across the bay area. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking when it will clear up. good morning. it's monday, december 28th. hope you had a nice weekend and a happy holiday. there's some rain out there, mike. >> there is. good morning to you. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us on this kind of moist monday. we're a 1 on the storm impact scale through the morning commute with showers are out there. scattered across the north bay. if we hit heavy showers, they would be further down to the south. how heavy can they be if they're giving us less than a tenth of an inch of rain. solano county, 680 wet right now. the carquinez bridge, if it's not wet it's about to get wet. 101 in the north bay wet also. so showers this morning as you can see on our exploratorium camera. increasing sunshine with mid to upper 50s this afternoon.

kumasi? >> thank you. actress lori loughlin is set to be released from a dublin prison today. she served nearly two months for her participation in the college cheating scandal. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more. good morning. >> good morning. she's been in isolation here for about two weeks because of a covid outbreak here at the prison infecting about 180 prisoners. her team tells abc news that she is healthy and okay. actress lori loughlin is expected to be released today from this dublin prison sometime today after serves an almost two-month long term. she's been here since october 30th. she said she's deeply sorry for doing this. and that she made an awful decision. she an her husband paid $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into college. other parents also served time for the same crime in a scheme that federal officials labeled varsity blues. even though this was a fall from grace for the "full house" star,

some think she will be able to redeem herself. >> there's a way forward where she can bank on the good graces for what she did before. an element of the public is eternally and always ready to forgive. >> loughlin's husband was given a stiffer sentence of five months in prison. he started serving that last month. they also face fines and community service. there is no sign of her yet this morning. the jail records here show she is still in custody. authorities have not said what time she will be released. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. inmates at san quentin state prison may soon be allowed to transfer to other prisons because of covid-19 concerns. the marin independent journal reports that a marin county judge may allow transfers because of san quentin's massive outbreak earlier this year. but san quentin managed to bring the number of cases down to just four at this point. other prisons in the state are reporting outbreaks of over 500

cases. san squinten priz prisoners filed a lawsuit earlier this year. starting today, cvs will administer covid vaccines to people at long-term care facilities. nearly 700,000 residents and staff at 15,000 facilities across the state are expected to be vaccinated. vaccinators will visit each location three times for boosters and check-ups within a 12-week period. after this phase, cvs will vaccinate the next tier, which includes essential workers, those 75 and up and those with chronic illnesses. help is on the way for millions of americans after an 11th-hour demand for bigger relief payments, president trump relented sunday night signing another round of badly needed financial aid. jobina has when you might see your relief checks. jobina? >> thank you. so one week ago the president called the stimulus bill a disgrace.

last night he backed down signing the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill. president trump's signature came hours before the government was set to shut down. last week he said he wanted $2,000 financial relief checks for most americans, not the $600 payments negotiated in the bill. even fellow republicans grew frustrated. >> if you want to make a $2,000 check, negotiate that from the beginning. >> i understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but he'll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire. >> so when should you expect to see stimulus payments arrive? direct deposits from the original c.a.r.e.s. act took about two weeks to get into bank accounts. it will take longer if you're waiting for a check in the mail. as for unemployment benefits that expired on saturday, americans lost about a week of $300 payments.

>> thank you. right now millions of people are returning home after the holidays. the tsa says they screened 1.2 million people just yesterday, the most since the pandemic began. bay area health officials are urging travelers to quarantine. >> san francisco and santa clara counties now require a ten-day quarantine upon arrival. other bay area counties have other restrictions. >> that recording plays every >> that recording plays every few minutes at sfo. tsa says millions of people have been passing through security checkpoints nationwide. most since the start of the pandemic. >> i am definitely quarantining. it's almost selfish to travel, but it's hard because, you know, family is sometimes all that we have. >> despite warnings from health officials, the tsa says millions of people have been passing through airport security checkpoints nationwide. california reported more than 50,000 new cases on sunday.

