extended. now at 5:00, new details about california's stay-at-home orders expected today. the regions that could see an extension and when restrictions could lift here in the bay area. and the urgent plea to the public. stay home and save lives. the major concern about nonessential holiday travel and the pop-up testing site opening today. the push to increase stimulus payments to $2,000. this morning all eyes on the senate as we wait to see what happens next. and -- >> put itin that shredder, buddy. drop that down in there. there it goes! >> good ridens 2020. the things people are ready to say good-bye to as we head into a new year. i could certainly think of a few things i'm ready to say good-bye to 2020. >> oh, my gosh. there are some things. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday december 29th. the last tuesday of 2020. and we're checking in with mike to see what our forecast has in

store. good morning. >> good morning, so nice to see you. julian, jobina and thank you for joining us, also. let's talk about what is going on outside. it is going to be colder but frost around novato and clear as we look from sutro tower and keep an eye on the visibility if it gets dangerously low let up on the brakes and keep the low beams on around 101. here's a look fra look look look tam and rlittle bit of a wind chill if you get out of the cold valleys. can't get away from the cold weather today. 54 to 56 with sunshine and dry conditions at noon. 54 to 57 at 4:00 and back into the mid up ander 40s at 7:00. today is our driest day moving forward. series of storms coming up. let's get over to kumasi for today's headlines. >> thank you, mike. this morning you can get a

free covid-19 test in palo alto. hospitals are worried that they could run out of beds soon. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield joining us live at the mitchell park library with more on this. >> this test site opens at 10:00 this morning and open to everyone. officials are worried about a new surge of covid cases coming after people have traveled during the holidays and the county is urging those people to get tested. they do want those people to wait and do that during the second half of their mandatory ten-day quarantine to account for the incubation period. but they do want others to get here and get tested so they can try and stop the spread of this virus. all of this as hospital beds are currently filling up in this county. >> if the number of people with covid-19 continues to rise, very soon all our hospitals will be out of beds and we will no

longer be able to support each other. >> santa clara county officials say you should get tested by your health care provider if that is possible before trying a county test site. but this site is here for those who need it. it is free. they think the results could come back within 72 hours, but they say labs are very busy right now, so that could vary. this site at the mitchell park library will be open from 10:00 to 4:00 today and also be here next tuesday. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> amy, thank you. dr. mark gahly is expected to give more details about california stay-at-home orders likely extend it for san joaquin in southern california. the decision is being made because of the icu capacity in both regions currently at 0%. abc7 news reporter dan ashley has more on what the governor has to say. >> we are doing everything to prepare our staffing and alternative care sites and

really be vigilant. >> state health officials say they are expecting a post-holiday case surge. >> the cases that we're seeing today, the impact that we anticipate coming from christmas, new year's would be even worse. >> reporter: dwugovernor newsom saying the stay-at-home order are set to be extended. the sacramento area could see restrictions ease friday and the bay area could exit the order on january 8th good icu capacity rebounds. newsom is also giving an update on covid-19 vaccinations in the state. >> 900,000 moderna doses by the end of the week arriving in the state of california. >> reporter: he says california will get a total of 1.8 million doses in december. short of the 2.1 million projected by the federal government. >> think it's an extraordinary success story and i just want to thank everybody associated with

operation warp speed. thank you from the bottom of all our hearts. >> that was our dan ashley reporti reporting. you can watch dr. ghaly update at noon today streaming at abc7news.com and our bay area apps. a california advisory committee could decide who is next to get the coronavirus vacci vaccine including peepiople whoe older than 75 years old and grocery store workers. this is set to be finalized tomorrow. also be a discussion about who will be included in plan 1c. that could be people ages 16 to 64 with underlying medical conditions and community service providers. a third possible covid-19 vaccine is now in its final test phase. novavax announced the start of its phase three trial and includes people across the u.s. and mexico. the fifth to begin phase three trials and preparing 100 million

