the vaccine committee is expected to review as long as emergency use authorization is granted. moderna will be able to start distributing vaccines immediately. the company expects to have 20 million doses available by the end of 2020 and up to 1 billion doses next year. state health leaders fear the coming weeks may be overwhelming. on saturday a record 7,415 covid patients hospitalized. that's about three times the number and an increase of more than 5,000 patients. every county but marin now in the most restrictive purple tier. schools in marin are poised to make a bold move. for the first time in nine months some students are returning to the classroom. cierra johnson is live where i'm sure a lot of parents there really nervous about their kids going back to school. >> reporter: yes, good morning. today is a big day at

elementary. marin county at this point in a category of its own with being in the red county surrounded by a lot of those other purple tier counties. we broke it down by numbers. 51 counties are in the purple category. just six in the red category. one lone county is in orange. these counties in purple, according to the state's covid website, represent nearly 40 million people in the state or 99.1% of the state's population really in a league of its own. pa rin marin stands out. in a letter to parents, the superintendent and the school principal emphasized that families are encouraged to quarantine when needed and some

of the school day will be a little different. drop-off and pickup, drivers are to meet at a designated gate and the drivers are to remain in their cars. some feel the district may be moving too fast. >> increase depression and other maladaptive behaviors. >> reporter: and in this district the high school is expected to reopen school in january. it is important to note for schools in purple tiers there's a chance that in-person learning may not resume. we will be keeping a close eye on what happens. thanksgiving was a big marker and in the weeks following we'll keep a close eye on those numbers for this district and for all of the counties in the bay area. a lot of information will be

coming after the holiday. >> thanks so much, cierra. out of washington the big transition news for president-elect joe biden, his first classified security briefing today and his coronavirus team is meeting for the first time. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with a closer look at the president-elect's big agenda. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: yeah, it is a big agenda and it gets started today with that classified briefing with the coronavirus meeting and some new announcements from the biden transition. president-elect biden and ve harris get their first presidential daily brief today and their team meets for the first time with the white house task force as health experts worry about the impact of

thanksgiving travel. >> we expect, unfortunately, as we go the next couple of weeks into december, that we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge that we're already in. >> three, four and ten times as much disease across the country. >> reporter: scientists warn travelers to isolate and get tested. drug makers are expected to apply for emergency vaccine approval in the next three weeks. the first doses have already arrived in chicago. cdc advisers vote tomorrow on who gets it first. >> i'm a doctor. when they tell me i can get a vaccine, i will be first in line. >> reporter: congress returns this week with little progress on a coronavirus stimulus. >> it has the money needed to distribute the vaccine. >> we need to do this. we need to do this now. >> reporter: and as president trump continues to complain about failed election lawsuits -- >> well, we're trying to put the evidence in and the judges won't allow us to do it.

>> reporter: president-elect biden has named a historic all-female communications team and is expected to announce his economic team this week. tracie potts, nbc news. in the meantime the president-elect's work took a bit of a detour over the weekend after he fractured his foot. his office says the accident happened saturday while biden was playing with his dog major. his doctor says a ct scan confirmed hairline fractures requiring the president-elect to wear a walking boot for several weeks. a day of mourning in the east bay for the oakland fire department. a virtual memorial will be held for the assistant chief. tragically he died two weeks ago from a heart attack at the age of just 42. he's survived by his wife and three sons.

the procession will travel to sacramento, his hometown. the struggle between landlords and renters trying to make it in the bay heats up this week in san francisco where supervisors tomorrow debate on a plan to better track housing inventory. it would ask landlords for rental information on the 230,000 rental units including rent rates and vacancies. it will provide crucial information to address housing affordability. property managers call it invasion of privacy. it will create a new level of bureaucracy to measure those expected to pass. even though you may not be able to go to the san francisco symphony in person there is now a way to listen from home. ♪ i wish i could play that. this is a sneak peek of the

concert, the san francisco symphony from hall to home. the symphony partnered with several artists to create music for a digital concert. you can watch the entire show tonight at 7:00 p.m. on nbc bay area following our newscast. that could be just what the doctor ordered. >> a cool way to welcome in the evening with a nice backdrop of san francisco there. >> you don't have to dress up. >> you can do it halfway. >> you might want to bundle up. if it's anything like this morning it will be cold out there. kari, it's time to crank up the heater. it's dipping below freezing. we haven't had any rain and the

air is so dry. you're having to put on more moisturizer. the temperatures are dipping down below freezing in some of the inland valleys. we'll see our highs 63 in palo alto. some mid-60s for parts of the north bay. even up to 68 in santa rosa. we'll have our weather pattern continuing and we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the commute? checking the latest update. it looks like everything is now cleared from the nimitz as we look at the maps. no major problems down past 92. talk about that in a second. to the south bay we have an issue on 237, east getting over to 880.

