this is abc 7 news. the clock is ticking fast for unemployment benefits that are about to expire. americans are waiting to see if president trump will sign the covid relief bill today. the bill took months to negotiate, but now the president is demanding more money be sent to millions of americans. good morning, everybody. it is saturday, december 26th, day after christmas if you all celebrated. i'm jobina fortson. first, we want to get to argen. >> good morning, everyone. as we look at live doppler 7 and we are looking at level one for the next few hours and maybe the

next six hours with scattered showers and slick roads, breezy at times. so as we go through the next couple of hours and a smattering of light showers, it's over with and upper elevation winds are a bit breezy out there. you could run into that. there's fog along the coast and 52 in san rafael and yes, with all that moisture and cloud cover anywhere from two to 11 degrees warmer this morning. so as we look outside here from our roof camera, cloudy skies and a chance of a shower early and a mostly cloudy afternoon with the sunset just a little bit later. chilly numbers return and we do have more rain to track for you for later tomorrow. that's all coming up in a few minutes. jobina. >> developing news about the stimulus bill. if the president does not approve the deal, federal unemployment benefits could expire toward. matt boone spoke to a bartender

who said the lapse in payments couldn't come at a worse time. >> as soon as it shut down i was out of a job. >> danny baker filed for unemployment benefits right after he lost his job in march. even with the monthly payments it's been tough. >> everything that i saved over my cushion, per se, it's gone. >> reporter: he's now worried that gridlock in washington could disrupt what little income he has. >> i don't even know what to expect because there's been so much political warfare battle, you know, within all this that i almost don't even expect it to even go through. >> congress did pass it is bill by a bipartisan majority next weekend and it would extend unemployment benefits through march including the $300 stipend. president trump says he won't sign it due to disagreement over the one-time stimulus check tweeting why would politicians not want to give people $2,000 rather than $600? it isn't their fault. it was china. give our people the money.

in a rare christmas eve session, republican lawmakers rejected that increase. baker says without being able to work he's had to make hard financial choices already like canceling his health insurance, a delay in unemployment benefits would add even more stress, he says. >> it's still a struggle to get payday in and day out just wondering how you're going to be able to pay that next bill. >> matt boone, abc 7 news. >> we're hoping for the best there. we're helping to build a better bay area on abc 7 with the focus on health. state officials say the stay at home order in effect will likely remain in place past the three-week duration. that minimum here in the bay area. state now reports more than 2,040,000 covid-19 cases, and that's an increase of 39,000 cases. globally, five cases of the new coronavirus variant in the uk are now reported in japan and one case in france.

in addition to doctors and nurses there is another group putting their lives on the line by helping covid-19 cases. ansar hassan gives us a new perspective on how it is affecting firefighters. >> reporter: before covid-19 patients are helped at the hospital, there is one group that helps them first. >> if someone calls for a covid emergency we'll be first ones there. >> reporter: there have been a lot of those calls in the bay area says the president of the oakland firefighters union. first responders are in direct contact with covid-positive patients. >> we end up having to go into a person's house, which is an inclosed space and having to carry people out physically. u unger says they'res forced to wear special gowns and coming into contact with other family members. those risks place a huge burden on their own families. >> and i bring this home to my

kids. what level of comfort do they have with us? it's really tough. sometimes your kids don't want to give you a hug when you get home from work. >> all of the firefighters were able to get vaccinated. in contra costa firefighters will begin to get vaccinated on monday. to be operational, we can't do that with covid-infected employees and so we're hoping that the vaccine will help us to reduce that risk substantially. >> despite the personal toll, unger says it's an honor to serve the community, but ends by saying they need the community's help. >> i feel like if we can all buckle down, stay home, wear your masks, we can get through this. >> in oakland, ansar hassan, 7 news. a new hotel opens for a long-term shelter for the homeless. it's been acquired by the county by project home key. a virtual opening ceremony will take place december 30th. earlier this month the county

