winds and gusts along the bay bridge. also along 8 80 northbound at high street. you got an accident there. i am scene a little delay in slowing along 8.80 because of that accident. let's head over look the san mateo bridge westbound 92 a foster say you got an accident. there. so you have that in addition to the wet conditions a little under 20 minutes as you're traveling out here in fremont, 6, a south marcella vargas row. you've got an accident. the air one lane currently blocked some starting to see a little slowing along 6.80. let's get a look at the richmond sandra fell bridge is the rain continues to come down a little under 12 minutes. if you're traveling out of richmond and the golden gate about 20 minutes into the city as you're heading from the north bay and the south bay along 2.80 southbound south of 17 south. you do have an accident there. well, let's switch gears for a moment. other news, a devastating reminder of just how deadly the coronavirus outbreak has been in the u.s. data from the cdc shows 800,000 p

, a live look east at the bay bridge. good morning. i am len kiese. >> i am amanda starrantino. we will start with a look on weather and traffic beginning with mary. calmer this morning than last night. >> for sure. things are starting to wind down and will continue today, still tracking rain on high def doppler this morning. let's first get to what you can expect. you see a wet san francisco camera with those rain drops on our live cam. let's show you what to expect on high def doppler. you see scattered showers pushing through, even heavy downpours. that is highlighted in yellow. across the bay bridge into east bay from oakland, it is pouring over you, south bay, 101, morgan hill, san martin, saratoga at this hour. here we are stopping at 8:00 a.m., still some showers, just a few lighting up our radar screen. we will continue to dry things out as we look to our afternoon with a few showers possible. for the most part, we will start seeing quieter weather. we'll talk about what you can expect as we look to the rest of th

north bay 880 to the bay bridge, 13 minutes. a look at the rest of the bay area drive times coming up. >>> here we go. monday morning. the week of christmas. >> oh, yes. >> a beautiful shot there of the bay bridge this morning. before we get to the traffic this morning, let's get a look at the forecast for you. meteorologist, kari hall, has a look at that. >> christmas in the park, and every day since it started, seems really cold. right now it's 40 degrees, and we will see some peaks of sunshine and just not all clear and sunny throughout the day. our temperatures will only make it in the low to mid-50s here. the 7-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen and it shows a lot of rain and this is why. we are seeing the storm system that will be approaching from the north heading into parts of the north bay and spotty light showers late tonight. this is a look at the wider view of the storm system. here's the low that will draw in all of this moisture, and it's going to be another atmosphere river, and it will tap into the mo

the bay bridge, and you may want to hit the road now. a look at the rest of your drive times coming up in a few minutes. >>> well, good monday morning to you. some breaking economic news. that fancy economic gathering in switzerland was just canceled because of covid. markets will be closed on friday for christmas eve. looks like two factors, there's a fifth wave of covid slowing down economic expansion, and two, wall street learning like we did, the senate extremely unlikely to pass build back better. this is going to hit the economy hard according to analyst at goldman sachs that cut their predictions on american economic expansion. we think build back better is dead because over the weekend on fox news, in fact, west virginia democrat, joe manchin, said he would vote no. you should know while this will affect you in all kinds of ways eventually, some of the ways will come quick. let's talk about no expansion of salt deductions, that's state and local taxes. california and others who live in high tax and high home value states were hur

i will have a closer look at how your bay bridges are doing, or your bridges throughout the bay, i should say. >>> this is inside the oakridge mall forcing shoppers to shelter in stores. >> it happened about 6:00 last night at oakridge mall. luckily nobody was hurt. ian explains what police are trying to figure out. >> police escorted people out of the building after shots were fired outside, and it happened near the forever 21 store. >> it was a very chaotic scene for the first arriving officers. >> one of my associates was panicking, why is everybody running, and oh, no, now i have to evacuate the store. >> she rushed to get her kugs customers and employees out the backdoor. >> we can't barricade in our store and i quickly got the keys and evacuated. >> we know there was a shooting and we are still looking for a suspect. >> it's unclear if anybody was hit. they obtained surveillance video but are not releasing what they saw. they appear to say it appears to be an isolated incident and was not an active shooter incident. officers were checking stores in the mall. >> we expect to encounte

cross the bay bridge, into san francisco, daley city, south san francisco, for the east bay down to san leandroo. you can see that light rain pushing through as we look to palo alto, across the peninsula and into the south bay from right over san jose, sunnyvale, campbell, get that wet start. you can see the rain drops on the live golden gate bridge cam a. the temperatures are running in the 40's to about 50 degrees as we start off the wednesday with foggy conditions as well. as we look to what you can expect today, a wet morning. we are looking at the admonishings tapering off. there's still a chance to see a few showers through the afternoon and we are looking at on and off rain over the next several days. that low pressure system send that cold front our wayw. relooking at the rain chances every day as we head through the rest of the week. 9:00 a.m. on future cast. hour by hour. you can see spotty showers as we look to noon. you can see a few showers just really hit or miss and there we go at 4:00 p.m. could see some breaks in the clouds as well and as we look to tomorrow you can see

