bundled in raincoats with their umbrellas out. okay. their umbrellas were out and windshield wipers on and tales about the next round of rain, let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> yeah, we have a lot going on. we definitely have the high surf advisory. i mention this in all our broadcasts, one of the most dangerous things, that was a tornado based on what we can see, that live picture shot -- not live, but that video from earlier today. affecting the entire coast is really, really large surf. you may be tempted to go down and visit, but when it's stormily like this and windy and rainy, extremely dangerous with the big swell and tide swings too. so just stay clear. the surf advisory gets dropped on tuesday, but it's going to stay pretty significant, the swell right through the bay area weekend for the most part. so these are the rain totals. we did well for rain, snow in the mountains, an n avenue alanche warning and shift of area, in our area the rain is dying down and valley fog for tuesday, not a bad day tomorrow. mostly sunny, partly cloudy. valley fog in the morning. if you are driving on the routes, you will see it. i will be back with the full forecast. >> thank you. today's rain may have been a factor in two separate deadly crashes on highway 12 in santa rosa. three people were killed including a mother and daughter. the crashes occurred within minutes of each other and both involved head-on collisions. >> reporter: it was a deadly morning on highway 12 in santa rosa with two crashes claiming two lives, the first where a nissan crashed into a work truck, two people died. >> it was actually a mom and daughter. the daughter was driving, who was 24. >> reporter: daughter lost control of the nissan. the second, a 32-year-old man was heading east in a toyota matrix. >> they saw him swerving and having a hard time maintaining his lane. >> he hit a transit van and hit an acura. and into the box van. >> the box van crashed into its roof. there was two people. >> the man in the toyota died. the chp said the rain may have been a factor. >> safe speed is well below the speed limit. and even if people are thinking they are driving the speed limit just might not be safe. >> reporter: the chp's message is slow down in the rain because one mistake could be your last. fox tv news. crews in the north bay continued their heartbreaking recovery effort after two young people and their father drowned off sonoma county coast. crews recovered the body of the father yesterday, still no sign of the two young children. more tonight from christine rendon. >> a heartbreaking recovery search for two children resumed monday in challenging weather at blind beach near jenner, a 7-year-old girl and 4 -year-old boy was swept out to bay by a sneaker wave. their father drowned trying to save them. >> we have two children who we believe passed away, a truly tragic situation for the entire family. >> the weather kept them grounded on the beach looking for signs of the kids bodies. by afternoon the weather cleared enough to survey the choppy waters. the coastline another story. >> to go out and recover the children, so that is the other issue here is whether they are going to be recoverable if they are found. >> reporter: california state parks is leading the recovery efforts with nearby agencies. they were with their two children and family friend when kids were swept out in the ocean. wife, samaritan and life guards recovered the father. a warning that conditions can always be dangerous. >> it is rugged and beautiful, but also dangerous. we encourage everybody to pay attention to your surrounds and be caution of your surrounds. it takes seconds for things to change. >> the search for the children will resume on tuesday. this has been an emotional time for searchers. ktvu fox tv news. 2.4 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported in california since the start of this pandemic. this includes 29,000 new cases in the past 24 hours and more than 26,000 people with covid-19 have died in our state, including 97 deaths since yesterday. today governor newsom said the vaccine process in california is moving way too slowly. he also said the state is bracing for another surge of coronavirus. ktvu greg lee with more on the numbers. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> reporter: in his first covid-19 briefs, governor newsom warning of a holiday surge in the coming weeks. >> our own plans and our own modeling and expectation of a lull before a surge on top of the surge. >> reporter: in much of the state hospitalizations and icu numbers are growing at a slower rate. but over the last two months hospitalizations have increased seven fold. icu administrations seven fold. >> this is a deadly pandemic and remains deadly today, at any point in the history of this pandemic. >> reporter: it seems all but certain the bay area will see its rio regional stay-at-home order extended. the same for the the san joaquin valley. only northern california is above the 15% threshold. in la county the army corps of engineering struggling to keep up with oxygen needs, an issue that could spread. >> looking everyone up and down for what has occur and what is a preview of thing that is may come. >> reporter: 454,000 of the 1.29 million have been administered. ed