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your microclimate forecast. you're dressed perfectly for the weather, bundled up in the warm sweater. >> thanks. yeah, kira, you know, it was time to break out all of my sweaters even if i'm indoors. you know, we have storm ranger up and scanning. we had a couple of showers, areas of gilroy, san jose, southeast side. so we'll look at what the storm ranger is actively scanning. we are the only ones with a mobile doppler radar in the bay area. you can see it's light and scattered. now we'll see the chances of more rain headed into tomorrow but i want to show you how cold it is. santa rosa 44 degrees. oakland in the 50s. here's a closer look at the 24 hour temperature change. santa rosa is colder today than yesterday. headed into tonight, another cold night but an increase in the winds this evening with the

arrival of a second system expected to bring more chances of rain to some parts of the bay area. so i'll have a closer look at what we're expecting. sierra snow. we have plenty of it, especially at the summit levels. a closer look at that forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> see you in about 15, thanks so much. this morning, we continue to await word on which way battleground states will go at this hour. there are five states remaining up for grabs. arizona, nevada, georgia, north carolina and pennsylvania. joe biden leads in four of those currently. president trump is ahead in north carolina. both candidates still do have the path to victory. joe biden with 253 electoral college votes. president trump currently with 214. president trump needs to win at least four of the five outstanding states. biden only needs to win pennsylvania or any combination of two other states. of course, as you likely know by

now, 270 is the goal. those numbers actually haven't changed since election night. we turn now to tracie potts in wilmington, delaware, where the biden campaign was hoping to hold a victory rally but for the fourth night in a row put that on hold. >> look at the national numbers. we'll win with a clear majority of the nation behind us. >> reporter: joe biden poised for victory, but still urging patience. >> democracy works. your vote will be counted. >> reporter: biden's bullish prediction that he'll win more than 300 electoral votes with leads in pennsylvania, nevada, arizona and even traditionally red georgia. now headed for a recount. president trump who last spoke thursday -- >> if you count the legal votes i easily win. >> reporter: increasingly defiant as the vote count continues. declaring on twitter that joe

biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the president. i can make that claim also. the republican party lost the supreme court bid to stop counting ballots in pennsylvania. >> clearly, that's failed. they have refused to intervene and ultimately now those ballots will be counted. >> reporter: but kept separate if they arrived after election day. protests continue outside election offices and around the country. and there's defiance from republicans. >> the president's allegations of large-scale fraud and theft of the election are just not substantiated. >> reporter: multiple sources close to the white house tell nbc if biden wins -- >> he intends to fight. >> reporter: the president has no plans to immediately concede. tracie potts, nbc news, wilmington, delaware. so here is a look at the numbers in pennsylvania right now. joe biden is up by about 29,000 votes. and in georgia, biden's lead has grown to just a little bit more than 7,000 votes.

over to arizona now where president trump gained about 77 -- pardon me, 7,000 votes last night in arizona. that narrows biden's lead to just under 30,000 votes. and in nevada biden remains ahead. he is about 22,000 votes ahead there. we want to turn now to the east bay where there's been another night of protests over a mannequin of joe biden hanging by a noose. more than 100 demonstrators showed their anger about the effigy biden hanging from the roof of the home in brentwood. the man who put it up has since taken it down. there was two days of protesting. and brentwood police tell us that while people have a right to protest, they urge people to remain peaceful but last night they say the demonstration turned against them. one person was arrested for throwing things at officers. >> officers were having

projectiles such as batteries and water bottles thrown at them so the decision was made to arrest the subject and move the crowd back. that's what happened. that's what you saw in the video. >> this was not supposed to be about -- against the police. this is against him. for four years he has done nothing but torment these poor neighbors. >> the man who hung the mannequin faces no charges. the naacp and the secret service are now investigating. hundreds of people in philadelphia converged for the third straight night outside of the convention center. they are demanding all votes be counted. in some areas of the city, sport supporters of president trump and joe biden clashed, holding dueling rallies. we want to turn now to our continuing coverage of the covid-19 pandemic. yet another coronavirus case in the white house. president trump's chief of staff mark meadows has tested positive

for coronavirus. meadows who has been known to go maskless is just the latest staffer to contract the virus. he attended several election gatherings this week including being in close proximity with president trump on tuesday night. nbc news also has learned the campaign aide has tested positive. meadow's diagnosis comes as the nation hits an all-time high. more than 120,000 were added yesterday alone. 7:07. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up they're under pressure and working overtime. our election coverage continues as we shine a light on people counting your ballots and why it's taking so long to count those. plus getting ready to reopen. three public elementary schools are welcoming back students but

