i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at your micro climate weather. i've been a busy man this week. >> you can see it's so calm it almost looks like a post card. that is a live camera you are looking at. i want to bring your attention to the fog out there. in san francisco we have that typical fog. in the tri-valley, that fog is dense this morning. it will burn out of here and we'll see a dry and sunny weekend. temperatures will be chilly this weekend. has that deceptive sunshine. it will look nice but feel chilly. as we head towards this upcoming week, we have a rainy pattern headed our way. we are not only talking about one day of rain but possibly three to four days of rain coming our way monday through friday this upcoming week. you can see doppler radar is fired up. we don't have any rain to show you right now. that's good news. we'll continue to dry out. look at those numbers. in the 40s this morning. mid 40s for the south bay.

this afternoon will stay chilly and temperatures only top out in the 50s. another storm system headed our way. not only one but possibly three. >> enjoy this break while it lasts is what you're saying. it will be a very quick relief. >> this upcoming week we'll have more rain. it will come over the course of several days unlike what we had all that rain in just one day. >> all that rain. >> a little good news. i'll detail that coming up. that storm has passed, but the damage is lingering. some people have been forced out of their homes because of flooding that's causing health concerns. late last night, redwood city officials red tagged homes at the lamar trailer park and rc mobile home park on bayshore road. we have a live look at one of those mobile home parks. look at that standing water. crews should be starting right around now to pump some of that

water out. firefighters have been helping residents evacuate since flood waters rose high enough to reach the living spaces of those homes on thursday when the deluge came. residents had been wading through potentially contaminated flood waters to go back to their homes to get some of their belongings. residents tell us both mobile home parks have a history of drainage problems. the creek behind their neighborhood almost always floods spilling to nearby homes and businesses. officials say the flood water left behind by thursday's fierce storm could be polluted. >> possible sewer and anything else on the ground that is still lying on there for health reasons, we'll evacuate both parks. >> we need help from the city, but we don't need them to throw us out of our homes. >> they are going to figure it out. that's been ten years. they still haven't done anything. you get tired of it. >> those residents tell us they will demand a permanent fix to

this drainage problem. many of the displaced are staying at a shelter at the college of san mateo and the city is working with the red cross and county office of emergency services to help those people. >> the powerful storm made its way to southern california and wasted no time creating chaos. look at that. an actual tornado roaring through the streets. it ripped through a ten-block span a few miles from the usc campus. at least five homes were damaged. we have video of the aftermath. parts of a roof wrecked and stacked like a pile of tooth picks. those who experienced it can't believe what they saw and heard. >> my door slammed open. dang, who left the door open? then you could hear bam really loud. >> it came through. i watched my roof of this house slip and go to the next street.

>> surely you know like here in the bay area, tornados in l.a. are extremely rare. wow. from a tornado in los angeles to a water spout off the point rays lighthouse. a water spout is a tornado over water. the storm saturated the ground and could cause more of this, fallen trees. crews finished removing a 90 foot tree that crashed through a senior living home in union city. two people were hospitalized after the tree came toppling down early yesterday morning. crews are inspecting nearby trees to see if there is the same damage. pg&e crews are working to get power back to all its customers hopefully by the end of the day today. last night crews were working to get 1,000 people back online. this huge monterey pine had to be removed from a driveway.

the tree toppled over during the height of the storm on thursday. >> people came out and settled this area in the '40s and '50s. these trees were planted for fast shade. unfortunately, they now have a lot of problems. >> power to majority of cust mores have been restored. crews won't stop until the last customer has their lights on. >> crews are preparing for the next storm which anthony said will return late tomorrow night. in the south bay, a safeway store suffered extensive damage from the storm. look at that. not one but two approximately 50-foot holes in the roof caused by the storm. this is the safeway on east capital expressway near silver creek high school. it's still too dangerous for anyone to enter the store. the partial roof collapse could turn into something bigger. it's unclear when the store will reopen. >> now to the north bay where

residents can put away their canoes. downtown is drying out. for businesses, it's the sooner the better. >> the water came up over here. >> reporter: she is drying out her boutique. >> it traveled through the wall which is crazy. >> reporter: after water from the creek flowed through her shop thursday. all this water soaked several retailers. >> there were maybe four, five inches of standing water in the gallery, our carpeted gallery. >> reporter: the hand-made goods are off the ground. her husband steve has pieces drying outside in a u-haul. the cleanup went quickly because so many showed up to help. >> out of nowhere some guy showed up carrying a carpet squeegee. >> willi's seafood didn't flood.