no major injuries but you'll see a tow truck coming up. take a look at the oakland camera. once you get there everything is all clear again from the earlier crash. 5:09. a boom for zoom. despite huge profits for the san jose company not all good news. why the promise of a vaccine is creating concern among investors. and a huge record set at the box office. i'll explain coming up. a unique marking idea. the mystery many readers are working to solve right now. you're watching "today in the bay." in a land not so far away. people are saving hundreds

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right now at 5:12 heading out for a workout early this morning in the tri-valley let's check out pleasanton where we'll see temperatures in the mid-30s. you will need to wear extra layers and we'll see much more comfortable weather heading into the afternoon with a lot of sunshine. we'll talk about our microclimates coming up in a few minutes. >> the crash to the san mateo bridge over in hayward.

you see there are no problems. it's a nice, smooth drive to the peninsula. the bigger look coming up. good morning and a very good monday to you. business still reacting with surprise and shock after learning of the death of entrepreneur tony shay over the weekend. he apparently had been badly hurt in a house fire.hsieh overe weekend. he apparently had been badly hurt in a house fire. hsieh created zappos. he was 46 years old. tony had a very unusual management style but one of the most unusual things he did was pay employees to quit. if they took him up on the offer they made money and the company got rid of someone who clearly didn't want to be there. amazon has published a lengthy explanation as to why its amazon web services had trouble over the last week.

few people realized how many things depend on aws. when it ran into trouble just before thanksgiving ring doorbells stopped working. people had trouble logging into their capital one bank accounts at home, netflix suffered outages. people couldn't get their roombas to start. amazon web services was down. it's back up and running now. wall street planned to hear moderna will file for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine today. we'll get the jobs number tomorrow. this is the week tiktok is supposed to shut down if it doesn't sell itself to an american company. the new deadline is friday. they are saying they are having contacting american federal regulators about the issue. they seemed to have lost interest. and "the croods" was number one at the box office. there are some movie theaters open and the movie set a record

for the biggest hit of the pandemic so far bringing in about $10 million. i should point out the movie is distributed by universal, part of our parent company. $10 million is not a lot of money. last year "frozen 2" brought in $181 million in the same time period. so far you can say it's the biggest movie so far in the pandemic. >> the last time this year we certainly didn't know what was coming our way. >> very different. >> take the title any way you can get it. thank you, scott. business is booming for san jose zoom. sales growth expected to more than triple for the second straight quarter. distance learning and working from home is translating into huge profits. investors are looking past the pandemic.

positive vaccine news sparked an initial sell-off. trending this morning one woman making history, one yard at a time. sarah fuller became the first woman to play in a major college football game when she kicked for vanderbilt university against missouri. she stepped in to help fill in for the loss of numerous players due to covid-19 because missouri beat vanderbilt 41-0 she only got on the field once. now that she's on the team she plans to stay there. good for her. trending this morning some armchair book detectives have an interesting case on their hands. a short story and 1,000 copies of his book. he left a single word in each book. together all 1,000 books will form a short story. people are now working together -- coming together on twitter to try to solve that puzzle.

>> you have to put a story together with that? interesting. >> you have to get the right order. >> you could create a lot. interesting. >> i'm 334, you're 335. >> much better. >> but then trying to find all those people. >> hey, 345, give me a call. >> it depends on what 822 is doing. all right. let's get a look at the temperatures. >> kari has the 411 on the forecast. and we're starting out with very low numbers here. it's been so cold, we've had freezing temperatures and we're seeing that again this morning. check out clear lake in ukiah now in the 20s and we are very close to freezing right now in morgan hill. just a couple degrees above freezing in livermore while we are seeing some 40s right now in

oakland as well as hayward. if you are planning to spend some time outdoors and early in the afternoon when it feels nicer. you may be making plans to enjoy a little bit of fresh air. you may be home schooling today. and then all clear with those temperatures warming up today at lunch time. mostly near 60 degrees and reaching into the mid-60s for our inland valleys. still heading into this evening cooling down quickly with the winds picking up. e winds may become quite gusty and our low temperatures tomorrow coming back to the 30s. still looking at the cold fronts moving in and drying out. we are not going to see any rain. we've had high pressure blocking any chance of rain.