on the bay bridge . well doctors have a better understanding tonight of what they're up against. in the battle in the coronavirus and the democrat variant in front variants. new research. pardon me indicates the strain may contain genetic material from another virus. the common cold. that would suggest a very inches more contagious than other strains. but it also would suggest infections will result in milder symptoms. so far, doctors have detected infections and at least 15, u. s states. the president's chief medical advisor, insisting vaccines are the best way to protect yourself. even with a new variant like a macron. if you get boosted, you're going to get your level up, way up, and we feel certain that there will be some degree and maybe a considerable degree. protection against the american variant. if, in fact it starts to take hold in a dominant way in this country. right, so this is what was happening across europe today, protests broke out over new restrictions being put in place. because of th

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contra costa valley, that's the exception, the backup is at the bay bridge. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> the rockefeller christmas tree is hours away from the grand revival. we're going to take a live look at the changes you can expect to see this year, ahead of tonight's lighting celebration. >>> and then kari hall visiting the beyond van gogh in los angeles. you can keep up with kari on instagram, twitter and facebook. you're watching "today in the bay." this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. >>> it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in new york city. the christmas tree finally up at rockefeller center. >> 79 feet tall, 46 feet wide. the fir

towards the bay bridge, you will see slowing. you are looking at about ten minutes. i will look closer at how the rest of the bay area drive times are doing in a couple minutes. >> thank you. >>> team coverage continues this morning. steady rain keeps coming down parts of the bay area. today in the bay's cierra johnson joins us with a look at what people are doing to prepare. >> reporter: good morning. i want to start with directing you to the flags. it gives you an indication of how intense really the wind is right now for us standing in the rain, and the wind is making it chilly. the rain has let up just a little bit, but given what we have seen the last week in the forecast in the days moving forward, a lot of folks paying close attention not only to the forecast, but to the pg&e outage map. we had crews capturing what they are preparing for in what could be stretches of rain. they said creek levels are relatively low right now, and the forecasted rain is not expected to cause flooding. crews have cleared the storm drains and

deck of the bay bridge. near the tunnel, all lanes open. it is still slow in spots, still are seeing sluggish conditions and of course the back up at the toll plaza is in effect. you can sebrum per to bumper traffic heading into the area coming off the maze as you work towards the toll plaza. conditions near the maze, west 580 is slow as well as the east shore freeway, 23 minutes from the maze to 101. a slight improvement there. if you want to use the san mateo bridge, it's 20 minutes. pretty similar for travel times, 880 towards 101. it is getting busy on richmond san rafael bridge. east shore freeway, we have brake lights. 27 minutes highway 4 to the maze. if you are passing carlson, if your commute takes you west 80 through there, there is flooding reported on the freeway in that area. be extra careful. that's a look at your morning drive. >> thank you. >>> bracing for more omicron cases. next, bay area school district making it easier to get your child vaccinated. >>> some very lucky person is waking up

the golden gate bridge as you're traveling from the north bay 37 to the tolls. you can see our cameras messing up a bit. that's because of the weather conditions. about 20 minutes there out in san pablo 80 eastbound at hilltop drive. this once was a hot spot. still an accident causing delays. not as bad as it was about 30 minutes ago or so. and here in san francisco, like john mentioned, you're traveling along one. oh, one seen a lot of highway flooding northbound to 18 or to cesar chavez street. there is an accident there. so we are seeing a slight delay, but more so just wet conditions all along our highways will have more traffic. coming darya james i'll send it over to you. well, thank you, ray. i didn't shoot my own commute today because it was kind of anti-climatic. it pouring when i was in the house, but they want to get out was sprinkling and i didn't need to be oppressed by. >> i was too busy just eyes lock straight ahead on a c o so intent on driving in. i totally forgot to. >> hit record the producer. scolded me when i got to work that out. that's why

, across the bay bridge. from daily city, san mateo. palestiniano alto. moving right over you as well as -- as we start off the tuesday. as we head through the day today we are going to see at least partly sunny skies. the chance to see a few more showers and possibility of thunderstorm. just enough instability. here we are at ten and you can see some activity lighting up the radar screen as we head through noon and there we go at four. isolated thunderstorm is a possibility for us as we go through the day today. we will talk more about what you can expect in just a moment in our second weather system we are tracking week. let's check in with giana. hopefully something people can be careful about. >> i hope so. make itself a lot easier for me and them. >>> taking a look at the roadways. a lot of activity and slow and go spots. especially through the pass and on 84 its busy this morning. with this wet weather you can see as mary said we will deal with this for most of the day. you will deal with busy, busy roa

