building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is bei abc 7 news. this is not working and there's no state that's got it right. >> solving the vaccine shortfall, hurdles with the rollout have health experts wonder being a new strategy. could a single dose be enough so more people can get the shot? it's happening as the bay area starts to be hit with the first effects of holiday gatheringses. it's sunday, january 3rd. i'm liz kreutz. we'll get to the latest in the coronavirus battle in a moment. first let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> liz, good morning to you. we have plenlt plenty of fog n to speak of yet, that's on the way. a look at live doppler 7 and visibilities are reduced around the bay area. a quarter mile in novato and

concord. look at fairfield at a halftime. quarter mile at the airport, over a mile in livermore, with just over two miles in santa rosa. so very little mixing, light winds that will be with us throughout the morning hours. be careful. 40s and 50s out there with mid and upper 50s on the way today. it's a cloudy day, we'll stay dry and looking at that 9:00 hour, maybe a slight chance of shower. we have light to moderate rain on the way overnight with monday offering a level two system, liz, we'll track it for you in just a few minutes. >> lisa, thank you. developing news on a major covid-19 outbreak at a bay area hospital already stretched thin with front line health care workers. kaiser permanent confirms 43 of its staff in its san jose emergency department have been infected with covid-19. the positivest its came back between december 27th and friday. they are investigating whether an air powered christmas costume worn by a staff member on christmas day may have been to

blame for the outbreak. the emergency department is undergoing deep cleaning in addition to its regular cleanings. contact trace something ongoing for people who might have been exposed. and this comes as california hits a new state record for the number of covid patients in the icu with more than 4,500 people admitted on friday. here in the bay area, icu capacity has dropped to a record low, now just 5.1%. in southern california, funeral homes are turning away bereaved families because they're running out of space. keeping you informed on the covid-19 emergency and its impact on your health is one of the key pillars of abc 7's effort to build a better bay area, with the holidays behind us, bay area doctors are now reporting the first coronavirus cases from christmas gatherings. abc 7 news reporter luz pena found out zuckerberg general hospital is activating its surge

plan. >> reporter: the thanksgiving surge has spilled over into 2021 and now medical doctors are holding their breath to see a week after christmas what another surge could potentially look like. >> that's really why it's so frightening. we haven't seen christmas numbers yet and we haven't seen new year's for sure. >> reporter: an increase of cases of three holidays at once could mean extreme stress to the medical system. ucsf's dr. peter ching-hong says they're waiting on more data. >> i at the lo of people are closed for holidays in terms of labs so they're not reporting the numbers until people open back up next week. >> reporter: at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, dr. colwell says this week they experienced the highest number of covid-19 cases in the last ten months, with 52 cases at the peak. >> it was a predictable pattern of ten days to two weeks where you'll see people starting to get sick. >> reporter: dr. calwell reported the first covid-19 cases from christmas gatherings

this week and automatically implemented their covid-19 surge plan. >> we opened up a new floor just for covid patients. it meant that we are more limited in terms of any elective procedures and surgeries are going to be more limited. >> reporter: the chief of the er dr. calwell has another concern as a possible surge approaches. what's your message to your staff who at this point are so tired and there could be a potential surge? >> probably as much of my time now is trying to address that issue with all of our staff that have been doing this now for ten months and quite honestly, they are, we're all exhausted. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> as the new coronavirus variant spreads in california, health officials are looking to the uk, where it was first confirmed for a treatment plan. doctors there decided to extend the time between doses in order to vaccinate more people more quickly. american doctors are now discussing the idea, but not

everyone agrees. abc 7 news reporter matt boone looked into the strategy. >> reporter: as the first phase of the vaccine rollout continues with health care workers and nursing homes that, question was answered by dr. wbob he writes "far better than 100 million whoo are 80% protected than 50 million people that are 95% protected particular lay as we are taking on a foe that is smarter and nastier." in the uk that theory has been knead moo policy especially the country just approved the oxford astrazeneca vaccine by has a reported 73% efficacy with one dose and a booster at 12 weeks instead of four. >> we recognize that extension to 12 weeks allows us to get the vaccine to more people and protect larger parts of the community. >> reporter: in the united states, that recommendation to lengthen the time between the doses has not been made, even as more cases of the new variant