the governor says that has not been good enough. >> it's gone too slowly for many of us, all of us we want to see 100% administered in people's arms, so that's a challenge. >> reporter: the governor also said six more cases of the new covid strain in california, 4 in san diego. ktvu fox 2news. governor newsom also said the tier system will be updated on wednesday. >> here is the system, 1 b and tier 1, you see who we are prioritizing, rather 2 and 1b move from 65 to 65 and over, not just 75 and over and you can see the other sectors in terms of individuals and industries logistics, industrial, residential, commercial facilities that will be prioritized. right now california is in phase 1, which includes healthcare workers and people that live in long term nursing homes. britain is giving out a third coronavirus vaccine, and one man got the first astrozenica, before being sent out to hundreds of new vaccination sites across the uk. it was developed at oxford university. it's expected to be about 70% effective. so far the company has manufactured 500,000 doses, but officials are expecting millions more as production ramps up. >> we will be getting more over the coming weeks and months, but we are to get the pfizer or astrozenika into arms as soon as we get them. >> doesn't require cold storage as the pfizer does. here in the united states until results from a study are published sometime later this month. british prime minister boris johnson announced a lockdown for england until least mid-february. he said people can only leave their homes s to shop for essentials to go to work, to exercise, go to the doctor or escape domestic abuse. he also said all schools will be moving to remote learning only. the prime minister said the new variant is spreading in a "frustrating and alarming way and is threatening to overwhelm their hospitals." . coming up, new details about two new deadly incident that s that happened in the last days of 2020, claiming the lives of 9 years old girls. and disturbing video showed a police officer punching his canine companion. and unemployment benefits being suspended because of fear of fraud, we will say what officials say about the officials and conditions on highway 24 in lafayette, ktvu channel 2news at 6:00 will be right back. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to 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bike also happened to be a 9 years old girl was riding a bike when she was hit by a pickup truck, it happened on new year's eve morning. the driver cooperated with police and has not been cited. canine punched by its handler has has been removed from the officer's home. the dog has been removed from the care of the handler as they investigate what happened. the dog was examined by a vet and shows no sign of distress or injury. the national weather service has issued a winter advisory for much of the sierra, as much as 12 inches of new snow expected with winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. the weather service says the conditions could trigger a dangerous avalanche in the back country, winter weather advisory will remain in effect until 10:00 tonight. if you are headed up to sierra, chains are required on i-80. these are pictures by cal trance and still no chain controls on highway 50, but if you are headed up there, you might want to make sure you have chains with you if you need them. for more on the conditions we go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> reporter: thanks, frank. it's raining up there at lake level and some of the higher elevations, even at some of the bases of the ski lodges creating ice and when that ice gets snow on top of it, you get a concern for avalanche and not the next few days, but for a good part of the next few months because you have that ice layer that doesn't go an away as ice piles up from subsequent storms. rainfall, not too bad, just under 2 inches. san francisco almost a quarter of an inch. this weather system had more pop than it was being forecast to have, which is great. san jose, as usual got a lot less rain, 500st of an inch. really had a northern trajectory slant. that's where most of the rain came out. showed you the picture of the tornado up in the dubuque county area. i heard the meadows up on the foothills north of paradise had a tornado warning in effect for a brief time this afternoon. we will keep an eye out and get more video of that. the plan for tomorrow, valley fog when you wake up. nice day, partly cloudy, dry kind of a day, but foggy to start with. and wednesday we get back into it. on again and off again, chance for showers and sprinkles. so when i come back, we will look at that and look at the 5-day forecast. >> all right. we will see you again, bill. thank you. state is suspending unemployment checks on high-risk claims. the unemployment are claiming their identity will need will be identified before payments can resume. the edd has been plagued by fraud during the pandemic including 400 million by job benefits by jail and prison inmates. governor newsom is set to give his budget to the legislature later this week and expect lawmakers asking for 300 million for vaccine distribution include ago public education campaign and announced the state is extending applications up to 25,000 in fall