golden gate bridge about a 20 minute drive from the north bay into the city. one day after the oakland police chief announced a plan to increase his officers presence in east oakland. the city council member representing that district is revealing his own plan council member lauren taylor claims he's been a long time to get for more officers in east oakland. he's introduced legislation instructing the chief of police and city administrators to come up with a plan to bring over a 100 new officers to oakland over the next 2 years. >> we are 50% higher in terms of violent crimes per officer. then the other large cities in northern california sacramento san jose and san francisco. we have to acknowledge that. yes, we need a higher baseline of police officers. while we are also re imagining public safety. >> taylor who is running to be oakland's next. mayor is also calling for bigger investment in surveillance cameras throughout the city. and the south bay san jose police say a 7 hour standoff has ended with the suspect behind bars. the incident began when accordin

, about 20 minutes city from the north bay into the city. well, after days of speculations, omicron variant of covid has arrived at our doorstep. so what we know about the first confirmed case in the u.s. why experts say it's still too early to panic. san francisco health officials say the omicron patient 0 is a resident of the city who recently traveled to south africa and return to sfo last week. well, this marks the first identified case and the nation. but all agree more cases are expected. while we know the omicron variant has been detected in san francisco. here's what we still don't know how contagious the variant is, whether or not it makes people more sick. then the delta variant and how it responds to our current covid vaccines. san francisco's public health director repeating a very familiar message. there is cause for concern. but there's no reason to panic kron four's grant lotus has more. this is not a surprise. >> for those of you have been following this. we knew that on a crime. was going to be here. a san francisco man has

a look at the golden-gate bridge from the north bay into the city. it will be about 20 minutes. we'll have more with and drive coming up. for now back to top that ray and happening right now, the walnut creek city council today is going to meet and talk about. >> what they're going to do to stop all of this rash of retail crimes in the city to see it comes after the nordstrom's and broadway plaza was ransacked by dozens of people last month. kron fours, camila barco is live in the newsroom with the details. hi camilla. >> good morning, guys. yeah. all the creek city council members are going to consider spending money on more police officers and security equipment. now their presence is meant to discourage people from looting the city's downtown area. again on the agenda today is the discussion of adding 5 more police officers and the city is also talking about spending 215 $1000 on more security cameras and $35,000 for a security drone. they all be placed in the downtown area and that's where 80 people ransacked the local nordstrom and left with mor

it's kind of about 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. well, could pandemic relief money be the key to stopping all the smash-and-grab robberies we've been seen how one bay area city could use federal money to prevent further crimes from happening. kron four's. dan thorn has that story from walnut creek. >> police standing guard at broadway plaza in walnut creek. it's a presence meant to discourage another criminal take over in the popular shopping area. the city is now looking at adding even more officers. we need to we can to deter people. >> from committing the crime in the first place and having more of a presence will help with that walnut creek. mayor kevin wilk says 2 million dollars from the federal american rescue plan act would be used to hire 5 more police officers secure additional security cameras and pay for a surveillance drone. arpa funds were designed to help communities with covid-19 relief. but the mayor says the situation of retail thefts has become an emergency, but it is a valid use of the funding. and i think that r

north bay into the city. now let's talk about bay area sports. what's been going on because the warriors are getting ready for their big rematch with the phoenix suns that happens tonight kron 4 sports director jason dumas has a preview for us. >> the dubs were back in the lab prepping for a rematch. >> but the phoenix suns, tpe suns snapped, the dubs 7 game win streak on tuesday night in phoenix. they forced 23 warriors turnovers and it was the most rattled that i've seen golden state all season long, but we can't forget it. this is a son team that was in the nba finals last year, the western conference by that standard runs through phoenix. that's probably what dream on it telling these young son right there. but either way the dubs know how good phoenix are and they're still working to get to that point. >> i it's kind of too early to put, you know, enable you know, we're we're, you know, still trying to continue to find ourself. and you know, you guys have to give the suns credit. they wrote that almost t

golden gate bridge. 20 minutes traveling from the north bay into the city. we're going to and traffic all throughout the morning. for now we've got to get back to bay area sports star. yeah. whatever sports there are if you're lucky enough to have a team of covid going crazy. the warriors. >> are doing great. they're getting ready to host the grizzlies tonight at the chase center the forty-niners have thursday night showdown against the tennessee titans kron four's sports director jason dumas says more for us. the forty-niners are playing their best stretch of football this season. so it seems fitting that on wednesday. 5 of them were honored with pro bowl selections. >> offensive tackle trent williams fullback. kyle use check tight end. george kittle wideout deebo. samuel, as you see right behind me and defensive end. nick bosa will all start for the nfc squad. this is the first pro bowl selection. the ninerl are currently in nashville prepping for a thursday night matchup with the titans that is going to be a huge now like every team in pro sports. the war

