gripped the bay area for decades. from cold cases to new charges. the man suspected of kidnapping and killing a 9-year-old girl has a court hearing today. the evidence that led investigators to the suspect. and we may be forced to stay home even longer. the warning from governor newsom if the covid-19 numbers don't improve. taking a live look outside through our abc7 roof camera right now. poor air quality is lingering in the bay area. mike is tracking that spare the air alert. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, december 22nd and we are checking in with mike about that and some other things going on this morning. hey, mike. >> yeah, like my shopping trip yesterday. we'll have to talk about that at some point. that was crazy. all right. dense fog advisory but it's mainly solano county this morning under the advisory. visibility as low as a quarter of a mile through 9:00. let me tell you, there is some really dense fog out around brentwood, discovery bay and also as you head down towards tracy. you can see how thick it is

there in napa and santa rosa, also. this is going to drift south to southeast. so, it could move across the san pablo bay and get into the east bay shore as we head into the morning commute. but it definitely won't hang around nor be as widespread as it was yesterday morning. kuma kumasi. >> thank you, mike. a man charged in the kidnapping that happened more than three decades ago will be arraigned virtually today. michaela garecht was kidnapped and never has been found. a palm print recently led investigators to this man 59-year-old david misch who is already behind bars serving time for a prior murder conviction and awaiting trial for a separate double murder. the kidnapping happened just days before thanksgiving 3 2 years ago. michaela went into a hayward grocery store with a friend and when she came outside her scooter wasn't where she left it and saw a few yards away. when she did, a man grabbed her

and put her in his car and drove away. >> the crime not only shocked alameda county and the entire bay area and the nation. it was so brazen, so ruthless but clearly planned. >> investigators believe it was misch who left a partial palm print on michaela's scooter and now facing murder charges with two special servicecircumstance. he is set to be arraigned this morning. >> michaela's mother has been looking for her for 32 years. over the last year, she has accepted her daughter's death but for decades she never thought that the case would be solved. murch says she wants people to remember her daughter going forward. >> the last year i have come to a place of accepting that michaela was no longer alive. i ask that you please don't forget her now. she's no longer a case, but is what she always has been and that is a bright and shining light. >> murch says she would like misch to tell them where

michaela's remains are but she does not want to see him nor talk to him. abc7 news will stay on top of new developments with the story. we sent out this push alert when officials announced the arrest. to get updates right to your phone, enable push alerts. this morning, roughly 98% of californians are under the state's mandatory stay-at-home order and with rising covid-19 case numbers and deaths, it looks like the order could be extended at least in some regions. abc7 news reporter julian glover live with the very latest, julian. >> we heard from governor gavin newsom on monday. the current surge in covid-19 cases cutting down icu capacity statewide to just 2.5% and that's why the governor mentioned on monday that that batch of regional stay-at-home orders could be in place well into the new year, especially in southern california and also the joaquin valley regions where there are no available icu beds right now. there are currently more than

3,600 patients hospitalized in intensive care units across california with more than 12% of people who have taken a covid test in california in the last two weeks testing positive for the virus. >> our projections don't show that any of the regions that could first exit the regional stay-at-home order will likely do that. >> sober, sober reminder of how deadly this disease is and how tragic the loss of every life is but particularly those lives that are lost during the holiday seasons. >> governor newsom himself now back and quarantined at home after a staffer he was in contact with last week tested positive for the virus. on the vaccination front, newsom says the state administered more than 70,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine last week and also mentioned monday more than 100,000 doses of the moderna vaccine arrived in california and are now awaiting distribution. reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news.