business grants until january 13th. >> you know someone that is a small business or nonprofit, it's really worth taking a look at this site, sending them that information. >> reporter: again, that website is ca relief grant.com, grants are part of the 500 million relief program the governor announced last week -- or last month. small business owners and employees held a protest outside of city hall today. this is the second rally protesting the coronavirus restrictions that they say have put so many of them out of work. protesters are demanding support from city government and full restrictions to loosen up. >> normally i would save all december money to buy my kid presents, so he didn't have a christmas. my landlord is not getting his money, so we are getting evicted as soon as this moratorium runs out. so we are coming back here today to rally the city leaders and let them know this is not political. we have hungry children. protestering demanding outdoor dining resume. investors have invested nows of dollars and implementing safety measures to keep people safe 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the republican party will go down the imfay my as weak and ineffective. >> there are people in positions of authority and respect who said their votes didn't count. >> reporter: sent a criminal referral to the fbi asking them to open an immediate investigation into whether president trump broke federal and georgia state election law in a phone call where he claimed georgia's november election had widespread fraud. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. >> reporter: the request to fbi director says the evidence by mr. trump of election fraud is now in fraud daylight. >> the chaos, confusion, conflict and corruption that donald trump has inflicted upon this country is something to be evaluated by the historians. >> reporter: the president's attorney is accusing secretary of state of georgia of secretly recording their conversation and inappropriately leaking it. ray bogan, fox news. president trump has given the presidential medal of freedom who starchily defended him. devin nunez, ranging on the intelligence committee representing the san joaquin valley and jim jordan is also expected to receive the medal of freedom during a separate ceremony next week. a virtual inauguration ceremony was held for new and elected city council members. >> can you please raise your raise your right hand and affirm the oath by saying "i do." . >> i do. >> thank you. >> administering the oath to five city council members. mayor libby shaff also spoke during the ceremony. >> we are now a family. a family that doesn't always have to agree, that doesn't always even have to like each other, but will always love each other. >> i know that working together we can be effective in making sure that the people of oakland have their core needs met and that we uplift a future of more justice and more peace. >> the inauguration ceremony was followed aa meeting including nickie fortunato bass as president and kaplan as mayor. we will talk to the mayor tomorrow about what she sees for 2021. and an outbreak in keiser aiser permanente, unfortunately one has died and a new year's eve party held at the former home of actor eddie murphy. also ahead in sports hear from the 49ers brass of former quarterback jimmy garoppolo. three people were killed in two separate head-on collisions near santa rosa. first crash happened at 8:20. a mother and her daughter in a nissan were killed. the second crash happened minutes later and 32-year-old man died. the highway patrol said rain may have been a factor in the two crashes. >> crews in sonoma county resumed their search today for two young children who were swept out to sea near the town of jenner. the body of their father was recovered yesterday but there is no sign of the children who were just 4 and 7 years old. the father has been identified as 40-year-old michael wyman. he drowned while trying to take his kids. over the weekend, state officials extended the stay-at- home order for the sacramento region. officials say the order could be extended this week here in the bay area. >> you are watching ktvu news at 6:30. we talked with an emergency room patient who said she is outraged by the outrage of complications. so this comes after it was reported also on christmas day, a person wearing a christmas tree costume looking identical to this one and inflated by a fan to maintain its shape was in the emergency department as well. the hospital report that 43 emergency department staff members tested positive for covid-19 and six days from december 27th and january 1. this patient in the er during the one-day between christmas and new year's day. >> i had an er doctor, and see me multiple times. i had a nurse come in multiple times, and a series of about five different test with that many people, there will be someone that dies. there will be someone that dies from what has happened to that exposure in the er. >> all of this remains a mystery because the medical center said masks are required in all areas and we are reconfiguring common spaces such as staff breadcrumbs to limit any staff gatherings. even though the hospital spokesman told me the house would not give any further statements, press conferences, or interviews on