperatures from the low 70s for today and tomorrow to a cooler midweek, nothing compared to this weekend. Well have mid50s and chance of rain by late sunday. As you get out on the roads this morning, i wanted to give you a quick look at the overall view of the maps across the bay area this morning. Even though weve had minor incidents, i havent seen anything that caused a backup on this holiday. Maybe hang out with us for a little while, as you get ready to head out the door. Keep a tight grip on the steering wheel, the winds are gusting across the bridges this morning. Good advice, kari, thanks. Coming up next a california man who spent months living in one of the largest airports in the World Without anyone even noticing. Well tell you how he got caught. Another hard to believe story how someone managed to steal a oneton military vehicle from a california armory. But first our teams always on social media and today in the bays kris sanchez is heading to washington, d. C. , for the president ial inauguration. Her photographer robbie beasome. Kris is on facebook and twitter to see security measures that theyre taking and posting photos and videos as events kick off in d. C. We wish her a safe trip. Youre watching today in the bay. Oh, this is how it starts lightning strikes the heart the day has just begun brighter than the sun oh, we could be the stars falling from the sky shining how we want brighter than the sun oroweat bread. Gathering, baking and delivering the goodness of nature. From one generation to the next and from seed to slice. Okay, so its normally not a news story when someone from california moves to chicago, but it is when he calls the citys Ohare Airport home for three months. Thats according to police who say Adithya Singh traveled to one of the u. S. busiest airports on a a flight from l. A. In october. He said he was afraid to fly home due to the pandemic. Authorities say he managed to get hold of an airport workers i. D. To get around and survived on food from other travelers. He now faces several charges, including felony criminal trespassing. Developing now, the fbi is offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of a humvee stolen from a Southern California military facility. It was stolen from the National Guard armory in the city of belle near east l. A. Friday morning. The vehicle is valued at 120,000. Jill next stadium seems far away now for san mateos tom brady w his new team tampa. He faced off yesterday against drew bries in an epic showdown to move on to the nfc game championship game. Brady was the victor. Sam brock tells us some wonder if this may have been the swan song for brees. Good morning. This Football Game received an awful lot of attention going in, two legendary quarterbacks squaring off, tom brady and drew brees, whose collective age is 85 years of life experience, the oldest quarterback matchup in the history of the nfl. Of course tom brady emerges victorious, and that means that the tampa bay bucs are going to Lambeau Field to square off against Aaron Rodgers for a right to play in the super bowl. Brady could be going for his seventh ring but the big question coming out of this game is this the last one for drew brees . Will he retire . There were reports prior to the game that was the case, brees was asked about it after the game. He kind of deflected in his answer but there were signs, guys, following the game that this might be it, including some really touching video that you dont want to miss. That story coming up on today. Well look forward to it. Thanks, sam. Wild scene on the bay bridge. Coming up, were you trapped on the bridge when dozens and dozens of motorcyclists, atvs and dirt riders descended on the span and caused backups and crashes. Unfortunately one person was killed. Up next, well tell you what were learn being this bike caravan that turned so dangerous. And did you feel it . Another earthquake hit the bay area over the weekend. Up next, what a seismologist is saying about the recent shaking that weve been feeling in our golden state. And before we head to break, were celebrating dr. Martin luther king jr. Day. A History Lesson for you. Dr. Dipping gave his famous i have a dream speech august 28th, 1963. Nearly 60 years ago. Well be right back with more. Youre watching today in the bay. New years resolutions come and go. So give your business more than resolutions. Give it solutions, from comcast business. Work more efficiently with fast internet and advanced wifi. Make your business safer with powerful cybersecurity solutions. 