good morning. it is sunday, december 6th. 7:00 on the dot as we are looking live outside in san jose at the civic center on a cloudy, chilly morning. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins with us your microclimate forecast. hey, good morning. we do definitely have the clouds out there, also some fog over san francisco. we have some changes ahead. it will come in the form of wind later tonight. san jose, 46 degrees right now.

check out how cold it is still in fairfax. let's look at some of the headlines we are forecasting and monitoring. that late wind will help improve some of the air quality. we were under a spare the air alert. this will bring an increase in fire danger for the north bay mountains. i'll go into more detail on that. there's a beach hazard statement starting some. >> we'll see you in about 15. thanks so much. life is about to change once again for millions of people here in the bay area. tonight a stay-at-home order goes into place for a majority of people here in an attempt to curb the growth of covid. as hospital workers continue to be stretched to the limits, businesses are now bracing for big losses. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana reports from san francisco.

>> reporter: in san francisco's castro neighborhood cocktails al fresco have become a regular part of many people's saturday night ritual. >> so sad. i don't know what we're going to do the next couple of weeks. >> reporter: at the costco some people have already started stocking up. >> they didn't have any toilet paper, were out of bottled water. the things from last time in march when we had the frenzy, those are gone again. >> reporter: san francisco and several other bay area counties will enforce the stay-at-home order even before the region as a whole is required to. the bay area region still has 21.7% of intensive care unit beds avail , more than the 15% trigger set by the state. the san joaquin valley and southern california regions just fell below that threshold this region. those areas will now begin the shelter at home order sunday night. the big concern is not necessarily icu beds but people

who work those facilities. >> staff is so critical and staff are getting sick, are becoming demoralized and the more we have covid in the community will get sick not just from colds but sick from covid as well. >> reporter: even as millions of californians prepare to go into another stay-at-home order, there is a glimmer of hope. a member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee said they will vote on approval next thursday and vaccinations could start soon after. >> if the fda commissioner decides to issue approval on that day when the vote is taken as early as friday of next week we could see vaccinations happening across the country. >> reporter: frontline medical staff will be among the first to get the vaccine. that does not mean they will immediately be protected. that's because the pfizer formula requires a second shot 21 days later so the vaccine may not do much to ease the december stay-at-home order.

sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. ft. mason's popular drive-in movies will go dark during the stay-at-home order. a popular source of outdoor entertainment, films were $49 per car and included an opportunity to get concession snacks. >> it's complicated. you have to strike a balance between how people police themselves. >> it will close until the new year when the new health orders expire january 4th. streets were shut down to help restaurants set up tables, put out umbrellas and heaters. that's all going away and cars will be returning to downtown areas. something some people don't necessarily want anymore. here is "today in the bay's" marianne favro from palo alto. >> reporter: it may be the last night evan johnson and his

family can walk down the middle of california avenue in palo alto this year. at 10:00 they will prohibit outdoor dining until january. restaurants here will have to revert back to only offering takeout and delivery. the street will reopen to make that easier. >> i'm really disappointed. i really liked the outdoor dining. i like that it's been closed off to the cars. it's just a really nice atmosphere out here. >> reporter: richard and eileen specifically dined outdoors because they knew it would be their last chance for a while. eileen says she's always felt safe dining al fresco. >> i do think it's a bit extreme. i do. because we -- our restaurants, the people that work in the community, this is another blow to them. >> reporter: michael is one of the owners of italico with only

to go orders he says he'll be forced to reduce his staff to a third of what it is now. >> we're trying to spich like we did before, takeout only. it affects our business a lot. we have to let people go. that's the main concern we have. consequences are unemployment and that's the saddest part. >> reporter: restaurants here also have to scramble to take down their tents, move their furniture and store patio heaters to atccommodate cars rolling through tuesday. measures pushed aside for now. in palo alto, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. a group of parents in the east bay say they're fed up with their kids' remote learning and are calling on health officials to reopen city schools. the parents gathered in berkeley

for a socially distant protest yesterday. they say remope learning doesn't work for all families and argue all the screen time takes a toll on their children's development. >> it's difficult to connect with what it means to be a student when you don't have other people learning around you. >> the parents are calling on the berkeley unified school district to come up with a plan for reopening that goes beyond the currently proposed four hours per week for elementary schools only. in a statement the district replied, quote, berkeley unified is currently working diligently to be ready to reopen our schools in a hybrid model that will balance families' differing needs at the point that state and county health officials indicate that it is safe. so here is a look at the state's positivity rate. it's an important metric for tracking the spread of the virus. this graph shows we focused on the last four months.

