their covid rules and we ask a bay area doctor if it is too soon. >> the reward in a bay area serial killer case that dates back decades. our top story on kpix 5, the covid rules are about to change in two counties. we will take you live outside and san francisco marin county is easing some of their restrictions saying the surge is easing up and in san francisco starting february 1, office workers and gymnasium members and so-called stable cohorts of people may remove their masks indoors again, but the groups must be up-to-date on the vaccinations, and that includes boosters when eligible. the city said cases are still high but they are dropping quickly. >> today signals very clearly to the people of san francisco that the city is saying it is safe to go into the jims and if you are boosted without a mask and that is a big step forward. >> new rules in order to get into chase center starting february 1. you are going to need either proof of vaccination including a booster shot taken at least a week before an event or negative covid test. those tests need to be done within 24 hours and pcr test need to be at least 48 hours before an event. marin county also slowly changing some of its covid rules. they now say students and staff don't have to wear masks outdoors at school and also indoor sporting events will no longer be limited to 50 people. however, masks are still required at all indoor events. marin county has the highest vaccination rate in the state with more than 94% of those 5 and older fully vaccinated. in here are the new numbers just released. california and its test positivity is 18.8%, down 2 percent from seven days prior and there are nearly 60,000 new cases. joining me live now is a doctor from stamford healthcare. first, what is your take on the counties easing those restrictions? are we ready for that or is it too soon? >> i think it really depends on what the goal is. if the goal is to reduce infections dramatically, do we still have a very high test positivity. compare this to the summer in 2020 when things really slowed down throughout the country in certain parts of the country and the test positivity was less than 2%. we are at 18 point 8% we still have a lot of spread still with omicron. when you pull back you will expect to see a lot infections but with that said the vaccines are working and we know the people getting it have mild cases. >> so san francisco and marin are the outliers. you talked about the overall search we are seeing what some e enng down and other parts of the country were suffering more, should we be cautiously optimistic? >> i think we can in terms of knowing that the vaccines are doing the job and they are really keeping us protected in terms of severe disease or not needing to be hospitalized so i do feel very good about that. with that said, we know that having a big surge means healthcare workers being sick and on the hospital and other people not been able to work and it was a big disruption on our society and the goal should be that surges don't disrupt us. and that way i would be cautious still because we do have a lot of infection around the community and every epidemic is local for local places will start to pull back and then we have to see what happens and do they have a lot more surgeons and do they not and how many people are coming in from other areas or other parts of the state or other parts of the country. there are a lot of factors involved. >> we hope it gets under control quickly. thank you and we appreciate that. a fire burned at near and people wererescued off ctbu spiti grab my mask d veate and walk over where people were starting to congregate, and, sure enough, you can see the second floor building and the paddy on fire with flames coming out and a lot of black smoke. >> because of that fire is under investigation. and now to a renewed effort to solve a cold case. investigators say back in the 70s a serial killer would actually draw his victims before killing him and he was dubbed the doodler terrorizing the city'scommunity. justin andrews looks at how police say they may be closing in. >> reporter: 48 years ago to the day, the first victim's body was found with 17 stab wounds and now a new investigation shows there may have been a six victim. >> reporter: while there is no suspect publicly identified, thursday morning, they posted an award for $200,000 for information leading to the arrest of the so-called doodler. it is a mid-70s murder mystery that rocked the bay area. detectives started digging learning a serial killer picked up his victims over 18 months and police say he found them in bars and nightclubs in san francisco tempting and captivating them with sketches piece ofpaper sket was a a eifa be havingsetersnd then bruy bingem to death. the killings occurred between january 1974 and june 1975, gripping the community. the victims were all white men in san francisco, and they all suffered similar injuries, stab wounds to the back and chest. the case remains cold but open. there was some action in 2018 when san francisco detectives re-examined evidence and dna and in 2019 they announced a new $100,000 reward for information in decades later still nothing, police say this case is still very active. the police are asking if you know any information to call them. i am just in andrews, kpix 5. today on international holocaust remembrance day a community helping to rebuild the synagogue after it burned last month. we have an update on that effort. >> reporter: here it had only been open for a few months before a fire heavily damaged it but today the rabbi said they are rebuilding with the support of the community. >> it is amazing to see how the community got together to rebuild. >> reporter: on international holocaust remembrance day he said there are two parts for today, remembering