appear amid post >> reporter: dr. tyler evans says deviating from the prescrib prescribed regimen would be risky. >> the evidence isn't there. >> reporter: with lower efficacy more people who get the vaccine may still contract the disease which he says could undermine trust been >> that's the most important issue is really having the trust of the community so that they'll come back for their second dose. >> reporter: the oxford astrazeneca trials in the u.s. were paused causing a delay in the results. the fda isn't expected to take that up for approval until later this spring. in the newsroom, matt boone, abc 7 news. its u.s. is far behind. more than 4 million received the first doses of the covid-19 vaccine, a majority of those are

people in long-term care facilities. here is where that issue lies, only of the more than 13 million pfizer and moderna doses distributed so far. the vaccination count is 79% behind the trump administration's goal of 20 million by the new year. and in texas, covid-19 vaccines are being administered now to their phase 1bt includes people 65 years or older and those 16 and old we are a chronic medical condition. people lined up in their cars yesterday you can see here in houston for the city's first public vaccine clinic but only enough doses for 750 people. hundreds of people called to try to get an appointment causing their phone system to crash. one woman says she wants to get her life back. >> we have to get our country back. it's not a hoax. people are dying. hundreds of thousands of people are gone and this ignorance has got to stop. we've got to pull back together as all americans. we are united.

>> houston officials say the goal is to administer 100,000 advantage so vaccine this is month. we have a calculator on abc7news.com, by answering a few questions you can see where you may fall in the line. lisa, it was foggy this morning or it is a little foggy this morning. >> it's very foggy, liz, around the bay and temperatures are milder due to the cloud cover. we are 51 degrees in oakland and will stay dry today, plenty of clouds with us throughout the afternoon, i'll let you know when the rain starts and a look at several systems on the way for the week ahead, next. >> thanks, lisa. rent rebound. bay area prices plummeted in 2020, but is that about to change? we break down some of the biggest trends that we're seeing. rally to recall? a growing campaign to remove california governor gavin newsom is gaining momentum. we'll show you how some in the east bay are pushing it forward. plus -- >> you can't save him.

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here say live look from our exploratorium camera. it is foggy, not rainy pop drive slow and safe if you're hitting the roads. the pandemic has put restaurants in a tough spot. many dealt with break-ins stolen money. restaurant owners say people are staying at home. thieves see it as an opportunity to break into businesses. they say police reports rarely result in an arrest but police continue to encourage people to file a report when crimes happen. and the faster we flatten the curve the faster we can bounce back and that includes our housing market. real estate agents and landlords are speaking out about new

pandemic trends. ans ansar hassan has a preview. >> reporter: this real estate agent says right now might be the best time to rent in san francisco. >> $2,000 to $2,500 is the range for one-bedroom. >> reporter: this apartment with a remodeled kitchen and bathroom rents for $2,000 a month, that's 25% less than last year, and the first month is free. >> 650 square feet, classic san francisco apartments in other good time they would have been granted immediately. >> reporter: crystal chen is an analyst at zumper and says 2020 was the year of unprecedented decline for rents in the bay area. san francisco the biggest drop for a one-bedroom apartment in the entire country down 23% from last year. oakland was down 19%. 15% in san jose. >> the priorities of renters have shifted away from big city amenities like night life and going out and stuff like that toward really space and

affordability. >> reporter: many predict people will start to return to the bay area in 2021. lower rents means people priced out before will start to move back. >> i've spent the last ten years having people move from here to oakland and just in the last eight months people are moving from oakland back to san francisco. >> reporter: chen expects a bigger shift come this summer. >> i don't think it will be nearly as expensive and crazy as it was before the pandemic. >> reporter: on the flipside are the current landlords. this group held a rally through chinatown to protest california's eviction moratorium. jenny zhou says with renters behind on payment, her family is suffering. >> we have to pay mortgage, and we have to maintain repairs for the building, so how do we survive? >> reporter: despite the difficulties on both sides, he remains optimistic. >> i think the city is going to be better in the long run, after all this, because it needed a