december 4th it was just about 5% and a steep slope down. the very next month in october the positivity rate was at 2.8%. in early november that's when cases started to right again. 3.3%. and if you look at just friday, two days ago, the positivity right soared to 7.6%. >> we know there are so many moving parts. we want to keep you up to date and on track with this new stay-at-home order. we've broken it down for you on our website, nbcbayarea.com. click on the red bar you see there at the top of our home page. and just as if 2020 wasn't hard enough how about some fire danger in december. we track power shutoffs because of the windy and dry conditions. pg&e is updating the situation and has been overnight.

statewide it could impact 92,000 customers in 16 counties and two tripal communities. we're told about 2,500 could lose power in napa county. in sonoma county we're told by pg&e just a few dozen customers would be impacted. at 7:09, much more ahead on "today in the bay." if you watch every sunday you know we will take you live to chuck todd who has a preview of this week's "meet the press." he's only 14 and has received a call from vice president-elect kamala harris. he has his artwork on display in los angeles. now he can add yet another coveted title. hey dad, i'm about to leave. don't forget your hat . good morning. how can i help? i need help connecting with my students. behind every last minute save, ok, that works. and holiday surprise, thank you! a customer service rep is working unseen,

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welcome back. it is time now to bring in chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." as always, thanks for joining us this morning. i always have so many questions

for you but i want to start not with covid, surprisingly. i want to talk about progressive and equality groups. they're pushing president-elect joe biden for more representation in his cabinet as he's been revealing his picks. if he's not able to meet so many competing demands what are the chances he will upset his own supporters before he even takes office? >> well, look, i think he's finding out how hard it is to please everybody. we spend a few minutes on this very topic on "meet the press." right now so far nobody is happy. some african-american leaders have been expecting more african-americans to be named and they've been disappointed. some hispanic leaders have expected more and they've been disappointed. the head of the asian american pacific islander caucus with the dnc has been disappointed. he has some demographic challenges when it comes to

diversifying his cabinet and you brought up progressives. i'll say this, i do think that politically the president-elect certainly the african-american community he cannot afford to be disappointing. he himself said it. you had my back, i have to have yours. and so on those fronts i think that's where he's potentially at the greatest risk. his whole political coalition could come undone. progressives, though, that's an interesting thing. progressives didn't want joe biden. progressives worked against him, particularly in california. so it's not as if biden will actual actually snub progressives but i don't think he feels he has to work as hard as to apiece leaders in some of the other constituency groups we've been talking about. >> i only chuckled a little bit because you referenced california. i feel we're always getting a bad rap out here on the west

coast. >> not at all. >> i do want to switch gears, you have dr. deborah birx on your show today. president-elect biden said he does want a national plan for covid-19. he says the trump administration does not have one. he would ask everyone to wear a mask his first 100 days in office. what's the possibility of that happening? how will he be able to move forward with that? >> look, i do think it's -- he's smart to try to ask a bite-sized -- make a bite-sized proclamation. don't talk about lockdowns. don't talk about partial shutdowns. everybody wear a mask 100 days. it takes you to may 1st and that is when we should see the vaccines ramping up. on theory on paper it should be a reasonable request. let's see if the public finds it reasonable by the time he makes it on january 20th.

it's interesting and i look forward to having you watch deborah birx on the show today. she makes a few statements without saying a word. she did the entire interview wearing a mask indoors. because that is the latest guidance that says if you are not in your own house and indoors you should wear a mask. she is trying, i think, to projected, trying to model behavior. but, of course, i would argue the focus of the task force have tried to tell us a lot of stuff. the problem is what their boss has been telling america. >> we will stay tuned for that, chuck. thank you for that insight. we hope you will join chuck. he'll have an exclusive interview with white house coordinator dr. deborah birx. he'll also have interviews with senator joe manchin and with georgia voting systems manager gabriel sterling.