and action. >> as were the jewish people afflicted and so they multiplied and were strengthened. the jewish people come together in the same way we have in our stard in a carport area and quickly took over the building. police say they are investigating and they determined it wasn't a hate incident. he said since the fire they have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> we are starting a campaign to build something or twice or triple the size and, so far, over $650,000 has come in. >> reporter: they are now hoping to make it a reality. the hits just keep on coming on wall street. another day of losses. the dow fell slightly seven points but the nasdaq lost 189 and the s&p dropped 23. justice stephen breyer announced his plans to step down after a nearly 3 decades long career on the us supreme court. >> it is a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all of those people in front of you. these are people in so different in what they think but to help solve their major differences under law. >> president biden presided over his confirmation as the senate judiciary chair in 1994. today he called the justices an setimeof great thco i wisenonerthy of jue legacy of justice and decency. >> he said he will announce his choice to replace him by the end of february. he promised to make good on his campaign pledge to nominate the first black woman to the high court. potential candidates include california supreme jordan justice, leondra kruger, federal appeals court judge, ketanji brown jackson, and appeals court judge candace and also j. michelle childs. >> we asked what would come for his brother. >> he loves to cook and he loves to write and he loves to draw so i think he will be pretty busy. >> it does sound like. he said his brother will likely return to massachusetts where he spent most of his adult life. still ahead and streaming on cbs news area, three days ahead of the nfc championship, we sit down one-on-one with san francisco's mayor and why she says she is better. >> a classy move by thousands of chase fans and how they think the buffalo bills for one of the most exciting playoff games in team history. >> we can be excited about blue skies over the bay area and the haze over the horizon the past few days has thinned out significantly. we will look at how it looks on thno g r the winter olympics. they left la earlier today, and they are doing everything they can to avoid contracting covid. athletes must record to negative test before leaving for china and once they arrived they are subject to daily testing and the olympics start february 4 and run through february 20. around here the big focus is on the nfc championship. in three days the niners hope to upset the rams it their home stadium in la and jimmy garoppolo and company did that three weeks ago to get into the playoffs and now they're going back with plenty of momentum. they sat down with vern glenn today and san francisco native dressed in red head to toe. >> it is something about the spirit of the niners that really brings people together. i think that having this opportunity to compete with la, who is usually our archenemy. and no matter what happened with the dodgers and giants, i am bitter and we need the 49ers to make this right for seven cisco. >> reporter: by the way have you been in touch with garcetti in la? >> yes. you know it. we did have a bet and he said you didn't send me my bridge and i said i sent you that bridge a long time ago. and we did lose at that time but i said you may be sending it right back because after this game we are ready to take our revenge and get our rights to the best of california when it comes to sports with this game. >> she doesn't welch on her best if you can still say that anymore and we want your fan photos and videos and you can use it sending the hashtag kpix. and we have another report coming up and streaming service cbsn bay area and you can watch it wherever and whenever and find us on channel 1021 on google tv and any platform using the free cbs app. the pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger retiring after 18 seasons. >> the time has come to clean up my locker and hang up my cleats and continue to be all i can be to my wife and children and i retire from football but a truly grateful man. >> the 39-year-old has two super bowl rings and countless team records and a likely spot in the hall of fame. he called his journey exhilarating and the steelers never had a losing season with him as quarterback. some kansas city chiefs fans keeping a classy after their team beat the bills and dramatic fashion last sunday. one fan shared this meme calling for a $13 donation to children's hospital in buffalo, a charity closely tied to bills quarterback josh allen. 13 in honor of the 13 seconds it took for kansas city to tie the game before winning it in overtime and since the meme came out, fans have responded in a huge way giving more than $300,000. >> everybody is talking about it and everywhere you go in the hospital right now people are saying did you see what is on the news or facebook? >> to see this was just words can't describe it. it is truly phenomenal. everybody is being so generous. >> $13 at a time and again it is $300,000 and going up and that money comes from 15,000 donor so far. now the forecast with paul heggen. that is pretty amazing that something is a heartbreak for the bills fan can be a good thing for the community. and those fans will take a little while to bounce back from sunday. chilly conditions tonight but patchy fog and a very similar pattern tomorrow and this will stick around a few more days the cooler temperatures are settling in sunday and monday and a brief cool down especially for inland parts of the bay area and next week still looks dry and that meager chance of showers