golden gate bridge as you're traveling from the north bay into the city. a little under 20 minutes. now turning to national news now. now president joe biden is expected to address the nation later today to outline the steps his administration is taking to fight covid-19 states and cities throughout the u.s. are dealing with spite in cases just days before christmas. alexandra limon joins us live from dc with the latest. good morning alexandra. reena. good morning. senior administration officials tell us president biden will announce resources for states to deal with this latest wave of the pandemic. >> and that will include additional personnel and critical supplies for the most hard-hit hospitals and areas. as cities and states around the country. once again start to implement measures to deal with the pandemic. president biden will address the nation tuesday. this is not a speech about locking the country down senior administration officials say the president will announce support for hard-hit states. cities and hospitals like the deployment of 1000 add

you're traveling from the north bay into the city. many san francisco restaurants and bars say they feel blindsided after receiving warnings and notices of code violations because of their outdoor parklet. now the city made the part. let's permanent earlier this year. they also impose new rules that may for some restaurants to tear down their partners altogether come force. taylor's aqi has the details for us. after pouring thousands of dollars into building these outdoor parklets some san francisco restaurants and bars say they're now considering a tear down. >> after the city imposed new rules and regulations, many of them were made aware of these changes when they received warnings of code violations. a lot of these violations notices credibly scary in. >> heavy-handed sounding, you know, it's a listing out list of how many fines you're going to pay on day one and day 2. if you're out of compliance and demanding that things are done by december 31st like go find a contractor in the month of december. 2nd. they don't exist. ben blei

will be about 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up. but for now, let's get back to some of our top stories this morning. so for your money to the state drought. emergency now, california could soon face fines for wasting water. the california state water resources control board says that move comes after historically hot dry weather these past 2 months. agency recently released a draft proposed fines of up to about $500 for residents who waste water. the fines are going to be imposed or people who have excessive sprinkler runoff hose off in the driveway and water lawns within 48 hours of rain. if that proposal is approved by the board. it will go into effect in january. for your money. wages are set to rise nearly 4% next year. that's the most since 2008, the decade high pay bump is filled by the labor shortage and historically strong inflation. we've been seen salary increases are largest for workers younger than 25 those a switch jobs in the last year. the hike underscores just how much

phil 13 minute drive for you and the golden gate bridge 23 minutes from the north bay into the city will have more on that coming up. for now, let's talk about the sky yet. a lot of people are going to be their plan to wherever they're going. and if you're as a foe, that plane is. >> probably late. i mean, the odds are pretty good when the weather gets like this, >hat they're going to be delays and cancellations. and we've seen them out. yeah. we've been seeing them all morning. we're kind of tracking that for you are looking at those numbers. >> so all wow. this is the most. this is the most 10 cancellations. and 45 later as an is officially a so yeah, that doesn't look good. and the the you can see that the delays are going in san jose and oakland as well because earlier they only had, you know, a handful, maybe 5 or 6 and now. >> san jose is leavened delays in oakland has 9. oh, wow. so a lot of people. >> waiting at the airport this morning to hop on most flights. someone else who's also waiting at the airport oakland to a talk to people and give us more information is will tran. yea

north bay into the city. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up. now let's switch gears. so we've been talking about coronavirus and in marion county, public health officials are seeing the start of a surge in cases less than one week after that first case of the omicron variant was detected there. the more contagious omicron variant is expected to soon to become the dominant strain and marin county. a 112 new cases were reported on tuesday alone. that's already more than the highest case count during the summer surge driven by the delta variant, which was 86 doctor matt willis. he's with the moraine county. says that it is expected with this more infectious variant. he advises the key holiday parties to a small group. he wants people to do rapid tests. a day of the event wear a mask. get a booster shot for added security. and when you get together with your family and friends, make sure to socially distance. >> the residents have really been differentially impacted at a higher risk. i'm in my own fami

and the golden gate bridge about 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. and you can actually see the rain coming down there right now. we have a weather and traffic coming up. but for now, let's move over to sports. the lawyers had an off night. but still they pulled a win against the pacers. steph curry is still on the road to break the nba record for threes, kron four's. kate rooney has the latest sports for us. it was not the night for a new record cut off night for the warriors in general. >> as a matter of fact, let's show you what happened during the game. steph pre-game means those 16 threes to tie 7 to break the record for the 1st quarter warriors down by 2 curry fake him on to sabonis drives to the reverse layup over the state. trailed by 4 points after of supporters then the second step gets the feed from draymond green nails the 3 from the wing. he missed his first 3, 3, point attempts that was his second 3 of the night or years down 8 heading into the half late in the 3rd warriors cut the deficit to 2 curry pulls up from 30 feet out. nails tha