near the bay bridge. tonight, there is a new plan to offer drivers some relief as early as tomorrow. the 11 o'clock news on ktvu. fox news starts now. hello again, everyone. i'm julie julie haener. i'm andre senior infer frank somerville, the number of drivers passing through the tolls on the bay bridge now approaching pre pandemic levels. traffic managers hope tomorrow's opening of two new commuter parking lots will ease some of that traffic. one of those lots will allow drivers to park near buchanan street and interstate 80 in albany. the other one will allow drivers coming from the other direction to park underneath interstate 80 at fruitvale avenue in oakland. ktvu zach sauce joins us now he is in oakland with a look at how all of this will work. evening at the park and ride scheme geared towards cutting down on some of that commuter traffic on the bay bridge. and while it's not a fix all the hope is that release encourage some drivers to leave their cars in the east bay on their way to work. because

light traffic around the bay, like the bay bridge toll plaza shows. the rain stopped there, but it was there a few seconds ago. >> that's what is happening on "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> the "today" show is coming up next. >>> good morning. back to work. a major update from the cdc cutting the recommended isolation period for people with covid in half. in part to help with those major staff shortages causing problems from coast to coast. but is it safe? we'll find out everything you need to know about the new guidance, inuding an urgent call to parents to get their kids vaccinated before they're back in school. >>> breaking news, a gunman in denver is dead after leading police on a wild chase through the city and suburbs. seven victims shot before the spree came to an end. the big question now, what was

wind advisories in effect for most the bay area bridges. bay bridge included. be careful as you cause the span. 880 oakland. flooding just north of here, along 880. mostly in the right lanes. stick to the middle if you can and the bridge, looks like traffic moving at the limit. 12 minutes between 880 and 101. >>> we are seeing the effects of nonstop rain across the bay area. flooding, damaging winds and this storm isn't over just yet. the storm is leaving a huge mess and will likely take a few days to clean up all the downed trees and other debris. >> and check out this video from jim flanagan in san jose. the southbound connector ramp from i-280 to guadalupe parkway is flooded. it's not expected to reopen until this afternoon. we will have a report from the scene in less than 30 minutes and some roads have turned in to lakes in sonoma county. andrea and mark were out braving the elements all night long. >> i'm here at highway 121 where it meets 12 and this has been closed most of the night. cal trans had hoped to open it back up around eight but as you can see

it is going to be a rough ride on the bay bridge. this is a live camera from caltrans right now for people in the westbound direction. there are two crashes on the upper deck of the bridge, one at the tunnel and went past the tunnel with injuries involved, and crashes involve multiple cars. they turned on the metering lights, so it will be packed at the bay bridge toll plaza. we usually don't see at this busy at 6:00, so a rough ride, and also a sig alert in walnut creek, purple lines indicating it is shut down and at zero miles-per-hour on northbound 680 at olympic boulevard. kumasi: thank you. we start with the pandemic. mixed news on how effective vaccines are against omicron variant. reggie: a new study shows pfizer vaccines provides 33% protection against infection but 70% reduction from hospitalization. the study was done by south africa's largest health insurer with patients and the country. meanwhile, a non-peer-reviewed study on moderna vaccine shows a booster is critical to increase protection. antibodies were 50 times less

>> yeah, i do want to show you the shot of the bay bridge toll plaza, because if you notice, the cars are slowing down and the metering lights are on. it's 6:23. you definitely want to start heading out the door there. overall in the bay area, looking pretty good. i will have an update on this accident that just popped up in a few minutes. >> thanks, vianey. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> a five-figure cruise refund and all-important cable box are both missing. i am chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds," next. financial planning is finding your home away from home. ♪♪ and, it's designing a plan to help get you there. start a relationship with citi and earn a cash bonus when you open a new eligible account and complete required activities. ♪ 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 ♪ wealth management is planning your path together. and, it's guiding you along the way. start a relationship with citi and earn a cash bonus when yo

the golden gate bridge still in the green. 20 minute drive from nevado into the bay bridge. bumper to bumper. wet roadways and fog causing more delays. the maze into san francisco. 13 minutes. >>> door dash is testing spedy grocery delivery. the companesin new york city. a nearby warehouse is storing the groceries. house hole items and package restaurant products. speedy grocery delivery is only available in new york but door dash hopes to add more he will indications in the future. >>> ford delaying its plans to have about 30 you this workers return to the office next year. the car maker said they will not return until march now because of coronavirus concerns. ford's office workers were set to head back next month. it's line workers returned in may of last year. >>> it's 6:51. next on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> getting more officers onto the streets of oakland. the vote today that could make it happen and why not everybody is on board. >>> and the expanded smoking restrictions being discussed in pleasanton and how far it could go. >>> and streaming university