that's the third highest single day total during the pandemic. the cdc reports the state is seeing about 95 cases per 100,000 people every day. california is now reporting the second highest number of new daily covid-19 cases per capita in the country only behind tennessee. coming up, the investigation in nashville after that explosion on christmas morning causing so much destruction. what authorities say may have motivated the suicide bomber. and china goes after a journalist who reported on the covid outbreak in wuhan. the sentence she was dealt today. and we have activity this morning showing up on live doppler 7. here's a look at future radar. a quick idea of what to expect the rest of this morning. scattered light showers, just enough to make things slick through the morning commute. i have more chances of rain as we round out 2020 and say hello

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let's look at what's going on. i'm just updating the radar here. there you go. you can see that most of the activity continues to be very light. it's green and it continues to rotate across the north bay from east to west. while we're seeing drier air infiltrate other neighborhoods. there's still a possibility for the morning commute, as you can see from 7:00 on until 11:00, a stray shower is possible. from noon on the clouds will open and we'll get sunshine. more in the north bay and a little less to the south. overnight everybody clears out. that means it's going to be significantly cooler. in fact, frost is possible in the deepest valleys tonight. most of the rainfall across the north bay and less than a tenth of an inch, if you're lucky a

couple hundredths of an inch. mid to upper 40s not only in the south bay but just about everywhere. napa, 52. a little bit of light rain through the morning commute. let's talk more about that morning commute. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you. good morning, everyone. hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend. if there was a morning to have slick conditions and showers, it would be today. there are so many people still off because of the holiday through the new year. we have not seen a lot of spinouts or issues like that. bringing in our live picture, we will be showing off the bay bridge toll plaza. so we have not seen metering lights come on since last week. the traffic has been very light in the area. no metering lights light to report today. i don't expect them to come on. also checking out the golden gate bridge. looking at the slick conditions there. you can definitely see the rain droplets on the cameras, make sure to take your time so we can continue not to see those pinoutpinout spinouts today. looking at the map, no major

slowdowns to report. tracy, completely green. that's a rare site. i'll tend it back over to you guys. investigators are trying to figure out the motive behind a deadly bowling alley shooting that happened in rockford, illinois. police arrested and charged an army green beret, duke webb of florida. he shot six people, three of them died. in a statement, the army said webb was on leave when this happened. this morning investigators are looking behind the explosion that rocked downtown nashville on christmas morning. after the rv exploded outside of the at&t building, agents carried out bags of evidence from a home associated with warner. he may have been motivated by paranoia over 5g cell technology. six police officers are being

credited with saving lives, evacuating nearby buildings. >> i hear a loud boom. as i'm stumbling, i told myself stay on your feet, stay alive. >> officials are dry trying to determine if the at&t building was the bomber's intended target. still ahead, a bay area doctor explains why covid-19 cases are going up despite the stay-at-home order. >> we thought here's an opportunity for us to have fun, and try to break some guinness world records. get ready to kiss 2020 good-bye. how the

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outbreak in wuhan. jobina has more on how that is not sitting well with advocates for press freedom. >> it really is not. the chinese government found the 37-year-old woman of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. those are commonly leveled against human rights activists and dissidents. she was hurried into court. she traveled 400 miles from shanghai to wuhan in february to document the situation there. she posted first-hand accounts on social media about the same time the chinese government began reigning in news agencies for their reporting of the early days of the outbreak. she reported for three months until she was arrested in mid-may. she was charged with disseminating fake information. she is the first known journalist to be jailed for her role in reporting about the pandemic.

the chinese government has implemented restrictions on what the country's news agencies can report when it comes to the origin of the virus. julian? >> thank you. this morning we're looking to why covid rates are so high despite our current stay-at-home order. health is a big focus for us on building a better bay area. j.r. stone spoke with one doctor who believe there's are two main reasons covid fatigue and private gatherings. >> we're very aware that there is pandemic fatigue, that people are tired and that i think the ability of people to shelter and their willingness is definitely not the same as it was in the spring. >> reporter: but the doctor of santa clara county says we need to be strong by not traveling and not gathering. his message comes at a time when california has the second highest covid-19 rates in the country. and while most we talk with say they are being safe -- >> as long as i'm wearing a mask, i feel pretty comfortable. >> it's just the five of us.