opened the former hotel azura in santa rosa in supportive housing. between the two complexes they can house 100 people. county officials say it's important to keep and get these places up and running as quickly as possible given the increase of covid-19 cases in the north bay. a woman survived after her car went down a cliff at san francisco fort funston. the car crashed on to its roof after plunging 120 feet. the woman is in serious condition this morning. firefighters say she was thrown out of the car before it landed. it is still not clear what caused her car to go off the cliff. >> at least two families in the south bay are spending the holidays somewhere else after a pair of house fires. abc 7 news was in san jose where firefighters quickly put out the flames at a home on hyacinth lane yesterday morning. investigators say the residents reported the power went out and started smelling smoke. five people were displaced and

thankfully no one was hurt. a hazardous materials team from the santa clara fire department responded to a house fire in saratoga. they discovered broken glass and a broken gas line next to the home and turned it off. the fire forced four people to be displaced. no word yet on what caused the gas line to rupture. san francisco's lgbtq center is finding homeless youth across the city a home for the holidays. abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra shares how the program works despite the challenges with covid-19. >> reporter: on this christmas day, san francisco residents adam and desima are opening their home as a way to give back. >> growing up as young adults we always knew we had that safe place to land if our adventures didn't work out. now looking back on it we didn't realize, like, what a gift that was. >> reporter: a gift the two are passing forward. they joined the national host homes program run by san

francisco's lgbtq center. the program aims to find volunteers to house homeless teens and young adults ages 18 to 24 for a period of three months to one year? ju just knowing that we have a space to help someone on that journey. >> that journey led them to jay young, one of three people in the program who have struggled to find a home. >> definitely with christmas i'm happy to have this place and such a family dynamic. >> according to the 2019 youth homeless encounter survey. 46% of youth experiencing homelessness in san francisco identify as lgbtq. >> when covid happened it lent itself to having a bigger conversation about wellness and we gave people best practices. >> no youth or host families affiliated with the host program have contracted covid-19. the san francisco lgbtq center have partnered and have

liability protections. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. eating in san francisco's chinatown is a tradition for many, but as melanie woodrow reports, the pandemic has changed that this year. >> reporter: san francisco's once bustling chinatown is eerily quiet. >> it is a change to see chinatown to go from people everywhere to having no one anywhere. >> reporter: most shops and restaurants are closed. edwards, chairman of the chinatown merchants united association of san francisco. >> before and after the pandemic, the business in chinatown and restaurant is good business. they have a lot of restaurants that are opening on their holidays and a lot of visitors coming in. visitors like david lawler and his family. lawler passed away from covid-19 in november. >> we wanted to keep a tradition alive honoring her. >> it's okay and being here is

getting it out. >> reporter: for those restaurants to open like this one, sue says there were other challenges. >> only two persons at work. usually there have been more than ten people at work. a totally different christmas in so many ways with chinatown struggling to see it in the pandemic and new year in san francisco. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> we will bring in lisa here to talk about this rain coming up soon. >> we picked up about a third of an inch, jobina from christmas and that's pretty good, but we are looking at a little more coming our way and south of the bay area. a live look outside right now where it is in the mid-50s, slightly warmer this morning and not a whole lot of sun, but we do get a break today. stay tuned. my accuweather seven-day forecast is next. an rv explosion rocks downtown nashville christmas morning. the widespread impact it had beyond the debris, and causing a

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developing news on the christmas morning explosion in downtown nashville. forensic investigators are testing remains found at the scene to determine whether they are human. >> evacuate now. >> that ominous message played before a powerful blast that destroyed one building and damaged 41 others. locals, state and federal investigators call the explosion, a quote, intentional act. an rv believed to have been rigged with explosives is the focus of the investigation. the blast knocked out at&t lines for the nashville area and briefly caused a groundstop at the national airport. in the east bay, this is video of a porch pirate falling for a decoy package set up by a

fed up neighbor. dion lim has more on the video and talked to the man behind the stinky surprise. >> it was wonderful. that brought me the most christmas cheer i've had in weeks. >> this homeowner doesn't want his identity shown and asked we call him buddy. there's a reason why he's so excited about this package being removed from his mailbox. >> porch pirates and those people are taking packages and it's ridiculous. >> for three weeks he and his neighbors were targeted by package thieves and he had a devious plan and he had a package with the help of his 95-pound doberman named diesel. >> we came up with dog poop. >> every night for two weeks, buddy put the decoy in his mailbox complete with fake label and mailbox. >> you can see them opening up the bag and dumping it into their hand and kind of wondering why what they thought was in the bag didn't quite smell right.