doses to the united states. vice president elect kamala harris and hwill get covid-19 ve today. president-elect joe biden received his first dose of the vaccine last week. he said he wanted to receive the injection on live tv to encourage the public in their the speech coming a day after the house voted to increase those payments. here's abc news reporter avery harper. >> reporter: after unemployment benefits lapsed for millions of americans and just before the government could have shut down president trump did what lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had been begging him to do. sign the government spending bill which included $900 billion in covid relief. >> we're glad that the president finally signed the covid relief bill. >> reporter: putting many

americans who needed the money at ease. >> an incredible relief. it will mean that i will only be dipping into a little bit of my savings. i'll be able to pay most of my bills. i'm grateful for that. >> reporter: unclear when those eligible for the $600 payments will start seeing the checks because of president trump's delay in signing the bill but treasury secretary steve mnuchin suggests it may take only a week or so. the house passing a measure monday and attempt to meet the president's last-minute demand. on monday the house also voted overwhelmingly to override the president's veto of the defense authorization act. the senate expected to take up the issue this week. president trump rejected the bill over a section that protects social media companies from being liable for what is posted on their platforms. rename military bases after confederates which the president opposed. the president overnight tweeting his continued support for

increased stimulus payments saying that the people have, quote, suffered enough. sources tell abc news that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will speak from the senate floor today and that's when we can expect to learn more on how republicans will handle the issue. kwanzaa celebrations continue in san francisco today. the village project in san francisco held a virtual performance last night. kwanzaa is a celebration that focuses on seven key principles. yesterday focused on collective work and responsibility. today it's cooperative economics. these events will be held nightly through friday. we've got some pretty good weather to be outside later today. maybe not necessarily this morning as we are up to 19 degrees cooler than we were this time yesterday. lack of clouds, lack of breezes and most of our neighborhoods and very dry air leading to temperatures in the mid 30s

throughout the trivalley and even some upper 30s around pleasant hill and walnut creek, concorde, lafayette and then mid 40s around pittsburg and also antioch. usually some of our warmer spots there as we're 45 in san francisco and 37 right now in mountain view and 40 in san jose and 40 in oakland and mid 30s in the north bay valleys. that's why we're going to have some frost to scrape this morning if you didn't cover your windshield and car is outside. jump ahead to the next storm. one on the storm impact scale and scattered showers and very light intensity and pretty much less than an a tenth of an inch for most of us. here we are at midnight and go into tomorrow morning and pretty much cloud cover and then sunshine during the day and then clouds increase during the afternoon hours by 8:00 we've got the rain into or the showers into the north bay and then you can see by about 5:00 wednesday morning, we're starting the commute, excuse me, thursday morning and we have leftover showers and little drizzle and by the afternoon hours we're

dealing with sunshine, once again. a quick hitter and not going to be very much in the way of rainfall. you can see if you're lucky maybe a couple areas reach 0.15 and those will be our hills when the wind hits them hits and creates more rain. the rest of us less than 0.1. want to bring in jobina and talk about the morning commute. hopefully it is as quiet as it was yesterday, jobina. >> in terms of crashes, absolutely. thank you so much. good morning, everyone. start off with a look at the map here. we have road work going on in oakland on northbound 880 between 23rd and 29th avenues causing a slow down there and the speeds are tracking around six miles per hour. this is our 880 camera near the coliseum and little further south of the situation. ha thankfully the backup has not formed all the way to the coliseum, at least. i want to take a look here

showing you 680 in walnut creek right now. a much different story from our commute from yesterday when we saw all the wet roadways and things are looking good right now and hopefully it stays that way. coming up, new year's eve under the bay area stay-at-home order. the special kits that want to help you celebrate. the investigation into the nashville rv bombing. the new video showing the moment police officers responded to that scene. boeing 737 max jet set to fly in the u.s. again today. actually, in just a few hours. the first trip with paying passengers two years after those two deadly crashes. and it is 5:11 as you wake up with us on this tuesday morning, the last of the year. chilly start to the