we're not getting together with any other family members. >> reporter: -- most also admitted to us that they have been traveling. >> i'm actually from los angeles. >> sacramento. >> reporter: and admitted that they've had gatherings but kept them small. >> we only gather like a group of like no more than ten people, 10, 12 people. all our family lives close by. >> if you cannot go outside, you have to go visit some people, at least something. >> reporter: dr. kamal says on any given day there are less than 30 icu beds available in all of santa clara county. he says even family gatherings are dangerous but believes that by staying home, we can reverse the high number of cases which would improve icu numbers, take the pressure off hospitals, and lead to reopenings. >> i've seen so many times when people get together, even with small groups, cousins, aunts, or grandparents, that spread does happen. so we really all need to hunker down and shelter. >> reporter: while california's covid rates are second highest

in the country, it is important to note that the covid death rates here in california are 30th. doctors have previously told us that those death rates often lag behind by a couple of weeks. j.r. stone, abc7 news. 2021 is just a few days away. and legendary rock band kiss wants to rock and roll all night by sending 2020 off with a huge new year's eve concert. it's called kiss 2020 good-bye. we all want to do that. the band is hoping to set a world record with $1 million of pyrotechnics. they're going to perform on a 250-foot stage with 50 cameras and 360 degree views. >> we thought here's an opportunity for us to have fun and try to break some guinness world records. there will be 3,000 people there who are safely distanced from us. we'll be playing all the songs everybody has known for the last, my gosh, it's almost 50

years. >> the concert will be atlanta's devine. there will be a covid screening for the audience in attendance there. you can watch the livestream on kiss2020good-bye.com. you have to pay 40 bucks for the stream. >> oh. you had me until then. >> there will be screening for the audience? >> he said there will be a limited number of people in attendance, socially distanced. >> don't you feel like from state to state it could be like -- that feels like another world. >> yes. >> and my friend who lives in georgia -- >> yeah. the niners -- go ahead. what's your friend in georgia doing? having the time of their lives? >> she is like georgia is wide open. she asked what we did for christmas. i said nothing, i stayed at the house. she was like we did this, this and this. from state to state, that seems so foreign to me.

i'm like, what? so concert? >> you know my parents live in atlanta. they were saying the local news there said atlanta's heart field jackson international airport, the busiest ever, 75% capacity compared to last year. that means 25% of the people stayed home. it is so different outside of our bubble here. so different. all right. let's look at what's going on with the water vapor. you can see that area of low pressure spinning down to our south. just about to come ashore along the big sur coast. with that low and its counterclockwise flow it will hurl moisture up towards us. the north bay is getting the best. you can see that around monterey and part of that could possibly work its way a little bit further to the north and come up through the monterey bay and the santa cruz mountains, maybe even up 101 around gilroy and up towards san jose.

that's something to keep an eye on. here's a look at sfo and the wet tarmac there. as far as showers, they taper this morning.s will hope for su this afternoon. mostly clear, much colder the next two nights. watch out for frost and fog in our valleys, 2021 begins with unsettled weather. 56 to 58 is our spread today. look at this, from 30 in santa rosa to only 42 in san francisco. my accuweather 7-day forecast. dry and brighter after a cold start tomorrow morning. we'll try to hit 60 with that sunshine. now the clouds will dim us a bit wednesday. mid to upper 50s. a chance of showers new years morning by the time we ring in the new year, it will be dry. saturday and sunday are starting to trend a little bit wetter, especially sunday. i just put a 1 for that on our storm impact scale. a light storm. kumasi? >> thank you. let's turn to ginger zee.