the matter, we submitted a request for three clarifications. one, was the costume person in the emergency treatment area proper in a break room for a waiting room? did that person put the costume on in the hospital or walking with it? three, if most or all people have personal protective equipment on, how could the christmas tree cause a mini super spreader event? thus far, we have not heard back and neither has the er patient as far as we know. the hospital says the kaiser permanente san jose medical center is open and safe to give care. what i find outrageous is the lack of education. so far, we have heard nothing of the health department. authorities say people defied public health orders. the sheriff's office as deputies responded to a home after receiving a noise complaint but gave no citations. the party took place at the former home of actor eddie murphy in a gated community. it is a part of the greater sacramento region where icu capacity has dropped to 60.9%. governor newsom says california has six confirmed case of a new coronavirus train first discovered in the uk last month. two of those cases are in san bernardino. 4 are in san diego and 1 person has been hospitalized. the governor says the health department is now trying to learn more about how those individuals not infected. >> did they travel? are they not tribal? were they in contract with someone who was traveling, etc.? as that information becomes available, we will share with you. >> the governor also wanted to remind everyone that even though the new strain is more contagious, it is not more severe. he says that the vaccine that are available should still be affect. front-line workers got there second doses of the coronavirus vaccines today as health officials face criticism for a slow rollout. fox news jeff paul tells us coronavirus infections continue to surge forces some hospitals to find alternative locations for patients. >> just three weeks after receiving the first shot of the covid-19 vaccine, a new york nurse got her second dose of pfizer's formula today. >> we don't have that immunity yet, but the burden feels definitely much lighter today. >> today, moderna has a goal of producing 1 million doses this year. >> public health officials face criticism for slower vaccine rollout inoculating 20% of the original goal of 20 million people by the end of 2020. new york city mayor bill diblasio calling on the government and manufacturers to speed up the delivery process. >> we need to expand those categories. we need to reach many more people quickly and urgently. >> a record high 125 -- 125,000 people now hospitalized with covid-19. here in california, hospitals are treating more than 21,000 of those patients. >>'s in icu admissions, we have seen a sixfold increase in just two month. that goes to the urgency of not only this moment but the urgency that we have placed in anticipation of this surge. a new university of washington model projects the countries death toll could top half of the people by early february. in santa monica california, jeff paul, fox news. new information about a deadly new year's eve crash severances. it was a hit and run. we will have information about how the suspect stole a car from a woman he met on a dating app. >> plus, a campaign blitz with the control of the senate at stake. i will have more details on the final day of the georgia runoff election coming up. ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. tonight we are learning more about a deadly hit and run on new year's eve. two women who were struck and killed were 27 and 60 years old. >> the suspect is now facing a long list of felony charges. >> san francisco's district attorney issued a statement monday afternoon listing the charges it will be bringing against 45-year-old troy mcallister, the man behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle that ran a red light on new year's eve t-bone in a car and hitting and killing two women in the crosswalk and the mission and second street area. friends are setting up a go fund me page raising money to send the victim back to japan. the suspect is facing two counts of vehicular homicide while intoxicated, leaving the scene of a deadly collision, burglary and firearms charges for having a weapon with an extended magazine with him at the time of the crash. the san francisco police officers association is criticizing the district attorney's office saying the parolee was arrested just 11 days prior to the deadly accident and should've been held in connection with those arrests. the district attorney's office saying the san francisco police , parole, and my office all could've done things differently which might've avoided this terrible outcome. i have to start with what we could've done differently in house. we are carefully reviewing what happened and how the district attorney's office can work to prevent tragedies like this from occurring in the future. >> city police also playing a role in this case. the car mcallister was reportedly driving was stolen from a woman mcallister had allegedly met on a dating app. he had given her a fake name but police were able to identify him and notified police to be on the lookout for the vehicle. he could be arraigned as early as tuesday. we are tracking more rain in the 5 day forecast. i