be sure to tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast. we hope you stick right here because in about 30 minutes from now we will talk to nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment. we'll take a look at next month's special run-off contest in georgia for two u.s. senate seats. what it means for joe biden's presidency, what it means for republicans and democrats. 7:16. turning to other news now. helping families in need during the holiday season. samaritan house held its drive in san mateo. of course because of the pandemic things had to be moved outside to allow for enough social distancing. the nonprofit organization handed out gift cards to families and gave out food to make sure no one goes hungry. >> food insecurity is running really high right now. we have tripled the amount of food going out. we may give out between 2 million and 2.5 million meals. there are thousands of people

lined up at our doors every week. >> samaritan house says many families have lost work, of course this year because of the pandemic and this is their first time getting help from the nonprofit organization. they're seeing a lot of new faces. an easy way to help is through our nourishing neighbors food drive. the next time you're at safeway at the check-out just make a $10 donation and it goes right to local food banks. it goes through december 29th. a little bit of levity to the south bay teenager who painted the portrait of vice president-elect kamala harris. he has been named one of time magazine kid of the year honorees. this time lapse video of painting a portrait of harris that quickly went viral. he even spoke with our own raj mathai and got a call from the

vice president-elect "time" named him in their award. he has overcome challenges with the help of his art, some of which is on display at the heirs to the throne exhibit at the beverly center in los angeles. 7:18. we'll check in with our girl vianey arana with our microclimate forecast. it sounds like tonight we have potential fire danger which is unsettling to think about in december. absolutely. something just came in from the national weather service. they have decided to issue a red flag warning that will take effect for the north bay and east bay and that's major. that takes effect at 11:00 p.m. take a look at just how gusty the models are predicting the winds will be. overcast skies in san francisco. you can see 46 over san jose.

i want to show you doppler radar, that increase in cloud cover. it's a cold front we're monitoring that is expected to sweep through. today's daytime highs in the upper 50s. 63 degrees. there's also a beach hazard statement that will be going into effect starting on monday all the way through tuesday for west/northwest facing beaches so keep that in mind. we're talking about dangerous sneaker waves and strong rip currents. never turn your back to the waves, of course. this is going to be major heading into tonight. the red flag warning takes effect at 11:00 p.m. there is now also wind advisories. look at santa rosa and napa. you can see it gust 25 miles plus miles an hour. those really early morning hours

when we see the howling winds. look at napa. it's especially going to be dangerous for the north bay mountains and the higher elevations pushing that time line forward through monday. we really see the peak wind gusts diminish right around late monday afternoon and then by 7:00 you can see the winds die down. so it goes from extremely gusty to breezy into monday. it's those overnight hours. long-range outlook shows the dry days will continue. even though the wind will help improve our air quality it will dry us out. think of the lack of rain. looking out ahead into friday there is a possibility we'll get another wind event that will make its return into the midweek and by next weekend the possibility of some rain heading

into next sunday with the models showing a system making its approach. it's important to keep in mind the national weather service has just decided to issue a red flag warning that will take effect starting at 11:00 tonight and a wind advisory will be in effect. you can see it will be in the upper 60s. notice that 70 high pressure rolls back in and keeps us dry. kira? >> that 70 is surprising to see. i'll take it. vianey, thanks so much. 7:21 right now. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up we have your guide to a successful holiday season. everything for how to compare and get the best prices for gifts to the shipping deadlines you don't want to miss.

welcome back. at 7:23 we have some breaking news out of mendocino county. the seismograph showing a

magnitude 4.3 quake shook about 13 miles south of ukiah. it hit just about 20 minutes ago, just 7:03 this morning. preliminarily no reports of any damage nor injuries. again, a 4.3 quake in mendocino county south of ukiah. we will continue to follow this and bring you any news as it develops. well, we are less than three weeks until christmas. four days until hanukkah. those holiday shipping deadlines can creep up on all of us before we know it and the pandemic has added to the rise of online shopping and issues with shipping delays. the good news, though, apparently retailers are making changes to ensure we all get what we need when we want it. nbc's vicky nguyen on what you should do and when you should ship. >> reporter: holiday shipping is officially in overdrive. >> online shopping is going to be bigger than ever this year.

>> reporter: in part because of earlier black friday sales and consumer reluctance to shop in stores which means an unprecedented amount of packages are being shipped. during the peak season between thanksgiving and christmas more than 86 million packages are expected to be shipped each day. that's 18 million more a day than last year. and the clock is ticking. major carriers have already locked in shipping deadlines. december 15th is the last day for all u.p.s. and fedex ground shipment. but in the fine print they all warn there's no guarantee your shipment will be on time. unprecedented slowdowns. fedex and u.p.s. are delivering 97% on time and 95% with the u.s. postal service. the u.s. postal service expects

the december of 7th to increase and the week of the 4th to be the busiest for mailing, shipping and delivering. >> nightmare scenario your kid doesn't get that special gift under the tree because of shipping. >> reporter: what do shoppers need to do? >> don't be a last-minute shopper. get it now and ship asap. >> reporter: experts warn tvs and bicycles might take longer to ship. compare different options for the best price. check out parcel monkey. enter the details and get the different prices from various shippers. to speed up delivery thousands of walmarts, targets and best buy stores are doubling and online fulfillment centers and some retailers are offering same day delivery in select cities.