>> live with what's comin up on "gma" at 7:00. good morning. >> good morning. great to be with everybody on a monday morning. coming up on "gma," we'll start with president trump signing that covid relief package averting a government shutdown. but the six-day delay does let unemployment benefits run dry for millions. the reaction to all of that this morning and when we can expect help to arrive. and growing fears of a new year's surge. millions of people still traveling, and the urgent questions about the new covid variants. and actress lori loughlin set to be released from prison as early as today. she's a free woman after serving nearly two months in the college admission scandal. what we learned about her life behind bars. and the post-christmas shopping season is in full swing. new sales and savings happening at this very moment. and some tips on how to handle returns both in the mail and in the mall. it is all coming up on "gma."

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let's see what's going on outside. you can see on live doppler 7, there we do have light rain. we'll get back to that. i want to show you the exploratorium, some drops on the camera at pier 15 looking back to the west and looking at the embarcadero center. i hope they keep that on through new year's day. activities, just being damp early is the only issue out there. if you want to take down the decorations this afternoon, it will be dry. if you want to do some exercising, it will be dry this afternoon. right now mainly across the north bay and we'll go back and say 680, 780, the carquinez bridge and the benicia are the wettest right now. a ban on flavored tobacco

set to begin on january 1st in california. that has been delayed. opponents led by tobacco companies say they got enough signatures to put the new law on a statewide vote. officials agreed to wait until at least 623,000 signatures can be verified. however, inyo county has reported a high level of signatures that don't match records. if there's not enough, the ban will begin when the secretary of state certifies that the signature drive fell short. well, here's the perfect blend of winter and creativity at christmastime. this is not a fire. this is a man in kentucky who decided that instead of using a shovel to clear the snow from his driveway he would just crack out the flame thrower. but then he took it to another level. he dressed up as cousin eddie from the holiday classic national lampoon's christmas vacation. so that explains why he's out here doing this in a hat and bathrobe. >> if i were one of the neighbors, come do my driveway next. >> no. no. go home. put on some clothes, then maybe come. >> there we go.

coming up next, we are just minutes away from the opening bell. investors expected to react after the president signed a covid-19 relief package. we're looking at the dow when wall street opens for business. and we have a check on icu capacity in the bay area. those numbers determine when our stay-at-home order will be lifted. coming up tonight on abc7, the bills going up against the new england patriots in monday night football. coverage starts at 5:00. and then join us for a special edit mom and dad. doctor's visits, landlords,

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now at 6:30, breaking news. actress lori loughlin has just been released from prison. we're live from dublin with how

covid-19 impacted the correctional facility. >> there were surges, now i'm actually saying we have a viral tsunami on our hands here. >> this doctor thinks covid-19 surge does not quite capture the dire situation currently in california. we have an update coming up on our icu capacity and the stay-at-home order. >> and here's a look at live doppler 7. light rain moving across the bay area this morning. when you can expect it to clear. good morning. thank you very much for being here on a busy monday, december 28th. we appreciate you joining us. >> we'll get to those stories and the headlines we just told you about. we want to check in with mike for more on the rain. good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi, julianne. nice seeing both of you. thank you for joining us this morning on this monday, the last one in 2020. live doppler 7 showing showers rotating mainly across the north bay in a counterclockwise fashion. some of the heavier showers on

680, 880, 780, heading down towards the richmond-san rafael bridge and eventually the golden gate bridge. some light rain you can see moving towards bay shore, brisbane, and south san francisco. that's eventually going to head over to daly city and pacifica. a little snow is possible on mount hamilton. here's what to expect the next six hours with future radar. it's a 1 on our storm impact scale. you can see the green tapering, that light intensity shower around for a couple more hours. a couple hundredths inches of rain is possible that's about it. tnl temperatures with increasing sunshine, mid 50s noon through 4:00. developing news to tell you about. a man has been arrested for reportedly hitting a san ramon officer and dragging him with his car. a second officer opened fire at the suspect but the driver then led them on a chase. police say the suspect drove into santa clara county ends up on stevens creek in cupertino