even towards sunday it's still looking dry and may not be until the middle of the month before we get a chance of rain. with the extreme drought conditions we do need some rain and we're not going to see it over the next seven days. the dry air causing those extreme temperatures where you have the very cold mornings and cools down once again. we don't have the humidity to regulate those temperatures. as we check out san francisco some low results going through the week. sunshine through the rest of the forecast. people need the heaters on in the car, right? exactly. if you're lucky enough to have a seat warmer probably turn that on, too. a look at the roadways and a smooth drive. nothing major to worry about. the bottom of the screen 237 eastbound, the crash did clear from the roadway.

everything moving smoothly over to 880. as we look over here slowing late. it wasn't a problem until a little while ago. it's not a problem but we see slowing there as well as 84. of course overall lighter traffic flow, of course. highway 4 the crash off 242 eastbound on highway 4 that is still on the chp report. no slowing there and the bay bridge toll plaza, the map shows all routes getting to the bay bridge no problem and an easy, light drive, a smooth drive into san francisco across westbound 80. back to you. 5:20 for you that morning. new clarity on the honor for the late kobe bryant. inducting him into the basketball hall of fame. and immigration, why hundreds of millions may be on the line for states with large immigrant populations.

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welcome back to you. 5:23 this morning. and developing right now authorities in mississippi are investigating the shoot-out at a biker bar that happened early yesterday in rural mississippi about 75 miles north of jackson. at least 11 people there were shot. amazingly all of them survived. authorities recovered guns and stolen property. they're still working on announcing arrests. and a manson family member serving life in prison will not go anywhere anytime soon. governor newsom blocked the release for the fourth time. the parole board and governor newsom reversed the decision saying she still posed a danger. she helped kill an l.a. grocer and his wife. governor brown and newsom have each blocked her release twice. supreme court justices may shift political power and billions of dollars away from

states with large immigrant populations. the trump administration wants to send congress a census report that excludes undocumented immigrants. the court will decide if the president has the authority to do that. at stake is any doled out by population including congressional seats and more than a trillion dollars in grants. basketball fans can make their calendar, make it set and mark it with a date now. that has been set to induct the late great nba star kobe bryant into the basketball hall of fame. that event was supposed to happen in august. in the spring it was pushed back. the new date is now may 13th. one of nine 2020 inductees. others include longtime stars kevin garnett and tim duncan along with wnba star tameka catchings. production resumes on "jeopardy" today.

ken jennings will serve as the first of several planned guest hosts. he died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. the final week of episodes will air beginning january 4th. coming up for you on "today in the bay," the top stories including that breaking news. seeking fda approval for the vaccine candidate. find out how soon the first dose may be at the hands of health care professionals. plus, new rollbacks take effect and as restrictions kick in across the bay area concerns mount about a possible new wave of cases and hospitalizations following the thanksgiving holiday.

right now at 5:30 people across the bay area are waking up to new covid-19 restrictions. why one county's policies may apply to you even if you don't live there. plus -- >> to find that out while we're living on the plane, it was extremely disappointing. >> scrambling to find a home. why future 49ers home games suddenly in limbo. and turn on the heater. just how long these low morning temperatures are expected to dip. "today in the bay" starts right now.

a very good monday morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. first let's start out with the cold start to this morning. meteorologist kari hall has a look. is it going to warm up today? yes. we are going to warm up today but we are starting out below freezing in some of our inland valleys and we'll have at times gusty winds picking up. our weather stays dry and we don't have any rain in the forecast through the next several days. looking at current temperatures in the 20s and 30s in some of our inland valleys and some 40s for parts of the inner bay and peninsula. a look at what to expect as the day goes on. mike, any issues for the morning commute? >> maybe issues. i don't know changes. a feel for the volume which is starting to build in san francisco out of oakland.

