how the officials urging neighbors to shelter-in-place to stop the rise of omicron. that is far from of the county health order ends. kumasi: classroom closures because of covid. set to start distance learning, but another local school handed a much worse situation. reggie: put away the pocketbook for at home covid tests. the new rule that will cover your costs completely. do not put them totally away. [laughter] just --just --just --just --jus- get reimbursed. good morning, you are watching abc 7 news, live on abc 7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. we are going to start with the nice forecast. drew: a lot of people were telling me it is beautiful, they loved it. we do it again today. the mild pattern continues. his ability, we had issues in the north bay. sin arose improved, we were down to a mild visibility and we have improved to three miles.

fog will linger in parts of sonoma county for the next hour or so. over the city, good visibility. many clear skies. a lot of sunshine today, a few clouds mixing in in the afternoon. we go back to the 60's. reggie: california lawmakers will debate the latest attempt to create the nation's first universal health care system. for years, democrats have worked to pass a single-payer health care system. voters rejected a ballot initiative in 1994. another attempt passed the senate in 2017 but died in the state assembly. the latest bill must pass the assembly by january 31 to have a chance at becoming a lot this year. kumasi: if you are just waking up, we want to get you caught up on the latest covid-19 headlines. covid cases are searching among children. new data shows more than half a million kids tested positive last week. starting saturday, you will be able to get insurance reimbursement for your at home

covid tests. individuals who get up to eight tests covered a month, more if you have an order from a doctor. the red cross is facing an unprecedented need for blood donors. they say this is the worst shortage in over a decade. one of the reasons is a major decrease in blood drives on high school and college campuses. reggie: we are seeing pandemic air highs for the numbers of americans in the hospital with covid. trivino, with that, we are seeing a rise in the number of people dying. -- jobina. jobina: both are climbing sharply. more than 140 1000 americans are in the hospital, the highest figure since we began fighting covid. deaths are up to 4% in the last week. hospitals across the country are becoming swamped with covid positive patients. about one out of every four hospitals is reporting a critical staffing shortage with doctors and nurses out sick. we told you about the solution

yesterday morning. california is allowing covid positive health care workers with no symptoms to return to work immediately without isolating or testing negative. >> we are in this industry to care for others. that is the word right there. we are asking to put others at potential harm. jobina: an east company will play a vital role in the white house's plan to send 500 million free tests to americans. there is a $190 million milme c. kumasi: today's the last day people in sonoma county are going to be able to get together in large groups. starting tomorrow, all indoor gatherings with more than 50 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 100 are banned. in two leaders encourage everyone to shout to -- shelter-in-place for the next 30 days. amy has more on the impact. amy: this theater here in

petaluma has a seven shows scheduled in the next 30 days that they will have to cancel or reschedule because of this new health order. sonoma county now saying indoor events can have a maximum of 50 people. anything larger than that needs to be canceled. outdoor events can have no more than 100 people. anything else needs to be canceled. those who are at high risk of giving coded -- getting covid it should not be in crowds larger than 12 unless it is a family gathering. they say they are doing this to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed during the omicron surge. >> during the winter searching year ago, covid hospitalizations and sonoma county reached an average of 104 per day. without mitigation efforts, the state is projecting sonoma county could experience nearly 400 daily hospitalizations. that could out

resources of local hospitals. amy: the recommending all residents shelter-in-place. that is not an order, just a recommendation. they want residents to avoid people from other households for 30 days. this all goes into effect tomorrow at 12:01 a.m. and will be in place for 30 days. for the next month, residents are asked not to leave their homes except for essential business, like school, work, health care and grocery shopping. sonoma is the one and only bay area county to put this ban and recommendations in place because of the omicron variant. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. reggie: education is a key part of building a better bay area. amid the pandemic as schools bounce the help of staff and students trying to stay open. in oakland, one school principal says they have no other choice but to close for an entire week.