>> julian, thank you. happening today, san francisco mayor london breed is going to update the city's response to covid-19 that will happen at noon. we're also going to hear from the director of public health dr. grant colfax as he addresses the crush of coronavirus cases. today the san francisco board of supervisors expected to talk about getting students back in class. the san francisco unified school district planned on reopening a few schools in january but now that is not happening. negotiations between district and the teacher's union broke down over working conditions. the board of supervisors is expected to consider a resolution today urging the school district to develop a comprehensive plan for the safe return to in-person learning. new at 6:00, hard-hit sonoma county says more covid-19 vaccine doses will arrive in the coming days. nearly 2,000 vaccines arrived and that was two-thirds of what the county was expecting but expecting 5,800 moderna doses to

arrive next week. sonoma plans to vaccinate up to 20,000 frontline medical workers this week. the ceo of the company that helped to develop pfizer's covid-19 vaccine says he is confident that the vaccine works against a new mutation of the coronavirus. but further studies are needed just to be sure. the new variant is believed to be more contagious and can lead to more severe illness. first discovered in the united kingdom. as of yesterday morning, the cdc is reporting more shots of the pfizer vaccine have been given out nationwide. moderna is also testing to see if its vaccines work against this new mutation. the european union recommends that member countries should discourage all nonessential travel to and from the uk until further notice because of the virus mutation. france's uk travel ban has left hundreds of truck drivers stuck this morning. jobina is at the live desk with how this could cause a food shortage for the country. jobina. >> yes, kumasi. this is a very tough situation.

so, france barred the entry of its trucks for 48 hours beginning on sunday night. so, right now, there are more than 1,500 trucks completely stuck. this comes at a time when the uk produces very little of its own food and mainly imports. the french ban does not prevent trucks from entering britain but it does prevent them from leaving. the empty trucks sitting in england may cause shortages on food but not everyone is trying to leave the uk. >> going to be on lockdown for longer than i expected. i am ready to spend it with my family since i'm alone here in paris. so, i'd rather be on lockdown there than alone here. >> over the weekend, british prime minister boris johnson imposed strict lockdown measures in london that caused thousands of people to panic and try to leave before the lockdown, kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. a $900 billion coronavirus relief package is now heading to

president trump's desk for his signature. congress just passed it last night and includes another round of relief checks that could arrive as soon as next week. california and the bay area will see some direct benefits, including $26 million in emergency rental assistance for san francisco. also, a 15% increase in snap benefits and expansion to include food insecure college students. transit funding to keep workers employed and services going and more than $10 billion in education investments to protect the health and safety of teec teachers, students and school staff members. coming up, airbnb crackdown. what has led to dozen of local properties being suspended and removed. a new nba season kicks off without a bubble. the warriors start out on the road. the virtual experience you can be a part of when they return to the chase center. want to tell you about christmas day. still tracking a one on the

storm impact scale. light to moderate rain to spread to north to south throughout the day leaving up to three quarters of an inch in the

all right. 6:11. i thought we'd start with some good news and fog up in the north bay and no freezing fog and the threat of black ice not there. as cold as 34 in santa rosa where the fog is starting to let up a little bit and napa we're in the mid 30s to mid 40s. same thing out around brentwood and tracy. upper 30s there. the likelihood of black ice not likely an issue. upper 40s to near 50 around the bay under partly cloudy sky. for your activity planner, everything is about staying inside because of the spare the air. so, if you're not one of those sensitive, then you could head

outside. here's a look at what is going on christmas eve thursday night, a silent night. look at this as we head into the morning hours light to moderate rain spreads north to south all the way through saturday morning and we get a break saturday afternoon into sunday afternoon and sunday night more rain is on the way. here's jobina. >> thank you, mike. goodern morning, everybody. sensors showing things are picking up. i want to show that live camera right now. no moetering lights but still really light and moving to the richmond, san rafael bridge and expecting it to be light there and yes it is. just a nice commute today and showing you the over all map because i want to point out one crash that we are following. we do not have a slow down in the area, which is good. this is going to be on westbound 4 to the state route 242 connector. so, right in that area we have a car that hit a guard rail and then also just moving up to the north bay very quickly just be aware of that low visibility and

the fog in the area as you travel through vaccaville and into vallejo. air bnb says it's cracking down on party houses in the bay area. the company received complaints about 65 properties in san francisco, oakland and san jose. all of them have either been suspended or removed from the site for violating the airbnb policies and restricting anyone who identifies under the age of 25 from booking a one-night reservation. anyone without a history of positive reviews is banned from making a reservation on christmas or new year's eve. stop partying. period. >> the end of that. >> yes. well, still ahead, a chance to help families in need. one bay area's organization call for donations. the force is strong with this home. a closer look at