and the golden gate bridge about 20 minutes traveling from the north bay into the city. in our coronavirus coverage. an fda panel of health advisors narrowly indoors. marcus covid treatment. pill. the fda panel voted 1310 that the drug's benefits outweigh its risks, including potential birth defects if use during pregnancy. well, the drug designed to treat adults with mild to moderate covid-19 faced greatest risk including those with conditions such as obesity, asthma and old age. it still needs final approval from the fda and cdc before it can be used by the public. well, the new omicron variant of covid-19 has been detected in a growing number of countries, including brazil and japan scientists around the world. now trying to determine just how dangerous this strand really is. kron four's. grant lotus has the latest for us. >> this new variant is a cause for concern. but not panic. the white house covid-19 response team echoing president biden's comments this week on the new omicron variant that is spreading in other parts of the world, including australia austria, bel

if you're heading from the north bay into the city. we'll take you a little under 21 minutes time is 6.31 and today the supreme court is going here. the biggest abortion challenge in a generation. the centers on a mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and the supporters of that measure asking the justices to in the constitutional right to abortion and opponents worry this could be the court to do it. kron 4. sarah stinson is following the story live in the newsroom. sarah. yeah. sorry. a rain of the supreme court will hear arguments this morning that challenge the landmark abortion case. roe v wade. as you said. and this is the biggest challenge to the 1973 ruling that we've seen. >> in 30 years. so as you can imagine, emotions are running high on both sides. hours before arguments began pro-life and pro-choice supporters gathered outside the steps of the supreme court stakes are higher than ever with the high court's 63 conservative majority when ruth bader ginsburg died in 2020 trump nominee amy coney barret

20 minutes as you're traveling from the north bay into the city. well, a father and a son are now under arrest. they're accused of reckless arson in connection with the caldor fire. according to el dorado county sheriff's deputies, 66 year-old david smith, the 32 year-old travis smith are accused of reckless arson, which cause property damage and injuries to multiple victims. the suspect is being held on 1 million dollars bail they're scheduled for an arraignment. a later than friday. well, in total, the fire burned nearly 222 1000 acres. terrifying moments for family. they were visiting san francisco when they became the latest victims of a smash-and-grab car robbery. multiple family members and 2 toddlers. we're inside of the car when it happened on high street near that crooked part of lombard street. well, a witness was able to snap some photos of the suspects during that break in. now the victim's talk with kron four's, taylor's aqi about that incident. i was in the car when it happened. >> all i could hear was a smash. and then i said no, i j

bay into the city. as defendants begin to respond to hundreds of lawsuits filed in the aftermath. all the asked to roll festival. travis scott is requesting to be dismissed for multiple lawsuits. he's named in this is the rapper's first response to the suit since they start piling up following that tragedy last month. scott has denied all the allegations set against him in 11 different lawsuits. his attorney says scott is not legally liable for the tragedy. 10 people died and hundreds more were injured after crowds rushed to the stage during the festival. in national news next month will mark one year since a mob attacked the u.s. capitol building lawmakers question the man who's helping capitol police make some changes on tuesday at a senate hearing. the capitol police inspector general said his department is using about a 3rd of the 100 new security changes. he recommends one major problem. the staffing, the inspector general says about 200 officers have left a job since the january 6 riot, minnesota

the golden gate bridge traveling from the north bay into the city about 23 minutes. take it slow and easy as you travel a lot more weather and traffic coming up. for now, let's talk about the sky. all weather to the airport do because these are big travel days. >> for the christmas vacations well, we see rain at sfo. you know what that means exactly. delays delays all over the place. and there are some actually this morning. unfortunately, look at this san francisco is looking at 10 cancellations and 29 delays. all i got. should you like doubled in the last half hour last time we checked. so those are stacking up. san jose cancellations. neither is oakland, but they have delays. so it's something to keep in mind and as will tran knows, i like to call sfo the happiest place on earth because it's never the happiest place on earth. and then he had covid and you know, the in the holidays and all of that and everybody is concerned. so let's go out, you will. and now he is in oakland this morning taking a line that oakland is truly the happiest they have his airport on ear

traveling from the north bay into the city. a little under 20 minutes. we'll have a weather and traffic now let's get back to the new age 16 and national headlines. 3 students are dead and 8 people are injured in a school shooting that happened in michigan and the gunman was a fellow classmate. police are trying to figure out a motive. but the student isn't talking kelsey kernstine has the details. >> because of the quick response by authorities yesterday. they do believe that they were potentially able to stop the suspect from shooting more people. in fact, when they got here, that suspect did surrender, but he had a fully loaded gun w%s 7 more rounds. >> panic inside a classroom at oxford high school 30 miles north of detroit. students run out of a window after someone claiming to be police knocks on the they're worried this. the 15 year-old gunman who shot and killed 3 students. police say the suspect a sophomore at the high school opened fire with a semi automatic handgun just before one yesterday afternoon krista hall says