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Kari is checking the winds knocking down power lines and the possibility of fires. Thats the possibility of today we have to watch out for, as we await the sun to rise and south bay right now, it istely we have to deal with these, the damaging winds possible for today. Near record high temperatures, weve all been out there enjoying it but its not supposed to be this warm and a high fire danger so as you wake up and get ready to head out, were talking about temperatures reaching back into the mid70s that could just blow a lot of these records out of the water. Were also watching for the potential of that high fire danger. We have bob redell live in dublin to give us more information about that. Bob . Reporter well, good morning to you, kari. As you were alluding to, youve got the low humidities, the dry fuels and Fire Department as a result are worried. We are having some winds out here, nothing at this elevation, causing concern but the upper elevations as we report mt. Diablo, a wind gust of 81 miles an hour. National Weather Service for the bay area just tweeted out that up in healdsburg on pine flat road, they just recorded a gust of 86 miles an hour. These are not sustained winds. These are gusts, but we are under a wind advisory until 6 00 tonight, a high wind advisory for elevations above 1,000 feet. That kicks in at 4 00 this afternoon, runs until 7 00 tomorrow morning. We spoke with the fremont Fire Department, they along with other Fire Departments are concerned about these winds starting wildfires weve been talking about, yes its january, but weve seen temperatures in the mid70s, fuels are dry as i mentioned, because weve had hardly any rain. The battalion chief tells us his men and women have yet to put away their wildland safety gear from last years fire season. Hes never seen conditions like this before in Northern California this late in the winter. Theres three factors that influence a wildfire, thats fuel, weather and topography. Unfortunately coming up experiencing weather with high winds and the fuel hasnt been moist, so everything is receptive to burn. Reporter pg e is warning about Public Safety power shutoffs for some of its customers in the central valley, and on the central coast. But not here in the bay area. Thats not to say that the winds could get high enough that it would knock out electricity on its own. Reporting live here in the hills above dublin, bo bay area app. You can check the forecast on the go and track Current Conditions in your area, even before you head out the door. Were just two days away from the historic inauguration of president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris. Today is the last day for the bay area native as a senator from california. In the bay area, a segment about her new appointment. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson joins us live in the east bay with a look at local events going on to support her. Good morning, cierra. Good morning. There are some members of the Bay Area Community celebrating Vice President election Kamala Harris road to the white house. The oakland native has some friends here that have actually received a special invitation to watch her take her place in history in just a matter of days. One of those friends oakland native Derek Johnson received that invitation to d. C. About a week ago and just days later he boarded a flight with 20 other bay area details of the ceremo for security reasons, but he says hes elated to be there. He says he and harris became friends when they were about 16 years old and says shes really the same person now as she was then. Take a listen. The 16yearold kamala is still the kamala of today, the smile, the laugh. She loves to laugh. I love to laugh. So shes just fun. Shes always been fun and shes still fun. Reporter he says despite some of the recent occurrences in the nations capitol, hes not concerned about safety. He says he feels safe and is hopeful that what is happening there with some of the threats of violence to not overshadow his friends big historic day for the nation. Were live in San Francisco, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. All right, thank you very much. We cant forget, today is Martin Luther king jr. Day, a holiday designated as a national day of service to honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader dr. Martin luther king jr. Due to the pandemic, many events are going to be virtual. Tonight president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris will host an hourlong commemoration. Kings son and daughter expected to speak at the event. There will also be several performances. The National Civil Rights Museum will host a virtual mlk celebration on its website. The pandemic continues to get worse. 24 million infections since the start. The number of deaths now on the verge of 400,000 americans. California the first state to exceed 3 million cases, an additional 432 died yesterday, that pushes the overall total of 33,000plus californians. A live look in l. A. The rate of covid deaths now one every six minutes. It recently confirmed its case of a faster spreading strain as well. Hospitals in l. A. County stretched incredibly thin. The number of deaths reported was noticeably lower yesterday in l. A. Health leaders stress a big undercount probably took place because of the weekend. Deaths there now approaching 14,000 in l. A. Alone. Like most bay area counties, Vaccine Supplies are low. The chp will reveal more today about what can only be called chaos on the bay bridge. It started about 2 00 p. M. Yesterday, started several hours, hundreds of motorcycles and dirt bikes and atvs went the wrong way at times, weaving in and out of traffic. Starting at about 2 00 p. M. And lasting for several hours. The chp also made multiple arrests. They were wheeling, popping hands, arms in the air looking behind them as they were moving at high speeds passing cars, and you know, it was unusual enough to have just a few of these but there were like i said, it was hundreds. The chp was able to make some arrests and unfortunately, some of those officers were injured as well. The weekend included the latest reminder for everyone in the bay area to be preparedearthquakes at a moments notice. Did you feel the one on saturday, 4. 