that's the good news. looking at the bay bridge. metering lights still off though at 6:00 time from the maze in to the city an 18 money drive and to our main travel times, a 41 minute drive right now from 205 to 680 going from tracy into the city. >>> happening today california will require health care workers to get the covid booster shot. >> the governor is expected to officially announce this late their morning. justin alive in the newsroom and the governor took to twitter on this one. >> de. he posted on his personal twitter account saying it its to ensure hospitals ready to deal with a surge in omicron cases. he posted this video on twitter. >> we are stepping up our efforts to get people vaccinated to get people boosted and that's why today we are moving forward to require all health care workers to be boosted to get that third shot or at least the second shot if they got the j and j. we will be talking more about that tomorrow at a press conference. >> that press conference will be in the east bay later this morning. the stat

you are having the traditional delay at the bay bridge toll plaza. even though the rain is not active, we have the leftovers because the sun has not dried out the roadways. be careful for the slick conditions and wet roadways. traffic is moving at the toll plaza. that's always a good sign. in the north bay, highway 37 and 4 coming into concord, pittsburg, and now pushing into walnut creek, a crash over towards the walnut creek interchange. the crash north 680, the interchange is open and no injuries reported there. a minor crash through livermore may slow you down on 580. san mateo bridge, it's not about speed or wind, it says get vaccinated and your booster. important message. >>> next up on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> more than a year after she ordered window dressings, she said she did not have all the parts she paid for. i am nbc consumer reporter, chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds," next. ♪ >> oh, yes, the team all ready for christmas the team and i. let me know if you are ready for the holidays. you can find me on faceb

right now crossing the bay, that's where all the traffic is. the backup at the bay bridge, gone. highway 4 shows slowing, but not concord. it's basically 20 minutes from marsh creek to 580, so not a problem for your morning commute. >>> it's 6:51 right now. happening now, california taking another big step when it comes to going green. starting in the new year, the state will require all plastic drink containers to be made with at least 15% recycled materials, and manufacturers must meet the criteria or face fines. california's goal is to require all plastic bottles be made of 50% recyclable materials by 2030. >>> next, a quick look at the top stories, how soon jury deliberations could begin in the elizabeth holmes fraud trial. >>> there's still time to get your letters and packages in the mail. i am at the facility in the south bay, and i'll tell you how long you have. miss crawly, it's me mr. moon. i haven't heard from you in awhile, i'm starting to worry here. ♪ grab a brush and put on a little make-up ♪ make-up. ♪ hide the scars to fade away the shake-up ♪ you whoo. y

today in the bay's bob redell joins us from the dumbarton bridge. bob, $6 tolls are going to sound like a bargain moving forward. >> reporter: yeah, tomorrow they go up $7, a dollar increase starting on the new year and that will be on the seven bay area bridges, including the dumbarton behind me. what used to be 6 will be 7. if you have a large vehicle, this will be for commercial drivers, three axils are more, they will be going up from 17 to $37. it does not include the golden gate bridge. i listed all seven of those bridges from memory, and i think i got them all. happy new year's to you guys. reporting from the dumbarton bridge for "today in the bay." >> not bad, bob. >>> we will turn to more serious news developing outside of boulder, colorado. it has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. we have video taken by police officers who were driving through the town of superior. the flames sparked when power lines fell yesterday morning. my goodness. look how close they are to the police car. they narrowly escaped the flames as wind-driven

the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. your south bay drive times, slowing northbound 101 from the earlier crash to highway 85, looking at 35 minutes. >> thank you, vianey and kari. >>> and then we will have team coverage once the storm arrives. make sure you stay with us at nbc bay area news. we have the free nbc bay area app that will let you know when that rain is hitting your neighborhood. >>> developing right now, gunfire sending people running for cover in the height of the holiday shopping. >> it happened at the same mall that was the center of the weekend macy's robbery. >> reporter: sounds like police will provide an update sometime today about the shooting at oakridge mall. officers have not found the shooter or any victims. this happened around 6:00 last night. somebody started firing a gun outside the forever 21 store located inside the mall. hundreds of shoppers fled, some in panic to find shelter in other stores in the mall while the shooting was taking place. the police did find shell casings from a handgun

we've got pockets in puddles of water on the bay bridge. high winds. take your time as you're driving there. let's head over look at the san mateo bridge where there is currently an accident 92 westbound of foster city boulevard. so that's just as you're getting ready to head across an exit, the bridge there. and seen delays. it's going to take you a little under about 14 minutes to make that commute. and it's slick and there are puddles on the ridge. you also have some other accidents. this is out in fremont southbound south of argus road. looks like several lanes. there are impacted because of that. just look how slick and wet the richmond. sandra fell bridge is a little under 9 minutes as you head to richmond the golden gate bridge about 20 minutes as you're traveling there. also in oakland, 8, 80 northbound at high street. we do have an accident there as well. so we're going continue following the slick commute for you this morning. we'll have more of that coming up. but for now, let's talk about the rain as it continues. just move across the bay a