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in today's "gma" first look investigators in nashville are trying to determine a motive for christmas day bombing. we're getting a look at new body camera video. here's kenneth moten. >> in this morning's "gma first

look" the devastating christmas day bombing in nashville trying to figure out why anthony quinn warner blew himself in an rv. newly released video camera video released. >> just moments later the bomb detonating. investigators are still looking for warner's motivation behind the attack. >> he was not on our radar. >> reporter: warner's neighbor telling cnn he saw him just days before the bombing. >> i asked him if santa was going to bring him anything for christmas. he said, oh, yeah, i'm going to be famous. nashville and the world will never forget me. >> reporter: coming up at 7:00 a.m., the latest on the investigation. with your "gma first look" i'm kenneth motton. for the first time in two years the 737 max plane will carry passengers in the u.s.

again. after two crashes that killed more than 300 people. jobina is at the live desk with details on today's flight. good morning, jobina. >> having some technical difficulties there. we'll get back to jobina in a moment but let me tell you about this. new year's eesk will look a lot different in the bay area because we're under the stay-at-home order and businesses are adapting and restaurants cooking up special kits as well as the virtual celebrations going on. jr stone is showing us some of our options. >> very, very excited to be able to bring some joy and celebration to people. which i think is really well deserved. >> reporter: speak easy in san francisco is talking about this year's new year's eve virtual party they put together. first time in nine months he has

been able to hire a staff. yes, a virtual party for 95 bucks. they send you special celebration kits and then you watch the show online with a secret link. >> you get to explore the club. so, we have different actors and different staged in different areas. we have magician, a magician we have drag advice and we have our gangster sal. >> reporter: cal performances is offering a $15 on-demand musical celebration. >> an evening of short vignetgns hosted and composed by sparkling personality. >> reporter: oakland's restaurants have sold out of their $250 new year's to-go package that includes all these fun party items in a kit along with either lobster, duck, steak or a vegy meal. >> we thought people could use something nice this year since

we're all sick of being home and we thought it would be something nice to have something beautiful. >> reporter: jr stone, abc7 news. >> like to see that. with the bay area under a stay-at-home order fireworks in san francisco this year sad. b.a.r.t. is going to stick to its normal weekday schedule on new year's eve. no extended service after 9:00 p.m. say good ridens. a day to get rid of all the bad memories from the past year and don't we have a lot of them. some people celebrated with a familiar tradition. >> two, one. >> organizers of good ridens day is inspired by a latin american tradition. happened in times square. people hit a pinata and shredded paper with things they want to say good-bye to. >> i just want to get rid of

covid-19. bye, covid-19. i want to say a rough good ridens to my three-month q te quartertine at my uncle's house. >> put it in that shredder. >> that's a lot to shred at one time. >> all this other stuff. all right. times square is also getting ready for the new year's celebration that will look different than year's past because of the pandemic, of course. you can watch dick clark's new year's rockin' eve at 9:00 p.m. on new year's eve. >> i'm ready when we get to the point when we can shred. when we get to that point, i'll be very happy. >> mike, what is written on your paper there. >> guess what i'm sitting right next to. >> what did you shred, friend? >> guess what this stack is.

i i don't think the mask will fit in the shredder. might have to get an industrial one for that. oh, my goodness. i hope you're having some fun with us this morning, if not, we'll try to drag you along with us kicking and screaming. here's a look at san jose clear this morning at 42 degrees. brighter and milder this afternoon. a series of storms. several of them. that series starts tomorrow. and the heaviest rain looks likely monday night. all right, so, let's talk about what is going on. area of low pressure so well defined on the satellite. kind of opened up and moved on and we're kind of sitting in that bowl of cold air right now and that's why temperatures so cold this morning, but they'll warm up nicely this afternoon. 57 the cool spot at half moon bay to 64 up in santa rosa. tonight, high clouds will keep us a degree or two milder and still chilly out there with 30s. 40 around oakland and san mateo