recalibration. >> reporter: in san francisco, ansar hassan, abc 7 news. in the east bay, backers behind a petition to recall governor gavin newsom held a signature collection drive. abc 7 news spoke to some of the supporters of the recall yesterday in dublin. they say they are more than halfway to the 1.5 million signatures needed to trigger a recall vote. volunteers had many complaints about the governor and his handling of the covid-19 situation. >> kids should be in school and they're not except for his kids because they go to a private school. he's doing things that he says we can't do like go to the french laundry. we can't go to a restaurant. he can. >> a spokesperson for the governor's office says newsom was the first u.s. governor to act boldly on the pandemic. the spokesperson added "californians appreciate his decisive action and support his current focus on distributing vaccines." new details of the police shooting of an unarmed black

man. the district attorney in kenosha, wisconsin, is expected to announce whether he'll charge the officer that shot jacob blake. kenosha police officer rustin chesky is accused of shooting blake, leaving him paralyzed from waist-down. the council is meeting today to vote on addressing any unrest. now this morning to the heroic scene on a beach in hawaii, incredible video of a pro surfer seen diving into the ocean new year's eve and battling rough rip tide waves to save a swimmer. ellen lopez shows you the moments he jumped into action. >> oh, no! he's getting dragged out. >> reporter: a dramatic rescue on the beach in hawaii. this is the harrowing moment own new year's eve a woman swept away, the rough waves pushing her down. >> you can't save him.

>> reporter: pro surfer mikey wright handing over his beer and tossing his phone to his wife, still recording as he jumped over a fence and into action. >> within a matter of, you know, minutes really, like by the time i seen it and run down the beach and had her in would have been, you know, a few minutes. >> reporter: the 24-year-old caught up to the swimmer, battling a massive waves, submerging them both several times. >> i kept having to tell her like she's okay, like we're going to be okay. we're going to get in and i just i made sure that she didn't let go. >> reporter: as they approached the shore a handful of beach goers rushed to help, a wave lifting them off their feet but they were able to get her to safety. >> this is a nasty situation. this person is going to need help. >> reporter: what's not captured on that video is what happened after, wright says the woman's son rushed over, latching onto him thanking him for saving his mother's life. ellen lopez, abc news, atlanta.

in australia, only in australia, a koala was seen taking a stroll along a beach going over surfboards, checking it out, along apollo bay beach in victoria and tested out a few surfboards before headed toward the crowd. koalas are really shy so it must have needed a calm, relaxing day at the beach. let's hope that's all it was, and the poor thing wasn't actually lost but i'm sure it could find its way home. >> yeah, he looked like he was a little out of place there. good morning, everyone. we are starting out with a lot of clouds and a lot of fog, as live doppler 7 shows around the bay area we're looking at the clouds that aren't going to lift until late morning. there's a weather system offshore and you can see it there with the cloud cover. that's going to allow for a rainy start to your monday. so we'll tap into this energy here, and allow for that level two system to arrive right

around sunrise in the north bay tomorrow. here is a look at the clouds outside in san francisco, so we're foggy to start, a cloudy afternoon and rain and wind arrive tomorrow ahead of the front and behind the front, those gusty, southerly winds. looking at the level two system bringing pockets of heavy rain and ponding on the roadways. it is a fast mover so we're not too concerned how much rain or if we'll see too much rain in one spot although the north bay is certainly favored. as we look at the cloud cover today, it continues through about 2:00 in the afternoon and no breaks really to speak of, by about 10:30, could see light showers around the bay area. the front is offshore and here we are around sunrise, getting heavier rain in the north bay. we go through the later morning hours, and here comes the front, from the north all the way down into the santa cruz mountains at about 11:00, we'll continue to see this progress fast to the east and south, and as we look