2 quake centered in aromas in monterey county. One store owner in gilroy says he ran outside when he realized what was going on. Suddenl bang, you know, the noise came up like a bang, and then i thought some truck, accident happened and then suddenly the bottles moving and makes a sound, ting, ting, and i thought there was an earthquake. I ran away. I thought it would fall down from the roof so i just ran out. I tweeted about it saturday night. I was surprised how far away it was felt. It wasnt really Strong Enough to cause any damage, which is the best way to remind us of all these pential dangers out there. Always remember were in earthquake country. As for whether the wkendee akequhould be taken as a sign of a larger one coming, heres dr. Angela chung with berkeleys seismology project. We really have no idea when that next big earthquake will occur, and just because there are earthquakes happening doesnt necessarily mean there will be a bigger one. There is a chance there may be a larger earthquake that comes after these earthquakes. The best thing that we can tell people is to use this as a reminder to get prepared for the next big earthquake. She says make a plan with your family, including where you would meet and make sure you have emergency supplies handy. The San Jose Earthquakes not playing but the dubs are and their tasks beating the world champs tonight in their house. The dub also go to l. A. To take on lebron and the lakers. The warriors have been up and down so far this season, which is a lot better than the mostly down we were talking about last year. The lakers on a fivegame winning streak with the leagues best record. Star steph curry admits its going to be a challenge. They have championship confidence, and once you get to that mountaintop, its kind of an unreal feeling to try to carry that over into the next season, no question theyll start off the year well and takes a lot to beat them. The warriors are trying to stop a twogame losing streak. A stunner for the stanford Womens Basketball team, not the kind you want to brag about. Yesterdays game against colorado undefeated ranked number one in the nation. Colorado was able to stay with them, they stayed close with them until the very end. They took them into overtime, where the unranked buffs took control winning 7772. Buffalos have never beaten a topranked team. Trending this morning, a story that truly shows how hard work pays off. This is Oklahoma State basketball player dean mitchell, just overcome with emotion, his coach surprised him after he worked his shift at walmart. The coach telling him thats earned a scholarship. Mitchells been working full time to pay for school and his familys bills after his mom lost her job. He still makes it to practice every day. And now hell be making his way to college. Thats really nice to see. What do powerball, Mega Millions and the Twilight Zone have in common . You can probably guess. No jackpot winners bound to eventually make somebody incredibly rich. Your new next two chances start tomorrow. Mega millions jackpot hits more than 850 million, and wednesdays powerball draw, the jackpot is 730 million. Good luck to you. 6 41. Coming up next, capitol hill, we have crew there is including our own kris sanchez covering everything thats going to happen and history being made over the next two days. And a reminder, tonight join us for an all new race in america starts at 6 30. 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Well talk more about what to expect as we go throughout this windy day, thats coming up in a few minutes. Sounds good, thanks, kari. Quarter to 7 00. A live look at capitol hill. The National Mall remains closed, with security extra tight, as the nation prepares to welcome a new president. Today in the bays tracie potts live in washington. Tracie, before joe biden takes over, hes got a crisis to deal with. Hes sending a message to thousands of honduran immigrants making their way to the u. S. Border. Reporter exactly, and that message is not yet, wait. According to a senior official with the biden transition, things arent going to change overnight, from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration on immigration policy, so they are urging migrants not to flood the border and push their way into the United States right away. Take a look at this video, there was a chaotic melee over the weekend in central america, when thousands of these migrants were trying to move forward. Security forces used tear gas, they used sticks, they used a stun grenade to try to disperse this crowd. There were a number of people injured. Authorities couldnt say how many, about 3,000 had spent the night in a village t honduras a salvador, the border there since friday. 