41 at half moon bay and the warm spots. let's go through the seven-day forecast. a lot to talk about. a lot of ones here. wednesday night into thursday. our first storm. most of friday is going to be quiet. but late friday night into early saturday, there is one weak storm followed by another storm saturday night into sunday followed by another storm monday. because they're coming in so quickly, they don't have moisture over the ocean and that's why they're all going to be ones. but that's pretty healthy forecast considering the middle of the drought that we're in. not going to completely wreck your day but wet from time to time and we'll time them out as we get closer. let's get back to julian for more news. thank you, mike. the new way you can prove that you've been vaccinated in one california county. and a trendy new food as we close out 2020. the hot cocoa bomb getting some laughs this morning. that's adorable. and as we fight the coronavirus pandemic, california is mandating face masks to stop

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five things to know. a pop-up testing site is opening at mitchell park library. the testing is free and you don't have to have insurance but make an appointment on the city of palo alto website. number two mark ghaly is expected to announce the state's stay-at-home order is extended. stream his announcement live at noon on abc7news.com. number three vice president elect kamala harris and her husband, doug, will receive the covid-19 vaccination today. it will happen in washington, d.c. some time this morning. number four. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is expected to address the president's demand for $2,000 stimulus checks. the house voted yesterday to increase those payments. number five. 40 million people in 40 states are under some sort of winter alert this morning and some areas could see up to a foot of snow before the new year.

that's our storm from yesterday which is gone. look at the clear conditions over the exploratorium. if you are going to be at home today, take breaks outside. enjoy the wonderful sunshine and the mild temperatures that will be about five degrees warmer than average. and number seven. we are going to take a live look outside showing you our 880 at the coliseum camera there. in between 29 and 23rd avenues you're going to run into a bit of a slow down due to some road work. apple is offering users a new way to prove they've been vaccinated for covid-19. the company has launched vaccine proof and apple wallet. right now available to los angeles residents but expected to roll out to other places soon. store a digital record of vaccination. also available on google's equivalent. the government has appealed blocking restrictions on tiktok from taking effect. these restrictions would have

prevented new downloads on the app. he called the popular short form video app, quote, a danger to national security. tiktok denied that claim. working on a takeover deal by oracle and walmart. look at this, hot cocoa bombs could be one of the last social media trends of 2020. one cafe is getting some laughs. >> i'm sorry. bye. >> like the titanic. he sinks. >> why these people funny. the video is from sassy's cocoa powder and marshmallows on the inside and come apart basically when you put them in warm milk making you hot chocolate. in this case the bomb was deciding to look like a sinking

snowman and the way these people are laughing in the backt a that poor little snowman is rude. they are having the best time. >> looks like a nice warm bath. relaxed. i want to be that snowman. >> that snowman died. >> no. he was relaxing. >> that's what we'll say. we're coming back with a full 90 minutes of news including a recall alert. the ceiling fans that are having some issues with the blades coming off while in use. >> not good. also, new apple airpods that cost more than $100,000. yes, 100 grand. we'll tell you what is behind that high price. also this morning, the call to charge this white woman who falsely accused a black teen of stealing her phone and later turned up in an uber. we're hearing from that falsely accused teen this morning. a live look outside here at 5:26 at the golden gate bridge. no rain falling this morning. according to meteorologist mike

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in the hard-hit bay area county. the concern about a post-holiday surge in the south bay. and a live look outside. some parts of the bay area waking up to freezing temperatures. plus, the series of storms that mike is tracking this week. good morning, thanks so much for being with us here on tuesday, december 29th. counting down the last few days of the year. >> yes. when we talk about those stories. we want to check in with mike for a look at our forecast. good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi. and julian. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us. yes, today is going to be our brightest likely our driest. brightest for sure. driest and warmest day moving forward. we've got a series of storms on the way. not very strong storms but at least they'll keep nickel and diming us with much-needed rain. for us you can see live doppler 7 completely void of any rain and for the most parts clouds. as we look over from the east bay hills camera back towards san francisco, what a gorgeous

