omicron b letter a.4 variance. >> if you were vaccinated compared to a nonvaccinated person, is a 14 times lower risk of dying in the most recent era. >> reporter: tuesday's briefing marked dr. fauci's last time at the white house podium. next month, he steps down as president biden's chief medical adviser and director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. >> our country is stronger and healthier because of his leadership. >> reporter: during his long career, the brooklyn native advised seven presidents, helping lead the federal response to many public health challenges including hiv-aids. >> every dathe years, i have given it everything that i have, and never left anything on the field. >> reporter: but, his leadership on covid led to sharp criticism from many republicans and house gop leaders have promised to investigate. the infectious disease expert says he will absolutely cooperate with congressional hearings, saying he has nothing to hide. today, the white house announcing an additional $350 million in funding for community health centers , and 125 million for aging and disability networks. the goal is to get more high risk americans vaccinated. within the last hour, palo alto police announced an arrest at the drive-by shooting at a shopping center, or someone fired at the window, hitting a steakhouse and a parked car. luckily, no one was hurt. police now say 32-year-old zachary ginsberg was the shooter. investigators say he is a former employee of the steakhouse and had been sending threatening messages to his former supervisor over a personal dispute. a judge is letting former ufc champion caen velasquez leave the state despite facing attempted murder charges. velasquez is competing in a wrestling event in arizona next month. he will be allowed to temporarily remove his ankle monitor when he is traveling. but, he has to pay for an arizona law-enforcement officer to supervise him, the entire time. velasquez pleaded not guilty yesterday to the charges related to a shooting, targeting the man accused of molesting one of velasco's family members. the move is a major loss for trump, who has sought to shield the release of his returns for years because democrats now have a short amount of time to receive and reviewose rerns, before republicans can take control of the chamber next year. people worried about restarting their student loan payments just got some relief. president biden just said he is extending the payment moratorium. federal student loan payments were paused in 2020, and reset to start again in january. in today's announcement, the president says payments will be paused while they fight court cases over his loan forgiveness program. when payments start again will depend on how soon the cases are heard in courts. the economic impact of the pandemic and sky high inflation have been especially hard on many retirees. >> let's head back to read cowan at a look at the program providing them with critical help this holiday season. >> reporter: all right, my friends. you know, if any of us feel cynical any day of our lives you have to look no further than our amazing bay area food bank, and the workers who show us the goodness on this planet, that helpers are out there. they know something that you guys just talked about, the fact that inflation and the impact of the pandemic, cause their senior population to need an increase in some 50%, people who need this can of food and the people who are in front of me. we want to introduce you via juliette goodrich's work, to a couple of people who art neighbors in this community and benefit from these volunteers and this food. >> reporter: chris and karen have been working their entire lives and also coming to the senior food program for the past two years. they heard about it online, and set it has been a lifesaver. like so many, they have been impacted by the increased cost of living, particularly for food. >> retired, i did that for 20 years, 30 years. school teacher for 25 years. >> they say they are thankful that the senior food bank, with the food bank of contra costa and solano provide these free go groceries to them and other people over the age of 55 twice per month. now, in this trunk, is part of things giving dinner to be onthings dain r san blo home. >> karen says the prices and grocery stores are crazy now. now selling a gallon of milk for what used to sell them to come and they say eggs are another item where they have seen prices jump. >> where we were working it was different but this year, i'm retired, karen went through surgery, which was not a good thing. >> social security, is less than it has ever been. you know, we are just trying to make ends meet. and this truly helps. >> like so many, they are thankful. >> so thankful. look, we got a turkey. we have a turkey. >> reporter: who's the cook? >> we both are, but this will be my baby . >> reporter: in san pablo, juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> it is the little things, isn't it? when you see the plight of our seniors you know you can do something about that. we have all fallen in love with a grandma or grandpa at one time in our lives. so, if you want to get involved, look at this. you can go to our website, kpix.com or you can go to the qr code on the screen to find a way to help out families like you just saw. coming out live, closing off our day of coverage, it has been our honor here. the food , my friends, is love, and may it be so here in our community and beyond. we have a great bay area community. if your home, you don't feel connected to the community, you feel alone at this holiday season, follow those links. we will connect you. >> san jose's incoming and outgoing mayors came together to serve a little thanksgiving lunch today. >> they were serving formerly homeless families at the evans lane community. >> that is located just off highway 87. 