golden gate bridge about a 20 minute drive as you're heading from the north bay into the city. we'll stay on top of your morning commute will have more weather and traffic coming up for now, let's get back to some of our top stories. some san francisco restaurants are going a step further. now requiring customers to show not just their vaccinated but boosted as well. exactly. one of those restaurants zuni cafe on market street is one of those. they're going to be. >> checking customers for their booster status next wednesday, the owners of casanova arca some of the outer richmond are requesting boosters say it's the best way to ensure staff and customers are safe when they're dining in. >> because variant is and then hearing a lot of they are saying that in all i have but know people that got it right. so we don't want to get day. it seemed if if the standard for us was creating a safe environment and there was a safety tool and placed in stick and we need to put that in place to keep. >> everybody in that environment. state. >> the owners have posted signs. as you can see here

as you're heading from the north bay into the city. no major delays. the are going well, weather and traffic coming up. but for now, daryn, let's get back to the news. all right. an 8 o'clock. the top story that we're following happening now is the walnut creek city council is trying to figure out what they can do to stop of this rash of retail crimes has been happen even seen it back-to-back. well, c

a little under 9 and the golden gate bridge about 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. well, the president of california's medical board says a group of anti-vax stocked. her own home, follow her to work christina lawson is the former mayor of walnut creek and she says she will not be intimidated. kron four's. gayle ong has that story. on monday, the president of california's medical board says she was stopped at her walnut creek home and later at her office in a series of tweets christina lawson described what happened? >> she shared this photo of a white suv parked in front of her in a parking garage at work. she says 4 men jumped out of the suv with cameras and confronted her lawson says the men identified themselves as members of the organization. america's frontline doctors. a group known to criticize the covid-19 vaccine and is under investigation by congress for allegedly spreading disinformation about the coronavirus and unproven treatments. lawson says the group told law enforcement they wanted to interview her knon 4 reached out to america's frontline doctors

let's go ahead look at the golden gate bridge traveling from the north bay into the city. about 20 minutes for your drive time. they're slick conditions across the entire bay area. take your time this morning as you're traveling. well, the atmosphere river is affecting nearly every part of the bay area. there are reports a strong winds like told you i encountered those this morning. power outages freezing cold temperatures as the storm moves through the region so far. the storm hasn't been as severe as that storm. we saw in october. you can see gayle ong. she was traveling along the bay bridge here. she spoke to some people in san francisco and the east bay yesterday to see how they're dealing with all the wet weather out there. >> we saw a light to moderate rain on sunday feeling the weaker initial phase of this storm system and people enjoyed the weather. umbrellas were handy in san francisco sunday where the streets are so. >> still, people lined up for grilled cheese. the anticipated atmospheric river brought light to moderate rain throughout the day. the weather, a su

about 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. now to the south bay. let's talk about this. a judge set bail at $350,000 for a man who was charged with making criminal threats involving a gun at a vta meeting last thursday. 69 year-old role in le brun was recorded on video making the threats at a virtual meeting while speaking to vta employees santa clara county deputies made that arrest on tuesday. the run is not a vta employee. if you bills out of jail, he is suspect subject to house arrest. now, the judge also ordered him to stay more than 300 feet. 300 yards away from the facilities and meetings and he cannot possess guns or ammunition. lebron is scheduled to be back in court for a hearing on december. 28, it was just about 7 months ago that a disgruntled employee killed 9 workers at the vta railyard in san jose. the shooting force the agency to shut down all light rail services which took months to get back up and running. another disturbing story out of southern california. the la pd has made 3 arrest in connection with the mysterious deaths of a local model and her fr

golden gate bridge about 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. well, the omicron variant is expected to spread exponentially over the next few months with researchers predicting. it's going to affect a 140 million americans by march. health experts say the omicron variant spreads faster in any of the other covid variants. but so far it also causes far fewer hospitalizations and deaths. then the delta variant researchers estimate that the omicron surge. it's going to peak in late january and about 2.8 infections a day before it finally starts to subside and there's potentially some good news from south africa. we're a crime was first detected health officials there say the country is quickly passed the peak of new cases. they're down about 20% over the last 7 days, although experts say it's way too early to draw any conclusions. >> we are really know the story about re infection with omicron yet. let's be clear about that. what we know is that this is your initial infections that doesn't burn to the population, then cycle right back. we don't know