how much quicker will customers see their packages? >> some of our customers order items in the morning and receive them in the afternoon, as fast as that. >> reporter: tom ward is the senior vice president of products at walmart. >> reporter: so in the past you order something and have to wait for it to come from. >> big, giant warehouse. someone can get it to you quickly. >> that's right. >> reporter: i've been telling people not to wait until the last minute, and now you're saying they can procrastinate. >> they can buy more gifts and spoil more people or themselves and be rest assured it will arrive quickly. 7:27. we do have metropolitan more ahead on "today in the bay." all eyes on the uk as it begins to roll out the covid vaccine this week and the u.s. could approve it as later this week. the blueprint the uk is laying out

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good sunday morning. it is december 6th. we're taking a live look outside at cloudy skies over the san jose civic center. a chilly morning out there. we really appreciate you starting your sunday morning with you. no sunshine on the horizon just yet. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us next. it feels like 2020 just keeps going with the feels and we do have something to report this is breaking from a couple minutes ago a preliminary 4.4 magnitude earthquake near the ukiah area in mendocino county. let us know if you felt it. as of now from my understanding no reports of any damages or injuries but if you felt it let us know. something to keep in mind. in addition to that there is a red flag warning issued that will start at 11:00 tonight.

a wind advisory will take effect and, gentlemen, we are in december expecting for the winds to gust in the overnight hours, 30, 40 plus miles an hour potentially heading into monday morning. it is going to keep us extremely dry overnight. southern california has been seeing these red flag warnings. i'll have the full forecast in a few minutes. >> we'll see you in about 15. thanks so much. life is about to change for millions in the bay area. another stay-at-home order takes effect for much of the region. businesses are bracing for big losses and hospital workers are stretched to the limit. sergio quintana has more from san francisco. >> reporter: in san francisco's castro neighborhood cocktails al fresco have become a regular part of many people's saturday night ritual.

>> so sad. i don't know what we're going to do. >> reporter: some people have already started stocking up. >> they didn't have any toilet paper, bottled water. the things in march, those are gone again. >> reporter: they have decided to enforce the stay-at-home order even before the region as a whole is required to. the bay area region has 21.7% of beds available more than the 15% trigger set by the state but the san joaquin valley and southern california regions just fell below that threshold this weekend which means those areas along with much of the bay area will begin the shelter at home area. the big concern is not necessarily icu beds, it's the people who work those facilit s facilities. >> staff is so critical and staff are getting sick, staff are becoming demoralized.

the more we have covid in the community, are not just going to get sick from regular colds and things in the winter but sick from covid as well. >> reporter: even as millions prepare to go into another stay-at-home order there is a glimmer of hope. a member of the vaccine advisory committee said they will vote on approval next thursday and vaccinations could start soon off. >> if the fda commissioner decides to issue approval on that day when the vote is taken as early as friday of next week we could see vaccinations happen. >> reporter: frontline medical staff will be among the first to get it but that does not mean they will immediately be protected. the pfizer formula requires a shot 21 days later so the vaccine may not do much to ease the december stay-at-home order. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. another attraction in san francisco is shutting down temporarily.

ft. mason has been a source of outdoor entertainment for many. moviegoers we spoke with say they're torn about this but understand why it needs to close. it will be closed until january 4th when the new health orders expire. in many cities across the bay area streets have been shut down to help restaurants set up tables, move out heaters and umbrellas. now that's all going away and the slow streets movement is going with it. marianne favro reports from palo alto. >> reporter: it may be the last night evan johnson and his family can walk down the middle of california avenue in palo alto this year. at 10:00 santa clara county will prohibit outdoor dining until january, restaurants here will have to revert back to only offering takeout and delivery and the street will reopen to make that easier. >> i'm disappointed. i really like the outdoor dining and i like that it's been closed

off to the cars. it's a really nice atmosphere. >> reporter: richard and eileen spes ofcally dined outdoors because they knew it would be their last chance for a while. eileen says she's always felt safe dining al fresco. >> i do think it's a bit extreme. i do. our restaurants, the people that work in the community, this is another blow to them. >> reporter: michael is one of the owners of italico with only to go orders he says he'll be forced to reduce his staff to a third of what it is now. >> we're trying to switch like we did before, takeout only. but, of course, it affects our business a lot. mostly because we have to let people go. that's the main concern we have. consequences are unemployment