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basketball is back. the nba begins today without the protection of a bubble. warriors in brooklyn facing the nets. after the first four games on the road they come back here for their home opener on new year's day. notice this, their new video wall. fans will have a chance to be at the gameth themselves on tv. >> you do it on your laptop. 120 fans per game. you see 90 of them there. we have a great set up in the player tunnel. so, when steph curry comes out on the court we can have ayesha his wife and kids waiting for him. a combination of fans and a combination of our season ticket members. we'll add some community groups in here. all people have to do is go to warriors.com. not quite yet. we're not ready to sign people up yet but before our home opener on january 1. >> we'll keep you posted on that. coming up in our next half hour, you'll hear from adam silver about what they've learned from

watching other pro sports leagues during the pandemic. by the way, tipoff for today's warrior game is set for 4:00. sacred heart community service in san jose hoping for more donations. the event started yesterday and runs through tomorrow. the organization plans to hand out 3,500 boxes filled with turkey, ham and side dishes and they say more people have been showing up since the pandemic started. >> we are getting new members. you know, folks who maybe haven't had to come access a food bank before. it just speaks to the widespread nature of the hurt that's happening right now. >> sacred heart says it is especially in need of turkey and ham donations. new at 6:00, star wars villain isn't an obvious choice for a christmas display, but in a san diego suburb, there he is. >> that's a storm trooper.

>> welcome to poway. a small stretch of road named candy cane court all lit up. this home really went all out with the star wars theme. the house also included a jedi mini stormtroopers and several staples from that galaxy far, far away. >> i am loving these lights. >> oh, baby yoda. >> where is the child? >> he's coming in left side. left side. left side. there's his ear. >> come on, there he is. >> there he is. where what is the child's real name? >> oh, my gosh. i haven't gotten to that episode. >> i just got it in my ear. grogu. >> no, it's rebuke that. that's baby yoda. >> baby yoda it is. >> there it is. >> baby yoda. i don't know what that is. >> the child. >> the child. this is the way.

all right. let's talk about what's going on with your weather forecast. got a chuckle out of you guys, thanks. from sutro tower looking down on pretty clean air and little fog trying to escape the north bay and napa valley and slide down the east bay shore. that's going to continue for the next couple hours and unlike yesterday, this is not a very widespread event. mainly into napa valley over in sollano county and all day today going to be brighter and milder and a spare the air day. wood burning is banned. breezy in the hills but in the valleys the coldest night and a soaking storm door opens friday and it may not close until a week later. that's one way to end the 2020 be a nice way to end 2020. at least get the rainfall deficit up a little bit and snow pack 50% right now. nice to get that up higher, too. 56 in half moon bay to 60 in santa cruz and around the bay 58

and inland 58 to 62 degrees. tonight you can see 30 in santa rosa, lakeport 28 and ukiah wouldn't be surprised a lot of frost in the trivalley and around palo alto and parts of the south bay tonight. san francisco the warmest spot and only 44 degrees. here's a look at your rainfall at least through christmas day from 0.15 in the south bay to near ly to more than an inch in the north bay. the storm sunday will add about another 0.1 to 0.25 of rain. friday through saturday morning and saturday afternoon to sunday afternoon should be dry so you can get out there and play with all your new toys. have a good one. here's kumasi and reggie. we'll turn to rob marciano. good morning, robert. >> good morning. it is grogu, by the way.

just to remind you that "star wars" is owned by disney which owns you. you might want to tap into that, guys. also on "gma" yesterday we had jon who revealed all these secrets. again, thank you for watching it. appreciate that. coming up on "gma" i know you'll watch today. lots to deal with including everyone that is traveling today internationally and now there are 40 countries that are basically saying they're banning travel from the uk over the threatening new strain of the covid. which airlines are requiring some passengers to test negative? we'll tell you. plus, the hope for the holiday surge as covid hospitalizations hit a new high throughout the nation health care workers getting their first doses of the vaccine. and president-elect biden getting his shot this morning. dr. fauci joins us live on "gma" he'll get his shot today. also ahead our abc news exclusive. outrage over the video of police officers handcuffing a black man in front of his family.