into the city. a little under 10 minutes for your drive time there. the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula a little under 13 minutes to make that commute. the san mateo bridge as you're traveling there see no major delays along the richmond center fell bridge a little under 9 as you head out of richmond and the golden gate about 20 minutes from the north bay into the city. well over the east bay, the walnut creek city council has approved spending 2 million dollars in federal funding from the american rescue plan to at a new 5 person. police teen dedicated patrolling the downtown area. now the move is in response to the recent smash-and-grab robberies at the nordstrom store and broadway plaza. officials say 9 people ransacked that store stealing more than a $125,000 and merchandise there. targeting people is agree jus. >> and particularly on acceptable. we need to arrest charge and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. >> well, in addition to extra staff and overtime for officer

the north bay into the city. well, the travel rush is on christmas just a couple of days away. millions of people have been jetting off for their getaways in fact, tsa says that air travel is nearing prepandemic levels this week. kron four's gayle ong talk to travelers at san jose's airport. >> the has been busy here at san jose international airport and travelers. i spoke with say they are taking their holiday destination. >> despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant people are still jetting off our backs i've done health experts say while being fully vaccinated and boosted minimizes the risk of being exposed to covid-19 infectious disease. experts like doctor george rutherford, a ucsf says once in the plane never take off your mask when you fly. >> i think, you know, the one of the precautions you can take us to double mask to wear surgical masks n 95 or kn 95. >> or whatever you in order to really kind of cut down your respiratory. explosion. >> and opening the air vent above your seat that that's all fr

from the north bay into the city. it will be about 20 minutes. happening today in the east bay, the service employees international union will be hosting union santa santa will join union members to give out toys to 500 children in need. the giveaway starts at 3.30. it's going to be an oakland union hall that's on oak street. bay area rap legend mister pfaff is giving away more than to get us on this holiday season this week he's hosting another free charity event. it's the toys for joy christmas drive. it's going to be taking place thursday at 4, 5, 0, 3, market street in oakland as between noon and 00:00pm tonight, people can stop by and take home bikes and toys and a hot meal as well as clothes to stay warm this season. they can also enter for raffle for gifts like a playstation. well, mister pfaff says he uses his platform with the help him. many people in the community in hopes of inspiring younger generations to give back. >> you know, when you in poverty, when you're living in apartments in the project parents

also, the golden gate bridge traveling from the north bay into the city at about 32 minutes. we had some dense fog here yesterday. so clear our skies not the same as we had yesterday. we could not visibility contributed to that slowing. we also have some closures because of flooding. so 2, 80 southbound at rent while of the parkway is closed for an undetermined amount of time. it's the same for out here in sonoma county along highway one 21 between arnold drive in 8 street. all those lanes are closed in both directions. how a floor still pretty slick and wet. so about 36 minutes from one 60 to 2.42 in concord. and remember yesterday we had that major hot spot along 6.80 dublin to fremont a different story today. better conditions. so about a 20 minute drive. >> darya and hi honey! hi mommy! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. hush little baby...don't say a word... but if slow upload speeds turns your goodnight call into an accidental horror movie... can you hear me? shut it down. just remember. you're not a bad mom. you just need better internet. at&t f

about 20 minute traveling from the north bay into the city will have more weather and traffic coming up. for now, let's talk about our covid-19 coverage. well, in oakland a free testing and vaccination clinic has abruptly closed its doors. now the clinic was operating by the nonprofit covid clinic in downtown oakland. it was supposed to stay open to at least end of this month. obviously things have changed kron four's. gayle ong has that story. >> on wednesday. the city of oakland announcing the closure of a free covid-19 testing and vaccination site. the clinic located at frank ogawa plaza near city hall was operated by the nonprofit covid clinic. it was supposed to stay open until the end of december. a statement from covid clinic ceo reads in part, quote, the reason covid clinic is leaving. o'quinn doesn't have anything to do with staff shortages and more to do with the city, not extending its contract past december. 30th covid clinic has since relocated the testing in vaccination site to east 12th street in the fruitvale area. the new location will continue to offer free covid te

there and the golden gate bridge about 20 minutes traveling from the north bay into the city. but as you can see, rain is actively coming down this morning. we're going to weather and traffic. coming up for now, let's get back to the news. lawmakers are scrambling to support the new measures to fight covid including the omicron variant. some are also coming up with their own plans and proposals kron four's. catherine heenan has more on how bay area leaders are now responding in all of this. >> san jose's proposed booster mandate would make it the first city in california with such a requirement with very few exceptions city employees would have to get a booster and visitors to places like the sa peace center. they have to get one too. >> i will certainly be pushing. to ensure here at the city of san jose that our mandate for full vaccination among all employees will include booster and secondly. that access. public facilities. major gathering spaces like the snp arena convention center. many of our public theater's. i will also require. proof. having. received a booster shot s

the north bay into the city. well, when teams of organized he's descended on union square last month. the still various. forms of businesses there. san francisco responded by deploying more officers to the area. so far it appears to have done the trick with looking at the numbers right now. police say between november 20th and december 6 assault a drop from 3 incidents to one burglaries are down more than 90% from 11 incidents to one and thefts are down from 82%. 2.67 incidents down to 12. >> grateful to the woman in man of the san francisco police department being out there and helping too create a safe environment for our businesses and our customers. >> well, police, a promise to keep the cop on every corner approach in place until further notice. retailers. so kron 4 that they are pleased with the extra law enforcement present and their customers are as well. >> out of pleasanton. police say they are increasing the number of officers patrolling shopping centers throughout the city. >> the effort is in respons