at the departing cold front rainfall totalless anywhere from about a half inch in san francisco, maybe a quarter inch in san jose, and looking at the highest amounts up in the north bay, maybe an inch and a half there, so the southerly winds a factor out ahead of the system. here we are at the overnight hours, where the winds are gusting at the coast and going through about 7:00 as the front is offshore. notice the colors here, 20 to 0 30-mile-an-hour wind gusts and morning hours gustier. it's a blustery start to the work week, the new year here, and looking at the winds still kind of breezy by 5:00. by 11:00, things settle down. we've got a winter storm warning for the west slopes of the sierra, nevada, two feet for the highest peaks. for the lake ta show basin through tuesday morning, looking at wind gusts over 75 miles an hour, 10 to 18 inches expected, above 6,500 feet.

looking at highs today underneath the clouds a narrow range from the upper 50s to about 60, so we'll call it mostly cloudy and the accuweather seven-day forecast we've got the clouds today, the fog this morning, level two system tomorrow by the afternoon commute, things will be certainly a lot calm we are dry conditions. we're dry on tuesday, very weak system wednesday, perhaps into thursday, a level one, and looks at this point we could see maybe a little more rain friday into saturday. so this system, liz, not very strong, but stronger than we've seen, and that's why we've got the wind and the rain making it a level two for your monday morning. >> we need that rain, thanks, lisa. much more as "abc 7 mornings" rolls on. it's the sign we're one step closer to the future, home delivery with a robot. where these driverless cars will be deployed in the bay area early this year. but first, coming up this week, the airing of the final new episodes of "jeopardy!" hosted by alex trebek. tomorrow's episode contains a

powerful message about the season of giving from trebek. trebek worked up until ten days before he died of pancreatic cancer at 08 years old. the last episode airs this friday with a tribute to the late beloved host. six of this week's contestants are from the bay area. ken jennings will take over as guest host on january 11th. you can watch "jeopardy!" weeknights at 7:00 here on abc 7. stick with us.

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this morning, palo alto based tesla says it reached its 2020 goal of making 500,000 cars for the year. production and deliveries are up by a third compared to last year even though covid-19 shut down the company's main factory in fremont for a couple months in early summer. tesla's stock price makes it the most valuable automaker on earth. earlier in the year, elon musk, who is the second richest person in the world, said he expects tesla to be making 20 million electric vehicles by 2030.

and the next step in the future of home delivery will roll out early next year, using fully autonomous vehicles. silicon valley-based neuro is the first company to get state approval to launch its delivery right to your doorstep. it's sure to change the workplace and that's one of the pillars of building a better bay area. david lui shows us how and where it will operate. >> there it is. >> my gosh. there's nobody driving this. >> there's nobody in that. >> 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 neuro the ability to launch a fleet of autonomous vehicles to make commercial deliveries using public streets. it has developed a prius along with this custom made vehicle called the r2. >> zero occupant vehicle no, space for a human inside of it. it is smaller and narrower than a standard passenger vehicle. however t 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 they can track arrival and be curbside to take delivery. neuro has been testing its autonomous vehicles in the phoenix and houston areas. the initial service will be portions of san mateo and santa clara counties in and around palo alto. when deployed early next year, the vehicles will operate on their own to obey traffic signals and to move safely around pedestrians, bicyclists 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. neuro's lining up restaurants, grocers and retail stores to handle their deliveries. contactless driver-free deliveries are coming with no tip expected. david lui, abc 7 news.

>> see, wow. all right, still to come on "abc 7 mornings," a new development in the covid-19 crisis, plus presidential pushback, the latest on the attempt by some senate republicans to stop joe biden's inauguration. and not just house speaker nancy pelosi, now senate leader mitch mcconnell hit with vand vandalism at his home. details on the spray paint message and what mcconnell said in response. and some small business assistance in the east bay, the town that's letting local shops and restaurants apply for financial help starting tomorrow.