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during business hours. welcome back. it is just shy of 7:10 on your saturday morning, november 7th. as we look at the glorious sun rising over san francisco. clear enough to see the golden gate bridge far beyond the transamerica pyramid. nice look at a crisp, chilly morning. a cooldown over the last 24 hours will continue. vianey arana has your full forecast in five minutes from now. they are going back to in in person learning in berkeley. the district is giving middle schools and high schools the green light to reopen as soon as monday, but there's a difference between can reopen and will reopen. as "today in the bay's" melissa colorado tells us it depends on which school your child attend. >> reporter: still no kids in berkeley, but we did see staff

preparing to welcome a select group of students on monday. >> we designed the special program just for those who are struggling right through with distance learning. >> reporter: two additional schools are involved. 75 students will get one on when help and will enjoy a taste of the past. recess. >> but we're excited to welcome them back. >> reporter: for when they'll be welcomed back, you have to wait until 2021. january 13th is the target date when the district hopes to welcome students from pre-k through second grade. the next week, third graders through fifth graders can return. the district says there's still no target date set for middle school and high school students. over at st. mary's college high school, a catholic school where half the student body returns twice a week. >> probably not going back until the middle of january. >> reporter: the principal says with thanksgiving and christmas just around the corner the risk is too high.

>> families will be traveling around the country, they'll be mixing. >> reporter: as schools shift to reopen next year, the lesson for both students and parents -- patience. >> we're looking to do this so that no one can trace a covid infection back to school. >> reporter: in berkeley, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. 7:12. coming up the pressure is on poll workers. so we want to shine a spotlight on them doing very important work. as the nation watches and waits for battleground states to be called. it's a cold start. we had a couple of showers pass through. how much longer is this weather going to stick and in the bay area? your full forecast coming up. stay with us. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c.

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clear enough to enjoy some sun. we hope you're able to get out and enjoy it, but bundle up before you head out. first, we want to return to the decision 2020 coverage. california was called for joe biden on election night but other battleground states hang in the balance. poll workers know what's playing out across the country and any mistakes could be costly. "today in the bay" has a closer look. >> reporter: at the registrar's office, ballots are being processed and counted. mail-in ballots are basically handled the same way and it takes so some time. >> there's a lot of, you know, background stuff that goes on. >> reporter: in california, ballots can be accepted by mail for 17 days after election day, so long as they were postmarked on election day. that's what the workers are

handling now. a ballot has to be taken out and flattened and goes to the signature reading machine and gets tabulated. if there are any discrepancy, the election workers figure out the issue. it can be stressful so workers here have kind words for the counterparts in battleground states. >> i just want to thank them because i know how hard it is. and it's a big responsibility for all of us. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, elections workers are on extended shifts to get through thousands of ballots. >> do you know how late you're going to work this evening? >> i don't. we scheduled people to work 9 to 9 but it may go over that. >> reporter: and two were walking around the convention sentern and both were armed, and they had an assault style rifle in their hummer. they have been arrested. in atlanta a fulton county election's worker has gone into hiding after someone posted a

video purporting to show him destroying a ballot. >> i think it's shameful. he -- he was merely discarding a list of instructions. >> reporter: those incidents ratchet up the stress level that election workers are already under. >> nancy pelosi is asking fellow democrats to support her bid to be re-elected as house speaker. the democrats were favored to expand the majority but instead seven democrats lost their re-election bids. the party still does hold the majority. pelosi says she's confident that the progressives and moderates will find common ground. >> now, if we're talking to our supporters in the labor movement, jobs. if you're talking about the poorest people, reverend barber's poor people crusade, all that, jobs. >> for now, pelosi says she wants to work on covid relief and keeping the government open.