>> you couldn't get in or out of town. >> reporter: now the streets are clear and hillsburg is lit up for the holiday. >> december is one of our biggest months. we need to get up and rolling. >> hopefully there will be things for sale and we are able to run credit cards. >> reporter: retailers are hoping a busy weekend will make up for lost sales during the flood and cleanup. we have more weather coverage on our nbc bay area app. just click on the nbc logo to get to the weather page. there you'll see the latest forecast. you'll find live radar and alerts about flooding and outages. much more ahead on "today in the bay." a controversial photo from a bay area protest is prompting new questions about police tactics. the pictures were dramatic

and the prices sky high. how much are those recent protests costing?

welcome back. we appreciate you joining us on this saturday morning. look at that fog over the golden gate bridge. it will be a dry day, but wow, foggy indeed. and chilly as we look at downtown san jose. cloudy skies. it will be a very cool weekend. temperatures in the 50s. a high profile case leads to a multimillion dollar settlement. the family of a woman who was found dead in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital will get $3 million. lynn spalding disappeared in september of last year while she was a patient at sf general. weeks later, her body was discovered in a stairwell. the san francisco board of supervisors is expected to approve the settlement on

tuesday. the city will pay the family nearly $3 million. we noticed first hand in the bay area allowing people to protest is expensive. protesters cost the city of oakland $1.3 million in the last few weeks alone. city officials say that cost only covers police and staff overtime. it doesn't include the cost to repair damage to local businesses. now to a picture that's drawing harsh criticism. an undercover chp officer pulling a gun on a crowd during a protest last week. jodi hernandez has more on the controversy and how city leaders are dealing with complaints. >> reporter: it's an image causing a stir. a plain clothed officer pointing his gun at protesters and a news photographer after being outed by demonstrators during wednesday's march. >> it's recklessly endangering their own officers and the other

protesters. it could easily have resulted in a horrible tragedy. >> reporter: civil rights attorney says oakland's crowd control policy may have been violated. >> which says other jurisdictions should not be assigned to front line positions or used in crowd intervention, crowd control or dispersal. >> reporter: the chief of the california highway patrol is defending the practice. insists his men felt their lives were in danger. he told the san francisco "chronicle" we need to understand these officers were under attack. the photographer who snapped the images, a freelancer says the officers clearly felt threatened. >> the crowd was pretty mad and yelling and screaming at them. his partner had just been hit in

the back of the head and knocked down by someone from the crowd. i think, yeah, they were genuinely scared and he was probably justified using that gun. >> right before he had the gun pointed at his head, he was surrounded by guys in bandannas that tried to steal his camera. >> reporter: the photo editor says she's become increasingly worried about the safety of journalists dealing with unruly demonstrators and now with police. she says another freelancer had his lens broken by an officer's baton. a third one got hit in the head by police. her staff captured this image of a reuters photographer who got pepper sprayed. >> i'm nervous and tense. i'm very anxious about the upcoming events. i've got to make some pretty hard decisions whether or not to cover them. >> reporter: berkeley's mayor says police are doing the best they can to deal with highly-volatile situations. >> i think we have a great police department involvement

times things get out of hand on both sides of the equation. >> reporter: jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. much more ahead on "today in the bay." going negative. facebook gets closer to letting you give posts a thumb's down. >> no thumb's down in the weather department this weekend. lots of sunshine in the forecast for you. a little bit of fog this morning. we'll talk about our next storm system that's set to arrive across the bay area tomorrow night. over a million californians have a gotten something that's beend. out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality,

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welcome back to you. taking a live look outside in fremont on a cloudy morning, but the sun will be joining us momentarily. it will be a chilly day. also in palo alto where we have partially cloudy skies. the sun will lead the dry weekend we have ahead of us. the rain will soon return.

