professional, john. but we still have the christmas tie to celebrate a little bit. but yeah, we do have the rainfall this morning. here's a little bitbof good news. we are seeing a break from the rainfall. >> here in just a matter of hours. we will start to see rainfall dying down and we're going have the longest break in this forecast from these rainy conditions. so something to look forward to on christmas eve for sure. so i know a lot of us get a little bit of shopping, a little bit of air and still get taken care of. and a lot of us also have to do a little travel. your view outside this morning at a berkeley hills camera is showing you that view that has a lot of cloud cover right above it. but we are looking at a fairly calm conditions right now, at least from that shot. definitely calmer the further north in the bay that you're talking. we're we're seeing some of our heaviest of rainfall is right now from richmond towards vallejo on over to concord. you're actually in a little rain pocket, right of a berkeley where we are seeing that camera view right now, but do expect rainfall to increase for you. temporarily buckets of rainfall around san mateo as well as down towards redwood city, south bay this morning. you've been seeing some heavy rain at times right around saying who's a stretching on up into the diablo is just east of you. that's where some of our very heaviest of rainfall stretches all the way from san jose over towards tracy on the other side of the altamonte past this is where system is right now. we're so we're working our way through it. some of those spots that have already dried out like santa rosa. you're going to stay dry through the morning. just going to take a while for the rest of us to catch up with you. the sierra nevada looking at solid snowfall yesterday was rain. snow mix at lake level at lake tahoe today. it's just snow as temperatures begin to cool down even further. looking ahead future cast. we'll continue to look at showers hanging on for a few more hours here by 07:30am most of the bay area's dry. we've got a few east bay and south bay showers lingering on at that point. then look at the rest of the day. we've got plentiful sunshine and nice break from the rainy conditions through the afternoon rainfall does return overnight tonight. a couple of isolated showers fairly early in the evening and then really into early tomorrow morning. the rest of us start to see that heavier line of showers scooting its way on through making for some rainfall into saturday morning. and of course, additional snowfall across the bay area mountaintops as well as up into the sierra nevada where we will certainly be looking at a white christmas up their rain and snow to continue on and off on into sunday to close out the holiday weekend. now in the meantime, right now we're in the 40's and 50's it's still relatively more warm start to the morning for the bay. a lot colder up in the sierra, though, which is good news to see. our mornings are about to get a little bit cooler as will be our daytime highs in fact, temperatures don't change much at all into the afternoon. today. look at our inland areas only from 49 degrees to 50 degrees on average this afternoon. so not a whole lot of temperature change to be expected even with the sunshine that we're going to be seeing reyna. john, thank you for that. all right. so you still have slick conditions. as you're out there this morning. >> i'm seeing some roadway flooding this is northbound one. oh, one unlucky drive. this is up in corte madera. so you want to be mindful as you're traveling along there also several to 80 northbound south of south bascom avenue that's in san jose in the south bay got another accident in hayward 80 southbound north of west. a street. there. looking at the bay bridge right now. as you can see, still slick conditions. so take your time as you're traveling this morning, san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula still very damp conditions. you want to be mindful of that. take your time as you're driving daly city to 18 north down south of one highway one o that split daly city looks like there's a traffic hazard there say you've got to encounter a lot of hazards. lot of slick conditions as you're out there drive slow and be mindful of that heading out of richmond across towards center fell a little under, i'd say about 13 minutes for your drive. the air and the golden gate bridge 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. we're going to have more weather and traffic coming up. but for now, let's get back to our top stories. well, breaking news this morning. the omicron covid variant is causing christmas flight cancellations. all across the country. and right here, bay area airports were showing you a live look outside at sfo. you can see the damp tarmac there. united delta last king are among the airlines that are canceling flights because flight crews are impacted by covid. we're going to show you current cancellations and delays that are bay area airports. you can see sfo. we have 29 cancellations. 