over on the left-hand side you do see some yellow sensors now for the incline areas. potentially a factor. right now a smooth drive everywhere. i did get more detail, new detail on the crash in san jose. we'll update that coming up. back to you. breaking news for you this morning, moderna is filing today for emergency use authorization of its covid-19 vaccine. the drug maker says that its coronavirus vaccine is 94% effective with no serious safety concerns. the fda's vaccine committee is expected to review data talking about how soon it may roll out. >> they plan to have trucks rolling within a day, maybe within 24 hours of approval. it's really a question for them. >> cases continue to grow

following the thanksgiving holiday. 6.1% of people getting tested are testing positive. 6.8% here in the bay area, the positivity rate stands at 3%. marin county the only bay area county in the red tier is smaller population wise but stands at 1.5%. it's a new day in santa clara county which has the most severe covid restrictions in the bay area. it could impact you even if you don't live in this county. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez with really the biggest change a quarantine order for travelers coming into this county. >> reporter: people who live here, people coming here for work. as of today there is a

quarantine order in effect. that means if you live or work here in this county and you travel 150 miles or more by air, by train, by car, doesn't matter how you get here, you will be required to quarantine for 14 days upon return. north of clear lake or east of sacramento. except for health care workers and essential government workers. the hotels will be open for those essential travelers and for people who need to isolate or quarantine but that's it. a temporary ban on contact sports and with all of the covid cases spiking around the bay area reaction is mixed. >> for most people that doesn't really -- that won't really fly with their lifestyle. some people might not be able to work from home. i don't know if they'll miss out on income. >> i think it's a good idea.

with the numbers ticking up. >> reporter: santa clara county might be the most strict in the bay area but san francisco and san mateo counties went into the purple tooeier. no more indoor dining, fewer people in stores at what should be one of the busiest times of year for retailers. we've heard counties saying they are starting to issue citations, cracking down on businesses not following code restrictions. the education period has been eight months going and at this point everybody should know what the rules are. >> kris, thank you. a live look at levi's stadium. the san francisco 49ers are scrambling to make serious adjustments after santa clara county's latest health restrictions banning contact sports for three weeks. the next two home games are off

the table following the big win against the rams running back mostert talked about trying to roll with the punches. >> it's been a struggle not having my little family. sorry if i get emotional but it's really tough. i miss them so much. >> head coach kyle shanahan says the niners are upset because of how they found out about the ban flying to l.a. from the county news conference like everyone else. he said it will cause added disruptions as the holiday approaches. and a new ban leaving others scrambling. they've had to cancel their last two home games. now the game is in jeopardy. they are in talks with the mountain west conference to come up with a backup plan.

7 million airline passengers, a little less than half of what we saw last year. here an average of 18,000 went through sfo per day. 75% below average. san jose airport also saw far fewer travelers this holiday week but it's too soon to reveal final numbers. tomorrow fda you advise oeors w vote on who should receive it first, likely health care workers. there's a debate if residents of long care health facilities should be next on the list. the extreme measures being taken to ensure those vaccines are delivered safely. at least four different vaccines are at varying levels of approval and each has their own storage and distribution requirements. fizers needs to be transported on dry ice to stay cold. >> using the dry ice is

complicated. you have to have special gloves, a scooper for the dry ice and also goggles. >> even fedex is creating new sensors to track shipments. new overnight for you a fire in the east bay at a paper packing plant. it happened just outside on bristol street in livermore. burning cardboard was as difficult to control but that fire now out. luckily no one was injured. and cyber monday could be the largest ever in terms of sales and more people shopping from home during the pandemic. bob, retailers could use the sales after the traffic foot was down a lot this past black friday. >> reporter: yes, marcus, black friday was down. i saw it in the couple of stores i visited. cnbc reports those who visited the brick and mortars was down over 52% compared with last year. now that being said, spending

online this past friday jumped almost 22% compared with last year. that was the second largest online spending ever. and today could become the largest. cnbc reports that today, cyber monday, could see a 10.8 billion dollars in sales which would be about 15% to 35% more than last year. the owner of a clothing boutique in willow glen is hoping to catch some of that action today. since the shelter in place began she has moved a lot of her business online where she is making half of her sales as opposed to nothing before the pandemic. black friday was close to last year's. she feels her online presence will help her business weather the new covid restrictions we've been reporting on just put into place in santa clara county. >> there's a bit of relief that

this holiday weekend did go well. i am hopeful the rest of the season goes well. every decision i make is met with trepidation. i'm not able to just relax and, you know, make business decisions the way i used to before. what if it's the wrong thing that i did? >> the owner tells us she is spending a lot move time on marketing especially when it comes to promoting her social media presence. the social media presence on instagram. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> we all should do what we can to help out some of the small businesses, small business saturday. not just saturday. let's keep it going into the week, too. maybe everyone should invest in a coat or a sweater today, don't you think, marcus? >> i think so. i actually have three coats i no longer can wear so i'm looking for a place to donate those.