highway 37 and the bay bridge toll plaza, things getting better across the bay bridge. they have that disabled vehicle cleared through treasure island. the build is on from the east bay. >>> coming up next, nbc bay area responds. >> lots of people now have a new way to add their vaccine record information to their smart phone. we'll show you how. ♪ 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 ♪ >>> the apple wallet already stores things like credit cards, concert tickets and boarding passes. two clicks and they're right there. now you can add your covid-19 vaccine record. you need the latest apple software, access to the state's vaccine portal and another phone. first, check your software. apple added the vaccine record feature with ios 15.1. next you need a link to your state vaccine record. this is where that second phone comes in handy. on that phone go to the state's portal, plug in your name, birth date and the phone number or e-mail address you gave whe

so 80 west at the bay bridge is backed up to the bay bridge in oakland, their this was reported about 2.45 today. and according to i believe chp, they're saying we can expect delays of up to one hour. if you're trying to get from the east bay into san francisco right now. that's the backup. so we're looking at the situation here. and i'll keep you posted as we get more information right here during kron 4 news at 3 o'clock today. but just a heads up if you're trying to get into the cities in the bay bridge today. this is the situation there at the moment. details on kron 4 dot com as well. now the oakland police department started off the air projecting that they would lose 5 5 officers a month due to attrition that number has now increased to 8 cops leaving every month. and that appears to be linked to the level of officer discipline at opd kron four's haaziq madyun has the story. so next up, we have an update from the chief. chief. strong. >> our staffing numbers to to 6.75 the department is still below the 6.78 mandate measures the the same time last year. we have 723 officers chie

here's the backup at the bay bridge. the metering lights were activated as i was giving the last report, so five minutes of build. i think i see a little different traffic flow. i will show you what i am talking about as far as the lane counting goes on. >> thanks so much, kari and mike. it's 5:44. new allegations just into the news room, president trump tested positive a couple days before the debate for covid-19. trump then got a negative result from a different test shortly there after. >>> mark meadows is also agreeing to cooperate with the investigation into the january 6th riot at the capitol. meadows provided records and will soon sit for depositions before the committee, and he previously refused to cooperate. it is unclear what documents were handed over by meadows. >>> cnn host, chris cuomo, is now suspended indefinitely after investigators say he helped his bother defend himself against sexual assault allegations. a columbia professor talks to the "today" show about the dilemma cnn is facing. >> they need to m

well, the goal to get 5 ago. john, on the bay bridge, the reese's up right now. yeah, got a couple lights we'll get to traffic in a minute see the rain. it rained a noted that reef this morning. >> i heard moment of joy this morning all my a leading light say like on the bridge murray. >> i think a lot of us are going to be seeing a lot more of that today because it is december 1st. >> so if you do have that motivation to just get out there and get all those lights on today is not a bad day to be doing it. you may actually be breaking a sweat as you're getting out there and stream those lights because we are looking at our warmest day of the forecast today. we do have some sparkly lights there on the golden gate bridge nothing that slow you down, though the golden gate bridge has been an easy go. not just because it's fog free, but it's also got a lighter commute. we are seeing dense fog for solano county. the highway 4 corridor as well as along 6.80 right around concord. the benicia bridge we do have some low visibility issues to our north is where rain and snow

look at the improvement here. >> at the bay bridge toll plaza approach of them even like the salon. but no backup here. that's a really nice one. and your drive times improved 15 minutes for making your way into downtown across the upper deck into that fremont street exit socked in by the fog nothing's really changed share the sentiments here bridge. the good thing is no hot spots. all morning long. no accidents, no stalls. but of course, a very foggy. but folks are taking note and being careful. 18 minutes coming out of the east bay over to the peninsula. a fog remains for highway 4. and we had a couple of accidents earlier. but those are since gone and it looks like a not a lot of slow traffic here. so just be careful as it does get to dense in some spots and his ability not great out to conquer. all i have a check of the golden gate bridge and the richmond center fell bridge in just a bit. james darya, back to you. thank you. back. 8.31. is a time and happening today, san mateo county is taking a new approach. >> 2 responding to mental health crisis calls. they are. it's a pilot

the bay bridge metering lights on. time from the maze in to the city 15 minutes, there is a report of a car bumper blocking one of the lanes on the right hand side of the base of the incline there. 880 northbound, 13 minutes, coming up from san jose to the eastside of the bay. a look at the san mateo bridge. a 13 minute drive from 880 to 101. let's look at that dublin interchange, pass, traffic is heavy. 50 minute drive from 205 to 680. and taling major fog issues. they are a 50 minute drive. >>> a live look from the bay bridge where two commuter parking lots set to open next monday. this is all in an effort to help traffic congestion. you see some of that right there this morning. 89 parking spaces will be near fruitvale avenue in oakland. this when we are learning about traffic across the bridge. drivers caused the bridge just over 3,700,000 times. that's 200,000 more than last year and 2019, that number was four million. >>> up next an air b&b booking night mare. a california homeowner said strangeerns kept showing