oakland school for the arts, turner school not part of the district, notified parents of the emergency decision. 20 teachers are out of the school either sick or have been exposed to covid, so there isolating. dozens of students are also out sick. principle tells us that due to changes with the state law, they are not able to offer distance learning during the closure. students we spoke with say they are concerned about being exposed to the virus. >> it is kind of scary, too. i wonder if they got covid from the school. i don't want to be here if they did. reggie: the principal says the plan is to start back up in a week on tuesday, january 18. they're asking students to get tested prior to coming back. they will be able to get one before school on that return day. kumasi: hayward unified school district is going back to remote learning for a week. the chronicle reporting more than 500 students have tested positive for covid and there are

fewer teachers available. being the switch to online means the district risks losing $2.5 million a day and funding. students received chromebook's yesterday and the districts set up learning helps for students who need access to virtual learning from a school facility. reggie: the omicron surge does not appear to impart high school sports. we can section commissioners across the bay area say they have not heard of any schools pausing or postponing games. the decision to do that lives with each school, but every league can decide to pause games on a wider scale. right now, there is no plan to take that step. if you want to stay up-to-date on the latest headlines, we've more information on the website. just go to abc7news.com. kumasi: college collusion. some of america's elite universities accused in a scandal to team up and raising tuition. reggie: does san jose have a tree problem? the report showing the trouble the city has. kumasi: and the madrigal

disney's encanto. drew: a live look outside showing good visibility, calm conditions. air quality today folks trading between good and moderate. notice the haze to the high-pressure. the high-pressur

>> intercepted, ringo has it down the sidelines. all the way to the end zone. georgia is going to cover the crimson tide. reggie: georgia fans going wild. the bulldogs beat alabama last night to windy college football national championship.

-- when the college football national championship. old dogs fans are celebrating. -- bulldogs fans are celebrating. you see campus streets flooded up into the hours -- we hours of the morning. drew: is improving and the north bay. santa rosa improved to three miles visibility. we have some fog lingering in parts of sonoma and marin county first thing this morning. let's go hour-by-hour. he see the sun blending with high clouds, grab lunch outside, it is a nice afternoon. upper 50's to near 60 by noon. into the afternoon, we find temperatures above average. a lot of us will go back to the 60's, very similar to yesterday. 66 in san jose, 62 in oakland and san francisco. 64 for half moon bay. let's get a check of the roads.

jobina: we are going to start with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights came on at 6:04. it is very light in the area, which is good news for commuters. same thing goes at the san mateo bridge, both directions moving, especially for the more credit spot that is making its way toward the peninsula. the earlier alert we were following has cleared, we are still watching this crash in pinole. this is going to be westbound 80 before appian way, several cars are involved in this crash. there are injuries. at least two lanes blocked, you can see the speeds are still under 10 miles per hour. currently at eight. kumasi: san jose needs to find more shade. the trees slowly disappearing and the neighborhoods hurt the most. reggie: the battle over the green text bubble.

kumasi: san francisco police need your help to find a suspect in a violent sexual assault. it happened at visitation avenue on the fifth of january. police say the 71-year-old victim was rocked to a hospital with multiple injuries, including bites to her face. as a sketch of the suspect. he is said to be about 5'7" they both style haircut. police say he may have a different walk as if he is pigeon toed or has a disability. reggie: developing news, some of the most prestigious private colleges and universities have been hit with an antitrust lawsuit. they are accused with conspiring to keep tuition high for students. we have details on the lawsuit. jobina: these are eye-opening allegations against 16 of america's top colleges and

universities. five former students filed suit, claiming the schools colluded with each other and worked to keep financial aid low. it was lower income students who paid the price. this 16 universities include caltech and pasadena, columbia, dartmouth, do -- duke, georgetown, m.i.t., notre dame, university of pennsylvania and vanderbilt. also named are brown, university of chicago, emory, rice and dl. the lawsuit claims they conspired to cut the amount of financial aid offered to students. it says they all used the same methodology to determine a families ability to pay for college. >> what the lawsuit alleges is by the schools coming together, a limited artificially the amount of financial aid available to students. thereby artificially raising how much they would spend on tuition. jobina: many universities named declined to comment because it is pending matter -- legal

matter. some of them said they stood by their financial aid practices, saying they are in compliance with the law. the plaintiffs are asking for a permanent injunction. they are also asking for restitution and damages, which they say they will determine in court. reggie:-- kumasi: part of building a better bay area is tracking climate change. they are trying to get to the bottom of why trees in san jose are vanishing. they lost about 1700 acres of public and backyard trees between 2012 and 2018. for perspective, that means only 13% of san jose is covered by trees. san jose arborists say possible causes could be climate change, development or poor maintenance. last year, the abc 7 data team mapped the bay area's tree canopy highlighting the disparity between low and high income neighborhoods. you can see how your