7,000 or 8,000 trying to make their way from guatemala fleeing poverty, violence, backtoback hurricanes, not to mention the covid pandemic and the impact of that there. Guatemala sent about a thousand back to honduras but the caravan is trying to move into mexico and not just immigration policy. Joe biden is going to expect to issue executive orders next week on immigration to deal with what his team calls a more dignified policy, but thats not all that theyre dealing with. Hes trying to get the 1. 9 trillion stimulus passed, that would put a 1,400 check in many of your wallets. Also another goal, making sure that 100 million americans take this vaccine in his first 100 days. Climate change is going to be big on that agenda. In fact, we learned this morning, that rejoining the paris climate accord, hes expecting to issue an executive order on that on day one, the afternoon after the inauguration, wednesday afternoon. Tracie potts, thank you. Now to the white house as well. President trump only with about 48 hours left in office. The commander in chief eyeing lastminute pardons and considering Defense Strategy for his impending impeachment trial. We get more from nbcs peter alexander. All right were having trouble with that story. Well have special Inauguration Day coverage from here in the bay area and of course washington, d. C. We have special newscasts all day long to mark the historic day, follow on air and online. Our own kris sanchez will be reporting live. 6 48 right now. If youre walking through downtown san jose you might want to look up. A massive mural of the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg gracing a building on santa clara street near market. The portrait is from san bruno based artist chubooyulu, posted pictures of the progress. Ginsburg died following a bat well pancreatic cancer in september. Think twice if you want to visit pacifica pier. It is still closed after king tides and large swells damaged a 40foot section of the deck and railing. City engineers say the pier is not structurally safe, may be closed for a month or longer while repairs are made. Weve got some new video to show you of a boat capsizing in the santa cruz harbor. A fishing boat hit a sandbar and capsized by large waves over the weekend. If t appears only one person was in that boat, he was able to return safely. The coast guard and Harbor Patrol got the boat uprights answer managed to move it back to the harbor. Certain something weve been warning folks about, including the beaches outside the San Francisco if youre visiting and you really shouldnt be visiting. Please stay away from the water, it is so dangerous and supreme are grabbed off the beach and pulled out fairly often. Kari . Yes, and i know its so tempting, because the weather is so warm. Youre able to wear short sleeves, and be at the coast and feel this warm breeze, but really, do stay well away from the water. Lets talk about where we are expected to go again today, and also todays record highs. Now back in 2014, we had a warm spell like this, but we were also in the middle of a prolonged drought, and now were looking at our high temperatures today heading back into the mid70s, so its going to be even warmer than we were in 2014, and today, were also dealing with these high winds. Were already feeling some of those gusts. If you live in the hills, it is a scary morning, those gusts have really been kicking up. In the healdsburg hills a gust of 83 Miles Per Hour, 81 in clayton hills so parts of the east bay as well as other parts of the north bay. Mt. St. Helena had a wind gust of 76. Even in livermore, 50mileperhour gust, and its going to get Even Stronger as we go into today, and we do have this elevated fire risk, and were still talking about the potential of wildfires in january. This is just really unreal for us, because we are dealing with the very low humidity, the dry vegetation and these high winds, along with the warm temperatures, and so thats a concern we have for today. Lets go through the wind speed forecast. We are going to see these winds, here we are at 2 00 this afternoon. Winds coming in from the northeast, which tends to dry out. The air as it descends the hills and its going to be mostly at about 35, 40 Miles Per Hour for the afternoon. Here we are late this evening, even in some of our valleys its going to be gusty. So if youre out today, if youre able to spend some time outside, secure the garbage cans, anything that may get blown around in the high winds. Well see it through tomorrow morning, and this will be what we call a prolonged wind event, where it happens for not only one day but possibly about 48 hours of some high winds. Finally its starting to calm down as we head into wednesday morning, but we have these two pressure systems close by each other, it causes the wind to rush across the bay area. By the end of the week, things start to warm down but temperatures will go down as well and well have a slight chance of rain between thursday night and friday but maybe a better chance of rain early next week. Its been so dry, but i wanted to show you these temperatures. Were going from the low 70s in the inland areas today to some 70s