>> the man appears to sniff his fingers and turns on the light to see what's inside eventually tossing the bag out the window. porch pirates aren't a new phenomenon. we've covered them across the area. ring came out with special mailboxes this holiday weekend to combat the problem. >> have you seen the guys since? >> no. i doubt i will. >> do you have words for other package thieves out there. bring it on. we've got many dogs. we've got a lot of poop. >> in alamo, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> okay. on to something nicer to get an east bay restaurant gave out hundreds of meals and gifts to those in needs. rebel kitchen and libations cooked 300 meals to hand out and they collected hundreds from kids a kids and adults from the community. they wanted to do his part to help. >> we know there's a tremendous

need and it's a cool feeling to watch the community come together and want to help each other out. with so many donations, it's been insane. >> the owners said they had to turn away volunteers because of the overwhelming outpour of support. love to hear that. >> it's a winter wonderland and where there is a winter storm warning, as well and just about every cal trans camera shows the interstate 80, that is, being completely covered in snow or just traffic down to a crawl or in some cases at a standstill. forecasts call for a foot and a half of snow or more in some locations and there are chain restrictions on 50 and 80 and lisa, usually how it goes you get the snow, we get the rain. >> that happened right on cue yesterday and we still have some leftover snow in the sierra nevada right up until 1:00 and there will be another system right on its heels tomorrow into monday. here's a live look at doppler 7

and as you go into the mountains, you will notice there is snow there and that will continue until 1:00, but out in the pacific, the next system getting ready to move on in here. this will be later on tomorrow and the bulk of this system is going to be pushing to the south of the bay area. this time the north bay gets lesser amounts and the bull's-eye here will be in the santa cruz mountains down through big sur, and unfortunately, we have to watch for the burn scar areas around the dole fire and the ccu fire where we could get pretty good rain rates. we still have windy conditions and the west slope of the sierra nevada and 4500 feet and above. two to five inches of snow is likely and up to eight inches possible with travel conditions pretty difficult there. so how do we do? some cities here stacking up in the past 24 hours and looking at pretty good amounts and only a

half inch in point raised and over a third in oakland. you get out towards a rinneda and down through redwood city and not quite a tenth of an inch of rain. so we'll be looking at more rainfall in those cities that got less. particularly around the peninsula in the south bay for the sunday, monday timeframe. right now it's 51 in castro valley with 56 in oakland and the mountain views in 51 and 52 in san jose. so it is certainly a warmer morning out there due to the cloud cover. scattered showers this morning ending cloudy and cool this afternoon, looking at that cooler storm system arriving later on tomorrow lingering into monday. so that's the system that we had yesterday. here's a look at 11:00 tomorrow night where it will be raining from the south bay and the santa cruz mountains and the darker green mere to the south of us and then just showers up to the

north, but a little pink there indicates the cold system bringing down some colder air and you can see more sierra snow there in the mountains. so in terms of our rainfall with this next system, 5:00 sunday into monday afternoon looking at about a quarter of an inch up in novato, and you will notice that a third of an inch to perhaps 0.4 in hayward so certainly picking up on the rain totals there and the east bay valley, maybe a quarter of an inch and hopefully every little bit helps and cloudy skies looking at 57 and 60 for you today over in oakland with the clouds and looking at numbers on the cool side as we continue into your sunday. so the accuweather seven-day forecast and the level one system diminishing today right through 11:00 and a few scattered showers left over and as we get into your sunday, the rain arrives at night and it continues into monday. tuesday is the 29th and 30th