neighborhood ranks at abc7news.com. reggie: the musical madrigals of "encanto" are singing their way to the top of the charts. ♪ apparently, you all love the music from this movie so much so that it knocked adele's "30 of the top spot on the billboard 200. it is the first soundtrack to hit number one since "frozen" and only the sixth soundtrack and billboard history. disney is the parent company of abc 7. i assume we mean "frozen 2." that came out in 2019. drew: i'm not surprised. i heard let it go in the club. i am not kidding. reggie: don't sleep on into the unknown. that is also a really good song. drew: even my niece seems let it

go going to the hallway. thinking she's also. -- elsa. reggie: she is. but this "encanto" i haven't seen it, i need to get into it. drew: a live look from the san jose camera, showing quiet conditions. we have a fairmont of cloud cover in spots, all in all shaping up to be another gorgeous day. temperatures right now, a mixed bag depending on where you are. upper 30's and low 40's, the coast is one things to offshore wind coming in at 50 four half moon bay. parts of the north bay in the 30's. look at the east coast, i love showing this map. it makes me feel good about where we live. feels like -11 in syracuse, five below in hartford. -16 in portland. feels like seven in philadelphia. a lot of cold air in the northeast. typically when there is cold air in the east in the wintertime, we get warm air on the west coast.

that is what we are seeing today. later on this afternoon, partly cloudy sky. sun iback to the 60's. 64 in santa rosa, 61 in1 in1 fairfield. half moon bay coming up to about 64 degrees. cloud cover inforn, re sunshin about 47. overnight tonight, many clear skies. pretty close to where we are right now, pretty typical morning on the way for wednesday. wednesday is another mild today, pattern we are in. here's the accuweather 7 day forecast, above average today, still mild into wednesday. thursday and friday we see a dip in, closer to average. the holiday weekend, if you can get out and about and enjoy the sunshine, temperatures in the upper 50's and lower 60's. reggie: good morning america is

coming up at 7:00. >> great to be with you here on a tuesday morning. you smell that? that is january. here, we will spend much of the day single digits or below zero in the wind chill. gorgeous as we start the day, it just becomes dangerous for some wind-chill advisories from earth eastern pennsylvania up the canadian border. that can make folks feel like they are up to -- down to 40 below. also ahead, covering their omicron surge. the number of americans hospitalized with covid hit a new pandemic hi. who is there for covid and who is there who just happens to have it? a record number of kids tested positive. in the wonderful john sena is going to join us to talk about his new show and amy is writing high this morning after george's big win. she was at the college football game with thousands of others. we will hear from her thise m.v.

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drew: the 24 hour temperature change this morning is colder than yesterday morning, so certainly the winter jacket first thing. today is another dry day. the planner today shows you we are tracking sunshine. a live look from the tower camera showing you it is clear right now, we have a blend of sun and clouds later today. 7:24 a.m., temperatures low to mid 60's. enjoy if you like the brief break from winter. kumasi: new details and the death of bob saget. a florida medical examiner confirmed there is no foul play or drug use. it could take four months to know the official cause of his death. he was found unresponsive in his

hotel room at the ritz-carlton in white suffered a stroke six days before her death. it is according to her death certificate filed in los angeles county. dr. listed the stroke as her cause of death. the blood start of golden girls and the mary tyler moore show died on new year's eve less than three weeks before her 100th birthday. kumasi: americans will soon see the face of maya angelou on new quarters. the u.s. mint begin shipping the coins yesterday. the award-winning author in a civil rights activist is the first of five trailblazing american women to be featured on quarters this year. east bay congresswoman sponsored the bill to honor her. maya angelou moved to san francisco from arkansas when she was 12 and when she was a teenager, she became the city's first african-american female streetcar conductor. reggie: google's android boss is taking a job at competitor

apples i message service. netsuite, the executive says apple is holding back the industry. -- in a tweet, the executive says apple is holding back the industry not incorporating modern messaging standards. industry observers think this is google's attempt to get apple to make its popular imessage program me droid coat. apple ha nology. rcs, which iserion of s eseniden's push for new voting rights. what he isopg or bayquinte to kumasi big cat spotted and the following search that turned up empty-handed. one neighbor sharing where it was last seen. reggie: we