9 and the golden gate bridge about 20 minutes as you're heading from the north bay into the city again, john mention, take your time this morning because visibility out there is low across the bay area. well, our top story this morning, president biden making another push for americans to get their covid-19 boosters. he laid out his administration's response plan to the new omicron covid variant. now the very has now been detected in at least 5 states across the country, including right here at home in the bay area. there's also another case in los angeles. now the president's plan has several steps including increased booster, outreach, opening new family vaccination clinics. increasing covid response teams and making at home. covid test. more readily available as well as sharing more vaccine doses with the world. one thing is plan does not include are more mandates. >> the plan. i'm announcing today's a plan our scientists and covid teams have recommended. and while my existing federal vaccination requirements are being reviewed by the courts. this plan does not expand or add to thos

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 uncerta

bay into the city. well, the forty-niners control their own destiny for playoff run. but quarterback jimmy g is dealing with a thumb injury on his throwing hand. jimmy g has a grand 3 sprain on his right thumb. that means there is a tear in the ligament. there. however, head coach kyle shanahan said his veteran quarterback doesn't need surgery and could still play on sunday. meanwhile, quarterback rookie trey lance is preparing as if he'll start. >> he told me drew brees had one the last few years or something. and his broken. that's why we had to get surgery jimmy's isn't in that spot. it stable and that's why he doesn't need surgery right now. and we and i think he's feeling a lot better today than he was a few days ago. that's why it's got a chance this weekend with a b in that case. i'm hoping it only gets better with more time, whether that's this week or the following week. i mean, had, you know, play the entire game with that basically. so. >> it's really just about, you know, being able to grip

from the north bay into the city. well, a san francisco store owner is heartbroken and frustrated after a destructive break-in. the vintage jewelry an antique store was found with its windows smashed in thousands of dollars worth of merchandise gone. kron four's. dan thorn has that story for us. >> yeah, this is our story now. >> the owner of murder and co finds his stream business destroyed 6 o'clock in the morning. we got this call. let us know the number up into john cooling in sharing this video with kron 4 news broken glass is seen covering the floor of the film or shop and valuable silver was stripped from jewelry cases glass everywhere or jewelry on the floor are broke and the cases stash. and it was just a mess of their mean everything looked like a tornado went through there, everything's on the floor broken and destroyed. he estimates around a $100,000 in items were taken and the damage will cost thousands more. some of the stolen jewelry quillin says was irreplaceable like this tree of life bracelet. i've o

north bay into the city. up to 43 minutes. so you have the fog slick pockets as you're traveling across the golden gate bridge. so visibility is impacted. there out in walnut creek, southbound, 6.80, north of 24 east. you've got an accident along 88 5.80, crockett to the maze up to 15 minutes for your drive. so that's pretty slow and looking at conditions along one. oh, one traveling 85 to menlo park about 45 minutes a lot going on out there. we'll have more traffic coming up daryn james, back to you. thanks a lot. i know you might have to leave the house. but i must say you're getting the best thing that i love about rain right now. it's being home and hearing down on the roof. and if you could just stay like this. this morning, then lucky you. i just love that. yeah. i mean, some people do have the option of choosing when they work from home they might be a great day to do it. but if you have to be out there. >> we've got kron 4 sarah stinson, one of the crews out there real time what he does. and fortunate

about a 20 minute drive as you're traveling from the north bay into the city. check out other highways everything pretty much in the green. it's pretty light at this hour. still slick northbound 80 sally and to open a little under 11 minutes for your drive time there in the south bay traveling 85 in menlo park a little under 27 minutes. we'll have a look at your traffic coming up with daryn james. we'll send it over to you. thank you, ray. happening right now. there is an evacuation warning for areas near the czu burn scar in santa cruz county at santa cruz county sheriff issued this warning because of all the heavy rain that we've seen that worried about potential mudslides. >> and that applies to people living in paradise park and felt grove. in fact, the sheriff says that people should be ready to evacuate if the san lorenzo river. >> continues to rise. and here in the bay area. more cleanup happening overnight after the storm yesterday with the heavy downpours busy intersection of franklin. >> and pacific and san francisco and crews are clearing the drain h