200 families have lived there since it opened in 2021. >> and, it has held more than 100 people move into permanent housing. >> this is about dreams. individual dreams of keeping people healthy in mind and body will help us. >> the san jose city council will be talking about additional housing projects at their meeting on tuesday. still ahead of 5:00, a new push to crack down on those annoying robots calls. the action aimed at giving you a little peace and quiet. a bay area tradition returns with a twist. rescuers are digging through the rubble of a toppled building in indonesia's west java province where a powerful 5.9 magnitude earthquake killed more than 260 people. many of the dead were children trapped inside schools when the quake struck yesterday. the shaking triggered landslides, burying people in their homes, and blocking the path of ambulances trying to get the injured to local hospitals. >> the man accused of driving through a suburban store in boston has been charged with reckless homicide by motor vehicle. an attorney for 53-year-old bradley rain says it was an accident. >> he tried to break but was unable to . it is just really unfortunate. >> apple released a statement saying , we are devastated by the shocking events and tragic loss of a professional who was on site supporting recent construction at our store our hearts go out to our team members and customers who were injured, and all of those who were impacted or effected by this terrible incident. the federal government is cracking down on more illegal robo calls, including access to a global voice divider. the fcc cut off global you see to fit for failing to meet the sec's requirements to protect against robo calls but this is the first time the fcc has blocked a provider from the phone network. >> getting into the holiday spirit, by helping animals in need of a good home. how they are easing the burden on our overwhelmed animal rescues. straightahead in sports, i will check into an open house here in oakland. sometimes a cough isn't just a cough so it's better to be prepared. keeping binaxnow handy makes it easy to test. and self test kits may be reimbursable with no copay through your health plan. with binaxnow, you'll have reliable results in 15 minutes with the self test that features the same technology doctors use. and detects multiple variants, including omicron ba.5 so you can always be prepared with binaxnow. the #1 covid-19 self test in the us if you're not a fan of ice-skating, you can figure tropical approach to the holidays in downtown san jose. >> that's right, the city will celebrate the opening of the aloha downtown skate roller rink. it replaces the traditional downtown ice this holiday season. >> skaters can glide among 32 palm trees surrounding the rink. tonight activities include polynesian dances, music, and a performance by a dance skater . i don't know about you, on ice skates, i'm okay. but you put wheels on me, i don't know. it's different. >> you know what? i can't really either. the one benefit of rollerskating is that you don't have to worry about the weather. it can be hot, it can be cold, you don't have to worry about the ice. >> either way, i will probably break my leg. >> full of confidence. >> thank goodness, i am one of those wall warriors . >> the skate walkers. >> see, i'm doing it. >> if your egg a kid in minnesota they give you a folding chair so you can go until your whole old enough to hold a hockey stick. >> is a requirement, the right, in minnesota? >> i still can't skate. >> still can't do it. that's why i live here now i guess. let's take a look out there, passing clouds, temperatures were still mild, no rain under those clouds today, no rain into the holiday weekend. we do have a rain chances the forecast next week. let's take an early look at what the forecast models are saying. during the day on monday, this european forecast model is estimating anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch of rain, up to maybe a half inch of rain on the high end the american forecast model, the other main long-range forecast model is more optimistic, anywhere from a quarter inch , potential acquisitive recorders of an inch on the high-end, and either way this looks like it will herald the beginning of an unsettled pattern that will not just last one that on monday, but is going to be with us as we finish the month of november and heading into early december. the 6 to 10 day outlook from the climate protection center shows a significant chance of a wetter than average weather pattern through much of the western u.s. and, that signal is there on the 8 to 14 day outlook as well which carries us well into early december. in the short-term, beautiful sunsets guys, we look to the western salesforce tower, temperatures today topping out in the 60s, across-the-board. some spots are a degree or two warmer than yesterday. warm-up tomorrow, and more than that heading towards things giving on thursday. for now, as you head out the door for evening plans, it is jacket weather but not much more than that temperatures in the middle and upper 50s and low 60s . most locations down to 52 degrees already in petaluma. temperatures later tonight to drop down to the middle and upper 30s, low 40s in length, temperatures around the bay bottom out into the middle 40s. these numbers close to normal for late november. high temperatures tomorrow anywhere from three to 7 degrees above average. we will not lose onshore influence just yet but if you upper 60s in land and most spots in are either at or above 70 degrees, with more of a warm-up in store for thanks giving day. temperatures will top out inland, above 70, pretty much across the board, thanks giving afternoon even around the bay, temperatures hitting the upper 60s. mid-60s thursday afternoon along the coast. up earlier on things giving for the turkey trot in san jose, the turkey trot will be right at 50 degrees. wait another 30 minutes, and we will go into the tri-valley turkey truck turkey burn. i get is mixed around. temperatures will be in the lower 50s at 9:00 a.m. clear and cool conditions, not two breezy. wasn't weather for anything outdoors for thanks giving. and them, temperatures will slowly back down as we head into the rest of the holiday weekend. still nice weather saturday and sunday with a gradual increase in cloud cover on sunday with cool temperatures, and then rain chances arrived for monday and monday