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kumasi: breaking news attt cdc mask change reportedly coming soon. the type of mask it would recommend you wear. >> while we may we may we may covid, it is not done with us. reggie: one bay area county bringing back restrictions, predicting to climb of omicron will get worse in the coming weeks. shelter-in-place recommendation and more returning at midnight. kumasi: father and son alpacas quickly becoming local celebrities. escaping their enclosure adventuring across one bay area city. the full story you will only see on seven. reggie: it is wild. good morning morning on this tuesday. you are watching abc 7 news, live on abc 7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. first, we get to the forecast. drew: we are tracking mild weather. if you liked yesterday, today is almost a carbon copy. temperatures out there right now

cooler than compared to yesterday, a mixed bag of 30's and 40's. an offshore breeze keeping half moon bay a little warmer at 53. the winter jacket, keep it with you. many clear skies over the city, here's how the day shaping up. sunrise at about 7:24 a.m., much of the day is a blend of sun and clouds. it is a mild winter day, go into the low in mid-60's by 4:00. reggie: sonoma county doing something no other bay area county is doing. a sort of lockdown, which means this time tomorrow, certain gatherings are banned and the county is asking residents to stay home as much is possible. amy hollyfield is in petaluma this morning. amy: it is going to impact theaters like this one, the mystic theater. work hard to recover from the last shutdown, now they have to do it again. this shows you see will need to be canceled or postponed. theater shows it has about seven

shows that will be impacted. here is the new health order here in sonoma county. it says indoor activities or gatherings can have a maximum of 50 people. anything larger needs to be canceled. outdoor events can have no more than 100 people. those who are at high risk of covid are saying they should not be in crowds that have more than 12 people unless it is a family gathering. health departments is case rates have never been higher in sonoma county, so they are taking this step. >> this will be in effect as of 12:01 a.m. on wednesday, january 12. it is scheduled to remain in effect until february 11. follow these steps to reduce the likeness that many individuals will be exposed to covid-19 at a single event and will verify the slow spread of omicron variant. amy: it is not just g is not jug

the theater. the county is also recommending all residents shelter-in-place starting tomorrow. this is not in order, recommendation. they want residents to avoid people from other households for 30 days. the recommendation is to not leave the house except for essential business like school, work, health care and grocery shopping. no other bay area county has put an order in place like this. for this omicron surge. but county health officials say they needed to take the steps so hospitals are not overwhelmed with covid patients, saying case numbers have gone up 398% over the last two weeks. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. kumasi: as the omicron variant continues to surge, the cdc is considering updating its masked guidance. the new guidance would be to where in n95 or can 95 mask if you can. now, they recommend a mask that has at least two layer's of cloth.

n95 and k and 95 are worn by health care workers. they are better at blocking out tiny droplets that linger in the air. reggie: meta is changing its vaccination policy for employees returning to the office. the wall street journal reports the company will require covid booster shots. they also announced it is reopening on march 28, delayed from this month. employees have until march 14 to decide whether they will commit to the office or work remotely or do it temporarily. kumasi: the spike in cases is causing disruptions in critical services and a shortage of health care workers. the president of the florida nurses association spoke with jamie about concerns over the new guidance, allowing covid positive health care workers to return to work without isolating. >> we need to be healthy as health care workers and research nurses. so we can care for patients. not be a factor, spiting the virus. so we really need -- spreading

the virus. so we really need the weakening of the guidance to be rescinded. kumasi: supporters of the guidance say it will help the health care staffing shortage. coming up on gma, the latest on how omicron is impactingnew detm united airlines and how the omicron variant has impacted its operation. 3000 united employees are sick with covid right now, none are in the hospital. this is according to a letter to employees from ceo scott kirby who credits the company's vaccine mandate for saving lives. kirby says no employees have died of covid since the mandate took effect. he says the airline saw one employee die of the virus every week before the mandate. omicron has severely impacted the airline industry leading to hundreds of daily flight cancellations across the u.s. reggie: this morning, all hands on deck at palo alto unified schools. parents are asked to volunteer to spill spots left them to buy staffing shortages and covid-19

emphasis -- absences. i say it is needed to keep doors open. the call for help went out sunday night. so far, 600 parents have answered. duties include food service, office work, cleaning and more. parents say they are willing to step into fill the shoes of staff members who have called out sick. so there is no interruption to in person learning. >> we talk about essential services, somewhere along the way schools got lost. schools are essential. kids education is essential. reggie: the school district we silly stopped sending out exposure notifications because it was becoming logistically impossible. there were 300 80 cases in the district just last week. they say parents and students need to work under the assumption coming to school means they have been exposed to the virus and should test weekly. kumasi: bay area childcare centers and preschools that are shutting down due to covid are dealing with unexpected costs.