looking at dry conditions and as we get into your new year's eve, still looking at basically dry conditions and maybe a slight chance of a shower to the north and just weak systems continuing to clip the bay area maybe every couple of day, jobina as we get to 2021. so far, that's looking like it's going in our favor. >> all right. i love to hear it. thank you, lisa. >> so just ahead, it's the perfect weather to cozy up and enjoy some of the hottest movies this holiday season. we'll take a look at some of the

now to the hottest movies to enjoy this holiday season, but this year instead of watching it on the big screen, it's about cuddling up to enjoy the latest stream. abc news reporter chris conley e has what you can enjoy from the

comfort of your home. >> disney + giving us "soul". >> what's your name, honey? >> i'm joe. jamie foxx, tina fey. >> hey, i already know everything about earth and i don't want anything to do with it. >> you just need to know. >> want to make sure this christmas is merry? >> hello interweb, my name is emma noland and i'm 17. >> the prom. we have got to go down there and raise holy hell. >> we will be the biggest thing to happen in indiana since -- whatever's happened in indiana. >> it features both meryl and carrie. >> i'm sorry. who are you people? >> we are from broadway. >> midnight sky, take a deep breath. >> clooney. >> i don't know all the details. it started with a mistake. >> the arctic alone. >> you want to be an explorer. >> while you're doing all that, your own life is just slipping away. >> it doesn't want astronauts

heading back home. >> i'm going to make me a bed. >> his acting exquisite. >> i know how to play real music. >> so sure and so deft. >> this actor's passing still leaves us. >> you'll hear chadwick boseman as ma rainy comes to your living room screen. >> ready to go when the madam says you're ready to go and that's the way it go around here. >> more oscar contenders. what is it a writer says? tell the story you know. >> have you seen bank? >> please, call me mack. >> mack. >> mack? >> that one's in the bank. >> so they pay you to tell stories. i ain't ever heard of that as a thing a man can do? >> it's not a rich man's occupation, as you can see. >> it's in theaters now, there and at home. >> all you need is to want it.

>> wonder woman 1984 is a wow. >> you know you need to do -- >> pick the screen of your choice, a tv or a phone. kevin mccallister enjoy "home alone". >> keep the change, you filthy animal. >> watch until this day ends, merry christmas and love from your gma friends. all right. now that christmas is over, what about the gifts that just missed the mark? like everything else, returns are going to be a bit different this year. abc news reporter rebecca jarvis has everything you need to know. 'tis the season to make a return. after a holiday unlike any other, a reminder that not all return policies are created equal. a number of the biggest retailers including walmart, target, best buy and amazon extending return policies over the holidays, but make sure to look at those gift receipts and check them twice. some stores giving you just 15

days, others as many as 30, 45 and even 90 to make returns. be sure to check the retailer's website with an estimated $184 billion being spent online this holiday season, retailers are partnering to expand the amount of return drop-off locations. kohl's is now accepting amazon returns at their department stores and third-party platforms like happy returns and narvar are teaming up like gap and levi's to accept returns at various retailers including walgreen's, nordstrom and pop-up kiosks at the mall. if you don't want to leave the house and brave the post-holiday rush, have no fear, fedex, and usps offer new package pickups by scheduling online. don't forget, turn in unwanted gift cards like raise and carpool making it easy to exchange your gift cards online without having to leave your home and if someone shops shawl f small for you, but the gift

isn't the right fit, consider taking store credit. businesses have been battered by the pandemic and this could help them stay afloat, rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> it might not be as simple as you think. the american forest and paper association is reminding families to be careful of what you throw away. the organization advises against what it calls, quote wish cycling. they say that's when you put something in the recycling bin and hope someone else figures out what to do with it. it's items that are, like, ribbons and bows that may be considered non-recyclables and some holiday cards may also fall under that category if they have glitter, plastic or metallic which is a whole lot of cards when you think about it. still to come on abc 7 mornings. coronavirus vaccine aegations, clinical trials will return for two years. what researchers are hoping to learn. plus beyonce is stepping up to