police are apologizing saying they had the wrong guy but the family is speaking out exclusively to "gma" and we'll have the latest. latest on comedian john mullany checking himself into rehab. what he said about struggling during the pandemic and all that coming up on "gma." >> robert, we missed one segment on "gma" and he gets salty. you know what i'm saying. >> see how you get. >> see how he does that. >> yeah, i got a lot of salt going on. we love you. i'm happy you're still working, especially, you, kumasi. >> why is rob in literally the most beautiful christmas scene you've ever seen in your life. >> it's great, isn't it? happy holidays, guys. >> happy holidays to you. more of this coming up in a little bit. we'll see you today. >> see you at 7:00.

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zoeydeschanel. >> new video for not out of the world and try to rescue her from earth's destruction but they take zooey by mistake. people confuse them all the time and she admitted when she first moved to l.a. she used to pretend she was zooey to get into the club. >> that is hilarious. >> they really do lookalike. i never put that together before. well, next at 6:30, california hospitals are overwhelmed and now one county is considering rationing care. after 32 years, hayward police believe they got their man and he's due in court today. details coming up. and a statue of confederate general robert e. lee has been taken down at the capital. the prominent figure who will take his place. and let's look at outside from our exploratorium camera as we head

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. now at 6:30, the man charged in the kidnapping of 9-year-old michaela garecht more than 30 years ago set to be arraigned today. the evidence police say helped crack the case. >> i'm doing it because i want to symbolize the importance that everyone gets vaccinated. dr. anthony fauci leading by example and getting vaccinated today. the message he has this morning to the american people. and singer john legend sharing a holiday tradition. the two gifts his wife chrissy teigen gives him every christmas. >> intrigued. >> i'm intrigued, too. also who saw the christmas star last night?

>> you did? >> i did. >> from your house? >> i could see it right from our patio. >> okay, i feel left out. did you all take a picture? >> i didn't. i took a picture with my mind. mike? >> same. same. but it's out there again tonight. you can still see it. it just gets lower and lower on the horizon every night until it's almost gone. a friend of mine had his telescope out and still with the binoculars pretty cool sight. we'll try again tonight. tonight should be clear. let's talk about the fog out there. the only area under a dense fog and visibility less than a quarter of a mile and 680, 780 and have some issues there and it is spilling into places like northern contra costa county and eastern contra costa county. there will be fog there and not last as long as it could. and we're definitely not dealing with the kind of fog or the

coverage we had yesterday. that means a little bit milder this afternoon. upper 50s to low 60s. kumasi. >> thank you, mike. new overnight, fire crews in san jose, they've put out a suspected gas fire at an office building. an engine returning from a call around 2:00 in the morning noticed some smoke and fire coming from the building off of forest avenue. officials say it was a gas-fed fire but not sure yet what caused it. the crews were able to get it together and contain it in 20 minutes. officials say moderate damage. today after more than 30 years, the man police say kidnapped and killed michaela garecht will appear in court virtually to formally face charges. the parents of the 9-year-old have wondered for decades who took their girl from a hayward parking lot. it appears they have that answer, but there is still so much that they don't know. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in hayward as we're hearing from michaela's dad. amy. >> hi, reggie. detectives here in hayward say after 32 years it all came down

to a palm print. they found a palm print at the scene and they believe it matches 59-year-old david misch. he is already in prison. he is serving a sentence for another murder and he's waiting trial for the murder of two other people. now he is accused of killing 9-year-old michaela garecht. she was kidnapped in november 1988. for police and her parents, it has been 32 years of chasing and hearing about false leads. thousands of tips. sometimes dealing with false hope as they tried to find her kidnapper. >> all i know the palm print was on the scooter and over the years they've gone back and matter of fact, november of last year they just did an upgrade on my palm print for comparison and stuff like that. >> michaela was grabbed outside a hayward grocery store and thrown into a car. her kidnapper had moved her scooter. when she went to find it, she was snatched.