si sight that is. here's your day planner and cold this morning. 33 to 42 degrees. mid 50s right around 54 to 56 with a whole lot of sunshine and you'll need the sunglasses today. little bit warmer by 4:00. 54 to 57 and then drop back quickly into the 40s with increasing high clouds. we'll talk about those series of storms coming up and also take a look at when to expect that rain in just a few minutes. let's get back over to kumasi with the news. >> thank you, mike. a house bill that passed the house has passed a bill that would increase the amount of money that americans receive in a second round of stimulus payments to $2,000, however, the fate of the bill is still uncertain in the senate. jobina is at the live desk breaking all of this down for us. goodern moi morning, jobina. >> the senate is scheduled to meet today and unclear if they'll bring the bill to the floor for a vote. mitch mcconnell commended the president on sunday for finally signing the bill into law.

nancy pelosi is calling on the president to put more pressure on his party to back the payments. >> republicans have a choice. vote for this legislation or vote to deny the american people the bigger paychecks they need. to reject this would be in denial of the economic challenges that people are facing and it would deny them, again, the relief they need. >> sources tell abc news mcconnell will speak from the senate floor this afternoon. that's when we expect to hear more about how republicans will handle the issue. julian. >> thank you, jobina. santa clara county continues to lead the bay area with the most confirmed covid cases and the highest number of deaths. our focus on your health is part of the commitment to build a better bay area and today a new free pop-up covid-19 testing site is launching in palo alto. amy hollyfield live at the library where testing begins in

just a few hours. good morning, amy. >> demand for testing appears to be high. when you click on the link to make an appointment to come here today it says that all slots are full. but this is opening today at 10:00 and it is open to everyone. and it is free. and the patient administers the test on themself here at this site. so if you come here, you will swab the inside of your mouth. testing is considered a key component in controlling the spread of this virus, but officials are also asking people to stay home as much as they can. they are worried they will run out of hospital beds which are filling up in santa clara county at an alarming rate. >> this level of hospitalizations has never happened during my career. every day we see the seriousness of this disease. >> santa clara county is worried there will be a surge on top of a surge as people return home from their holiday in encourage

get tested to account for the incubation period. but the tests here at the mitchell park library is open today. it is said to be a 90% accurate test and it's going to be open today from 10:00 to 4:00 here at the mitchell library and also be here next tuesday and it is free. reporting live from palo alto, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. as we head into the final week of the year, we're keeping a close eye on how the state coronavirus numbers are trending. california reported more than 33,000 new cases yesterday. that is below the daily average for the past couple of weeks. good news there. hospitalizations due to covid-19 are nearing 20,000, though, with more than 4,200 of those in icu. both are single-day records. the latest on icu availability in california now. in the bay area, it's at 9.5%. a drop of nearly 2% from the previous day. the sacramento region also saw a

decline now at 16.6%. san joaquin valley and southern california are still at zero. it is a desperate situation in southern california. hospitals are running out of room for emergency patients. abc news reporter mona has themh latest. >> reporter: deploying medical troops to california's overburdened hospitals sky rocketing over covid cases. the epicenter taking new action requiring all travelers to quarantine for ten days as the region reports a 600% increase in deaths since november. >> on average ten people test becausative for covid-19 every minute. >> reporter: 90% of hospitals had no room for emergency patients over the weekend. some hospitals now putting patients in conference rooms and even gift shops because of the lack of space. >> it's challenging to know that

patients are coming into the hospital even sicker than they normally do because we frankly can't take them in all the hospitals that way. >> reporter: doctors growing more concerned just as a new possibly more contagious mutation of the virus is confirmed in north america. reaching canada and likely already here in the u.s. >> i'd be shocked if it weren't here already. >> reporter: but the world health organization saying so far, it's found no evidence that the new mutation has caused any significant increase in hospitalizations. in the meantime, another vaccine candidate is nearing the finish line. novavax announcing it is launching a phase three trial in the u.s. comes amid dwrgrowing questions pfizer's vaccine already under way. walgreens in kentucky gave priority after receiving more doses than it needed for nursing home workers. walgreens calling this, quote, an isolated situation. >> knowing a short shelf life of