help families beyond the

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> we are pawned between republican, democrat and the president, and it's -- it's going to be too late. >> unemployment benefits are set to expire today for millions of americans after president trump refused to sign the covid relief bill so many have already lost their jobs and are now worrying about losing those benefits and for some people, losing their homes. good morning, everyone. we are going to get to more on those benefits. it's just a tough situation this morning. so we're hoping for the best here, but we want to begin with meteorologist lisa argen. lisa, we all needed that rain and we finally got it. >> we did. it wasn't a whole lot, jobina. a lot of wind with it, but we'll

take what we can get and we do have another system on the way for the weekend. here is a live look at doppler 7 where we have embedded showers that will continue for the next six hours or so. slick roads out there and here's the way it will look throughout the morning hours. you can see the north bay some showers and scattered about abot through the city through 1:00. overall we'll get sunshine and upper elevation winds and we'll see a dryer, northwesterly wind and it's 54 in richmond right now and more 50s elsewhere around the bay. so with the cloud cover, 11 degrees warmer, san carlos, concord and by 9:00, we have 50s and cool air still pooled in the valley. scattered showers and 2:00 and we're partly cloudy, upper 50s to near 60 and we'll continue the dry theme through saturday night into your sunday and things change later on sunday

with another level one system on the way and we'll track that for you coming up. >> thank you, lisa. >> this morning the covid relief bill remains unsigned by president trump. that means millions of americans could lose unemployment benefits today. just about half an hour ago the president tweeted, quote, i simply want to get our great people $2,000 rather than $600. abc news reporter christine sloan has more. >> reporter: this morning the covid relief bill awaits president trump's signature at his mar-a-lago resort. that means 14 million americans could lose federal unemployment benefits which provided vital government assistance during the pandemic today. the $900 billion bill part of a larger $2.3 trillion spending bill took months to negotiate. it passed both houses of congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, but the president who is still fighting his election loss spent the holiday playing golf and

reiterating his opposition on social media saying americans should get more money than the $600 allocated. democrats called a special session christmas eve to increase those checks to two grand, but it was immediately rejected by house republicans. angela moore is one of the many unemployed americans struggling to get by. >> i just feel like we've been treated like a yo-yo. like we're being pawned between republicans, democrats and the president. >> reporter: without a signature not only do extended unemployment benefits end e vikevisions expire next week th federal government is in danger of shutting down on tuesday. christine sloan, abc news, new york. beyonce is stepping up in a major way during this pandemic. the superstar is donating half a million dollars to

are facing e vikvictions. they will receive $100,000 for rent and mortgage payments and round two opens in february. this is part of beyonce's be good foundation and these donating $10,000 to hundreds of small businesses. go, b. los angeles county is investigating the more contagious strain is spreading locally in southern california. infection rates have exploded since thanksgiving. the county is performing gene sequencing of samples collected from county residents. results should come back in about a week. local officials believe the more contagious ra contagious variant is responsible for the surge in cases. 140 l.a. county residents died from the virus on christmas eve. a daily high for the area. the long-awaited rollout of coronavirus vaccines has heightened anticipation of slowing the pandemic even as

immunizations have begun, more clinical trials will continue to bring vaccines to the market. abc 7's david louie gives us an inside look at the trials. >> headlands research was involved in the clinical trials for the pfizer and moderna vaccines, and it is far from over. >> we need three to four if not more of those succeed if we'll get across the global population. headlands is also working with johnson & johnson and with astrazeneca. both pharmaceutical companies have 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 his disproportionately affected and claimed the lives of ethnic and minority groups. >> we had 90% latinx populations

across the trial in moderna and 80% and that's important for the trial that we get the diversitien volleyment. >> it could address concerns about vaccine safety or their efficacy. as the vaccinations get under way data will be collected for adverse reactions and which vaccine the patient received and when. each vaccine has a tracker. >> you can make sure who's gotten the vaccine and make sure they have a follow-up. a lot of this is done electronically and when you try to vaccinate 320 million people ideally across the united states you can't do it on a paper format. by the end of the trial it's estimated as many as 164,000 americans will have participated. david louie, abc 7 news. with the you in year right around the corner new state laws will go into effect. workplaces will be required to tell their employees and customers if they've been exposed to covid-19 within 24