will facebook ever have a "dislike" button? it's a question mark zuckerberg is asked all the time. yesterday he did answer it. the facebook ceo says he's thinking about adding the option so facebook users have a way to not like something negative rather than just like everything. then zuckerberg seemed to quickly back track saying he doesn't feel a dislike button is good for the facebook community saying it would be too negative. on monday, a famed los gatos restaurant will begin doing something it hasn't done in five months, take reservations. a july fire destroyed part of the manrisa restaurant. with two michelen stars. the new year's eve menu costs $245. here is anthony slaughter, a man

who has a million dollar weekend forecast. >> nice. >> we have no rain, as i stumbled over that a few minutes ago. no rain. sunny skies. chilly weather. but the rain is coming back. >> you can't forget about the fog, of course. typical morning fog across the bay area. if you're not waking up to the fog, you'll see sunshine mixed in there it will feel finally like the calendar. let's talk about this dense fog that moved in across the bay area this morning. we had strong ocean winds pushing up against the coastline overnight we had a wind advisory and a high surf advisory really all day because of that strong low pressure system that moved in. that pushed that cold air to our

inland valleys. a few areas of patchy fog for the tri-valley. elsewhere things looking good. doppler radar fired up. we don't have shower activity to show you. look at our sunrise this morning coming in from the south bay. you can see beautiful colors, a few clouds there. partially cloudy. that is a weather term, partly cloudy, yes. you'll notice the east shore,s san francisco and the north bay all those locations socked in with fog this morning. you look at this picture and think there's more rain on the way. not so. this fog will burn out in san francisco later today. temperatures are going to be cool today. we are talking about 50s for daytime highs. this is a little below normal. we talk about that cold area of low pressure that moved in and brought in that dense fog. your weather headlines really simple. we've got the morning fog. we'll see sunshine this

afternoon and same for tomorrow. here we go again. another rainy week setting up. in fact this week, the thing that will be different about the storm system, we are not going to get a whole bunch of rain in one day. we'll get a whole bunch of rain over the course of several days. look how it starts to ramp up. we'll get a little bit of that. it's not going to last long. this is monday morning. showery activity, even very heavy rain expected at the mñ coastline. as this thing moves through it will weaken, push down to the south and tuesday we'll see some sunshine. we are still going to have lingering showers even for wednesday. we'll get a dry day thursday. for friday, look at this, another system across the bay area. this one could actually rival what we saw not this past week

but two weeks ago. we got about 2-4 inches of rain at the valley floor. i think as we head towards this upcoming week, look at rainfall totals. the first system will come through monday. that will bring about one inch, maybe even 2-3 across the coastal mountains. thursday and friday, that's when we are going to get another push of heavy rain. we could be talking about another additional inch, maybe 2-3. overall, you can see your rainfall totals through this week are going to be very similar to what we saw in just one day. again, we are going to get lots of heavy rain. it will be spread out this week. we are not talking about potential huge flash flooding, but we could look at more trouble across the bay area. especially considering our ground is saturated. any little bit of rain could be detrimental to the bay area. >> thanks. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- the food and drinks will bring to you one bay area

cafe, but it's the people behind the counter who will make you bay area proud.

in 2014 we brought you many stories of kindness, success and inspiration as part of our "bay area proud" stories. stories in many cases keep getting better. here is garvin thomas with updates to some of our favorites. >> we have updates to two stories, to be exact. ones we covered earlier this year that both reached milestones this past weekend in very different ways. by the time christina lee hit san francisco's myra green this saturday, she had more than 3,100 miles of running behind her with just two to go. in other words, after crossing the country by herself over the course of five months, christina was just 15 minutes from the

finish line. time she was going to need, apparently, to come up with deep thoughts about her accomplishment. >> i have nothing good to say except i want cake. that's literally the only thing that comes to mind. >> reporter: christina's journey started in new york last july after graduating college. the san jose native averaged a marathon a day on her trek with nothing but two goals keeping her company. one, crossing an item off a bucket list she wrote in college. and two, raising money for the navy seal foundation benefitting service members christina thinks don't get the recognition they deserve. on this day, of course, it was all about recognizing christina. with this dip in the bay, she can now cross one item off that bucket list, with many more likely to come. >> when i look at it, i'm like

yeah, i'm well on my way to making a life that i love. that makes me happy. >> reporter: on the same day, it just so happens a very different finish line was crossed in palo alto with the opening of ada's cafe in the public library. it's an accomplishment dear to the owner kathleen hughes and her son charlie. >> it's pretty emotional. >> reporter: we first met charlie this summer when this photo of charlie jumping into sergio romo's arms after throwing out the first pitch gave people joy. only later did we learn of the hughes' family dream to open a cafe that would give developmentally disabled adults like charlie a place not to just earn money, but gain experience and boost self-confidence. it is a dream that is now open for business. if you would like to see the

original stories with charlie or christina, you can watch any of them or any of the bay area proud stories we've done this past year at nbcbayarea.com/bay area proud. >> if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. go to nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- a tragic death a that might be the first of its kind in the country. the important warning about a legal substance that could be deadly for kids. >> i went on survival mode. i knew i was in danger. >> the accusations keep growing. the newest allegation against bill cosby coming from an especially powerful voice. what's possible today?