10 delays. there san jose. 0 cancellations. and for delays and in oakland, we have one cancellation into delays. if you do have a flight this morning, please make sure you check your flight status. get to the airport as early as possible. since december 16th about roughly 2 million people have passed through airport security every day during the christmas travel push. we talk to people as about the uncertainty of their trips because of omicron. >> can send. i was right the way through into actually need to secure. as you know, my caucus coming. it's been a really long time since we've seen a lot of them. so i think it's nice to kind of everyone. everyone together for the holidays. prepandemic on a day like today, the number would have been over 85,000. so we've still got more ground to make up. >> but these are certainly the strongest volumes we've seen in a long time. >> civil spokesman says the airport is also one of 4 in the country working with the cdc to test for omicron on arriving international flight. also tsa just extended their mask mandate until mid-march requiring masks to be worn inside airports and on planes. well, in national news, the white house is promising to take more action in the fight against the omicron covid variant. this all comes after the fda approved 2 pills to treat covid infections. basil john has the latest from dc for us this morning. >> a second antiviral pill now has emergency use authorization from the fda to fight the covid-19 virus. but americans will still have to wait and do their part to fend off the virus with not just one but 2 covid antiviral pills in the works. the white house is getting ready to support both pfizer and merck we have purchased 10 million of the pfizer doses. we will not get the full package of that. i think until the summer we've also purchased 3 million mark doses which were just approved today. we expect to get the majority of those by the end. >> of january. white house press secretary jen psaki says the federal government is prepared to do whatever it can to push these pills out all tools are on the including the use of the defense production act. however, the administration wants to remind americans that the best way to fend off the virus is get vaccinated and boosted. >> as americans stand in long lines for testing in many cities around the country psaki defended the administration's efforts so far. we're not where we need to be on testing. no one is saying we are. that's why we have tried to take additional a rapid steps and be as bold and ambitious as we can. and in an exclusive interview with world news tonight anchor david muir, president joe biden said the u.s. has come a long way in the past year. last christmas. we're in a situation where we had significant. if you are vaccinated, people vaccinated. >> emergency rooms for film. you had serious backups in hospitals that were causing great difficulties. >> multiple areas around the world are taking steps to mitigate the impact of the virus. the white house says people can still enjoy this time of year with their families reporting in washington. i'm basil john. >> thank for now, the latest round of rain flooded roads trapped cars under water and triggered rock slides. 2 people were killed when their car was submerged on a flooded street. it happened early thursday morning near him. walk avenue in hillcrest. here's a map in mill rate just south of sfo kron four's has on june has that story for us. >> and no one ever wants to respond to a call like this. and certainly not, you know, 2 days before christmas the deadly incident happened during the storm. thursday at around 05:45am here on east hillcrest boulevard in the city of bilbray. 2 vehicles were completely covered in water under the caltrain overpass. san mateo county sheriff's office. detective javier acosta says a driver and one of the vehicles that survived the incident managed to climb onto the roof of his car and called 911. upon arrival. the fire department located person standing on the roof of his submerged vehicle. >> a fire then enter the water and was able to rescue him. and in doing so, the located another vehicle that was which was completely submerged. >> he says while they were rescuing the driver of the first responders notice the flooded underpass getting worse as they return to check the second vehicle conditions have become so dangerous. the water was rising so quickly. they were unable to the next to that vehicle. >> later after the area was a water was pumped out of the area. we look at 2 vehicles. one vehicle belonged to the person who was standing on the roof. the other vehicle. >> had 2 deceased persons in >> it took several hours for bilbray public works crews to clear the flooded underpass before first responders could reach the 2 people who died in the other vehicle. investigators only describe them as 2 adults. their identities are being withheld by police pending notification of next of kin in millbrae haaziq kron 4 news. >> in the north bay and manages caught and over and was on his way to when he and his driver suddenly found themselves stuck and about 2 and a half feet of water. this was in valley forge in sonoma county. the passenger tells us it was simply too dark to see just how deep the water was. >> and the windows down. thinking about bailing out. and then the fire department showed up and here we are so. you know, they came out and got they did. yeah. >> well. mister, donald there says he ordered another right and had to book a different flight to get home for the holidays. now, weather coverage always continues online round the clock scan this qr code on your screen. is that it take you to our web site over at kron 4 where you can find the latest on the storm, including live radar. also any road closures in flooding in your area. well, the omicron variant isn't stopping the last minute christmas shopping. rest foot traffic and us stores and shopping centers on super saturday last week was up 19% over last year. one of the early winners target where sales rose about 10% last month. outdoing even walmart. our amazon kron four's gayle ong caught up with some shoppers at santana row and san jose. >> shoppers flooded out of valley. fair mall in san jose and headed to santana row across the street. i'm shopping for