tomorrow but a cooldown by the end of the week, and we start out the week in the 70s, but we will not end the week this way. By sunday, were only reaching 56 degrees with a chance of showers. As you get ready to head out on the roads on this holiday, overall i havent seen any major problems there. Its been a few minor incidents but you can see that it is green. No major traffic as you head out, so hopefully we are going to have those traffic conditions staying this wout today. Ill have another update coming up in just a few minutes. Kari, thank you. Happening now, a race in eastern china to rescue 2,000 gold miners trapped after an underground explosion. Authorities received a note from them saying 11 are safe, one injured, and ten are still missing. The workers have been trapped for more than a week but muchneeded supplies recently reached the trapped miners spree ja zip lines, including food and flashlights. Coming up next on today in the bay, well have a quick look at top stories including broken windows and doors at city hall in vacaville. The hunt for the vandals and what may have led up to it. The plus a new mutant covid strain moving through the bay area and not the one tied to the uk. What research is say being its threat. Youre watching today in the bay. Oh, this is how it starts lightning strikes the heart the day has just begun brighter than the sun oh, we could be the stars falling from the sky shining how we want brighter than the sun oroweat bread. Gathering, baking and delivering the goodness of nature. From one generation to the next and from seed to slice. Welcome back. Heres a quick look at the top sto stories were following. Cierra johnson has a new strain of covid spreading fast in the bay area. Reporter it was not the one making headlines last month in the uk. This is a separate strain and they believe its the same strain that was the root of that outbreak in san jose. Now researchers have a name for this strain, its l452r. Researchers dont have enough data to determine if the variant is more transmissible or deadly. In the case of the outbreak at Kaiser Permanente in san jose, at least 90 people were infected around christmastime. In addition to Santa Clara County, the variant has been detected in several counties including humboldt, lake, los angeles, monterey, orange and san diego. There is some positive news in this new variant, though. They believe that the vaccine thats being administered around the state will still protect those against this new strain. So a little bit of good news in that sense. Were live in San Francisco, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. Thank you. New overnight, Vacaville Police on the hunt for vandals after a group of protesters left this damage behind. It broke a numbe painted profan threatening messages at the Police Station and other parts of city hall. Investigators say it started as a peaceful protest in andrews park but the protesters broke out windows of two cars that had people in them at the time. Nobody was hurt. A car associated with the demonstration was impounded, but no arrests so far. Today the nation is taking time to reflect on the life and legacy of dr. Martin luther king jr. In berkeley, the pandemic is forcing the annual mlk celebration to take place on line. The keymotor Speaker Author regina mason. In addition, several Organization Also be honored for their work during the pandemic to help those in need. The city of san jose holds an annual cleanup at San Tomas Park at 8 45 this morning. The car caravan participant also depart at 10 00 ahead of a planned rally at the el cerrito b. A. R. T. Station. The weather over the weekend strangeor midjanuary, but a fremont. People telling us they just couldnt stay inside. Trying to get some air with the kids. Theyve been locked up for a long time. Especially the little guys, so we just wanted to take a walk and get some air, to be honest with you, man. Didnt expect the weather to be so nice and so open with the lake view. Its just amazing. Mr. Yang, you need to pay more attention to kari hall because she predicted that entirely. Lets take you over to kari and kari, mr. Yang is now listening. Still wearing his coat. Lets take a live look outside in dublin. The beautiful sunrise that we are seeing right now and its going to be a warm day, reaching into the mid70s once again, but its going to be super windy compared to what we had over the weekend. All right, thank you very much, kari. Thats going to do it for us. Of course, complete coverage of everything happening in washington as we take a live picture of washington coming up on the today show. And well have a full update for you at 11 00 as well and always at nbcbayarea. Com. Have a great day. Good morning. Lockdown. Inauguration week starts with a massive show of force in washington and at statehouses all over the country. The fbi vetting all 25,000 troops in the nations capitol over fears of a possible insider attack. This as chilling, new images emerge from inside that siege on the capitol. It is only a matter of time. Justice is coming. This morning, stunning views of the chaos you have not seen, with america on alert for more potential violence. Final countdown