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. this morning, california in crisis. some hospitals having ambulances wait hours to off-load sick patients. local health leaders are out with a new plea to keep the emergency under control but perhaps the new development beginning to bubble up. health care workers hesitant about getting vaccinated. good morning everyone. i'm liz kreutz. thank you for joining us. we'll have more on the state's covid-19 crisis in a moment but if you are just joining us this half hour, let's get a look at the weather with lisa argen >> good morning to you, hi, everyone. plenty of fog out there. the clouds with us for the entire day as we are looking at a dry but cloudy afternoon. it is mild out there this morning, but cooler than it was yesterday, 50 in san francisco, 48 in fremont as well as napa, but look at the visibility out there, just a quarter-mile from

concord, livermore, novato and just over a mile santa rosa and napa. a little over a mile by the delta and the airport down to a quarter of a mile. our friends down in san jose five miles. 9:00 upper 40s to lower 50s, and you'll notice as we get towards noontime, not too much of a thinning of the cloud deck, maybe a peak or sun or two. clouds dominate today. staying dry. done with the mist and drizzle for today. near 60 in the inland valleys and as we get after the 4:00 hour, we've got clouds but the rain will hold off 'til about i'd say before midnight and that's when we'll see the warm front. a level two system with gusty winds and moderate rain. we'll track it in a few minutes. >> thank you >> it so eeems to be new recordn the country's losing battle against coronavirus, the death toll surpassing 350,000 and with warnings to keep travel at a minimum through the holiday

spikes tsa projects today will be the busiest flying day since the start of the pandemic. christine sloan starts us off with the latest. >> reporter: the coronavirus pandemic continuing to ravage the united states into the new year. california's health care system buckling, many hospitals at or nearing capacity. ambulances waiting hours to off-load patients. los angeles county is arguably the nation's current epicenter of the pandemic. director of the county department of public health pleading with residents. >> we're not asking people to forego getting together with people for the rest of their lives. we're asking people to forego it for the next few weeks, while we ramp up our vaccination. >> reporter: officials in north carolina building a field hospital to help handle a surge in cases. central massachusetts seeing a 60% increase in hospitalizations since thanksgiving. >> just over the past three days, we've surpassed the number of patients in the hospital that

we saw in the spring. >> reporter: four states have not vaccinated one-half of 1% of their population. in knox county, ohio, half the health department and 60% of ems workers opted to forego vaccination for now. >> we're not going to make them but we wish they had a higher compliance. >> reporter: many are eager for those shots. houston's mayor visited the city's first public vaccination clinic, which planned on distributing 750 shots. they got 250,000 calls. christine sloan, abc news, new york. developing news in washington, d.c., as the 117th session of congress begins today but there are still two key race this is week to determine which party will have its control on politics in the new year. abc's alex has the high percentage runoff cases in georgia and a veto to president trump. >> reporter: the senate handed

president trump the first veto override of his presidency. >> the bill on reconsideration is passed. >> reporter: passing a defense spending bill with a super majority. >> we passed this legislation 59 years in a row. now it's time for us to deliver this bill. >> reporter: the $120 billion national defense authorization act includes a 3% pay raise for troops and a boost in hazard you duty pay. it provides billions in upgrades to military systems and requires the renaming of military bases that honor confederate generals, one of the points the president opposed. friday's override comes days before the january 6 meeting to affirm the results of the electoral college. abc news learning mcconnell said the january 6 vote will be the most consequential vote of his life but mcconnell urged senators to vote their conscience. senator josh hawley are joining 140 conservatives in the house objecting to the state tallies.

republican senator ben sasse of nebraska warning "the president and his allies are playing with fire." the 117th congress will be sworn in on sunday. republicans will begin the session with a 51-seat majority in the senate but control of the upper chamber is still undecided. two senate seats are up for grabs in georgia's runoff election this tuesday. more than 3 million georgians already voted, a record turnout for a runoff. >> everyone's engaged in this race. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris heading to georgia to campaign for democrats raphael warnock and jon ossoff. president trump and vice president pence will throw their support behind kelly loeffler and david perdue. abc news, washington. >> you can see more on "this week with george stephanopolous." martha raddatz goes one on one with stacey abrams for a breakdown of the races that could decide control of the senate. watch the full interview on "this week" at 8:00 on abc 7.