so a little under 19 minutes from the north bay into the city. darya james, back to you. thank you, ray. 5.29 and the city of pleasanton is considering whether or not to let you in your own home. and when i say that, i mean, if you look at a town home or condo. and because there's going to be a line. like what about your porch your debt, your backyard a cropper. sara stinson live in the newsroom to explain what's at stake today. good morning, sarah. >> good morning. the pleasanton city council considering a ban on smoking inside and outside apartment complex is an effort to stop secondhand smoke from affecting people's health. the restrictions would include no smoking indoors and outdoors in those common areas like hallways, lobbies community rooms, playgrounds or parking lots this would be for town homes condos and apartment buildings with 3 or more attached units. the proposed code would apply to both rentals and owned units. so even if you own a home, you would build smoke inside it. the ban would expand to private spaces such as decks and patios balconies where second

the golden gate bridge. you're heading from the north bay into the city. still a little under 18 minutes, much drier conditions from today than yesterday and along 6.80 dublin to fremont about 15 minutes. all right. james, back to you. >> all right. let's talk basketball. the warriors of the best team in the nba right now in the lonely get better when klay thompson comes back. but the question is will that well, it looks like it's not going to happen by christmas. a lot of fans were hoping for a sports director. jason dumas has more. the wait for clay thompson's highly anticipated return. >> we'll have to wait a little bit longer. many people had hoped it could come next week. but reports have surfaced that it will not be in till at least the 28th of december that would be against the denver nuggets. the 2 following home game after that day are january. 3rd and january 9 for other possible day they can play now let's check out the college kids stanford hosting brendan, very right here. yes, brendan barry he is actually related to rick perry play for dartmo

north bay into the city. also, let's get a look at this hot spot. we've been tracking right here northbound 6.80, of durham role in fremont. you can see they shut down the lanes because we have an overturned truck. they were going to a close eye on that as the morning goes on. but let's switch gears now to national news. yeah. the white house is promising to take more action to fight the omicron variant. exactly. this comes after the fda approved 2 pills to treat covid infection. one is more effective than the other on takes a look at the latest 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 whi

bridge about a 22 minute drive as you're heading from the north bay into the city. we have more weather and traffic all throughout the morning. the darya and james, back to you. thanks a lot. it's 5. '03, of our top story continues yes, the rain and with this is a good one. yeah. we've got crews fanned out all over the bay area. to give you a look at what it's like out there before you step outside crawford's nearly 7 standing by in milpitas right now with a look. >> conditions in the south bay only. good morning. yeah. good morning. >> really went on the road here. everybody definitely has to slow it down. i was coming from richmond all the way down here to milpitas and there was a lot of standing water right now. it's a little bit of a pause here in milpitas. this just a light sprinkle that's going on. but on my way down here, it was hitting pretty hard it did your best bet is to just stay in the in the number 2, 3, lanes because the one and 4 lane are just flooded. every time you go into one of the dips and kind go, you know, on some of the lower parts of the fre

north bay into the city. a little under 20 minutes. and in the south bay about a 30 minute drive as you're heading from 85 to menlo park. we have more. your traffic coming up. a dorian james, back to you. hugh, you our thanks to law right now. 5. '02, and our top story, california's new indoor mask mandate. >> is in effect as of yeah. but at least one bay area city says the state is allowing it to keep its own health orders. >> for masking in place. for now. we've got proper. sara stinson live in san francisco. it trying to explain all of this. sarah, good morning. >> yeah. you know, san francisco first telling us all this confirmed on the state website that if a county like san francisco, like most bay area counties already has a mask mandate in place that can stay those mask mandates usually require you to wear a mask indoors. if you're not vaccinated. so. >> in other words, in san francisco, you can still go to the gym and not wear a mask already been vaccinated. this mask mandate really is going to affect

pablo looking at the golden gate bridge about a 22 minute drive from the north bay into the city. darya james, back to you. winners and losers with our financial expert rob black. hi there, rob. >> well, i'm fine. i'm i don't have a ton of assets to leave for my children. but i'm glad to know that i can bequeath to them. i i cloud account. i apple ios 15.2, just launched the operating system for the phone. >> and the added some new features that are pretty neat. you can now have a digital legacy. so. you can leave your icloud account to your children may be your husband, something along those husband dies his iphone died with him for that would whoa, backup i leaving. >> there's it's worthless what it why do you want my i cloud account. >> all your for all your pictures, your documents, things along those lines near. maybe your music that you downloaded in the i can pass on my music. i think so. okay. there's there's there's some questions on that line by 8. it was a stick effect feature that people want it apples had some problems with like getting it out there for another one th