i guess i could pull them back out. you will need those heavy coats today. >> yeah, maybe just wrap up with a blanket that can keep you warm. the heated blanket has been coming in handy for me the past couple of days. if you're heading out the door soon live in san jose and look at our temperature trend throughout the day. we're starting out with some 30s but we're heading to the low 60s. more days like this overhe t nexteveral days. mike, getting out the door, how is the commute looking? the commute looks great and lighter. we have that slide. as we look at the south bay map we're calling out a new detail for the crash in the south bay. san jose was eastbound 237. actually the detail comes out in the opposite side westbound. just wanted to give you the

update. more slowing out of the altamont and through the tri-valley. we'll show you the bay bridge coming up in just a few minutes. thanks, mike. 5:40 for you this morning. coming up on "today in the bay" some of the most severe covid-19 restrictions in the country take effect. the new limitations now in place in southern california to try to contain the surge in infections. >> president-elect biden to name more people to powerful posts in the white house, nearly all of them women. plus, do you smell what the rock is freezing? the new culinary creation from the a-list actor just ahead of the holiday. it's for adults only. today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow.

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good monday morning. right now at 5:43 it's time to get up and moving and it's a cold start this morning. let's get a live look outside in dublin with our temperatures in the mid-30s. it is a morning where we have to crank up the heater but we're going to have a comfortable afternoon as we head towards the 60s. we'll get a look at all of our microclimates in the forecast coming up. kari, you can probably carry that hot beverage for a nice drive. a lighter flow of traffic around the bay. over the last ten minutes the middle lanes are starting to have that line just forming in the last three minutes.

we'll show the approaches coming up. >> as making it in the bay for lawmakers new action in washington. they are urging congress to sign off on a $100 million rent relief measure. david chew are among those from four western states who recently sent a letter to congress. recent studies find nearly one-third have little to no confidence they'll be able to pay next month's rent. president-elect joe biden will name more top-level staffers to the white house today. >> the president-elect is hobbling a bit. >> the president-elect continues to name a number of women to

high posts in the white house. jen psaki will be a household name. she'll be the latest white house press secretary. she was white house communications director under president obama. biden is expected to run -- is expected to pick to run the council of economic advisers, a lot of experience, cecilia rouse, dean of the public and international affairs. she was born in walnut creek. if confirmed she would be the first person of color and the second woman to run the cea. as for the president-elect, as marcus pointed out, he hurt his ankle, will have to wear a walking boot. otherwise okay. he has a hairline fracture sustained while playing with his dog. we have pictures of his dog major taken back when the bidens adopted him in 2018. the bidens have another dog named champ and both will be at the white house. wisconsin will certify its vote

after finishing a recount that was requested by the trump campaign. that recount found biden beat trump by more votes than originally announced. and now the president of the united states, donald j. trump, on the telephone. mr. president, thank you for being here. >> reporter: president trump did his first full interview by phone with maria bartiromo on fox business. he continues to claim the election was fraudulent but says he understands it's unlikely his complaints about reach the supreme court. his top lawyer claims pennsylvania judges are part of an activist machine after the courts there ruled against trump. now the judge who delivered the opinion shutting down the lawsuit who jenna ellis says is part of a cover-up was appointed by donald j. trump. we're watching everything that's happening in washington with the transition. you can talk with me about it on twitter and facebook. >> thanks, scott.

l.a. county is urging people to stay at home as much as possible over the next three weeks. county recorded 16 additional deaths. those new restrictions mean all public and private gatherings for those not in a household are prohibited. a small percentage of their occupancy. face coverings and social distancing still required at all times and health officials say they're putting a plug in the surge is really paramount as many health care workers are now testing positive. >> can we keep the health care workforce well, well enough, and not overtaxed so they can continue to provide the very excellent care they're all providing right now. >> and just last week l.a. county banned all outdoor dining.