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good saturday morning to you. taking a live look outside and a very foggy dublin on what will be a dry, but chilly saturday. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm kira klapper with anthony slaughter who has a look at your micro climate forecast on 12/13/14. that's what today is. >> wow, look at you. >> i looked at the calendar. what can i say? >> i looked too. i didn't catch it. you're sharp this morning. >> there's a first time for everything. >> you can see in san francisco even still right now, that fog is out there on 12/13/14 at 7:30:30. we have the second clock. it will be nice and dry. finally get a chance to dry out and the ground finally gets a chance to absorb some of that water. with the sunshine you get the

evaporative heating. all good news. we do have more rain ahead. unfortunately, this upcoming week will be a rainy, typical bay area week with more showers continuing. right now doppler radar is fired up. it is cold. in the 40s in the south bay. low 40s for the north bay. later we'll see temperatures back in the 50s. i had to scour through some of the data. when was the last time it was this cold? thanksgiving weekend. >> really? >> we are right on the path headed towards the winter season. it's not officially winter, but with these storms and this cold air, it's starting to feel like the holiday season. >> as it should. bring out those coats. >> on 12/13/14. >> thank you. that storm has passed. the damage from it lingers. some people have been forced out of their homes because of flooding that's actually causing

health concerns. late last night, redwood city officials red-tagged homes at the lamar trailer park and rc mobile park on bayshore road. crews arrived in the last half hour and are starting to pump out that standing water. flood waters rose high enough to reach through their homes. residents had been wading through that potentially contaminated water to get back to their homes and get some of their belongings. residents told us both mobile home parks had a history of drainage problems. they say the creek behind their neighborhood almost always floods spilling over to nearby homes and businesses. officials say those flood waters left behind by thursday's fierce storm could be polluted. >> sewer and anything else on the ground that is still lying

there. for health reasons, we are going to evacuate both parks. >> we need help from the city, about you we don't need them to throw us out of our homes. >> they were going to figure it out. that's been ten years. they still haven't done anything. it's like you get tired of it. >> again that live look for you this morng as workers try to pump out that standing water at two mobile home parks in redwood city. residents tell us they will demand a permanent fix to the drainage problem. many are displaced and are staying at a shelter at the college of san mateo. the city is working with the red cross and county office of emergency services to help those displaced. that powerful storm made its way to southern california. you will not believe it. it wasted no time creating chaos. that's a tornado roaring through the streets of l.a.

it ripped through a ten-block span a few miles from usc. at least five homes were damaged. we have video of the aftermath. wood and parts of a roof wrecked. those who experienced it say they still can't believe what they saw and what they heard. >> my screen door here slammed open. i'm like, dang, my daughter left the door open. all you can here is boom, bam and really loud. >> it just came through. i watched my roof of this house slip and go to the next street. >> look at that video again. tornados in los angeles are extremely rare. >> from a tornado in l.a. to a water spout off the point rays lighthouse. this was taken at sun set. you can see the water spout out there. a water spout is essentially a tornado over water. our saturated ground to lead to this, fallen trees.

crews finished removing this 90 foot tree that crashed through a senior living home in union city. two people were hospitalized after this eucalyptus came toppling down yesterday morning. crews are inspecting several other trees nearby for any storm damage. >> pg&e crews are working to get power back to all its customers by end of day today. last night crews were working to get about 1,000 people back online. this pine had to be removed from a family's home driveway. the tree toppled over during the height of the storm on thursday. >> people came out and settled this area in the '40s and '50s. these trees were planted for fast shade. unfortunately they have a lot of problems. >> vast majority of customers have been restored. crews will keep going until everyone has their lights back on. >> tree trimmers and crews are

preparing for the next storm which will return tomorrow night. >> in the south bay, a safeway store suffered extensive damage. not one but two 50-foot holes in the roof caused by the storm. this is safeway on east capital expressway near silver creek high school. it's still too dangerous for anyone to enter the store. it had to be inspected from outside. this partial roof collapse could turn into something bigger. the result is unclooer if and when the store will reopen. we have more weather coverage on our nbc bay area app. simply click on the nbc logo to get to the weather page. you'll see the latest forecast and you can find live radar and alerts about flooding and outages. the u.s. senate is pushing the vote on a $1.1 trillion budget to monday after it failed to pass last night. the senate has mid week to vote on the bill passed by the house thursday night.