fremont police first tipped the hayward police department that they should look at misch as they were investigating him for a double murder. they have not found michaela's remains and they say misch declined to answer any questions. he is set to appear in court today. live in hayward, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. another victim's father who knows michaela's family is reacting to news of the murder charges. marc klaas' daughter, polly was kidnapped at the age of 12. he puts no trust in what this newly named suspect has to say. >> everything that guys like him say when they find themselves in these tight situations is going to be completely and totally self-serving. it will be virtually impossible to figure out what's true and what's not true. >> klaas says when polly went missing years ago he couldn't help but think of michaela. the coming years will be a tough time for michaela's family.

abc7 news will stay on top of new developments and we send out this push alert when officials announced the charges. to get updates to your phone, you can download the abc7 app and get push alerts. under the state's mandatory stay-at-home order but because of rising numbers and deaths, governor newsom says the order could be extended in some regions. julian glover live with the very latest update. julian. >> good morning, kumasi. the san joaquin valley region and southern california where there are currently no icu beds whatsoever. the governor announced on monday as you mentioned it's likely that the regional stay-at-home orders may be extended in the two regions. only 2.5% of covid beds or icu beds rather across the state are available right now as health care workers are just really hammered by this latest surge of covid cases. the federal government now stepping up and sending health care workers to help with the

hospitals across the state with more than 3,600 patients now in california icu beds fighting the virus. the governor also addressing reports of a new covid strain out of the uk. >> i hope the federal government takes action in this space. they should. in the absence of that we'll be pursuing different strategies on testing and quarantine. >> the biggest concern being the strain out of the uk may be more contagious, easier to transmit from person to person. the governor mentioned there could be a mandatory quarantine period for people traveling here from britain. meanwhile, the governor himself is quarantining at home right now after coming in contact with a staff member of his who's tested positive for covid-19. for now, reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you, julian. new at 6:00, a number of hospitals in los angeles county are drawing up emergency plans for rationing care. if they get overwhelmed by covid-19 patients doctors at

four hospitals in l.a. county are considering shifting care from trying to save every life to saving as many as possible. and that could mean that people who are less like rly to surviv may not get the same care as someone who has greater chances. this gut wrenching discussion illustrates how bad the surge is in southern california where the region has run out of available icu capacity. the long awaited roll out of coronavirus vaccines has heightened anticipation of slowing the pandemic and even as immunizations have started more clinical trials have started to bring more vaccines to market. a bay area company is behind that effort. abc7 news reporter david louis gives us a look inside these trials. >> reporter: headlands research was involved in the clinical trials for the pfizer and moderna vaccines but their work is far from over. >> we need hopefully three to four if not more of those to succeed if we're going to really try to get across the whole

global population as fast as we can. >> reporter: also working with johnson & johnson and astrazeneca. large-scale trials under way possibly involving 30,000 people that will wrap up some time in january and early february. this map shows that most of the trial sites are in the south and that's important to researchers to have access to patients who come from diverse backgrounds. covid has disproportionately infected and claimed the lives of groups. >> we had 90% population krooz one of the trials in moderna and in excess of 40% african-american and that's really important for the trials that we get that diversity enrollment. >> reporter: such enrollment in the capitol hilinical trials, d be collected to track granular details such as adverse reactions and which vaccine which patient received and when. this will help with f

vaccine development. it's made possible because each vaccine has a tracker. >> you can they try to vaccinate 320 million people ideally across the united states, you can't do it on a paper format. >> reporter: by the end of the trials, it's estimates as many as 164,000 americans will have participated. david louis, abc7 the statue of david e. lee a group of figures honoring the 13 original colonies. a commission voted in july to have it removed. the statue will be replaced with o one. still ahead, dr. anthony fauci's message to the people shortly before he gets the covid-19 vaccine. and you're taking a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're down right now about 100 points. another update on how the markets are doing next.