in the meantime, mitch mcconnell is not echoing president trump's claims of election fraud. instead tweeting that every legal vote be counted. he will not speculate on the future. >> i'm not certain i'm the majority leader yet. as you noticed, that will be determined in georgia on january the 6th. >> mcconnell said if they split the senate 50-50 as they did in 2000, then party leaders will set the agenda together and vice president will then break the tie. we have a lot more local and state election results on our website. nbc bay area.com is the place to go. click on election results at the top of our home page. time now to check in with vianey arana for our microclimate forecast. boy, it peoples like november all of a sudden. >> it does. i'm excited about it. i like a good drop in temperatures, especially when you get to wake up to a nice,

crisp morning. that's what we saw especially when we saw some shower activity down near the gilroy south bay area in central california. here's a closer look at san francisco right now. beautiful start. 48 degrees. we do have our very own mobile doppler storm ranger. that's the mobile doppler ranger that scans. right now, things are quiet. we didn't get measurable amounts of rain, but the most noticeable thing was the drop in temperatures. you can see a couple scattered areas here and there and the chance of showers through tomorrow with the arrival of a second system. but let's show you the hour by hour temperature forecast because we're waking up to 30s in the north bay. 39 degrees in santa rosa. napa, a cold 44. and let's look at the temperature difference. so basically, santa rosa is 12 degrees colder right now than it was yesterday at this same hour. same for hayward and oakland.

okay, so we have that cold front drop. in addition to that it will create a large swell which is where there's a high surf advisory that will remain into effect because we'll see some dangerous waves near the monterey area as well. microclimate this afternoon, we have an early morning slight chance of rain that will continue to push south but look at the daytime highs. 59 degrees in palo alto. 62 in concord. 60 degrees in san jose. so we'll top out only in the 50s and the 60s. how much longer this is going to last? one thing you'll notice, right around the dinner hour we'll see an increase in some winds from the north. oakland, 22. do you know what that means? that we'll have a windchill kicking in. so that's going to factor into how cold it will feel tonight as the winds begin to continue to

gust. i'm fast forwarding this through 7:00 a.m. in addition to that, because this is a cold system that's dropping down, we are seeing plenty of snow. that's expected to also continue through tomorrow and into monday. so if you had any sort of plans to travel to lake tahoe area, check out the road conditions. there's a winter advisory starting today through tomorrow potentially into monday. all right, how long is this system going to last? we'll have another system drop in today. another trough. that's going to start picking up the winds. at 7:30, another chance of shower activity especially for areas like livermore and the south bay as well. so a long range outlook we have a pretty active weather pattern because any sort of rain we need it. we have these two systems that'll pass through today and then looking out to thursday,

november 12th. we have another low pressure system that will bring back the chance of seeing even more rain make its return. notice in the temperatures we don't get much of a change. so we'll stay chilly in san francisco all weekend long and into the inland areas. look at monday. monday has a potential to be one of the coldest starts of the week. starting off in the 30s and into the 20s. so we'll monitor that very closely. but definitely something to keep in mind. kira? >> all right, vianey, thanks. still ahead, back in the bay area courtroom. could there be a retrial of scott peterson? is this for real? oh, it's real... believe me. i mean this is upexpected. you would say... remarkable? absolutly. a remarkable deal. thanks. i get that all the time. wait... what?!

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for a new trial. his attorneys claim they have new evidence and proof of juror misconduct. "today in the bay's" robert honda who covered the trial back in 2004 reports from the same courthouse that there's a strong possibility scott peterson could get a new trial. >> reporter: it's been a long time since scott peterson was tried here, but the new round of legal wrangling can go in a different direction. no cameras allowed in court as the judge anne-christine massullo with a masked peterson on camera. there are two separate issues before the court. in august, the california supreme court overturned his death sentence and the prosecutors were looking to get it reinstated this month and the second issue which is attracting attention right now, massullo will decide if he should get a

new trial because of juror misconduct. he waived his right to the speedy trial. jamie peterson and his attorney pat harris say the jury misconduct and new evidence will lead to the new trial and a different verdict. >> scott's innocent. and somebody else committed this crime. and we're going to have an opportunity to not only show that he's innocent but show the evidence we have of culpability of other parties. >> reporter: dean johnson a long-time observer of the peterson case said it's quite possible that the defense can generate reasonable doubt. >> there are a number of witnesses who for a lot of reasons weren't called at the original trial who can credibly say that they saw laci peterson walking the dog after scott peterson went to san francisco bay to go fishing. >> reporter: the real possibility that peterson could not only get a new trial but be

set free can put the once high profile case back in the spotlight when both sides return to court on january 21st. in redwood city, robert honda. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." everybody is working for the weekend. they are still counting ballots in those battleground states. we're tracking the latest numbers. plus, bay area neighbors clashing after a man hangs a mannequin of joe biden from his roof and police say protesters turned on them.