chaffin nursery school in oakland closed its doors after two kids tested positive in others were exposed by siblings. the school and others like it are facing the cost of testing. unlike public and private schools, this school does not get outside funding. the school is concerned about how it is going to pay for tests for all of the children. >> that is 120 tests every sunday we need. there is no possible way we can fund that. kumasi: the children's counsel san francisco updated its website to include resources available to help childcare centers. for more information, visit their website. reggie: a computer program problem that color health uses is expected to be resolved today. it comes after people waited hours to get tested only to suddenly be turned away. at least eight testing sites in the bay area shut down yesterday. the computer issue affected six locations in san francisco and others in fremont and hayward.

it comes on top of reduced testing hours at four sites in san francisco because of staffing shortages. the supervisor says the board will discuss reassigning possibly 500 city employees to work at the sites. >> we have the track record, the infrastructure, the ability to deploy and move our city staff and resources around. that is where we are right now. reggie: people opting to buy at home tests online have some protection against price gouging. the governor signed an executive order that prohibits sellers from hiking prices of test kits by more than 10%. the top story, hundreds of oakland residents stunned by all packo's. roaming the streets. there run for glory and how they got reunited with their owner. kumasi: you are looking live at the big part of the new york stock exchange. we are starting down by about 162 points. another update the markets next. reggie: tickets for bottlerock

go on sale in a few hours. we should be the lineup for the three-day music festival. drew: a lot of people excited, we are tracking a nice afternoon on the way later on today. early on this morning, issues with fog. the issues are in typical problem spots and parts of sonoma county. we will zoom in, santa rosa down to three miles visibility. just improved to five, we are seeing it fluctuate. we will have the fog linger to the next two hours or so. a lot of sunshine on the way for the entire region. 24 hour temperature change, we are cooler compared to this time yesterday buys much as nine degrees. feel the chill in the atmosphere first thing, it will warm up pretty nicely later today. here's the live doppler, storm track still to the north. it is going to remain at the next seven days because of this high pressure off the coast line that will keep us dry and mild

hour-by-hour, by noon, and i stayed to grab lunch outside. upper 50's to near 60 under partly cloudy skies. in the afternoon, we will see temperatures exceed 60 degrees in the spots. partly cloudy skies later today, 64 in santa rosa after the morning fog. stick to in the city. 66 in san jose, 64 bay. we are five to 10 degrees above where we should be this time of year. if you are traveling, we will see a fairmont of cloud cover. southern california, a lot of sunshine and temperatures in the 70's. let's get a check of traffic. jobina: it has been a little packed this morning with issues on the roads. we are going to start with brand-new video coming into the newsroom from castro valley. this is of an alert we were following for over an hour on westbound 580 just past redwood road. you can see the damage from the big rig that was involved. there was another car involved.

major injuries. this is westbound 580 past redwood road. it has all cleared, thankfully in the counter commute direction. -- eastbound 580. that is good to go. i wanted to get to pinole, we are following a crash on westbound 80 before appian way. injuries involved and multiple cars, at least two lanes are blocked metering lights came on the bay bridge toll plaza shortly after 6:00 this morning. there is no backup, speeds are at the limit. your way to san francisco and wrapping up with a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge, it is time to get busy for those traveling to the

kumasi: joe biden will travel to atlanta to renew his push for voting rights legislation. the two acts are stalled in

congress. senate democrats are vowing to pass the bills by january 17 or posts -- force a vote to change senate filibuster rules. abc news will air a special report on his speech on voting rights around 12:50 this afternoon. you can watch it right here on abc 7 and wherever you stream. reggie: the san jose city council will vote on a measure that allows all adult residents to vote, including non-us citizens. >> this is our moment to declare we are not dispensable. it we work, we contribute, we raise our children. we deserve to vote on city leadership. reggie: for me to supply elections, today's vote follows a nine-month review by the charter review commission. supporters say the measure would recognize the contribution of the city's most marginalized communities. kumasi: governor newsom's budget proposal could make history. they say the plan attacks the