only a few hours once they come out of the freezer, i can understand why they would want to use it. >> reporter: in new york, the governor now threatening criminal charges and $1 million in fines for vaccine fraud after a health care provider was accused of falsely obtaining the vaccine and letting people skip the line. mona kosar abdi, abc news, new york. hospital beds and resources have prompted some bay area health care systems to delay or cancel elective surgeries but not all hospitals are responding in the same way. john muir and sutter and kaiser making adjustments at this point. kaiser is delaying many surgeries because of the rise in covid cases. >> we're still doing surgeries with cancer and urgent procedures and we're doing emergent procedures that need to be done and things that can be delayed even for a week or two until we can get this surge under better control. >> hospitals tell abc7 news they're seeing a significant

impact from thanksgiving and are now preparing for the impact from christmas. new contact tracing information suggests that travel may pose a low risk of covid-19 transmission. data from the state of new york suggests that the rate of covid exposure is low. about 1% for activities like retail shopping, traveling and going to restaurants. however, it is extremely high for household and social gatherings at 74%. >> we've said all along that small gatherings are or household gatherings are a major driver and to the extent that people travel like from los angeles to up here that's going to amplify things. >> the latest numbers show that california has a second highest covid rate in the country behind tennessee. one bay area county is reporting some interesting trends when it comes to the latest covid surge.

in sonoma county, latinos currently account for 67% of covid cases and 24% of deaths. that's much different than the statewide numbers which have latinos accounting for nearly half of all virus-related deaths. sonoma county department of health says the essential workers many of whom are latino explain those numbers. >> since our workforce tends to be in that 18 to 49-year-old range, that's where we have seen the disproportion. younger individuals are less likely to have underlying conditions that could lead to complications from covid-19. >> california's vaccine prior y prioritization group is studying the data to make sure vaccine distribution is equitable over the next couple months. a confrontation over a cell phone. a white woman accusing a black teenager of stealing her. that teen describing what was going through his mind. once we were done getting

our groceries it said good-bye and drove off. >> welcome to the future of home delivery where the driverless cars will be deployed in the next year. yeah. we don't need to talk about that. let's move on and talk about what is going on weather wise. hi, everybody. it is just as cold as we talked about it would be. look at this almost 20 degrees cooler in places like napa. let's look at your neighborhood numbers and a lot of mid to upper 30s and we still have about another hour, hour and a half of cooling to go. so, if you don't have frost yet, it's coming. and even in the east bay, look at that. 33 right now in san ramon and 35 in lafayette and same thing in cupertino right now and same thing in alameda and san francisco and pacifica the warm spot at 45. tomorrow night into thursday morning. scattered light showers and less than 0.2 of rain but it will make it sliply f lpery for the thursday morning commute. the storm you can see it

wednesday. the bulk of it moving to the north, once again. we're getting the tail end of this storm, which will be weakening as it moves through. increasing clouds through the morning and sunshine sandwich for the morning and then increasing clouds more so with the rain coming in by 8:00 in the north bay and then by 5:00 thursday morning a few light showers and a little bit of drizzle lingering around. less than 0.2 of rain and my storm concerns for this there really aren't any other than the morning commute being slippery thursday. let's get today's commute info

welcome back. 5:43 right now. a prominent jazz musician is calling for charges against a white woman who falsely accused his son, who is black, of stealing the woman's phone. her phone, of course, later found in an uber. the confrontation played out in