vandals have hit a second leader of congress' home with graffi graffiti. the words "where is my money" and "mitch kills poor" and explosives were written on the majority leader's house in louisville, kentucky. it is a reference to mcconnell's gop-led senate blocking the house's attempt at a $,000 relief check. mcconnell released a statement saying "vandalism and the poll tingz of fear have no place in our society." it's just a day after someone targeted nancy pelosi's san francisco home as we told you yesterday morning. the graffiti on the garage door with fake blood and a pigs head and the message demanding increased stimulus checks. a special investigations unit is looking into that case. and the economy is one of the areas we're focused on to building a better bay area. small businesses are looking for some much-needed financial help right now. the city of lafayette's business

assistance program starts up again tomorrow, ran for five months at the beginning of the pandemic. nearly 100 businesses and nonprofits received more than $1,500 in federal assistance. the mayor of lafayette will host a webinar to provide information about the new funding. and if you're looking for more information on small business help in your neighborhood, if you want to see best ways for supporting local businesses yourself, head to our website, we have a complete guide there at abc7news.com/takeaction. okay, still ahead on "abc 7 mornings," covid's extreme mental effects on your brain. >> i wanted time out of that bed and jump out the window and just crazy, crazy things. >> one local man shares his story of developing psychotic symptoms in his newest stage of his fight as medical experts explain what might be happening. here is a live look from our emeryville camera. it's a little bit foggy out

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all right, well connell back. here is a live look looking out over the embarcadero this morning, in the city. it's 49 degrees in san francisco. two men are wanted for base jumping off the top of a nashville hotel, causing mass panic. >> oh, my god. oh my god! yes, oh my gosh! they're gone. oh, my god! >> wow. officers arrived at the grand hyatt hotel new year's day after getting calls of the base jumping, when they got to the rooftop bar the men approached the ledge and jumped over, scaring other guests. they parachuted across the street to a parking lot where

they got into a parked car and drove away. security says the men were guests at the hotel, they were evicted and banned. it's unclear if they'll face any charges. that would be quite frightening. all right, lisa, interesting. hey, liz, good morning to you. plenty of fog around the bay area. san jose mineta airport, 51 degrees and the fog isn't as bad in the south bay, where else in the east bay and north bay, visibility less than a mile, so the fog will lift, but we'll be left with plenty clouds. rain is on the way to start the work week. my forecast is coming up. >> thanks, lisa. also next, warriors' reason to worry? a poor start to the hopeful season, raising the panic meter for some. what the dubs' leaders are saying needs to happen now before tonight's game against the promising portland trailblazers. right now, you can get a free breakfast baconator with any order in the wendy's app. so you can shake up and wake up your breakfast. we're bringing that big bacon energy all day long

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in sports the san francisco 49ers are wrapping up their disappointing injury plagued season. the team squares off against the seattle seahawks in the niners new temporary home state farm stadium in glendale, arizona. kickoff at 1:25. the golden staid warriors face a formidable portland trailblazer, tip-off at 5:30 at chase center. the dubs have been struggling to find their way so far in the early season. chris alvarez shows you how the team is responding in this morning's sports. >> good morning. warriors center james weisman tweaked his ankle. steve kerr said he had no issues saturday and expects to play tonight against the blazers so they go again. golden state opened the seven-game home stand with a 25-point loss to portland, their lowest margin of defeat. the other two losses were by 26 and 39. damon lillard, c.j. mccollum had 62 points.