it fully funds the defense department and cdc through september 2015 but only funds homeland security department which is in charge of immigration programs through february. it's an attempt by republicans to roll back the president's executive order on immigration when the gop takes full control of congress in january. president obama says he is onboard because this is the best he can get. >> this by definition was a compromise bill. this is what's produced when you have the divide the government that the american people voted for. >> some senate democrats don't want to pass the bill because it brings back wall street bailouts. they say they feel their hands are tied because they don't want to cause the government to shut down. thousands of demonstrators are expected to pack washington, d.c. today for a march and rally against police violence. the march has been in the works for two weeks in response to the grand jury's decision not to

indict a ferguson police officer and new york city police officer in the deaths of two unarmed black men. the families of eric garner and michael brown, as well as trayvon martin will be marching with reverend al sharpton. demonstrators will be coming in on buses from across the country. >> it is a realization for us in the civil rights community who do this work every day that we have made great strides, but we have a long way to go. i think this is a moment in this country where a movement can be built. >> march organizers are hoping to see legislation signed into law which creates greater accountability for police misconduct. former super model beverly johnson, the first black model to appear on the cover of "vogue" is speaking to nbc about her claim bill cosby drugged her in the '80s. she's written about her claim in "vanity fair" magazine. she says after she drank what she says was a drugged

cappuccino and fought off the comedian, she phoned him on a private line to get explanation of what happened. cosby's wife answered and refused to give him the phone. >> i feel that cosby took my power that night, that evening, and that i took my power back. >> an attorney for cosby had no comment on these latest allegations. bill cosby has denied sexually assaulting a string of women who have come forward recently with accusations. a deadly accident involving a 1-year-old child in new york is prompting a conversation across the country. the little boy ingested liquid nicotine which is commonly found in e-cigarettes. no charges are filed in the baby's death. police are calling it a tragic accident. even a teaspoon size dose can be

fatal to children. those types of poisonings are up more than 200%. much more ahead on "today in the bay." warrior hope to continue their winning streak despite the absence of one of their best players. >> teal suited the sharks quite well. wait till you see what san jose will be wearing at their outdoor game. over a million californians have a gotten something that's beend. out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. you can compare plans side by side, choose the one that best fits your needs and enroll online.

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the warriors are off to a historic start at 19-2 overall including a 14-game winning streak. they managed almost all of it without david lee. looks like the warriors will be without bogut two days more. he had his right knee drained yesterday. he is averaging over seven points and nine rebound as game this season. team teal released their

newest jerseys yesterday. the jersey will be worn during the outdoor stadium series game at levi stadium on february 21st. sharks against the kings. this will be san jose's first outdoor game in team history. the bold new look is made to stand out from several hundred yards away. mark edwards modelled the brand-new duds. he looks good. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the bay area community is asking you to trade your guns for cash to help honor a deadly anniversary. >> we are waking up to very dense fog especially across the tri-valley. this fog will be with us at least the next couple of hours with sunshine in the forecast for this weekend. we'll talk about that coming up.

welcome back now. 7:45 is the time. you can see the fog is with us. it is starting to dissipate a bit as the morning is going

along. it is still very dense and thick, especially across the tri-valley this morning. it's because we had an area of low pressure that came through yesterday. the same one responsible for all that heavy rain as it drenched the bay area. that cold air that sits aloft with the system moves in, especially once you get the tight pressure gradient over the ocean to the land. overnight that cold air came in the tri-valley and north bay. cold air is dense so it wants to sink down to the surface. that's why we have the dense fog. it will burn out as we head towards 11:00. doppler radar. we don't have rain this morning. a dry weekend all the way down to l.a. if you are doing any traveling, you're clear there and down highway 5 or 1 is looking good. no rain in the forecast. you can see from the south bay we are waking up to sunshine

there same for the peninsula. once you get to the tri-valley, east bay, san francisco and north bay socked in right now. we are starting to see sunshine breakthrough that fog. it will be a nice dry day. only talking about highs in the mid to upper 50s. anywhere from 55 to 59. it will be chilly as that ocean air sits over the bay area all thanks to that area of low pressure. fast forward and show you what's coming our way as we head to the next couple of days. sunday afternoon here comes our next storm system. it will stay dry tomorrow. the system off the coast will be moving in. you'll notice monday 2:00 a.m., the system right off the coast. that's when we'll start to see our first showers across the bay area. this is going to move through quickly. not talking about several hours of rain. once it moves through, the heavy rain will push out of here. a few lingering showers as we head towards tuesday and