where deputies finally spotted him. he stopped underneath the 280 overpass. officers took that suspect into custody. one officer we're learning suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay. now to that breaking news we told you about, actress lori loughlin is out of prison. she spent about two months there for her role in the college admissions scandal. amy hollyfield is live for us in dib lyn dublin. we just learned she was released moments ago. >> she was released within the last half hour. she's free after serving a nearly two-month long sentence in dublin. actress lori loughlin started serving her time here on october 30th. she is serving time for paying $500,000 to get her daughters into college. she's been in isolation for the past two weeks because of a covid outbreak at the prison infecting at least 180 inmates.

people with her team tell abc news that she is okay. loughlin said she is deeply sorry for what she did and she made an awful decision. her daughter also spoke out about the scandal. she did that on jada pinkett-smith's red table talk. >> i'm definitely ready to address some things. it's been hard. i think for anybody, no matter what the situation is, you don't want to see your parents go to prison. >> yeah. >> i think it's necessary for us to move on. >> right. >> move forward. >> loughlin has been in jail since october 30th. her husband was given a stiffer sentence of five months. he started serving his time on november 19th. they also face fines and community service. now that she's out she will be supervised for two years and can start her 100 hours of community service. live in dublin, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. here's a look at icu capacity this morning. the bay area saw a slight drop

from 11.3% to 11.1%. the sacramento region saw its capacity improve once again. now it's at 17.8%. southern california and the san joaquin valley are still at zero. the stay-at-home order for san joaquin valley is set to expire today. state officials say it's likely to be extended but they have not made announcements yet. a ucla professor says we need a better term than surge to describe the cases we're seeing. >> we were talking about surges, now i'm talking about a viral tsunami on our hands here in california and los angeles. i think the magnitude of the amount of disease that we're seeing really you need to have a better term, which i think tsunami is probably conjuring up in peoples minds. >> back in the bay area, the earliest that we could be out of our stay-at-home order is next friday, january 8th. a nurse who just ended her isolation after being diagnosed

with covid is heading back to work this week. this is a story that you will only see on abc7 news. she is a nurse at the hayward health care and wellness center. yesterday was the first time she saw her sons in three weeks. she thinks she contracted the virus at work. she had mild symptoms and doesn't fall into high-risk categories, but admits the positive test results still scared her. >> what was really hard about that was just to be isolated, knowing that was -- this might be my last few days, and i wouldn't get to see my family. >> she says the backlog in getting test results is likely contributing to the recent surge we've been seeing. she is urging lawmakers to make it easier to get tested in order to stop the spread. in the south bay, santa clara county health leaders are telling people not to go to the hospital emergency rooms for covid testing. they've seen a rise in people

showing up without symptoms solely to get tested. they're reminding people that the emergency rooms are for people with emergencies. instead they suggest you go to one of the multiple testing sites across the county. this was at the fairgrounds in san jose on saturday. and more free testing to tell you about happening in the south bay. the city of palo alto is opening up a pop-up sight. walk-in testing will be offer ford shire eoffered for the insured and uninsured. this morning we're learning more about what to expect in the coming months when it comes to the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. this as a record number of travels happened this holiday season. jobina fortson has more on what you need to know. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. so white house coronavirus task force member brett juwar says

the problem is mixing your bubble with another bubble once you get to your destination. >> travel increases risk. we have to be concerned about that. it's just vitally important that people follow all those rules, avoid indoor gatherings, wear a mask, wash your hands, particularly in airports. that's where your handrails touch places where other people touched those. >> he talked about vaccine distribution. the goal was to vaccinate 20 million americans by the end of the year. but right now only 2 million have received the shot. he says another 4.7 million doses will be distributed this week. >> so 20 million doses will be distributed to the states by the first week in january. probably another 30 million doses in january. another 50 million doses in february. that seems to be a very good estimate given what we know right now. >> he says the end of the pandemic is in sight but there's still a lot of work that needs to happen because lives depend on how well we follow health measures. >> thank you. the fda advisory committee