this is on the bay bridge right near the toll plaza. 80 westbound there. so they turned the meteor lights on. >> the drive times have only gone up about 3 minutes. so still pretty light under 13 make it into the city. hopefully the able to get that accident cleared off of the bridge. we're also seeing a lot of fog. john has mentioned along. 80's are traveling through valais holdout. 2 hercules along with aneesh, a bridge and bridge as well. there's also an accident that just popped up here and conquer southbound to 42 north of clayton road there. so we are seeing a slight delay along to 42 heading across towards the peninsula. little under 15 and leaving with a look at the richmond center fell bridge a little under 9 darya james, back to you. >> thank you very much. rain is 6.18 on the clock and happening today. the oakland museum will reopen after was forced to close down because it water damage from recent storm. this was a storm that happened back in october and here are pictures of the damage inside equipment was brought in to dry out the floors and th

have you the delays out of the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza. they turned the metering lights on earlier than usual. just about an hour ago. sluggish here anda us contract the upper deck. also busy from the ride. you will track a few brake rights. headlines heading toward that 680 connector and it's busy for your morning ride with a travel time of 452 minutes, east shore freeway, 26 minutes. that's how long it'll take you to go from highway 4 to the maze. from hercules. on highway 4 to 80 give yourself 40 minutes as you head out the door from antioch toward 840. in the south bay, there is still closure south 280. due to flooding. plan for that. other than that the south bay looking back to you. >>> california, bringing back the mask mandate. we will break it down live. >>> and how would you like to >>> live in san francisco as the state is under an indoor mask mandate. this is something that begins toyed and goes for about the next month. that's thanks to the rapid rise in the covid cases we have seen since thanksgiving. san francisco is exempt

here's a look at the bay bridge. there's actively some light showers on the bay bridge right now and that's not slowing you down, though. we do have a few flood advisories over emeryville on. i 80 the westbound ramp to i 5.80 just east of the maze lanes are affected by some flooding there and also a little bit of flooding on. i 8.80 northbound exiting at market street to get you to downtown oakland. >> the off-ramp is also being affected by some standing water. the san mateo bridge 13 minutes nice and dry for the moment although roadway still wet from earlier morning showers richmond center fell bridge and easy 7 minutes and much improved southbound on the golden gate bridge. we had an injury accident mid span there. earlier on that was cleared out really quickly. so kudos to cruise for getting r% that one cleared out. now it's only 20 minutes from 37 to the tolls. thanks, john. >> the white house covid team is set to update the country on the rapid spread of the omicron variant later this morning after united states

well, it's still busy behind the toll plaza at the bay bridge. but it is definitely be loosened up a lot. and that's because metering lights were just turned off. so people have that go right through the toll plaza. as for the san mateo bridge, things are definitely busy as well. it's not like you're stopped, though. definitely still making your way steadily across both east and westbound spans and the golden gate bridge is look beautiful. all morning long. there it is again under the sunshine and traffic moving along great daria. >> so here we are. the weather is gorgeous. you looking at people ice skating and shopping and decorating and thinking so why am i so miserable. >> and i said i can't be the only one. i need to call doctor ruth doctor ruth light who is a stress management expert is nice enough to join us this morning because actually while the holidays are fun. they can also kind of be the worst time. good morning. >> good morning, it's so good to see you again. is good to see you. to an end. >> and it should be a good time of year. but

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take a look outside at the bay bridge this morning, and seeing christmas lights across the bay area, very nice, and you may get more of a chance when the weather opens up, especially for the weekend. it's a cold start. >> yeah, chilly start and still a few showers around the bay area, not close to san francisco right now. east of morgan hill and up towards mount hamilton seeing a little bit of snow flurries there. our attention is turning to what will be coming down the coast this afternoon, a few light showers to the south. by 11:00 tonight you begin to see that raindrop through the bay area with temperatures today staying quite cool. you want the jacket today and the umbrella this afternoon. the winds will pick up this evening, highs in the low to mid-50s with rain starting to taper off tomorrow morning at this time. a check of things in the south bay for your commute, here's mike >>> we are looking at speeds that are fine, silicon valley looks great. there was a traffic break that was being run and should be completed right now, northbound 87, and it should be good but that's a bi

you can recognize the buildings near emory ville towards the bay bridge, towards the city. he has the windshield wipers going. it's getting a little sluggish, no metering lights at the bay bridge. traffic is okay across the toll plaza across the span. let's jump to our maps or another camera. i am getting word of a new trouble spot. san mateo bridge west bound. they issued sig alert due to a crash involving one vehicle that spun out in lanes. the left lane is blocked until further notice. it is near the high rise past the mid span area. you won't see delays but you will see the flashing lights likely. use the dumbarton bridge until they clear the san matoe bridge. traffic elsewhere, 580 east near castro valley, grove way, that right lane is blocked due to broken down big rig, a very large box truck. it is sluggish in that area. there is no word when that will clear. it is noncommute direction which is helpful. west bound towards 880, starts slow past the castro valley y. at 980, we have reports of flooding, be careful along the nimitz. i stole mary's radar so you can see th