basketball without the bubble. a new nba season begins today and we're hearing from commissioner adam silver on what the league has learned from watching other pro sports during the pandemic. first, though, we're checking in with jobina with a look at traffic. hey, jobina. >> hey, guys. good morning, everybody. so, we are going to start off with a live picture here bringing in the south beach camera and getting an overall view of the bay bridge. you can see it's pretty light there. i can tell you the toll plaza is very, very clear. no slow downs to report there. emeryville now seeing 80. here for reference the headlights are making their way towards the maze and eventually the toll plaza. we do have one crash that i want to get to on the map here. this is unconcorin concord. causing a bit of a slow down westbound 4 to state route 232. unfortunately injuries reported and they do not sound too major and then heading up here i want to point out the fog.

i know my friend meteorologist mike nicco is tracking that. mike, if i heard correctly you said it is heading southeast, the fog. >> right, yeah. yesterday it was moving kind of west, southwest and that's why it made it all the way over to san francisco and the peninsula. this time i think if it leaks out of the napa valley, it is going to leak down the east bay shoreline and it is going to have a hard time doing that because it's not nearly as thick. in fact, we've got a dry cold front coming through introducing drier air and that means the fog is going to go away much quicker today. let's head down to the south bay where the cold front is kicking up partly cloudy conditions and mid to low 40s and san jose itself with 49 degrees. let's take a look around at some other neighborhood and you can see that we have 40 in redwood city to 49 in alameda and san francisco 48 mid 40s in the east bay valley to 36 right now in napa. no freezing fog to worry about. as far as your commute, everything is pretty quiet other than the fog this morning. it is milder this morning with those 40s to near 50 degree

temperatures out there. so, let's focus on christmas. and it's a one on the storm impact scale with light to moderate rain spreading from north to south during the morning into the afternoon hours. 0.75 in the north bay to 0.15 in the south bay. silent christmas eve night and then you can see by the time the kids are up and probably torn through their presents if you have young kids by 8:00, starting to rain and continues to rain all the way through saturday morning and then saturday afternoon into sunday evening should be relatively quiet. and cooler. we'll talk about those temperatures coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. first high temperatures where you live and this is brought to you by disney "soul" stream on disney plus starting friday. >> life is full of possibilities. you just need to know where to look. >> streaming this friday on disney plus is the movie critics are calling peak pixar. disney and pixar "soul" is

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sacrifice those things now. you have the power to protect the ones you love. a covid relief package is headed to president trump's desk for a signature and it would put money in the hands of americans as soon as next week. it comes as the coronavirus continues to grip this entire country. here's faith. >> reporter: averaging more than 2,600 deaths a day. monday a new daily hospitalization record. more than 115,300 people fighting the disease in hospital beds. >> when you get up to the icu you feel like you're getting into a war zone. >> reporter: meanwhile millions sliding inovernight both the house and senate passing a much needed nearly $900 relief

package. attached to a government spending bill includes $300 in weekly federal unemployment benefits and $600 in direct payments to individual americans. billions of dollars to distribute vaccines and save cash strapped businesses. >> i think it's long past due. $600 is not going n of the americans just trying to get by. >> president trump will sign that package quickly. treshly secretary steve mnuchin says the first round of checks could get to struggling americans by early next week. we learned that the covid relief bill includes 15 million worth of relief for independent music venues, performance spaces and movie theaters. around 3,000 club and theater owners teamed up to create the national venue association and they spent the past eight months lobbying congress for relief. >> you're talking about a whole bunch of renegade cowboys and cowgirls in this industry.

i couldn't be more proud of everyone involved in this effort. >> and that bill is going to help venues cover expenses, including rent, employee wages, maintenance costs and more. dr. anthony fauci will get his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine this morning and jobina fortson is at the live desk with his timeline and when he thinks all of us might be able to get it. jobina. >> thank you, reggie. dr. anthony fauci is on "gma" this morning and he says most americans will get vaccinated by the spring, but it may take a while before everyone is included. >> we likely will be able to start vaccinating people who are in the broader category, somewhere around the end of march, the beginning of april. how long it takes to get everyone who needs to be vaccinated vaccinated is really varies. it depends on the efficiency of the process. >> he added the timeline can fluctuate by two or three months. dr. fauci will receive his first dose around 7:00 this morning. he will get the newly authorized