noted a particular group experiencing side effects of the moderna covid-19 vaccine. this is actually one of the most clicked on stories on abc7news.com right now. so several trial participants who received cosmetic facial fillers reported inflammation and swelling where the injections took place. a couple patients had cheek filler six months earlier and one had her lips filled two days after getting the vaccine. all of these cases of inflammation were resolved with steroids and antihistamines. in response to rising covid-19 cases, kaiser permanente has postponed elective and nonurgent surgeries at all of its northern california facilities. that includes the entire bay area. kaiser tells the "san francisco chronicle" that the delay will go to january 4th. urgent surgeries in cancer cases will go on as scheduled. coming up after the break, a

breonna taylor statue meant to unite the community smashed in oakland. the artist's heartbreak and determination to keep going. and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're up about 160 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. and wonder woman 1984 becomes a box office hit during the pandemic. what we know about the third in. >> did you guys watch movies over the weekend? >> i saw "soul." >> i watched "soul." >> it was fantastic. >> did you watch it, mike? or what did you watch this weekend? >> we couldn't let go of christmas. we kept watching christmas movies. >> i'm not mad at that. >> some are playing christmas movies all the way through new year's eve. >> why not. >> we can't let it go.

we'll watch "soul" this week and "wonder woman" this week because there's not as many bowl games this week. so there's time. we'll squeeze it in. hi, everybody. hope you liked those if you did see them. don't spoil it if you have. here's the benicia bridge, the carquinez bridge, 680, highway 4, solano county and contra costa county. it's wet and it goes down to 80 and the san rafael bridge and over towards san quentin. also from pengrove, rohnert park. here's future radar, you can see how scattered and light they come. you can see some clearing of the clouds, more so in the north bay than anywhere else, where we'll still have clouds minxi imixing sunshine throughout the afternoon. it will be colder tomorrow morning with frost in the valleys. rainfall amounts, hardly anything out there. a couple hundred drreths if you

lucky. we have mid to upper 40s everywhere this morning. now, as far as your commute goes, you can see it's a little wet right there on 87 in san jose. this is all for the morning. the caution because of the showers this morning. this afternoon, everything is going to be dry. you won't have to worry about the wet weather. let's talk more about that morning commute if there is one. here is jobina with the answer. >> hi, mike. that's the point right there, even if there is one. there's not. great news for anyone that does need to leave the house this morning for any essential work. we are going to bring in right now a live picture showing off the goidges are wet. you heard mike mention there the richmond-san rafael bridge, also the bay bridge toll plaza where there are no metering lighting lights, but definitely pointing out the rain droplets on our camera. we have a live picture of the san mateo bridge, which is probably one of the driest right now. we have not seen spinouts, that's because the commute is very light here and it's

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taylor was shot by police when officers entered her louisville, kentucky home in march. the artist behind the sculpture says the setback only strengthens the fight against racism. >> we're not scared of you. this person made this a bigger story than it ever was before. we can remake it and we have solidarity. you can't stop us. >> the artist behind the carson plans to repair the sculpture this time casting it in bronze to make it more resistant to damage. developing news, after days of opposition, president trump signed a 9$900 billion coronavirus relief package. it will bring urgently needed financial relief to millions of americans. mona kosar abdi with how the bill will help many struggling right now. >> nearly one week after calling

it a disgrace, president trump is backing down, agreeing late sunday to sign a $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill, averting a government shutdown just hours before tonight's deadline. in a statement, the president saying, quote, i am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for the paycheck protection program, and much more. the president spending the weekend golfing in florida, had faced intense pressure to give in as unemployment benefits for 14 million americans expired. it took congress six months to negotiate the bipartisan relief bill. the president's own team, including treasury secretary steve mnuchin, helped negotiate it. but then the president last week demanding last-minute changes, tweeting, quote, i simply want to get our great people $2,000 rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill. some republicans criticized him for not raising his objections earlier. >> if you want to make it $2,000 checks, negotiate that from the beginning. >> i understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for