draymond green was held scoreless in his regular season debut and with the warriors off to a slow start, there's a lot of work to do. >> i think every team is a work in progress. if you are a team that don't think you need progress, you'll be looking in july where did you mitts the work. if you're not a work in progress in six or seven games, good luck. >> we were embarrassed last night and the team is just starting to figure out each other and grow together and i'm very confident with our leadership that we have internally and the competitive level of guys, we're going to come out and bring plenty of energy tomorrow. usf taking on gonzaga, and jalen suggs crashes into one of the few places people can actually sit. they've been please to upsetting the zags the last time. 16 points in the first half and final seconds corey kispert from steph curry range. bulldogs by ten at the break. the dons never got into the

single digits. steal and game high 26. dons fall 85-62. san jose state basketball playing in the greater phoenix area calling grand canyon university home. lost by 50 to boise on thursday. richard washington on fire, sparty takes the lead with just over 09 to go, 40 seconds to go now, washington step-back triple is true, spartans go up one. boise state took the lead on a lay- lay-up, final chance for the spartans. washington needs space, got a rise in fire and it is off the mark. he had 26, needed 29. spartans is a tough one, 87-86 pac-12, jared haas and the cardinal in eugene taking on the ducks. spencer jones the steal and the showtime for two of his 12 second half stanford up two. oregon follows with a shot and what a play that was. slams it home. he had 13. 4 of 5 oregon starters in double figures. the cardinal scored five points

in the final seven minutes. chris duarte had five by himself. cal at oregon state, matt bradley turned his ankle in the first half, did not return. early second, up double digits, joel brown cutting to the hoop and cal is up a dozen but they battle back. thompson dribble drive and scoop to the hoop with the lead six minutes to go. bears still down two, and brown gets a good look at a three-ball off the mark, andre kelly has a chance to tip it, it is not good. beavers grab the rebound. kelly is clearly frustrated. bears fall 73-64 cal still winless in conference play. that is your look at sports. let's send things back to you. a soggy start to the first weekend of 2020 in the bay area, no matter where you were on saturday, it probably looked something like this, so let's get a check on what we can expect for the week ahead, certainly was gray where i lived, too, lisa. >> we picked up maybe a third of

an inch in some of those wettest locations, where the drizzle just didn't want to end, stay up around mt. tam and even around the santa cruz mountains but otherwise more of a nuisance drizzle and mist out there. dry this morning, but still plenty of clouds, allowing for a good deal of fog out there, live doppler 7 the past couple of hours, the rain situated in the pacific northwest, and if we could get a piece of this, this is what would make wintertime a reality here in the bay area, and we will. we're going to get into a system offshore. one of the stronger systems we've seen in a while, not to say it's a big system, but it does have rain and moderate rain at times, and some gusty winds, so you put that together, and we could see upwards of a half inch in some areas. quarter-mile visibility, novato, concord, livermore and the airport. just over a mile elsewhere by napa, and santa rosa is at a half mile so very light winds, not a lot of mixing out there and the fog stays with us throughout the bulk of the morning hours with 50 in san

bruno. 45 in daly city as well as san rafael. upper 40s into livermore, so the temperatures are mild. it was even milder yesterday but with the cloud cover that's certainly keeping us warmer. level two system on the way with pockets of heavy rain, gusty south winds and the winds will stay pretty gusty behind the front and we do see some localized ponding on the roadways. here is a look at the time line for today with the clouds, 7:00 in the morning. by 2:00 we're still underneath a lot of cloud cover for a mostly cloudy afternoon. as we get to 10:30, this is the first part of the system, the warm front that could spread a little bit of light rain, but it really is after midnight and around sunrise, right before sunrise about 24 hours from now when we get into the actual rain, the system is still offshore, and out ahead of it we have those gusty winds. 11:00 in the morning the rain from the north bay into the east bay, san jose, the mountains there and then it pushes out through the later afternoon

hours, left with dry conditions, the rest of your monday. so as we get into the totals by monday afternoon, third of an inch in novato. you can see the shading here for upwards of about an inch around cloverdale, half inch on the coast and hopefully about 0.4 in fremont and probably less than a quarter of an inch down around san jose. so looking at pretty good system and you add in the wind here, as it picks up before midnight, it will be kind of strong here along the coast, but it gets to be a howling wind towards around 7:00 and 11:00 in the morning, right with the passage of the cold front, the purples here indicate the strongest winds and behind it, that wind shift and still those gusty winds out there, they'll settle down by later on in the day. not a big snowmaker for the west slopes. winter storm warning up to two feet but that's at our highest peaks and around the lake tahoe basin, from 6 to 16 inches there. above 6,000 feet, 18 inches