night, potentially lingering into tuesday, looks like maybe another chance of rain by wednesday of next week. that will be nice to finish off the month of november. checking what is ahead at a 6:00 which i in with a juliette goodrich. oakland has another mayor, a victory for progressive candidates in the bay area. what is it like to be republican when you are almost under always the underdog in the bay area? we hear from the chair of synthesis a bubble can party about what keeps him motivated. plus, it is one of the bay area's most dangerous faults, a ticking time bomb for a large quake. meet a couple who has been watching the hayward fault creeping outside their front door. brian hackney has that story. the news at six is coming up in 10 minutes. let's head over to burn with sports. >> jewels, good evening, everyone from oakland, and this huge multiplex palace unveiled for the very first time. it is canals gymnasium, inside the brand-new cummings center, built at a staggering $40 million . let me show you around this house . right outside this court, there is a weight room that would make other programs a little jealous. the building has three levels in addition to the classrooms, it has got a performance theater, a music room, a gigantic project, here, and the first basketball games will break the ice today. freshman jv and varsity games against dale lasalle. i asked head coach richie with the things of the new house. >> wow. is this real? and, thinking that we would get a new gym back in the late 80s and early 90s. >> this place is a performance center. >> it is the epicenter, into oakland. >> we have college hoops for you. khalil shabazz and kansas city. 90 seconds left, josh kahkonen down his fifth 3 to push the lead to 6. he led usf with 15 points. the dons when it 67-63, they are now 6-0. nfl, the 49ers return home from mexico city, feeling pretty good about their third straight win. charlie walter has more in this red and gold report. >> the 49ers enjoyed their trip to mexico. george kittle even left with a souvenir. >> i have not played in any of this year like this. a bunch of players and coaches showing up 40 minutes later than usual. the ones that got here were all good. >> with the red and gold report, i'm charlie walter. >> in town meeting with the giants on a free agent visit. the linden native is reportedly seeking a new contract worth $300 million. the owner of ike's deli can help sweep the offer. he promised judge free sandwiches for life, and naming rights to his own sandwich, if he signs with the giants. ike later added, judge will be banned for life if he signs with the dodgers. that's pretty good. likes sandwiches, that's a pretty good deli sandwich if you've never had one. back to you in studio. the house shows ve. here on the campus . >> thanks, vern. still ahead of 5:00, bay area animal shelters overwhelmed with bay area animal shelters are in a crisis due to lingering inflation and impact of the pandemic. >> now a centuries-old plumbing company is trying to help pets find their forever home. justin andrews shows us how. >> reporter: in this office it does not take the whole day for this shy 1-year-old terrier mix to brighten things up. this sweet natured boy named hugo has a big heart , just like every single person who works at lj cruise plumbing in berkeley. that includes margie mclean. >> it's a joy to everyone in the office park >> reporter: she has worked here for more than 15 years, and every thursday, -- >> we are there by 9:30. >> reporter: margie walks a few blocks to berkeley to maine and brings back a dog to the office. >> i love the docs. sometimes, you know, you feed a dog, you walk a dog, you play with it a little bit, then you go on a break, that's amazing, that these dogs, some of them so easily. >> good morning. >> jeffrey. >> reporter: it has become a tradition around here for at least 10 years, and it does not take long for margie to find some new furry friends along the way. heading back to the kennel, margie cannot wait to see who she gets. >> how exciting. >> reporter: today, it is hugo. he was found abandoned in oakland, which makes sense why this little guy is shy at first. but, you can tell he is ready to spoil someone with all of this love. >> i hope this dog will find a loving home. >> reporter: that is the whole point. cruz is the vice president at lj cruise plumbing. he loves having a dog what you go in the office. >> we all care about rescuing animals, here. berkeley humane is just a couple of blocks away, so it is a natural partnership for us. >> reporter: over the last decade he says some of his workers and customers have adopted dogs that they brought into the office. this is a special place for him, because he worked down the street and volunteered at berkeley humane when he was a kid. >> it means a lot to me as an adult and a business owner to give back to the community i grew up with. >> reporter: with this office, all the snuggles for hugo, or any dog, helps ease the stress from being pent up in shelters, as they wait for their forever home. i'm justin andrews, kpix 5. >> those eyes, you can't help but fall in love. hugo was adopted, so that's great news. that's it for us, the news at 5:00 cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich starts right now. a new leader for oakland, what is next for the mayor elect after a nailbiting victory. >> second-place votes for shantou payoff. >> always the underdog in bay area elections, it's enough to make any gop candidate feel blue. >> i just wasn't -- i wasn't interested in the shadow of years. >> that chair of sentences goes publican party tells us what keeps him pushing ahead. >> bay area hospitals once again putting upsurge tends to treat another virus. plus, it is the bay area's tectonic timebomb. >> it has been nearly 160 years since the last time at hayward fall. >> reporter: the couple literally living on a slow creeping giant. >> the ball is still moving as far as we el. >> cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. thanks for joining us, it is a new direction for oakland. we are hearing from the city's next mayor for the first time. shang tao maryland narrowing