the grinch. his cave on mount crumpet has found its way to utah this year. it is a recreation of the grinch's lair in "how then "howe grinch stole christmas," and you don't have to worry about food, because they have who putting or -- who pudding or who hash to choose from. it is $19.57 a night,.57 a nigh, of the books release date, 1957. kumasi: i want to see where the grinch sleeps. where is the bedroom. reggie: do you? kumasi: yeah. reggie: could you see yourself up in there? kumasi: no. but it looked kind of small. reggie: yeah, it is a cave, you know? [laughter] kumasi: a cozy cave. up next, the seven things you need to know today. reggie: a live look outside at 6:54. we are coming right back. mrs. claus the shopping boss here to help you merry savers decorate with the best bargains ever! ross has savings on everything you need to get the party started. because who waits for shipping anymore? or guests?! i love saying yes to more merry for less at ross! everyone needs health insurance. cover

seuss book "how the grinch stole christmas," and australia being the grinch all month long. he is stealing drinks and then hits the dance floor. he is devoted to golfing to ice-skating and even visiting santa. really in full costume there. t. a reminder, the abc 7 log is back, get cozy by streaming it or fire up the bay area connect app. it has music in the background and you hear the crackling of the wood. it's get a final check of the christmas forecast. lisa: looking out the window, the rain will relax you. that will increase through the day. you can see showers on top of our suite. some embedded with heavy downpours. this is around american canyon, highway 12 and oakland 580, wet weather and scattered showers through mount hamilton. rain and wind with possible thunderstorms bringing us a level two. rain continues through early next week with cold air. julian: thank you all for joining us for abc 7 warnings. i am julian lover along with lisa argen -- julian glover there's a different way to treat hiv. it's once-monthly injectable cabenuva. cabenuva is the only once-a-mont

kumasi: new at 6:00, the real-life grinch not enjoying his visitors. reggie: plus, porch pirates taking things to a new level. >> we have apprehended rather dangerous people stealing mail, so do not put yourself in danger. reggie: the issue mail carriers are seeing, and the tip of the reggie: developing news in richmond where police shot and killed a man. police say the man was holding a replica gun that officers thought was real. san pablo police responded to calls of a man with a gun in a parking lot yesterday afternoon. the man ended up in richmond. officers say he got out of his pickup holding a gun, and manipulating it as if it were real and refused to put it down. officers opened fire. police say it was not until after that they realize he had an airsoft gun. the officers are on leave, standard procedure. the department of justice will help investigate. kumasi: in the south bay, six men face robbery and hate crime charges. they are accused of targeting asians at least in 170 crimes this past year through the bay area. it started with the arrest o

then somebody had a grinch on grinch., but it was a nice i'm going to post it. they have all of the holiday spirit. >> i do like it. there were one of the few last year, so i appreciate that. we were all just, i mean, hopefully we don't get back to this, but we were desperate for anything different outside, so it was nice to see them do it. >> make them happy. just walking down the street. up next, seven things you need to know today. >> first, the abc 7 yule log is back. it comes with crackle and even holiday music in the background, so get cozy by streaming it through ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >> if you are just joining us, here are the seven things to know this morning. >> number one, it is the weather. it is a number one for today as steady rain will become more intermittent. it will be steadier in our mountains and mainly light, but tonight we jump up to a two, with heavier rain and thunderstorms. >> number two, we have a c

kumasi: december brings grinches who steals packages left outside your front door. 210 million packages have disappeared from american porches in the last year, and police department across the country are taking action to stop these package thieves. in portland, oregon, police are having previously victimized homeowners place a gps tracker inside of faith -- inside a fake package. >> it alerts deputies in the area of the package has been removed. make sure it is leaving the area and what they know it is an act of theft, they respond. kumasi: detectives say since they started this new initiative, port piracy has gone down by 10%. coming up at 7:00 a.m. on gma, more of what you can do to keep your packages from being stolen. the san francisco city council approved a plan to spend $250,000 on covid funds -- of covid relief funds on license plate readers. they say they are an important tool to track down suspects. >> we know they are being used. to address investigative needs and chasing down suspects -- for example, in drive-by shootings and auto thefts, or as we have seen recently, these

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i am looking for the grinch that stole our sunshine. here we go again. monday, a new week, same verse. up in the north bay and east bay, our inland neighborhoods, eight dense fog advisory. this is through 10:00 this morning. our other big story is the rain that comes in later this afternoon, especially tonight. it is a number one on the storm impact scale through tomorrow morning. here's look at san jose tomorrow morning. nobody is immune from the fog this morning. 53 to 56 at noon, 55 to 56 4:00. all of us have a better chance by 7:00 for rain. we will talk more about this coming up. kumasi: thank you. how the officials say the omicron variant is spreading quickly throughout the country. reggie: a new study is showing just how transmissible it might be. jobina is here with more on those jobina: findings. jobina:cases of the omicron variant have been included in 17 states, including here in california. it may have borrowed genetic material from the common cold, making it more infectious. even though it may be more transmissible, reports out of south afri