good morning. it is saturday, november 7th, 7:29 as we look outside. palm trees and downtown san jose. cloudy skies. it is chilly out there. a big change from the last 24 hours. thanks so much for starting your weekend with us.

i'm kira klapper. hopefully you're warm inside just like me and vianey who has a peek at your microclimate forecast. >> hey, there, yeah, my sweaters are on full display in my regular closet because we have to take advantage, right? kira? >> yes. >> all right. so cloudy. it's cold. and i love it. great shot of walnut creek. you can see how cloudy it is there but let's look at the storm ranger. we always track the systems as they work their way through and we have a little bit of shower activity. i'd laugh to see everyone's twitter post of the showers coming down in the area and then getting excited about it. people are actually enjoying a change in our weather to people a little bit more like november. all right. so let's talk about storm ranger. for those who don't love the cold, we'll talk about how long it will last. we have another system coming in and that's going to start kicking up our winds later this evening. you're definitely going to notice it. one thing we have to factor in if you're going out end to,

definitely bring a jacket. because in addition to it being chilly there is a windchill factor which will make it feel colder than it is. tomorrow, chilly, 50s and 60s and then the sierra snow. there's a winter weather advisory. i'll talk more about that coming up. >> i had to wear an extra sweater coming in to work this morning. i'm with you. see you in about 15. thanks. it's a new morning but the numbers remain mostly the same. we continue to watch five battleground states which remain up for grabs. arizona, nevada, georgia, pennsylvania and north carolina. president trump is ahead in north carolina. still, both candidates do have a path to victory. joe biden still has 253 electoral votes and president trump standing at 214. so president trump needs to win at least four of the five outstanding states. biden can kind of do a mashup. he needs to win only

pennsylvania or any combination of two other states. the numbers haven't changed since election night, the night that both hoped to hold election parties. we turn to tracy potts in delaware. >> look at the national numbers, we'll win with a clear majority of the nation behind us. >> reporter: democratic nominee joe biden poised for victory but still urging patience. >> democracy works. your vote will be counted. >> reporter: biden's bullish prediction that he'll win more than 300 electoral votes with leads in pennsylvania, nevada, arizona and even traditionally red georgia now headed for a recount. president trump who last spoke thursday -- >> if you count the legal votes, i easily win. >> reporter: increasingly defiant as the vote count continues declaring on twitter

that joe biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the president. i can make that claim also. the republican party lost the supreme court bid to stop counting ballots in pennsylvania. >> clearly, that's failed. they have refused to intervene and ultimately now those ballots are going to be counted. >> reporter: but kept separate if they arrived after election day. protests continue outside election offices and around the country and there's defiance from republicans. >> the president's allegations of large-scale fraud and theft of the election are just not substantiated. >> reporter: multiple sources tell nbc if biden wins -- >> he intends to fight. >> reporter: the president has no plans to immediately concede. tracie potts, nbc news, wilmington, delaware. here is a latest look at the numbers in pennsylvania. joe biden is up by nearly 29,000 votes. in georgia, joe biden's lead has grown to a little more than

7,000 votes. in arizona where president trump gained about 7,000 votes in arizona last night. that narrows biden's lead to just under 30,000 votes. in nevada, biden remains ahead by about 22,000 votes. president trump is up and tweeting this morning within the last hour he tweeted that there will be a press conference today in philadelphia at 11:30. that's about an hour from now our local time. we want to turn to the east bay where another night of protests over a mannequin of joe biden hanging by a noose. more than 100 demonstrators showed their anger about the effigy of biden hanging from the roof of this brentwood home. the man who put it up has since taken it down, but the damage has already been done. two days of protests against that scene. brentwood police tell us while people have the right to protest, they urge people to remain peaceful.