that we had in the forecast for the second half of the weekend is almost diminished entirely. we are not expecting any rain in the next 7 to 10 days. but the air-quality improve today and the air-quality map right now has a lot of green dots and still some moderate ratings around santa rosa and around the bay and lower elevations and here same thing in the valley but the worst ratings are in the moderate category with any of the orange dots are those from malfunctioning sensors but the problem is we won't see any rain over the next several days so the air-quality will likely get to be more moderate. and some passing clouds overhead tomorrow. high clouds will filter the sunshine. they won't block it but more substantial cloud cover will were lynn after the sun goes down tomorrow and this will lead us to the start of the day on saturday and nothing falling out of these clouds. a lot of gray on the simulation but no green here and we are expecting the dry weather to persist of the week in which means the pollen count will change a whole lot and cedar and juniper and medium and then medium high in the next monday. here there is a lot of sunshine and temperatures are in the 60s across the board anywhere from 61 in oakland to 68 degrees right now in san jose but the clear skies over heaven the wind dying down temperatures will drop off quickly with mid upper 40s around 40 degrees mostd tolos nd the t withhigh uresouncing back that chilly start and we will end up anywhere from 3 degrees above average for concorde and also san jose. the temperatures along the coast should reach low to mid 60s in the mid-60s on the south end of the bay with upper 60s for san jose and the santa clara valley. in the east bay highs in the low 60s and a little cooler on the east side of mount diablo in the central valley fog will slow down the warm-up and you will stay below 60. low 60s around central they and up into the mid-60s for santa rosa here and temperatures further north also reach the mid-or upper 60s here. with temperatures we will see similarly on saturday and there is a cool down on sunday and the reaction to not only the additional cloud cover over the weekend but stronger onshore wind and those will keep the cooler air in place around the bay, but temperatures will start bouncing back inland and a little further into the 60s for san jose toward the middle of next week and temperatures are pretty close to normal around the corner from january into february on tuesday but the one thing not changing is the lack of rain in the forecast. coming up, a new plan to lower traffic deaths and what the biden administration just laid out. how one community cut it's number to zero. se88inth background and now the bridge approach in a live look at the dry this afternoon and for almost 30 years deaths from car crashes steadily dropped in the united states, recently that number has been on the rise. passengers and pedestrians lives taken and now they report the federal government has a new plan to keep americans safe. >> this is a alcrisis. took the transportation secretary pete buttigieg said you us roads are becoming deadlier and preliminary data shows more than 20,000 people died in car crashes during the first six months of 2021. that would be the largest number since 2006 in the number of pedestrians killed is also on the rise. >> those people drove at higher speeds and more recklessly and more distracted. it is disproportionate and impacting some americans more than others. people of color, native americans and low income communities. >> reporter: in and then come to lower deaths he is issuing a new safety strategy including rethinking speed limits and studying greater use of cameras and also $6 billion in grants for safer road designs including bike lanes, better lighting and crosswalks. some of those designs have already taken place in several cities including here in hoboken, new jersey. >> we have increased the time during which pedestrians can cross the street. >> reporter: the mayor said there are also dedicated lanes to protect bikers and sections that protect pedestrians and allow traffic to flow better. >> in the last four consecutive years where one of the few cities in the country to have zero traffic related deaths. >> our goal is zero deaths. truck he said getting there will require automakers to make safety features like auto breaking available and more cars and that is part of a comprehensive plan designed to make you us roads safer. still ahead, he is not letting age stop him. we will meet this 100-year-old cyclist and hear his advice for keeping safe on two wheels. coming up on the evening news, and in new mexico, citizen soldiers in the national guard are manning the classrooms in the covid situation is gotten so dire the governor brought in the national guard to try to keep schools open. we will show you what it's like to march into a fourth grade classroom and that is ahead on the cbs evening news. cycles 100 miles every week around this town he now hits the road on his own terms and every but he knows him and his advice to other cyclist no matter his age if you're not used to it for goodness sakes don't overdo it. i don't think he is ever going to do that and slow and steady wins the race. >> as long as he has enough speed to go vertical. >> exactly. don't overdo it. i have been accused of overdo g that also. captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: by the end of february. supreme court justice stephen breyer at the white house today handing in his letter of resignation. tonight the top three candidate and the debate within the democratic party on who should be the next nom to plas like new york and new tffers shot in housto nypd salutes the fallen. hundreds of mourners pay tribute

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