moderna vaccine. >> i'm doing it because i want to symbolize to people the importance that everyone gets vaccinated who can get vaccinated. but also it's a good feeling of accomplishment because this originated in laboratories in my institute. >> ahead of the christmas holiday, dr. fauci stressed the vaccine is not an instant fix. he says americans should stay home and avoid large gatherings. you can see his full interview on "gma" coming up at 7:00 right here after "abc7 mornings." reggie? >> jobina, thank you. opening night of the nba 75th season all happening as the pandemic worsens across much of the country. the warriors tip off at 4:00 tonight against the brooklyn nets in a largely empty barclays center. adam silver talking about what basketball learned from watching the nfl and major league baseball face their outbreaks. >> similar to what baseball did for their regular season and similar to what the nfl is doing

now. players are living at home and we're playing in arenas and it raises different issues by virtue of being indoors. so far our protocols seem to be holding up. >> coming up on "gma" silver discusses what it would take to suspend the season early at 7:00 right after "abc7 mornings." now to your morning money report. waymo signed one of the biggest leases in 2020. the alphabet-owned company will sublease 170,000 square feet of office space in mountain view near the sunnyvale golf course. the company recently leased 120,000 square feet of industrial space on tolin street in san francisco. waymo is a rarity as more tech companies transition to remote work and give up their bay area leases during the pandemic. apple targeting 2024 to produce its own self-driving car. this is according to reuters. the car could include its own battery technology.

the cupertino company's push into the auto sector is known as project titan. it faced a bumpy road in the past. 190 people laid off from the team in 2019. the company has declined to comment on the report. now, let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. we're still down right now about 86 points. new at 6:00, singer john legend revealing what he gets for christmas from his wife chrissy teigen. she gives had imthe same two things every year. the first is usually a bag that he could carry around for the rest of the year and uses that for his laptop, phone and little things like that. he carries it around to remind him of her great taste. and the second is a gift of a robe. he says they like to wear robes around the house all the time. >> those are good gifts. a nice comfy rose. >> a nice bag. >> that's all you really need. >> very practical. >> you don't have to be stressed

out. >> shows how much she cares. >> don't have to be stressed out figuring what you're going to get the person. now, mike, has been chomping at the bit to talk about this. he went to go shopping last night for his wife and it didn't really work out. >> oh, no. >> no, it did not. i wish i had never gone to be honest with you. and it's just a reflection on i don't understand the stay-at-home order when i go to the shops and i see hundreds of thousands of people there. takes 10 to 15 minutes to find a parking spot. the lines are hours long to get into the most popular shops. now, i will say disney, our parent company, took reservations. once you got there. so you could walk away and get out of the line and come back but the ugg store, hour and a half. we moved like one spot in 15 minutes. i'm like, i'm done. i'm out of here. sorry. just wasn't worth it. let's talk about what's going on with the exploratorium camera. didn't put us in the mood either which i was hoping it would.

48 degrees. brighter sunshine today. spare the air. no wood burning, once again. coldest nights ahead of us and breezy in the hills and no fire threat because of recent rains. soaking storms are coming. so, we've got good to moderate air quality right now but it's possible that the south bay could turn poor for those most sensitive so that's why the wood burning is banned for all of us, once again. this pattern look familiar? yep, the jet stream splits right as it comes near us with the strongest of the storms going way up into the north and you could see losing all of that and then they come down and where are all the clouds and the rain? we have a cold front coming through right now. you wouldn't know it by other than just looking at some of the cloud cover out there. what it will do is usher in that dry air and brings us sunshine and keeps us close to average 56 to 62 today. tonight, though, we will definitely have frost in our deepest inland valleys and also on the peninsula and 40s just right around richmond, san jose, richmond, oakland, san francisco

and san mateo. 0.15 up to 0.75 in the north bay and tenth of an in sunday night into monday morning. ones on the storm impact scale for all of those days. saturday afternoon to sunday afternoon do look dry and hopefully you can get outside and enjoy all the new gifts you get or watch people enjoy the ones you gave them. kumasi. >> all right, thank you, mike. well, you may have caught a glimpse of this. the christmas star. it's happened overnight. saturn and jupiter appear closer to each other than they have been in centuries. called the great conjunction which is any time two celestial objects line-up in the sky. happens every 20 years but the last time these two planets were this close was in the year 1623. the space and science center held a virtual stream of the event and experts say the position of the planets will shift tonight. >> they will switch places and, so, saturn will be the one that is farther to the west and jupiter will be a little further to the east.