wednesday. our next storm system, this is it one i'm more concerned about because this one is going to tap into that subtropical moisture and could even produce an additional 1-2 inches of rain. here we go with the first system monday into tuesday. expecting 1-2 inches of rain at the valley floor. the santa cruz mountains and north bay mountains, you will get about three inches of rain. then we'll get lingering showers as the rain gauge continues to tally up. thursday into friday we'll probably get another additional inch on already saturated ground. we are not just talking about potential for flash flooding on those creeks and rivers. we are talking about the ground being so saturated. any little bit of rain, talking just a little bit. 1-3 inches could topple down trees and weaken power lines. it's not all about flash flooding as we head towards this upcoming week. it had more to do with some of the side effects considering all the rain we are still trying to

dry out from here this weekend. overall rain will continue. make sure this weekend you get a plan in place, especially if you live in some of those low-lying areas prone to flooding. back to you. >> thanks. it is 7:49. much more ahead on "today in the bay." it was one of the few escapes for a tough city neighborhood. it's coming back to life. ♪

gun buy back event are happening nationwide to mark the second anniversary of the sandy hook massacre. oakland's nonprofit group youth uprising is holding the buyback at macarthur boulevard office and in san francisco and san jose. the group will pay up to $200 per gun no questions asked. tomorrow marks two years since the shooting at sandy hook elementary. 20 children and six adults were

killed at the connecticut school. the rough edges san francisco's tenderloin district softened as they welcomed something they had been missing for a while. >> reporter: every neighborhood, no matter how gritty needs a place for people to gather. that's especially true in san francisco's tenderloin. >> a lot of people in this area live in very small units. they don't have any accessible means of coming outside. >> reporter: though known for its rough edges, it's a neighborhood of family and children. >> it's really fun at times and really scary. there are people yelling and shooter. >> reporter: at the center of the early 1900s hotel and apartment is a place where kids can escape the area's tough veneer. that is until the construction work started.

>> there is nothing. >> reporter: two years ago thanks to a nearly $4 million grant from the trust for public land, the city kicked off a $9 million makeover. >> i live at the hotel and i've been looking every day at the progress. >> reporter: a web of imposing internal fences was torn down. sculptures were added, new clubhouse erected, new flower pots built. >> green side up. that's all i ask on the plants. >> a lot of bad things happen here, but there is a lot of community here. >> reporter: in this densely-packed neighborhood, the park has become a sort of oasis for kids and adults. >> i like to sit out here and do my crossword, read my book, get some fresh air. >> kids go by and look at it. you see the anxiousness in their eyes. >> reporter: this week that long wait ended. the new gates opened and kids

came back. >> everything's brand-new. >> reporter: for the first time, children could play basketball or throw a ball on real grass. >> it's wonderful. >> reporter: the sounds of a neighborhood are the most healthy when you have the sounds of children laughing and playing. >> reporter: it wasn't just the kids. >> anybody of any age play basketball? >> any anybody any age can play basketball. >> smells and feels good. >> reporter: for a neighborhood that sees so much. reopening of this park was a sight to see. much more ahead on "today in the bay." our friends from pets in need are here.

i've been fostering her for about a month. tell us about rhoda. >> rhoda is an awesome dog. she is about 6 or 7 years old. >> what kind of breed is she, chihuahua? >> we don't know for sure, but we think chihuahua/miniature pinscher mix. she has no tail and is about 8 pounds. for a little dog, she's got awesome qualities. she is house trained. she does not chase cats. that's a miracle. >> and she is very sweet. >> she doesn't bark. >> for people who might want to adopt rhoda or if they are not ready to adopt they can foster like you're doing. tell bus that foster program. >> the foster program is awesome. historically we foster kittens and puppies until they can be spayed, neutered and adoptable. we also fostered animals that

have special needs that maybe have an illness they need to heal from. then they go back to the shelter to be adopted we are trying to expand the program so we can get as many of our dogs into foster homes to make room for more dogs to be rescued by our shelter. when they are in someone's home, it gives them an advantage because they become more socialized. they are house trained. >> she is very sweet. you can tell she is very socialized. if people do want to adopt rhoda or any other pets, you are waiving your adoption fee for december. that's a great deal. for anyone who would like more information, we would like to send you to the website pets in need.org. they can contact you about adopting sweet rhoda. >> or fostering, volunteering. we have two adoption events this

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