state's five biggest issues. fighting covid, climate crisis, confronting homelessness, the cost of living, and keeping streets safe. they are also proposing to expand health care coverage to all low income adults in the state. right now, only immigrants under 26 or older than 50 are covered. >> california is poised to be -- if this proposal is supported -- the first state in the country to achieve universal access to health coverage. kumasi: the governor is also planning to spend a huge surplus summer between $31 billion and $46 billion depending on how it is calculated. he will cut taxes for businesses and pause a scheduled gas tax increase. payments will not be decided until the revised budget that is due in may. several bay area restaurants are struggling to stay open because of omicron. staff members testing positive, owners have to make the

difficult decision to close for a night or longer. it is déjà vu for the local restaurant industry. many san francisco eateries are shutting down because they do not have enough healthy employees to staff the front and back of house. reopen tomorrow after the owner was forced to close for 10 days. >> when i supposed to do -- what am i supposed to do? i want to make every -- sure everybody is fine before they come back to work. kumasi: he says they are going back to limiting indoor capacity with fewer tables and fee receipts. restaurants say they are starting to see more people ask for outdoor dining and take out for safety reasons like we saw in 2020. reggie: if you want your tax return as soon as possible, you want to do this online. the irs is warning of service delays for the 2021 tax filing

season, which opens january 24. the agency says it still has a several million pieces of backlog work from prior years. you will get your returns within three weeks if you file online and select direct deposit. the irs since it has no plans to delay the tax filing deadline passed april 18. it is being bought for newly $13 billion. the purchase from take two interactive is one of the largest ever acquisitions in videogame history. take two is looking to capitalize on the mobile dominance with apps like farm bill and "words with friends". mobile gaming is the fastest-growing segment of the global video game industry. after news of the by, shares of its sword 41% yesterday. you can see from the live look, the stock is taking up more than 2% this morning. take two stock was less thrilled, slumping 15%.

here is a live look at the complete stock exchanges trading gets underway. we are down about 243 points. kumasi: congress a pay tribute to nfl legend john madden. a bay area congressman will lead a special hour on the house floor. he coached the raiders for 10 years, leading them to a super bowl title. he grew up in the bay area and lived in pleasanton. he died last month at the age of 85. also today, tickets go on sale this morning for napa's annual bottlerock music festival. reggie: the lineup came out. headliners are metallica, pink, 21 pilots and luke combs. other acts include the black crows, pit bull and grandmaster flash. tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. bottlerock is made 27 to 29th.

-- may 27 29th. i'm excited, i hope it happens. i think it will, it is outdoors. drew: they've got a good lineup. i partner joey got me into him -- into misterwives. look them up, they are good. i'm going to try the one-day tickets. i don't know if i can do three days, i am not a huge festival person. it is taxing on me to do three days. kumasi: take care of your spirit. drew: wear sunscreen if you're out there. you know how warm it can get and how high the sun angle can be that time of year. really beautiful picture, like watercolors on the rooftop. a live look from abc 7 studios in the city, a few clouds. , conditions, you notice the flag's not really waving all that much. we are in store for a really nice afternoon.

right now, got the typical january chill. 30's and 40's, school spots in the north bay. palo alto at 39. the offer breeze keeping us at 54. it is a very different picture right now. look at the wind-chill numbers in the northeast, feels like a single degree in in new york city. feels like -11 in syracuse, 32 below in maine. feels like for in pennsylvania. cold air is across the east. this time of year, it is warm on the west coast, that is what we see today. 3:30, probably cloudy expect sunshine and temperatures back to the 60's. if you liked yesterday, today is equally as nice. 61 in concord, 64 in santa rosa. these numbers are five to 10 degrees above where we should be for this time of year. overnight tonight, a blend of

stars into clouds. a pretty typical chill as we get into wednesday. let's go through the next seven days. i'm going to start now and let it go, we are in a dry pattern. any storms will be aimed at the pacific northwest. here is the accuweather 7 day forecast, mild tomorrow. cooler thursday and friday. the holiday weekend shaping up nicely. temperatures in the upper 50's to lower 60's. kumasi: not only is covid-19 peeking, but the flu is making rounds. how can you beat both viruses at the same time? the key is germ proofing your house. that includes changing bedsheets at least every two weeks, switching out sponges more regularly in the winter and taking out trash every day. you should wash her hands with soap and water, that is more effective than hand sanitizer. remember to go. >> i watch my daughter is doing, crawling around our house. there's parts of the house she