my mom and i just got are some 9 hearings just heard dot is people we spoke with waiting to buy christmas gifts until the last minute. i just didn't have a lot of time doing a lot of college applications and stuff. we've been pretty busy like work and school he tried to go order everything online that we notice that the supply chain stopped. maybe it's that we couldn't get anything. so we're just trying our best to be able get anything weekend here that how much more do you have left. not too much on. we're going to just go to the money. so afterwards, get some small cuts for the kids. but other than that, i think we should be okay and hopefully. >> be able to go get around here before everyone else comes back from work that over the last few weeks shoppers and business owners have been on edge in the bay area after organize mass retail that made national headlines the lululemon store and santana row was among multiple businesses that were hit by these last month. >> san jose police say a group people went inside the store and ran away with merchandise just days before christmas officers patrolled the area, but shoppers didn't seem to worry. and we're concerned about something else. oh, my goodness. we're trying to go around right now. and it's just trying to find all the parking is been so hard to go do it. we managed to go park all the way in the back really it's really difficult to get like 5 parking everything. >> took a long time. this morning. >> and if you still have some last-minute shopping to do. stores will be open on christmas eve. the choices may be oimited reporting in san jose >> all right. as we head to break here's another look at stormtracker 4 radar. >> as rain makes its way through the bay area are meteorologists on stray ball has been tracking this minute by minute when we get back, is going to tell you exactly what areas are being targeted right now and i'll have a look at your traffic when we return. >> well, if you're planning a trip to the sierra this weekend. you want to make sure to bring your chains because drivers are seeing a lot of traffic as the snow impacts the roads. erick rucker has more for us. slow going. and at times. >> going nowhere on eastbound. i 80 in the sierra thursday night traffic backed up for miles and a chain control checkpoint near king veil. the first chance to pull over and regroup. never felt so good. for some. >> that's a lifesaver we're getting close and we need to stop the hollingsworth flew out recently from kansas to spend christmas in tahoe, sitting in stop and go traffic was an ideal. but they were prepared and actually was really fun. our kids have brought up a trivia game. so we were playing trivia the whole time. and unless your vehicle has 4 wheel drive. it's not just a chance for people to stretch their legs if they literally want to go any further on eastbound 80. they're going to put chains on or have someone do it for them. keith nielsen shows that do it yourself route while swearing. he is dressed for the occasion bills city. you don't have to worry about your socks. well, like i'm not worried about the cold water ice or santa cruz all thank second nature feels good. it's actually refreshing. >> others got relying on chain and cable installers like troy richmond to do it for them. i hope, you've been to nice. i've been here for about our i think i've done probably 15 that's already how many you plan on doing before the night's over all depends on chain control. >> oh, bless his heart and those tolls. i know those tolls were called shot. have you ever been up in the snow and mourned sandals before. well, i definitely done some things in the snow. i grew up in just walk outside the shorts and we're like nope nope go back inside appreciate being here. thank you, guys. yes, at least you knew to definitely change are tired very quickly because you want to stay warm you know what but don't get sick out there in those conditions at all these conditions out here. john is going on. we out. so it's very rainy and snowy up in the sierra nevada. so snowy in fact, from donner summit, you can't see anything. >> there's a signpost that swaying in the wind at the very corner of the screen from time to time. but that's about all that we're seeing as far as any sort of snowfall or any sort of view from donner summit goes right now. so this is not the morning. the early morning evening to be traveling on up into the sierra. we will catch a break from that snow later on today. but as we're talking about in that story. heavy snowfall is in place right now and conditions up. there are already bad. so if you wanted to travel into the sierra hope you already had the chance to do that because it just gets worse and worse as these series of storms moved through now for the north bay. you're already catching break from the rainfall and it should stay that way through the day. we're in the core of the showers for areas like concord on up into solano county. hayward a little pocket of rain as well as what we're seeing on the next. alicia out there right around the golden gate bridge, another spot of moderate to heavy shower activity is currently working its way on shore. san jose on up towards mount hamilton. you are looking at some heavier rain out that direction starting to calm in san jose, though, as i mentioned, the sierra nevada. it is not a good co up there this morning. we do have that dense heavy snowfall that is packing the roadways and that is resulting in a really slick conditions up there. chain controls are in effect and we are going to see that for much of the day today. so rainfall does push out between 06:00am to 07:00am for most areas. after which point we're