so the bay bridge we're starting to hear. we have pockets of fog right near the toll plaza on the eastbound and westbound side of the bay bridge. here's a little under 90 minutes as you're making your drive into the city this morning. >> not seeing any major issues along 5.18 80's a traveling through emeryville in berkeley in that area heading across towards the peninsula a little under 16 minutes for you to make that drive. the san mateo bridge, the richmond center fell community had a richmond a little under 14, no major accidents or delays. and in the south bay along one o one story wrote we had an earlier accident. the air that started the slowing down along one o one. but as you're traveling from 85 to menlo park a little under 36 minutes. tara james, back to you. thanks for the 71 and happening today convicted killer scott peterson is going to be re-sentenced to life in prison without parole. yeah, you may remember he was convicted of killing his wife and unborn son. his death sentence. >> was overturned recently by the

and then here at the bay bridge. look how crystal clear we could see the lights in the city from emeryville, so that's a great view. the fog, as kari is talking about, it's in the north bay as we have seen before through novato but creeping across 370, and down across the delta, there are foggy clouds, and the benicia bridge called out by chp as well. we talked about the construction crew through alvarado, and it should be cleared up as we speak. over the weekend you could see a change in the traffic flow. we are going to follow-up on the other local roadwork, nothing major but the stretch between mountain view and san bruno where they are working on the expressway. >> thanks, mike. >>> san josÉ police say the system has failed. >> this morning san josÉ's top cop is warning people judges are releasing criminals with crimes as serious as murder with no bail. >> the release of suspects has angered top police brass. this man is charged with murder in what police describe as a hit-and-run road ridge on october 31st. th

at the bay bridge, much like you had last week. thank you for covering that on the roads. across the bridge, there's rain over in that the tri-valley. that rain leaves the wet roadway all over the way, and we have a number of single car spinouts. this could be a new one around orinda. we'll check on that and get back to you. >>> we have pictures four, these are the pictures sent from his family. he disappeared at the northstar mountain resort where he worked. his sister is an avid skier that just moved here from colorado. >> northstar was closed yesterday because of the storm. the storm has caused the resort to delay opening. >>> the resort here in palisades also closed because of the 100-mile-per-hour conditions. the resort said there's an increased avalanche danger. >>> testing is going to be the key to detect how many covid-19 cases california could have after christmas. of the 100,000 tests 5% came back positive. that doubled within a week according to the public health department. one bay area county is fighting back rolling o

golden gate bridge richmond center fell bridge and the bay bridge. each looking at conditions that are wet with the rainfall on them currently heavy rainfall around gilroy and morgan hill up to san jose is definitely calmed down compared to where we were earlier. sierra nevada. i'd recommend against it from this point forward. if you really want to get up there. the time has already passed snow packed roadways and at times some closures are possible. we are seeing snow really piling up on 80 this morning. can't even see the view and many of our 80 web cams. it's falling. so heavy currently now rainfall will continue to push on through the bay area over the next couple of hours. we see it's getting out of the region. really quickly, though, and really most of the day on friday for your christmas eve is set up to be a beautiful clear break from the rain. good for the holiday shopping and errands. i know some of us still have to take care of all that. then as we move our way into tomorrow morning. heavy rainfall makes its return to the bay area pockets

and westbound side of the bay bridge. so definitely take your time as you're driving into the city. this morning heading across towards the peninsula a little under 14 minutes for your drive time. they are. no hazards are issues along one. oh, one when you reach the peninsula side heading out of richmond. a little under 9 minutes for your drive time there. we also have some fog as you're traveling along 82 valais one fairfield you want to take your time from 37 to red. top as you're traveling because of that low visibility and in the south bay along to 3785 an 82. i don't see any major issues darya james, back to you. thank you. rain at 6.20, and national news. senate democrats say they're committed to passing the president's build back better plan by christmas. >> even though there is pushback from moderate senators. yeah. we've got republican senators saying that the bill is basically a liberal wish list. >> that will only fuel inflation. so they're standing against it. raquel martin joining us live from dc with the lat

this is always the way it is 9 minutes from the maze to fremont street on the bay bridge. watch for some flooded sections. there on the on and off-ramps on either side of the bridge both in oakland and san francisco. the san mateo bridge 14 minutes to make your crossing there. just some light sprinkles in the vicinity richmond center fell bridge has been a okay 8 minutes to make your crossing there as for the golden gate bridge. it's 33 minutes across the bridge right now. that is actually because we do have a traffic collision with injuries on the southbound lane just north of the mid span right there in the middle of the bridge the right and center lanes are blocked and that is holding things up a little bit as good as you're heading southbound on the golden gate bridge. noel, thanks, john. >> now we move to our continuing coverage on the life of nfl icon john madden. he passed away at the age of 85 pedro rivera takes a look back at that and legacy and the impact he had on the sport of football. >> for more than 50 years. when you think of john madden, you think of footb