a hotel lobby. adrian shows us what happened. >> reporter: this video of a scuffle involving an unidentified woman involving a teenager had stolen her phone sparking outrage. >> this is my phone. >> you don't have to explain nothing to her. >> that's mine. >> are you kidding me? you feel like there is only one iphone made in the world. >>reporter: a prominent jazz n musician and father of the teen is speaking out. >> we were basically targeted and the lady from the video is screaming and, you know, erratically that my son somehow took her phone. >> reporter: the incident occurring in the lobby of the arlo hotel in downtown city where herald and his family were staying and within seconds the hotel manager gets involved. >> i'm trying to settle this situation. >> my son has nothing to do with her. >> then show me and prove it. >> you see two black people. >> i'm not letting him walk away with my phone. >> reporter: as the situation

escalates the woman seen on the ground and not clear if she pushed or fell and he scratched him. >> i didn't have the opportunity to be believed and neither did my son. we were guilty and then proven innocent. >> that was adrian bankert reporting. the family's attorney says that they are now petitioning the manhattan da to press charges of assault and battery and this morning we're hearing from the 14-year-old boy about what was going through his mind. >> i was confused because i had never seen that lady ever and i didn't know what to do. i think i was a threat to her and i think she was scared so that's why when she saw me she jumped on me and attacked me. >> he is still, quote, shell shocked over what happened. you can see his full interview plus what his family's attorney is saying coming up on "gma" at

7:00. might want to check your ceiling fan this morning. a recall on nearly 200,000 that were sold at home depot because the blades can fly off. that sounds dangerous. here's a look at the recalled hampton bay ceiling fans. the company that made them said they've received nearly 50 reports of the blades coming off while the fans are in use. if you have one of these, you're asked to stop using it right away. go ahead and inspect it. if you notice an issue, you can contact the company for a replaceme replacement. we posted details on our website abc7news.com. if you're looking to indulge in a belated christmas gift look no further than these apple airpods. yes. they are pure gold airpods. they are called the pure airpods max and they're making their debut hit and hit the market after the first of the year.

you can buy them for $108,000. >> nope. >> so, this is not apple. this is somebody. i don't really, does that matter, though? >> they said pure gold. i need the entire thing to be gold, kumasi. no. and, absolutely not. >> so, the company said regular airpods not enough. you need gold. >> does that make the sound better? >> you look good. >> that's what i was going to say. yeah, but how do they sound? does that matter because like kumasi said, you're going to look good. but who are you going to look good for? where are you wearing those? out in public? in the house? in your private limo that takes you to your private jet that takes you to your private -- that's not on the christmas list. for next year or birthday or valentine's day or any list. east bay camera.

goode morning, everybody. breezy in the hills but not in the valleys. we'll turn that around and make it mild this afternoon. warmer than average with just about total sunshine. high clouds will roll in tonight and be almost as cold tomorrow morning as this morning. our two coldest mornings moving forward and then unsettled as we head through 2020 and into 2021 this weekend as a series of storms are on the way. the area of low pressure from yesterday brought heavy rain and hail to socal. this was 12 hours ago and look what happens. it unwinds and deepens this bowl of cold air and you can see it dragging the colder, drier air and that orange you see down over top of us and that's why we're starting out so much cooler this morning and warm up sis candidately this afternoon from 57 at half moon bay to 64 in santa rosa and most of us right around 58 to 60 degrees. tonight, still a ton of 30s out there with the only 40s around oakland, san mateo, san francisco and half moon bay. let's go through the accuweather

seven-day forecast. tomorrow night into thursday, weak storm. it's a one. friday night into saturday morning a weak storm. it's a one. saturday night into sunday, another weak storm and it's a one. monday is a one, but the heavier of the storms right now. but even that is still a one. so, plenty of chances just not a lot of rain coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. new at 6:00, the effort to save san francisco's night life. the financial help available to bars and clubs that are closed right now. first tiktok day and we're not talking about the popular social media app. a potential game changer for home delivery where these vehicles set to hit the streets with no one inside. if you don't know yet, abc7 launched new streaming apps. breaking news, weather and more on our bay area app. on apple tv, android tv

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the faa is out with some new rules when it comes to governing delivery drones. drones must identify themselves through a new government tracking system. they must have lights for night operations and no exposed rotating parts. the faa is giving a grace period for companies to adjust to the new rules. they won't actually be enforced for another two years, though. well, don't be surprised if you see fully autonomous vehicles rolling down the street making deliveries next year. silicon valley based first to get state approval to launch commercial service and it is sure to change the workplace and the economy, which are both part of our efforts to build a better bay area. abc7 news reporter david louis shows us where and when this will operate.