big checks, but the danger is he'll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire. >> the president in a statement last night suggested he'd sign the bill after the senate agreed to consider increasing the check to $2,000, which the house is expected to pass today. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made no such commitment in his statement overnight, saying only that the president's, quote, leadership has prevented a government shutdown at a time when our nation could not have afforded one. the delay in approving the bill already having consequences. those americans getting the extra $300 in unemployment benefits will likely miss one week of payments because of the delay. >> i worry about myself and my family. we need covid relief so bad. >> mona kosar abdi, abc news, new york. now to your morning money report. investors are encouraged by the president's approval of the economic relief package. let's take a live look at the

new york stock exchange as trading gets under way. at this point we're up 187 points. despite the pandemic, holiday retail sales were up 3% compared with last year according to a report from mastercard. part of that boost is thanks to more people shopping for home decor and furniture because we're all staying at home more. wonder woman 1984 is dominating the box office. it holds the biggest opening weekend of the pandemic era raking in nearly $17 million. and on the heels of the movie's success, warner brothers is working on the third installment of the dc comics. gal gadot will return as a superhero and patty jenkins will write the ending of the

". tesla owners received a cool gift from elon musk this christmas. they can customize their car horns to play whatever they want. all it takes is a few taps of the car's settings. it can play music, animal sounds, the automotive soundtrack is limitless. the option is only available in newer tesla models with built-in external speakers. the customization can be a nice new add-on they may not be street legal. big problem there. car horns are closely regulated in the california vehicle code. who knew. >> maybe you remember mr. microphone. do you remember that? they drove by in the commercial and said, hey, i'll be here to pick you up later. the noise would come out of the speakers in the car? too young for that? okay. >> we don't know about >> cbs, you used to be able do that with your cb radio.

you would yell at people. too young for that, too? >> we know what the cb is. we have done long road trips before. come on. >> un-huh. >> just showing my age. that's all right. so, that's pretty cool. it's not a reason to buy the car, but it's a nice add-on. here's what's going on with our wet weather. you can see over the san pablo bay and moving into the northern parts of san francisco bay, it is a pretty healthy looking cell. some light rain. here's the area of low pressure now coming to shore around big sur. we're on the top end of that counterclockwise flow. you can see because it's coming over land, we're not going to have much more in the way of shower activity. if we were having the flow come off the ocean, then we would probably have a better chance of more wet weather after the morning. this thing is moving to the east. it's going to continue to move to the east. it will dump the heaviest rain and snow down in southern california. one to two feet of snow there.

all right. so showers this morning, then becoming dry. clouds will open for sunshine this afternoon. coldest the next couple of nights with valley frost and fog. hopefully you don't have freezing fog. weak storms starting thursday through sunday to end 2020 and welcome in 2021. today's temperatures, 56 to about 58 degrees. tonight, look at that. 30s just about everywhere. the only 40s, low 40s, half moon bay, san mateo, santa cruz and san francisco. my accuweather 7-day forecast, a little more sunshine, warmer tomorrow, increasing clouds and cooler on wednesday. a 1 for thursday morning. light rains possible saturday, especially in the north bay. a better chance on sunday. that's why sunday is a 1 on the storm impact scale. that's your seven-day forecast. kumasi? >> rain and cooler temperatures brought an end to fire season in the north bay. this year was the most destructive in california history. cal fire says peak fire season is over in six north bay counties including napa, solano and sonoma.