the most widespread and heaviest rain, moving toward the north bay n from the city down into the peninsula. heavy rain over the santa cruz mountains as usual. and more ways of rain likely is it to the rest of this evening. futurecast shows that moving in over the next few hours, it will be a wet commute except her on the santa clara valley. then, another wave of rain moves and as we had through the evening and early overnight hours. this is the most widespread and heaviest rain that we will see between about 9:00 this evening at about 2:00 on tuesday morning. and then things get into more of an off and on pattern. still some pockets of heavy rain. san jose, finally, getting in on the action there. those will be interspersed with a few breaks in the action. there will still be some showers out there for the morning commute. allow some extra time. allow extra stopping distance once you are on the roads. how much rain out of these first couple of batches of rain that are going to move through, we have more headed our way here through 10:00 on thursday, this forecast model runs out of data, we

south won one coming out of the north bay from highway 37 into the city clocking in at 41 minutes. that's a nun about drive time so far we're looking at a fog advisory that continues through the vacaville area along interstate 80. so just to take note of that. and the extra careful there. and if you're heading through the napa area. chp still has a fog advisory issued for highways. 29 and highway 12. i'll check your livermore valley commute coming up in just a james and ari, back to you. >> thanks a 49 and food. the forty-niners had a bad game from start to finish. i don't really care that they losses on a football fan. but i'm a fan of people. and i was really nervous about this player does condition trenton cannon on the opening kickoff. hospitalized me. they have to bring the apple and sat on the didn't know. >> what exactly was wrong other than the fact that he really got walloped during that play. turns after the hospital and examined and that he is in stable condition with just a concussion. just a concussion i know. but that's better than what they were worried. >> might hap

very slick on the bridges if you're commuting into the city. and the north bay at 40. daytime highs don't warm up really much at all. this is one of the coldest days in recent be memories. only 49 in morgan hill. 51 san jose. for the daytime high. 50 in martinez and 49 here in santa rosa. now, there's more rain on the way as well. wednesday night into thursday morning, we get another hit. this definitely doesn't look nearly as strong. we'll see anywhere from a quarter to 1 inch, quarter for the south bay. everywhere else looking at a half to 1 inch. on the seven-day forecast we do get a break. saturday, sunday, dry weather. next monday another storm system. the way it looks now, it could actually stall out for four days next week giving us a couple inches of rainfall. i will let you know as we get closer on those totals, but looks like a very active pattern. not only the next seven days, but into the next ten days. so thankful for that break friday, saturday and sunday. >> he saves it for the weekend. >> yes. very good timing, i have to say. >> i do what i can. >> very

of the north bay across the span and into the city. and we're looking at a dense fog advisory issued by the chp since early this morning. if you are going to be taking highway for its already slow. just because a lot of folks on the roadway but also taking it slow because of the fog. so getting out of any out and heading over to concord. the visibility. not great at all. all checking your livermore valley commute on 5.80 coming up in just a bit. james started. back to you. >> thank you. at 6.31 and happening today, san mateo county is taking a new approach in how it responds to mental health crisis calls. it does. it's a pilot program launching today that's going to help police. hopefully de-escalate 911, calls for sarah stinson live the newsroom to explain. morning, sir. >> hey, good morning. 911, dispatchers will now send mental health clinicians along with police officers to respond to these certain types of calls. the officers will declare the scene safe and then send in the clinicians to give assistance to people and address and a

bridge tonight on the headlights coming into the city from the north bay. let's check in with rodriguez to probably out there going shopping and eating and all that fun stuff or maybe heading to their next holiday destination right. it just gets earlier and earlier the same as the thanksgiving week. but let's take a live look outside. we are tracking overall dry clear conditions out there right now for your friday. night. so happy friday, bay area weekend right oround the corner. i'm sure for a lot of you. it's already started and radar for. we're tracking storms out in the pacific and we're going to see a slight chance of possible showers clipping the bay area forecast by sunday night. >> but overall, looking like a dry day and monday morning as well could see some slick roads along the bay area coastline. so just a heads up there. but overall, dry cloudy date for most of our monday storm door going to swing ride opens starting late into your monday night, early tuesday morning. we're going to see some light bands of rain arriving for the bay area bringing

over san francisco across the golden gate into the city and the north bay, mill valley, you are getting drenched right now this morning. really looking across the region at the wet start to our day. along the coast, half moon bay, highway 1 as well. we are looking at windy conditions. i am tracking winds gusting 50 to 55 miles per hour. that's why wind advisories are in effect for san francisco peninsula as well as the south bay and east bay. walking you through the day, we are looking at heavy rain at times and strong winds. here we are in san francisco in the upper 50s for daytime highs, east bay and oakland, you can see the rain pretty much all day here through our day. the south bay. again, rain at times. you will want to keep your rain coats, umbrellas handy today as i am tracking rain and the wind that will continue for us. gianna, coming into work, coming into the station, i came across ponding on the freeways. i hope everyone stays safe for sure. >> that's something you have to be careful with especially today. we have reports on 280 extension. i have got caught in that this mor