the nfl battling its biggest covid crisis yesterday. yesterday no quarterback suited up for the denver broncos and 18 baltimore ravens are now on the covid list including star lamar jackson with at least 12 testing positive. their game has already been moved from thanksgiving to tomorrow night. the holiday season is contributing to the spike. >> a lot of players, coaches and staff had family members in over the holidays, people who had not been part of their household. we think that will create additional risk. baltimore against the undefeated pittsburgh steelers game airs at a special time, 5:00 p.m., tomorrow right here on nbc bay area. trending for you this morning if you're looking for something sweet, a sweet treat this christmas it dwayne "the rock" johnson has you covered. the rock has a new holiday ice cream spiked egg nog with the star's own tequila.

actually you can buy his five pack of ice cream online for just -- i don't want to say just, but for $65. >> whoa. i was thinking under $100 but then ice cream. >> oh, my gosh. my kids right now learning where do you put the decimal point and that's why it's important. >> going from like ooh to oh. >> exactly. >> home schooling. all right. >> i thought eggnog was made with brandy or rum? >> when it's your own tequila you do what you want. >> merry, merry christmas.

a look at the forecast. a cold start today, kari. you can make some ice cream outside with these temperatures this morning. we've had freezing temperatures. over the weekend we put up our christmas decorations and i posted a couple of pictures on social media. i'm loving laura's decorations right now so maybe you want to check out her page, too. i'm @karihallweather on twitter as well as instagram. how cold it is this morning. it makes it so hard to get out of bed when you know it's going to be so cold in the house. we've had temperatures dipping below freezing and mostly 40s we're seeing for the bay and along the coastline and then we're going to see our high temperatures today reaching for the mid-60s. it's going to shape up to be a nice one f. you're planning to head outside enjoying fresh air maybe after home schooling the kids we will reach into the

mid-60s in the east bay and we're going to see some highs up to 68 degrees in santa rosa. but most of us in the mid-60s from the south bay over toward oakland reaching 62 degrees. going through the week no changes here. we see these cold fronts approaching, the rain just dries up before it gets here. we're at times going to have gusty winds so we do have the concern of some higher winds as we go through the week with all of this dry weather. we'll have to watch out for fire conditions. and, yes, we're still talking about that in december because we don't have any rain and we don't see any in the forecast through the next week. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? it's looking pretty good but the build is there. i did get word of a fender-bender around the metering lights but no metering lights just yet. the arrow on our map does show you that same area, slowing

where you just saw on the live camera as well as slowing up the incline. these are the volumes, folks getting pushed together fewer lanes on the span than approaching the span, of course. getting over to the altamont pass, no problem. a little slowing for 84 but it's holding steady cutting through livermore to sunol. i want to mention livermore as well. ace train number one reportedly hit someone on the tracks. that will stop the train between vasco and livermore, ace train 1. we'll track it. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now for you pfizer's first batch of its covid-19 has arrived. according to a source the airline flew its first charted cargo flight from belgium with a vaccine onboard and it remains unclear how many doses were onboard or when exactly that shipment arrived. there's a lot more ahead this morning on "today in the bay" including an act of kindness in the east bay at a

time when the need is so great. plus, incredible new video of a volcano erupting in asia. check out how close some people were to when it happened. up next, what they had to do just to get out of the way. and more new video to show you this morning, can you make out that bright light speeding across the sky? what was it? we'll talk about it when we return. you're watching "today in the bay." it's not easy now with this pandemic. second harvest makes me really really happy. meatballs, mexican rice, chicken enchiladas, and mole. for almost twenty years. *speaking in spanish

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right now it's 6:00. large parts of the bay area waking up to new covid-19 restrictions. the south bay warnings are going out to travelers returning home

to stay at home for 14 days to stop the surge. and on the peninsula up to san francisco the news people there were hoping would never come. they are sliding back to the most restrictive tier. and all this coming as president-elect joe biden prepares to meet with key coronavirus task force members. we're covering all fronts of the escalating surge as we get back from the holidays and perhaps back to a new reality. the third hour of "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. it is cold out there. of course we'll talk about those roads coming up in a bit with mike. first we have to talk about those temperatures. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that for us. i wanted to stay under the covers a little longer this morning. it makes it so hard to get out of bed especially on a monday morning when you know it is cold