will see you back year after the break. >> right now, ktvu's heather home -- heather holmes is here. >> coming up tonight at seven, delaying the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine is tonight covid conversation. a top doctor is making an argument for the idea. why he says it could help in the long 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the new year lower. markets ended 2020 with record highs. the dow was down 382. the nasdaq fell 189. the s&p dropped 55. traders are concerned about rising coronavirus cases ringing more lockdowns that will hammer the global economy. >> george's two senate runoff elections will be decided tomorrow. tonight, president trump is holding a rally in dalton, georgia where he declared himself the winner of the november election. >> when you win in a landslide and they still it and it is rigged, it is not acceptable. it is not acceptable. then, you have a country that would be ran, if these two don't when we don't take the presidency, you have a country that will be run by schumer, pelosi, and biden. >> georgia voters will determine the balance of power in washington. >> it all comes down to tuesday. >> in georgia, with election day just hours away, the senate and it's right on the campaign trail trying to keep up momentum and election weary voters engaged. the election between republican kelly loeffler and david produced and it could help or hurt president-elect joe biden's agenda. >> they will try to block joe and kamala harris gary -- every move but we have too much work to do. >> president-elect joe biden joining the campaign trail. >> tomorrow could be a new day for atlanta, georgia, and americans. >> is the only way to stop democrats will soon control the house and the white house. >> this is the last line of defense against this radical socialist agenda and to protect everything the president trump has countless over the last four years. >> president trump is rallying in georgia where he is still fighting state officials over his own election loss accused of trying to pressure the georgia secretary of state to change the vote count. his vice president, mike pence, is encouraging georgians to focus on election day first. >> we will have our day in congress. we will hear the evidence, but tomorrow, is georgia's day. >> already, more than 3 million georgians have voted early. democrats are cautiously optimistic because were black voters appear to be turning out now than they did during the presidential election. the city of kenosha is bracing for more violent protests as prosecutors prepare to announce whether they will charge a white police officer who shot and paralyzed the black man over the summer. many businesses are boarded up just in case the district attorney of kenosha county and notices any day now whether the officer will face criminal charges for the shooting of jacob blake. back in august, the officer shot blake's seven times in the back after blake walked away from police to get into an suv where his three children were in the backseat. today, blake's family gathered with community activists for a rally and a march. his father says he wants the officer to be charged with attempted murder. >> he tried to kill my son. he didn't try to take my son down. he tried to kill my son and he could've killed my grandchildren. >> the police union has maintained the blake resisted arrest and was armed with a knife, but state investigators have said only that a knife was found on the floor of the suv. we are looking at a high surf advisory. it gets dropped officially on tuesday, but it is going to be big all week and scary too and dangerous. we have already done some stories that are sad and that you hate to see. les does not have any more. this is an unusual pattern because you are seeing day after they a very large way with some significant tide changes so it is a lot of water moving. just give it room, be careful, and don't mess with it if you are in the sand and it is wet, get away from it. even the dry sand, you want to be as far away from the ocean when this is this kind of energy in pacific we are going to see valley falls late tonight or early tomorrow morning, what you would expect tomorrow is a nice day. it starts off pretty good. we are going to clouds in the morning but partly sunny and mostly cloudy days. no rain, should be dry. then as you take a peek well actually, i have to come back here, sorry. is a look at the satellite, there is. that pattern is going to produce rain potentially get to that again. on-again off-again. a winter storm warning in the mountains with an avalanche warning up there, which will be something to pay attention to the next few days more snow piles. the rain around here has died down for the most part with a few scattered showers here and there. 