>> okay. well, saturn and jupiter appear to be on top of each other last night there are still hundreds of millions of miles apart. in the south bay, a police department has added a four-legged officer to the team and it is not for the reason you might guess. meet the canine ainsley. the campbell police department has their first therapy dog. 8-year-old bernedoodle act as an ambassador for the department. ainsley still has some training to work on before she hits the street. >> want to make sure she will be able to be out there in the community, children, victims, witnesses. like i said. so, she will have to be able to have the right mannerisms for that. >> ainsley will be the first therapy dog at a law enforcement agency in santa clara county. in the east bay, many children will be getting extra presents under the christmas tree this year. berkeley police rolled up with

bags that were filled with brand-new toys for kids in need. the department held a toy drive last week for a nonprofit that helps the homeless and formally incarcerated. berkeley police say they could do a shop with the cop this year because of the pandemic, but they still knew they wanted to do something for the community. >> some officers in our community services bureau we put our heads together and came up with this holiday toy drive. we didn't know how good it might turn out, but we said we have to try. and the outpouring of support of the community has just been terrific. >> some of the donations have included brand-new bikes and scooters. if you are able to help out local businesses or your neighbors, head to abc7news.com/takeaction to give where you live. we have donation links for several local charity organizations. and here is proof that santa and his elves go just about

anywhere to spread holiday cheer. santa was spotted taking a dive in the florida keys national marine sanctuary off key largo. instead of rudolf and the other reindeer, he used underwater sleds to cruise above the reef. the annual dive also serves as a fund-raiser for children's charities. >> yes, florida. >> yes, florida. bringing some positivity today which is rare. have you been to the keys? >> you know, i have never, i went during a story, actually, not to just hang out and live my best life. >> i love key west. we used to go yearly when i lived in atlanta. >> really. >> yeah. good times. those were the days. >> back in the day. >> i'm talking like i am 95 years old. which, it's coming up soon. and so are the seven things you need to know today. >> also, abc7 has launched new streaming apps. wherever you are, you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with our

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it is 6:357. if you're just joining us, seven things to know this morning. number one, the man charged in the 1988 michaela garecht case is expected to be in court today. michaela was just 9 when she was abducted in hayward. investigators say a partial palm print on her scooter led them to the arrest of david misch. number two. governor newsom says stay-at-home orders throughout much of the state will be extended because of the record covid-19 surges. statewide the icu capacity is just 2.9%. the ceo of biontech says he is confident that the vaccine works against a new mutation of coronavirus. and he adds further studies are needed, though, to be sure. number four. a $900 billion coronavirus relief package is heading to president trump's desk for his signature. congress passed it last night and includes $600 relief checks and extended unemployment benefits. are you dreaming of a wet

christmas? does anybody around here? well, it's going to happen as rain moves into the north bay in the morning and slides south through the afternoon. it's a one on the storm impact scale. and number six. taking a live look from our south beach camera here at the bay bridge. we do not have metering lights on this morning. the holiday week is well under way and traffic is reflecting it. number seven, basketball is back without a bubble. the golden state warriors kick off the regular season in brooklyn against the nets later today. and kevin durant. >> well, yes. awkward. but we love basketball down here at the bottom. >> you all do. i'll put on some more lotion. >> i need some.

i'm glad you mentioned that, kumasi. good morning, america. sounding the alarm. more than 40 countries now banning travel to and from the uk over that new mutation of covid-19. new york's governor andrew cuomo claiming the threatening new strain is already here. >> we have been victimized by federal incompetence and federal negligence and we're not going to be victimized again. >> how the state is taking action and which airlines are now requiring some passengers to test negative. hope for the holiday surge as the virus rages throughout the nation. >> right now my icu looks like an absolute war zone. >> and hospitalizations hit a new high at more than 115,000. health care workers getting their first doses of the vaccine and president-elect biden getting his shot while reassuring the public about its safety.