but last night the demonstration turned against them. one person was arrested for throwing things at officers. >> officers were having projectiles such as batteries and water bottles thrown at them and so the suspect was arrested and moved the crowd back. >> this was not supposed to be about -- against the police. this is against him. for four years he's done nothing but torment these poor neighbors. >> the man who hung the mannequin faces for charges. the naacp and the secret service are investigating if there is an actual threat. back to philadelphia where the president will hold a press conference in an hour from now. this was the scene last night. hundreds of protesters gathered outside the convention center. this is for the third straight night they're demanding that all ballots be counted. supporters of the president and supporters of joe biden clashed

holding dueling protests. okay, we want to turn now to our continuing covid-19 response and the changing weather. it is yet another challenge for the struggling restaurant industry. alfresco dining is getting too cold as vianey said you need to bundle up this weekend and keeping customers warm outside is getting very expensive for already struggling businesses. here's "today in the bay" jean. >> it's freezing and arctic. so we are permitted for heaters. >> reporter: the cold is the latest challenge for the restaurants working to keep the doors open. at curio, the customers want heaters and they're expensive to run. >> we just started doing it. for one day we already ran through some propane. so we do learn how to adjust it and not learn through it.

but the guests love it so we turn it up. they all want the heater. >> reporter: a cold outside table is an empty table. some people are choosing to eat inside but not everyone is ready to head in. >> i'm not there yet, but no, i prefer to sit outside. >> reporter: reyna and others are prepared with layers. >> i have a couple of layers on so i'm good. >> i think you layer up. especially in california it's not too bad. >> dress for like a siberian winter. >> reporter: he's layered up and looking for a heater. >> i think the challenge is how many heaters are available and which restaurants. we'll stick with the covid-19 pandemic right now and another covid case has hit the white house. chief of staff mark meadows has tested positive for coronavirus. he is just the latest staffer to contract the virus. meadows attended several election gatherings this week. he was photographed being in close proximity with president trump on tuesday night at

election parties. nbc news also has learned that a campaign aide also has tested positive. meadows' diagnosis comes as the u.s. hits an all-time high for covid-19 cases. more than 122,000 new cases were added yesterday alone. it's the third that day that the country has topped 120,000 new elections. still to come on "today in the bay," san jose state had done something it hasn't done in nearly four decades. sports is next.

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the best football team in the bay area resides at san jose state. it's a great story for the spartans. it's a headline you haven't heard in nearly 40 years that's because 1982 was the last time san jose state started the season 3-0. despite having a limited budget, head coach brent brennan has turned the program around. backup qb nash with his second touchdown of the night.

the 3-0 spartans upset san diego state, 28-17. next saturday, they take on unlv. sanford kicks off the day in oregon. a seven-game shortened season. >> it's a different world and from the very beginning we have all said it. if we want to play football this year this is what we have to do. so we're ready for it. >> with all the stuff that happened this off-season it's bittersweet to get to this moment. cal was set to kick off today against washington. but a berkeley player tested positive which forced the game to be canceled. and we have had a couple of showers. it's cold out there. how long is this chilly weather going to last? i'll have a the details and your full forecast coming up. stay with us. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.

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instagram. i'm going have to agree. especially when we compare it to some of the highs that we have had earlier this week. san francisco right now, very crisp and cool. walnut creek we have got some cloudy conditions through there. so how long is this cold weather going to last? well, that's a great question. let's take a look right now at our storm ranger. we have our mobile doppler radar that's up and scanning and you can see we have some activity. but if you live in the santa cruz area, gilroy, south bay area, some portions of the north bay you saw some of the showers last night. i know a lot of people were excited about it. so we didn't get a lot of rain out of the system. the biggest noticeable difference was the drop in temperatures. here's look at the hour by hour forecast. at about 7:00 a.m. we were in the 30s, including in santa rosa. right now, 39 in santa rosa. napa, 40. how much warmer are we going to

get? well, not much warmer. the 24-hour temperature change is 16 degrees in napa so it's running 16 degrees colder than yesterday. here's a look at your daytime highs that slight chance of seeing some shower activity is going to diminish by the afternoon and then we have an additional system kicking up some winds and shower activity. 50s and 60s for today. the windchill is a major factor heading into tonight. here's a closer look at that. notice san francisco. 37 miles per hour winds, definitely gusty there. and then fast forwarding overnight into tomorrow with the arrival of the trough. it's going to continue to drop our temperatures down and notice the wind speeds increasing in red wind city and up through san jose as well. so tomorrow morning lows are going to be dipping down into the 30s. could be a frosty morning. there's a winter weather