the period lasted a month longer than the previous two fire seasons. the state will continue to staff fire resources just in case anything happens. more than 400,000 acres burned in the north bay this year alone with hundreds of homes and businesses lost. san francisco is celebrating the third day of kwanzaa. city hall was lit up in kwanzaa colors overnight. red, green and black. the seven-day celebration honors african harvest, community, culture and family. one of sevenles is reflected upon each day. on this third day observers of the holiday will focus on collective work and responsibility. recology says they're getting ready to collect hundreds of tons of christmas trees from san francisco households. residents can place the trees next to those blue recycling bins the night before scheduled collection days between january 4th and 15th. they will come by and haul them off to the chipper as a service to their san francisco customers. you do have to remove all the

decorations and tinsel first. the company turned unwanted trees into 500 tons of mulch last year. a beverly hills restaurant is being criticized for plans to host a discrete indoor new year's eve dinner that would have violated the state and county health orders. la scala is known for its celebrity clientele. customers were surprised to see invitations in their takeout bags recently promoting a prohibition era speakeasy themed dinner. both indoor and outdoor dining is banned in l.a. county. southern california's icu capacity has been maxed out for the last week. l.a. county has quickly grown to become the nation's covid-19 hot spot. >> i'm surprised a restaurant would attempt to do this seeing as how we have the stay-at-home order right now. i don't think it's a good idea. both of my parents had covid, my uncle just got out of the hospital. >> beverly hills police say they

are aware of the issue and say code enforcement officers were investigating. preps are under way for the nation's biggest new year's eve celebration. crews started setting up stages for live performances during this year's ball drop in times square. this year the event is closed to the public. j. lo will be headlining. nelly, miley cyrus, megan thee stallion and cyndi lauper all set to perform. billy porter will be joining ryan seacrest and lucy hale in new york to host dick clark's new year's rocking eve. >> we as artists understand how to show up whether there's an audience there or not. it's going to be very interesting. the audience really does give us energy. but i am -- the energy is inside me this year for hope and for what's to come. >> you can watch dick clark's new year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest on abc7 starting at 8:00 p.m. on new year's eve.

i think gloria gaynor is performing. >> billy porter always has the energy inside him. >> are you going to dress up at your house? >> maybe not dress up. but probably pop open some champagne to say good-bye to 2020. it's been a year. >> bye. friend, do you have your lotion? >> i sure do. it's that time. >> it's that time for our self-care moisturizing. >> i'm still thinking about this new year's eve party. nelly has had quite the year. >> 2020 has been good for him. >> it's been really good to nelly. nelly is performing on new year's eve. who would have thought that in 2020. wow. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know today.

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if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. actress lori loughlin was just released from a federal prison in dublin this morning. that's where she served nearly a two-month prison sentence for her part in the college admissions scandal. president trump signed the $2.3 trillion government relief and funding bill. most americans should be getting $600 stimulus payments in two weeks. number three, health officials are warning there could be another surge in covid-19 cases because of christmas travel. the tsa just revealed they screened 1.2 million people yesterday. that's the most since the pandemic began. number four, here's a look at future radar. the next six hours show the showers that we're dealing with this morning will taper by noon. a couple hundredths of an inch of rain if you run into one.

and number five, as we take a live look outside. checking out the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights are on. but be aware of the slick conditions on the road. number six, the buffalo bills go up against the new england patriots in monday night football. will cam newton be starting? that happens on abc7 tonight, kickoff at 5:15. join us for a special edition of abc7 news after the game. number seven, a moraga man just reached his goal of swimming 1 million yards in 2020 for cancer research. the david miller completed 568 miles at camp alito high school. this is where the swim a million began in january. >> he does that handstand to show off at the end. >> right? we're done. >> that's all i could see. >> i wish i could swim more. i want his body for 2021.

>> that's right, mike. >> there we go. good morning, america. breaking overnight. help is on the way. president trump signing that massive covid relief package, a government shutdown averted after millions of americans have been struggling through the holidays. now the big question, when do those checks arrive? christmas day bombing. the fbi naming a suspect overnight in that fire ball explosion that rocked nashville. police confirming the suspect died in the blast. now the search for a motive and the officers being hailed at heroes for rushing to save lives in the chaos. out of control. december is now the deadliest month of the pandemic. almost 5.3 million new cases just this month and growing fears right now of a post-christmas and new year's