hours of learning of an incident. more workers will be eligible for family leave. companies with five or more employees must offer it. it used to be 50 or more. california law enforcement will be banned from wearing uniforms that include camouflage. lawmakers say it's to demilitarize police. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, we've been so focused on coronavirus this year it's easy to evoverlook other health issu. help for families of seriously sick children right here in the bay area, and we are taking a live look right now from the emoriville cam. you can see people approaching the bay bridge in san francisco and looking clear and lisa is -- i keep saying risa because i keep saying rain and lisa is tracking the rain. we'll be right back. >> i forgot, one more thing, if we're looking to watch this weekend, tomasi aaron

>> hi, friends it's kumasi and here's what you should be streaming this week. i know this is not a story, but doesn't everybody need a yule log for your tv? we have you covered. make sure you're setting the mood right with this crackling fire, it's holly, jolly and on demand. >> what's your name, honey? >> i'm joe. i teach middle school band. >> have you heard about the disney pixar movie "soul." the movie is featuring the first black lead and my friend reggie got the details on how the character was developed and got to meet the creators who brought this story to life and i'm jealous. >> everybody hear me? good morning! >> if you want something a little bit meatier we dropped our latest episode of mack, a pandemic school story. this one looks at the high school experience for a freshman. she just moved to the bay area

and has never been on campus and she's trying to make friends in the new virtual world we're living in. can you imagine? it is so compelling and if you missed the other three episodes you can stream them all on demand. all of them and much more is on the feature section on the top of the app and have your roku, amazon fire, apple

okay. so christmas may be over, but you can still enjoy the treats, i plan to, at least and hopefully you can join us here. today is national candy cane day. candy canes have helped decorate christmas trees since 1882. originally they were made by hand and curved to represent the shepherd's crook, then a machine was invented in 1921 to make the sweet treats, the traditional flavor, of course, is peppermint, but as we all know you can find candy canes in a variety of flavors and colors all around the world.

san francisco residents got a sweet surprise on christmas, a monolith similar to the one seen across the world appeared at corona heights park yesterday morning, but instead of metal the mysterious object appeared to be made of gingerbread, icing and gum drops. today marks the first day of kwanzaa for african-american community and culture. they're taking their celebration online because of the pandemic which has pushed them to serve the community in new ways. the week-long event focuses on unity. there will be music, dance and spoken word performances. you can register on the village project's website. and we are going to check in with lisa here on the weather. what's going on, lisa? >> well, we are milder this morning, jobina, and we have a few scattered light showers. they're ending and we'll see a break today with some sunny skies throughout the afternoon, but it is going to be cool. we have our next system arriving

later on tomorrow and this system will bring most of the wet weather a little bit further south of the bay area. we'll talk about that in detail, and a look at new year's over and new year's day next. >> all right. thank you, lisa. also next here, an almost forgettable performance by the warriors, and steph curry becoming the all-time leader in golden state's west coast era and second on the franchise of

welcome back, here, everybody. in sports, the 49ers will try to snap their losing streak. state farm in glendale and kickoff is at 1:30 and the warriors are back in action in chicago. the dubs faced the milwaukee bucks and chris alvarez has the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning the warriors have been a christmas day staple

over the last decade. this has marked the eighth stephan curry and the dubs looking to bounce back from the 26-point loss and james, the rookie in the pick and roll and slam and the 19-year-old gets taken to school here by the two-time reigning mvp giannis with the scoop and the foul. steph clearly frustrated and golden state trailed by one. some history for curry. the quarter three moved past for second on the franchise all-time scoring list. curry trails wilt chamberlain on the list and he will add a deep triple and warriors down by 10 at the break. it's all bucks in the second half and giannis get out of the way, and middleton was the man. 31 including six from deep and bucks win big 138-99. >> a couple of weeks from practice and just played two of the best teams in the league and