advisory for the lake tahoe area. so if you have any sort of plans to travel over there, definitely make sure to check road conditions so you don't get caught off guard. that's going to remain active for the entire week. first we had the entire system pass through last night and a second system is going to drop down, bringing back the chances of seeing more rain for the areas in the south bay. down through the central coast of california as well as the l.a. area. so if you had plans to travel to southern california, expect to see gusty conditions with cold temperatures there as well. so how long is this nice weather? i'm going to say nice because i like the cold. we have the low pressure system passing through tomorrow and then looking out ahead into next thursday and friday. look at that. it looks like we get another chance of seeing rain. hopefully this time it will be more measurable throughout portions of the bay area but our temperatures will remain in the 50s and 60s for san francisco

all week long and then chilly into the interior valleys. look at sunday night into monday. 35 overnight lows. it will be an even colder start into monday morning so definitely keep that in mind tonight if you have any pets that stay outside bring your babies indoors. that's going to be too cold for them for sure. all right. back to you. >> yeah, chilly there. thanks so much. still ahead, a vicious attack on a grocery store attack leaves him in a coma and his family and friends begging for answers. scott mcgrew's fresh analysis. >> plus, how the first cold weekend amid the restrictions.

a bay area teacher with ties to the boogaloo movement is ordered to stand trial. the man of gilroy is charged with felony counts of stalking and threatening a public average. if convicted he could face more than three years in prison. prosecutors say he threatened santa clara health face over covid orders. the boogaloo movement is bescribed as a far right ant anti-government group. now to a bay area family it is pleading for witnesses to step forward after a young father was brutally beaten after working at a local grocery store. it happened halloween night and this morning he's fighting for his life. "today in the bay" reports. >> reporter: it happened outside this foodmaxx on parkmoore avenue in san jose.

the family has been given no answers while jaime plancarte remains in a coma. he was rounding up shopping carts between 8:00 and 9:00 on halloween night when he was viciously attacked. >> just trying to spread a lot of love and faith. we will get through this. and that my brother will heel. >> reporter: his sister said plancarte is in a coma in a vegetative state. the police will only say they're investigating the case. the family says it's not the not knowing that pains them even more. >> i feel like i'm lost, i have no answers. we don't know what happened. >> he's my only son and he doesn't it was deserve this. >> reporter: his mom had a nervous break down and had to go to the hospital because of the stress. >> everybody is praying for him.

everybody loves him. and -- and people are so cruel to do this to my son. >> reporter: without the police saying whether they have any suspects, the family now hopes witnesses come forward and explain what happened to the 37-year-old father, a grocery clerk, who now finds himself in the fight of his life. in san jose, bay area news. still ahead, today is the first time an amusement park in california reopens since the pandemic hit. we'll tell you where it is. it is right in our own backyard. . that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity.

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month. have a great weekend. seasonal shopping already has begun and clearly a lot of people are gifting teslas. not the car, the tequila. it got a splashy rollout on the website yesterday and encased in a lightning shaped bottle. it promptly sold out. that's despite the $250 price tag and a limit of two bottles per buyer. it is described as having a light vanilla nose. and retailers are getting $700 per bottle. oracle park is taking extra steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus. the giants ballpark has earned accreditation for the strict cleaning protocols. its disinfecting and cleaning. it was recently awarded by the

global biorisk council. it is made up of scientists to help prepare for bio hazard crises. today the beach boardwalk will reopen. it's become the first amusement park to open in all of california since the pandemic. it is only open to people who live in san jose. and only on the weekends. so we would all have to go with our co-worker erin because he lives in san jose. by coworker, i mean my director of the newscast you're watching right now. 7:57. time now for the clear the shelters segment. meet petunia, born without a tail. she's adorable. you can see that. but because she doesn't have a tail she lacks muscles to control the bowels. the medical team is working to

diaper train her and help the future family adjust to the needs. they do acupuncture and she's able to walk on a leash. they hope she'll go home to the family that can continue the progress that they have made by training her. so if you'd like to find out more, go to pets in need.org/cats/petunia or call their shelter and ask for her by name. what a cutie pie. before we go a quick check with vianey on this chilly forecast. >> yeah. you know, one of the biggest differences heading into this evening we're not going to see rain necessarily but the winds are kicking up tonight. we will see spotty showers for tomorrow. >> all right, we need it. so at least you're giving us a heads up. if anyone is heading out they can bundle up and bring an umbrella. thank you so much for making

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