actually tapping into a lot of sunshine for the bay area this afternoon. notice how snowfall does eventually taper off on into mid afternoon. but it's still going to be very wet and snow packed up there now as we move into the evening tonight, your christmas eve transitioning into christmas day with the return of rainfall and some heavy predawn showers moving through. this is what you're going to be looking at as you're waking up opening presents with the kids tomorrow morning. some heavy rainfall pushing through the bay that heavy snowfall in the sierra nevada. for those of us lucky enough to get a white christmas up there by midday some snowfall atop mount hamilton around the lick observatory while the rest of us in the bay or just looking at some heavy areas of rain. we will see conditions coming briefly into saturday afternoon, late in the day before resurgence of rainfall on into that evening. sunday continues to bring some on and off showers and we will be looking at rough travel conditions this weekend from start to finish. so that's why we're saying if you're heading up into the sierra or northern california for that matter. really hope you already got your destinations because it is such a rough go out there from this point forward into monday morning continuing to look at those spots of showers in some heavy rainfall at times possible. well into the middle of next week. winter storm warnings are in effect right now on through sunday evening over a foot of snowfall piling up for many areas and temperatures today will finally be a little cooler than what we had been seeing. 40's and 50's livermore and morgan hill being our coldest spots in the upper 40's tomorrow and sunday. we keep those cool temperatures going before an even cooler day on monday of next week. heaviest of rainfall being saturday morning and then sunday night into monday right now. john, thank you for that. hey. so the biggest thing you have to be mindful love is all of those wet conditions. we've got some roadway flooding. >> in the south bay san jose story on ramp to northbound want to one. also southbound 8.82 northbound also have is roadway flooding there. also in the marion area northbound 1, one at lucky drive. looks like the air as well. you want to be mindful because conditions are slick. but we're looking at the bay bridge right now as you're heading from the east bay into the city. that's going to be about a 13 minute drive. just take it slow this morning. san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula a little under 15 minutes as you're traveling there, we're going to have more weather and traffic throughout the morning because again, a wet and slick commute for you as you are out there hitting the roads just drive safe. this is christmas eve. so, you know, santa, he's flying around the world delivering gifts. this is a look at norad's santa tracker this morning. his flight over new zealand right now. but there are other ways kids can connect with santa rich demuro checked them out in today's tech smart. hello, santa. >> connecting with santa is easier than ever. thanks to these tech tools. the portable north pole app is a popular way to get a personalized video message from the big guy himself christmas tradition you can create one video for free and pay for more. the quality is impressive with your child's name city photo and other personal details included which are in shared or sold is a strong with, know it's not a big yeah. the big surprise for to to send site like he expecting it. >> grab a picture with santa through capture. the magic just snap a photo and then that in a special sticker for some holiday santa. and if you want to get santa on video. you see catch santa ar app. >> it will summon santa to your space where you can record his presence. see what i did there. once you get past the ad's message from santa is a cute way to get a call. and you're a few details and your phone will reign handed over to your kids for a personalized message from santa. i. got an echo. you can now enable a santa personality. unable. hey, santa have some fun by asking santa to sing a song. tell a story joke and more. hey, santa, what's the weather like in los angeles. >> the excited about the with the no match washington how about you? >> and finally, for the 66th year norad will track santa online at norad santa dot org. or you can call 1, 8, 7, 7, hi norad on christmas eve for an update on santa's >> live. the east bay oakland police have released shocking video of a man being robbed at gunpoint, sap and last thursday outside the courtyard marriott hotel on broadway as the man is unloading his bags. you can see 2. our man approaching him demanding the victim and over everything. look at this. now they flee the scene and police say no arrests have been made in this case and are asking anyone with information to contact them. we'll be right back after the break. well, welcome back to the kron 4 morning news here on this christmas eve were filled with so much holiday cheer and a lot of joy here and we are very grateful for you. another thing, though. you've got to keep in mind slick conditions. and i see john, you're ready to us the forecast. but we also have a little holiday spirit going on there with. yeah. >> i know you've got to keep this pier going even on the radius of mornings. so we've got that high on. you've got the red on, which is a very good color. and we're just embrace it at this morning. and arias got the christmas ads. yeah, does. stay tuned for that. we are looking outside conditions today that will eventually clear out. but it is a pretty wet morning to take a le

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