above 7,000 feet. 60 in oakland. 61 in san jose. cloudy skies today and the accuweather seven-day forecast the fog this morning, mostly cloudy this afternoon, our level two system with gusty winds accompanied by a couple of hours of light to moderate rain, dry tuesday, level one system wednesday and could see more rain, liz, by the end of the week. >> good to know. thank you, lisa. it could be a scary development and what we know about the covid-19 virus, patients with no history of mental illness are developing psychotic symptoms. we do want to say episodes are rare, but they are being reported around the world. keeping track of your health is just one key way abc 7 is working to build a better bay area. this morning, abc 7 news reporter kate larsen spoke to a san francisco man who struggled with delusions while being treated for covid. >> i thought i'd been kidnapped. i couldn't speak, so i made a little sign for my son to get an ak, his gun.

>> ron's delirium became after he came out of a medically induced coma treated for covid at ucsf in the spring. >> i wanted to climb out of that bed and jump out the window and just crazy, crazy things. >> reporter: abc 7 was there when, after 61 days, ron was released from the hospital to much celebration. now seven months later, he's experiencing a painful relapse. >> now i consider myself a long hauler. i've been very emotional, crying, upset, thinking you know, when is this going to end? >> reporter: ron believes his delusions were caused by a combination of sedatives given to him at the hospital as well as the actual covid disease but there are other covid patients with milder cases requiring no medication who have also had severe delusions, and psychotic episodes. >> the kinds of things that i have seen is patients who have a sudden onset of a change in

their behavior. they are much more suspicious of their family members. they're worrying or believe that people are trying to harm them or kill them. they believe that the nurses are talking about them or are poisoning their food. >> reporter: this doctor is a ucsf neuropsychiatrist. he's treated several patients with no history of mental illness for psychotic symptoms a few weeks or months after a covid infection. >> these kinds of symptoms can be as or more disabling than the physical symptoms that we also associate with covid. >> reporter: although doctors across the u.s. and around the world are reporting similar cases, dr. dada says it's quite rare. why would a virus cause these psychiatric symptoms? >> there are a few theories. one is that the virus itself may be directly attacking the brain. the second which is probably more compelling, is that when you have an infection, we produce an inflammatory response and some of those chemicals

might be toxic to the brain, if the body's immune response goes into overdrive. >> reporter: at this point, dr. dada says it's too early to know if the psychotic episodes are a short term reaction to covid or long-term health concerns. kate larsen, abc 7 news. >> interesting. next a new therapy technique is all the rage. where this woman's breakthrough business is turning trash into stress releasing treasure. details ahead.

here is an idea for starting the new year stress-free, called rage therapy. ashley finney in indiana is behind it. her business allows customers to take a baseball bat to things to release all that pent up frustration we might have. finney's concept came to be after the local glass recycler stopped taking glass because it's heavy. she turned glass bottles into targets of destruction. yes, there's lots of anger right

now. she says some of her biggest clients include businesses hosting team building events. if it works, it works. another full hour of "abc 7 mornings" ahead. covid-19 running rampant in the halls of kaiser permanent. one of the medical centers hit with an outbreak affecting dozens of front line staff. hear why a christmas costume may have started it all. revamping the rollout, is there a better strategy to get the u.s. up to speed? some health experts share the new idea.

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. this is not working and there's no state that's got it right. >> solving the vaccine shortfall, hurdles with the rollout have health experts wonder being a new strategy. could a single dose be enough so more people can get the shot? it's happening as the bay area starts to be hit with the first effects of holiday gatherings. good morning, everybody. it's sunday, january 3rd. thank you again for joining us. i'm liz kreutz. we'll get to the latest in the coronavirus battle. first let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. hey, lisa. >> liz, good morning to you. lots of fog out there this morning. it's dry, but the visibility is reduced. live done lever 7 showing it's everywhere, three-quarters of a mile in santa rosa, down to a quarter of a mile, livermore, nova,