43 in napa and 55 in concorde. that is valley fog tomorrow morning. see it right there. you can see it is always dangerous. let's take a look at the next afternoon with a few clouds in the day tomorrow. wednesday, it is not a big deal yet, but it could be. a day off on thursday and then we get into something on friday. timing will change on this as we go forward, but you get the idea. there is the 5 day forecast. , you see it) and i expect tomorrow, but the umbrellas, because we are still in the flow. breaking news out of the nba, kevin durant has gone into quarantine. details coming up next. alright, i brought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health. ensure max protein. abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. the statute of limitations is not over. we will start with some 49er football stuff. it basically ended the same way it started, lots of frustration with a 6-10 record with a loss to seattle and the probability of them losing their outstanding defensive coordinator. i predict he is going to wind up with the los angeles chargers. we will see about that. in the meantime, it figures to be quite a tumultuous off- season for the 49ers. so many movies that are going to happen. they have more than 33 agents. that alone, when you're talking about names, it always starts with the top, the quarterback situation. no doubt, this team is better with jimmy at the helm. he has had two major injuries that have kept them off of the field. here is john lynch, the general managers assessed. met we have had good discussions with jimmy. it has been encouraging to see him back out on the field. you know, kyle spoke of it last week. there is a lift when he is out there. i think if she makes thrive off of his presence. >> i honestly have not put too much thought into it. at the end of the day, i am a 49er. i am here to play quarterback and be the quarterback of this team. every day i try to go out there and prove it to my teammates and coaches. at the end of the day, that is what really matters. >> the backup quarterbacks alone could be potentially got as well as they are free agents. like i said, that is a whole different story. >> again, kevin durant has issued as a member of brooklyn. i want to end so besides he has not tested positive but kevin durant is going to miss the next four games at least as he is going to have to go in quarantine for seven days after being exposed to someone who tested positive as long as he continues to test negative, however, he could return, as soon as january 12. the way it looks right now, he will miss four games. we are talking about college basketball on a monday afternoon. that is the deal with the stanford men out on the road as they make up a game that was scheduled to be played on new year's. for the ninth time this year, stanford was away from home. the steel and the flesh on the other hand, the junior had himself a game. you will see him go to the bucket again plus the following. he had 19 points 9 rebounds, 81- 71. they pull out a victory up in corvallis tonight against oregon, state. i have a good one for you. check this one out. no question about it, smith is the comeback player of the year. in fact, i kind of think they should name the award after him, as a matter of fact. last night in the sunday night game, he and the washington robot team go into the playoffs but look at this, of course he came back from the leg injury. an artist has taken all of his leg braces and made them into a version of the lombardi trophy. that is a beautiful piece of work, but if you are familiar with this story, 18 surgeries, it is just amazing that he is even thinking of playing football. the alex smith comeback player of the year award would be cool. >> at one point, i almost thought he was going to lose his leg. it is just remarkable what a guy has done. >> he is going to the post season, so great story. back to you guys. >> mark, thank you. thanks for joining us. we will see you later. to my murder mystery dinner party. oh, yeah. we were meaning to do that. no, you weren't because it was a week ago and nobody came! so, if you want to solve the mystery of who stabbed koothrappali in the back with the weapon of indifference, it was all of you. i don't think that qualifies as a mystery. we all knew what we were doing. we're sorry, rajesh. maybe we can do it next week. whoa, whoa, we're not that sorry. don't worry, i can take a hint. no more murder mystery parties. great. thank you. hallelujah. because i've got something even better planned. aw! why? come on. just hear me out. i'm going to make you guys a scavenger hunt like they have at m.i.t. oh... i loved those. i did them every year there. we did them at princeton, too. oh, that's cute. like it's a real college. that's amusing-- i was going to say that about m.i.t., but it works for princeton, too. scavenger hunts at harvard were really tough. i always got stuck on the first challenge-- trying to find someone to be on a team with me. (laughs) i guess that story's more sad than funny. i love scavenger hunts. my friends and i had them all the time. oh, these are a little different. there's a tradition at elite universities. and princeton. a tradition of hunts full of puzzles that rely on logic and obscure knowledge, science. oh, in ours we would just run around town looking for a store that would sell us beer. so, uh, who's in? i think it sounds fun. yeah, me, too. i'm in. let's do it. i'm sorry. are we really doing this or are we tricking koothrappali again like with the dinner party? ♪ our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ ♪ then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... wait! ♪ ♪ the earth began to cool ♪ the autotrophs began to drool, neanderthals developed tools ♪ ♪ we built the wall ♪ we built the pyramids ♪