is touching and licking we don't pay attention to. like the bottom of the kitchen table. reggie: we are going nuts so cute. kumasi: while flu rates were historically low last year, kids are back at school and a lot of activities outside the house started back up. you can pick up the virus from those activities. reggie: listen to this, a medical breakthrough this morning. doctors at the university of maryland transplanted the full heart of a pig into a patient in a last ditch attempt to save his life. so far, the 57-year-old man is doing well three days after the experimental surgery. the transplant showed that a genetically modified animal heart can function like a human heart without being rejected. >> we've never done this in a human. i like to think him a better option then

continuing his therapy would have been. but whether it is a day, week, month, year, i do not know. reggie: this really could make an impact. if the operation does work, it brings us one step closer to solving the organ shortage crisis. >> it is surgically historic, medically historic. why was a pig chosen? they are similar in size, the anatomy is similar but not identical. reggie: this is the first of its kind transplant and is paving the way for more. ection. will carefully monitorej this will not be replacing the need for donors in the future. we still need that. genetic testing company 23 and be received fda clearance for a prostate cancer risk test. the test screens for a specific mutation that is believed to make men t 23 and me has two other risk

tests designed to detect breast cancer and colorectal cancer. it gives customers information of the risk of developing other health conditions. kumasi: panasonic is jumping on the four-day workweek bandwagon. it hopes to implement the optional third they offer employees in japan by 2023. the ceo says this is about supporting the well-being of employees, giving them more time to live life, volunteer, pick up a second job. recent studies have seen a boost in productivity and happiness in employees working a shorter workweek. it is unknown if the policy will apply to employees on a global scale. developing news in daly city,it, police and fish and game officers on the lookout for a mountain lion. they are stationed out in the area, that is where a neighbor spotted a cougar in her yard. it all happened as she and her dog stepped into the backyard and the dog's immediate lease started barking at a tree. >> as i approached the tree, i

noticed the long bushy tail. so i went under the tree, i looked up. there was a huge mountain lion looking down at me. i said a lot of things i will not repeat, i ran and screamed. i was able to get the dogs back inside, slammed the door. kumasi: a neighbor who started mowing the lawn spooked the mountain lion, which ran into a nearby backyard. there have been no further reported sightings of the animal. this is a story you only see here. a pair of alpacas roaming to the streets of oakland. reggie: the best part of the names. budge and -- boogie and they went under a freeway overpass, made their way into the residential neighborhood. hundreds of people chimed in online wondering, did they escape from the zoo? no, but they did escape from a home. >> we left a gate unlocked in

our backyard from a height the night before. they shut up the hill, they are fast. in the morning, i saw them on the hillside in the park. reggie: they traveled for miles and a couple of hours before they got corralled by a neighbor. he alerted the chp and animal control, they were able to reunite the alpacas with their owner. [laughter] kumasi: you are sitting, having your coffee. there go boogie and woogie. [laughter] they have personalities, the way they were running around. the way they were looking. reggie: they were having a ball. we go next -- kumasi: where should we go next? reggie: heady feel about coffee? should we get coffee? zoom out on this shots you can see how beautiful the background is, look at this.

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the ceo credits the vaccine mandate for saving lives. reggie: dr. fauci and the cdc director will testify at a senate hearing about the federal response to the omicron variant. today's hearing is expected to start in a few minutes. b:00, back to the 60's. jobina: a crash in panola involving multiple cars near appian way, it is improving. one lane is blocked. kumasi: goldfish for grown folks. pepperidge farm launching a new version, called goldfish megabytes. they are going to be bigger than the normal goldfish crackers. reggie: goldfish are already for grown folk. it is one of the only snacks which carries over from childhood. drew: sometimes it is my dinner, i am not kidding. jobina: that is sad. drew: sometimes you don't want

to cook. kumasi: you need a better option. reggie: good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, tens of millions of americans waking up to brutal cold this tuesday morning. dangerous deep freeze. temperatures crashing overnight. windchills dropping below zero plunging to nearly 40 below in parts of new england. public schools closed in boston because of the extreme cold. parts of new york getting slammed with more than two feet of snow in 24 hours. ginger is tracking it all. breaking news, back to school. teachers in chicago end their standoff with the city over covid safety as districts across the country deal with the surge. also this morning, hospitalizations hitting a pandemic high nationwide. this morning the states resorting e