it's looked bad and i have no doubt we're going to get a lot better as we go, but we have a lot of work ahead of us. >> lakers host the mavericks from an empty staples center. lebron james dials from the distance and they dropped the opener and here, lebron, that's just too easy. anthony davis and the lakers win big 138-115. kevin durant is off to a second start. third quarter of brooklyn of five make it great, and it meant it later in the third. the blow by, the easy deuce and then k.d., good luck stopping that. he scored 29 and 33 minutes and the nets win 122-95. san francisco activating tight end george kittle for arizona and gene mullins placed on injured reserve. christmas day football if you have alvin kumar on your fantasy team, good for you. the saints running on an nfl record running for six

touchdowns and had a career 155 yards rushing and the saints with the win and new orleans clinches the nfc south. hey, did you see this window is back? san jose earthquakes agreed to a one-year deal and they scored a team high seven goals and at age 37 he owns every single mls scoring record and he wants to run it back one more time with the quakes and that is your look at sports, let's send it back to you. >> let's get a check of the bay area forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. did you watch any basketball yesterday, jobina? >> i did not. >> it was probably best for the emotions. >> you kind of gave me the lowdown there. yeah. it hasn't been going that well, but you know what? our rainfall has been picking up a little bit. nothing too dramatic, but we're hoping to add to that as we get into your sunday and monday. here is a look at live doppler 7 where we can see activity along the sierra nevada and for the

bay area this system is winding down. you can see the snow here in the mountains and we still have an advisory and a winter storm warning. also watching this system that will bring the next rainmaker, the focus to the south of us from the santa cruz mountains into the big sur area, but what's left over is this system until 10:00 in the lake tahoe area from one to three inches anywhere from three to eight inches about 7,000 feet and still windy conditions so not sure if those chairs will be running with those wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour and that's for the early morning hours and the afternoon looking better for the west slopes, we're still looking at the winter storm warning until 1:00 and two to five inches of snow and we're looking at eight inches and still dicey travel and as for the rain, we are looking at over a half inch from point race and a third, san francisco and better than that in oakland and

as we get out toward our east bay valleys and arinda and a tenth in hayward and redwood city not picking up much, 0.08. 52 in berkeley. it's been a while since wooe seen the numbers so mild. it's cool with the dryer conditions and the atmosphere and cloud cover out there. here's a look outside with the exploratory camera and scattered showers ending this morning and they'll be diminishing the level one system by 10:00 and looking at cloudy and cool conditions this afternoon for the most part, but we will see partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon and the colder system arrives mainly to the south of the north bay tomorrow. so as the north bay picked up more rain with the system and the south bay picking up more rain the with second system. 6:00 monday morning and the rain shower activity and the pinks indicate some of the freezing

precipes. certainly a colder system. monday afternoon it's slow to pull out of the south bay and the mountains and so that will continue to bring up some of the higher totals to the south of us. as we look at about 0.2 for concord and a quarter of an inch for not of a on and san mateo, and that's a more respectable totals with the christmas system. today starting out with a few scattered showers and then those clouds beginning to pull apart a bit with partly cloudy conditions and the highs ranging from the cool mid-50s and half moon bay by about 60 in concord and half moon bay and the accuweather is the system through the next few hours and slick roadways and the rain arrives tomorrow late in the day and continues into monday level one system. we're dry tuesday and wednesday new year's eve could be a slight chance of a shower into new year's day. so this next system will help us out, but still, jobina, way, way beyond our deficit.

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. the clock is ticking fast for unemployment benefits that are about to expire. americans are waiting to see if president trump will sign the covid relief bill today. the bill took months to negotiate, but now the president is demanding more money be sent to millions of americans. good morning. it's saturday, december 26th, i'm jobina fortson. we will have much more to get to on the covid relief bill, but first we'll start with weather and lisa argen tracking rain for us. >> reporter: hi, jobina. good morning to you. yes, we still have the level one system for the next few hours and as we look at live doppler 7 you can see the snow and the sierra nevada and some activity to the north of us, but to the bay