>> there it is. >> nobody driving this car. >> reporter: a potential game changer as demand grows for home delivery during and after the pandemic. the green light from dmv gives mountain view's nero the ability to launch a fleet of autonomous vehicles to make commercial deliveries using public streets. it developed a prius along with the r2. >> zero occupant vehicle. no space for a human inside of it. smaller and narrower than a standard passenger vehicle, however, it is fully road legal and the vehicle has two compartments. >> reporter: the compartments can be customized to keep pizza hot or groceries cool. customers will be notified when a delivery is left so it can track arrival and be curbside to take delivery. nuro has been testing it for two years. the initial service area here will be portions of san mateo and in and around palo alto.

the vehicles will operate on their own to obey traffic signals and move safely around pedestrians and other vehicles. top speed is limited to 25 miles per hour. >> that was part of the process with the dmv to review both the safety and the reliability standpoint of the vehicles. >> reporter: so as a requirement for $5 million in insurance. nuro is lining up restaurants, grocers and retail stores to handle their deliveries. contactless, driver-free deliveries are coming with no tip expected. david louis, abc7 news. as 2021 approaches, the clock is ticking. literally today is tick talk day. it serves as a reminder to complete any unfinished business needs to be done before the end of the year and a day to look at personal goals like finishing the book you're reading or eating just a little bit healthier. either way, you just have two days left before we ring in the

new year and say see you later, 2020. >> i don't need that additional stress in my life. i'm just trying to make it. >> i agree. if i didn't get it finished. you have plenty of excuses. i mean, come on. >> seriously. >> and you're still going to be at home for another several months, a lot of us. you have time. you have time. you've got time. don't let 2020 define you in that way. let's take a look at what's going on. wednesday, during the evening commute, everything is pretty quiet except for up in mendocino county. it is going to be wet. look at the rain come in during the overnight hours and wake up to slippery conditions during thursday's morning commute. not this morning. everything is dry in san jose and clear and 47 degrees. my only caution is you have to scrape some ice. don't be that person that has that little window you look through that you just barely left the defroster. get out and scrape it off and be safe on the roads and dress warmer this morning.

you definitely need it with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and grab the sunglasses and plenty of sunshine coming later this afternoon. kumasi, julian. >> thank you, mike. new at 6:00, scammers trying to tang advantake advantage of trying to get the covid-19 vaccine. the warning new this morning from the fbi. ringing in the new year will look different. how bay area businesses are catering to celebrations at home. plus, the rescued sea lion that got to go home for the holidays from a miraculous recovery. 5:56 as we send you off to the break. a live look this morning. dry start, chilly outside. mike nicco back in a second with a look at that forecast.

when the bay area could see our restrictions ease if icu capacity improves. and as you wake up with us on this tuesday morning, we have a live look outside from our sutro camera. it's quiet today, but a series

of storms are just around the corner. >> good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, december 29th. we are happy that you are with us as we round out 2020. want to check in with mike for a look at our forecast today. good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi. jobina, julian. nice to see you three. thanks for joining us this morning. here's a look at live doppler 7. you can put the umbrella away today and for most of the day tomorrow and then once we get to tomorrow night, we have some active weather coming our way to round out 2020 and 2021. focusing right now, i was watching a little bit of fog around novato but right now it has either moved on or lifted. nothing hitting our reporting stations right now. that's reducing visibility. in fact, look for the east bay hills camera and bouncing a little bit. down in our valleys not so much. anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. i mean, look at all those 30s and 53 to 56 at noon with total