back to the bay bridge wide open in the san francisco. a 15 minute drive time into the city. a complete traffic check. coming up after the break. stay with us. >> 9.13 and check this out flood. and it wasn't an atmospheric river and rain. it was the king tides there back in the bay area in san francisco saw tides as high as 7 feet. this is few pier 14 in san francisco and here's the scientists explaining how this works. >> that's or a full moon and it has to be a perigee and we have to be close to the sun. so those 3 things have to be all together. the high tides that we see today are pretty much going to be the normal high tides that we see in the future years. so it gives us a chance to kind of test things out. do we need to remediate the embarcadero do we need to do something to keep water from. >> going down into the bart and muni tunnel. >> now normally you know, you would say sandbags might work, right. but not when it's a king tide situation. the water is just too high. but remember when we had a lot of rain. we all got the sandbag out and they were sitting in for my h

one on the bay bridge. so as you're traveling into the city right now. >> 80 westbound inside the yerba buena island tunnel. 2 lanes are currently blocked. so we're looking at that accident there about a 60 minute drive as you're traveling into the city right now. the san mateo bridge as you're headed across towards the peninsula. it will be a little under 15 minutes. we had an earlier accident that has been cleared. 80 westbound. let's get a look at some of the other accidents out there and some of your other highways. like i mentioned on the bay bridge because of that accident. right now you're seeing that delay. it is backed up to the foot of the maze here in walnut creek. all lanes were blocked and now they've opened up some of the lanes northbound 6 city north of new oil avenue in walnut creek in the south bay as you're traveling along. want to want to miller park about 30 minutes to major delays. for about 28 minutes. we still have some slick conditions there as you're traveling to 2.42 we'll have mor

the bridges sam dumbo bay bridge. they're going to be so. >> and then bachmann was just looking that up during the commercial break on but yeah. that's our reality. yeah. but that's in january. in the meantime, more 3 weeks left to get the fog to deal with this morning. so we'll focus their first actually team coverage of john and rebecca, looking at that. i love that the weather forecast is always has yet. >> but yes, we are looking the fog, certainly thickening out there, very dense fog across the bay area this morning that may hold you up a little bit as you're getting out there. i would certainly leave early so you can just take it slower visibility, falling below 50 feet from any areas means that as you do speed up that risk of any sort of incident does increase with visibility down so low. you look outside at our east bay hills camera right here does show that blanket of fog, especially compacted down in the bay itself. that's why it's our inland valleys of the east bay as well as a wide swath of the north bay t

bridge, the san mateo bridge, and the cost to cross the bay bridge has increased 350% since 2003. >>> tonight, being fully vaccinated is no longer enough to get you into some san francisco restaurants. in fact, this cafc other both plan to start checking for prove boosters as well for eligible dine in customers. >> we will do what we need to to be open and safe and keeping workers employed with paychecks in a pocket. >> cases are surging california and other parts of the country. and getting a covid test does remain a challenge. >> reporter: on christmas, florida broke its own record for the highest number of daily cases. that record was set the day before on christmas eve. los angeles saw a 300% rise in new cases last week, creating a huge demand for testing. >> i have a procedure that needs to be done and covid testing performed my procedure and now they are telling us they are not doing it. >> reporter: the nation's top infectious disease doctor, dr. fauci, and knowledge he is frustrated by the limited supply of tests. >> we obviously have to do better and i think things will impr

the backup over at the bay bridge has started, the metering lights are on. typical patterns, not so bad for contra costa county. >>> coming up next, the surprise of a lifetime. >> one day earlier this year i got a message from ellie. so i scrolled down and it said daughter. >> a test an east bay woman that changed her life forever. >>> there you have it. that was eight of 12 days of christmas. kris sanchez has been sharing some awesome budget friendly gift ideas. the latest gift involves getting creative. be sure to follow her for those daily christmas updates. she's posting them on facebook and gram. she says if you know of a cool gift or a local store that sells them, let her know. >>> sometimes you run across stories that are so eye opening. this is one of them. >> it involves an east bay woman's desire to help infertile couples conceive. she decided to donate her eggs 20 years ago. she didn't think much about it again. but this summer she was contacted by two sets of twins after she used the 23 & me dna testing kit. they've all since met each other and n

a wind advisory is in effect for the bay bridge. be careful especially if you are in a high profile vehicle. 4:51, after being canceled in 2021, next year's rose parade will go forward as planned. >>> volunteers have less than a week to finish the decorations which will feature dozens of elaborate and colorful flights as usual. for many organizations the floats are a chance to not only create something beautiful but also speak to a worldwide audience. >> they're fun. they're colorful. they're really well designed and built but tend to have an advocacy message. >> share the importance of saying yes to the nation, of saving and healing lives. >> spectators will need to show proof of vaccination or have a recent covid test. >>> eight minutes before 5:00. still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> dubs take home a christmas day win while another member of the squad enters co >>> good morning everybody. green is the latest nba player to enter the covid-19 health and safety protocols. golden state has had five players enter p