and that's the saddest part. >> reporter: in addition to the financial challenges restaurants here have to scramble to take down their tents, move their furniture and store patio heaters to accommodate cars rolling through here again starting tuesday. investments to survive covid pushed aside for now. in palo alto, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. pfizer's covid vaccination could be approved for emergency use in the u.s. as soon as thursday. in the uk hospital workers are training this weekend to administrate the vaccine as soon as tuesday. that's when the first vaccines will be given to those most at risk of dying from the virus and to those most likely to spread the virus. medical officials at coventry say staff members are getting

ready for hundreds of vaccines a day. >> we expect to go up to 400 a day and beyond that 500 and above. if we need to increase that, where do we go next? we're making every -- >> they will receive 800,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine which is enough to vaccinate 400,000 people. one of the challenges is to make sure everyone comes back for the second round of the shot three weeks after getting the first one. as things continue to change in the bay area with stay-at-home orders and all sorts of covid changes we have it all broken down for you on our website. you can stay up to date in your county. click on that red bar at the top of our home page. and now we're talking about fire danger in december as if 2020 wasn't bad enough already.

we continue to track the potential power shutoffs because of these windy and dry conditions. pg&e has been updating the situation overnight. statewide the shutoffs could impact about 92,000 customers in 16 counties and two tribal communities. in the bay area 2,500 customers could lose power in napa county and pg&e tells us that in sonoma county only a few dozen customers would be impacted. changing gears now new this morning a chaotic and deadly scene overnight in the south bay, a car struck a street light pole killing one person and injuring at least three others. it happened just after 3:00 this morning at king road and story road in east san jose. it's not clear whether the driver survived the crash or if the others were inside the car. police temporarily shut down story road while they canvassed the area.

president trump held a rally in georgia yesterday supporting two candidates in a high stakes senate race. republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler are in run-off elections that could change the dynamic for the u.s. the president delivered a long speech in support of both senators. several times he blasted georgia's republican governor over the election outcome. the crowd cheered for the president with chants of four more years and also cheered when he made false claims of election fraud. >> i wanted to come see my president and my next president for the next four years. >> does that mean you don't accept biden won the election? >> biden did not win at all. >> georgia's ballots have been recounted twice. trump is demanding a separate signature check for all voters. the governor says he cannot legally do that.

as for president-elect joe biden he attended church in wilmington, delaware, yesterday morning. he walked into the st. joseph church with a slight limp. you may remember it's been about a week since he fractured his ankle playing with his dog. 7:40. still to come on "today in the bay," less than a month away from that special election run-off in georgia that could have a major impact on president-elect joe biden's first term. political analyst larry gerston joins us live in just a few minutes. but first, still perfect. the san jose state spartans improve to 5-0. the last time they were unbeat then late in the college football season. anthony flores tells us next in sports. hey dad, i'm about to leave. don't forget your hat . good morning. how can i help? i need help connecting with my students. behind every last minute save, ok, that works. and holiday surprise, thank you!

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switching their home game to the islands to take on hawaii. first quarter tyler nevens takes the rock 'n' roll 72 yards for the touchdown. the spartans jump out to a 21-0 lead and go on to win it. they're 5-0 for the first time since 1939. >> i just love how our team plays for each other, care about each other. part of this time has been the last month for our team. the beauty of it is we have to do this together. that's what family is all about. i couldn't be more excited. >> cal taking on oregon. third quarter golden bears playing catch-up. it's a touchdown. cal wins for the first time this season upsetting the ducks. give it up to stanford for rolling with the punches. they got kicked out of a mall parking lot trying to practice for washington so had to go to a public park. it didn't bother them against the number 22 huskies.

the cardinals jump out for the lead. 31-26 the final. not bad considering all they had to go through. >> there are two different types of people, people that complain and people that act. you want to be the type that act. let's do it with a positive attitude. it's been the mantra the entire week. women's college hoops, stanford setting up camps in las vegas taking on unlv. the triple and one. cardinal out to a strong start. stanford turning offense into defense. off the black haley jones finishes the break, a career high 25 points. the cardinals blow out the rebels 101-54. stanford improves to 2-0 on the season. the 49ers are off today. they played monday night against the bills. the raiders at the jets later this morning. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores.

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welcome back. the 2020 election is over in most states, but not in the state of georgia where two special run-off elections will take place there january 5th for two u.s. senate seats. at stake the future direction of the u.s. senate and perhaps the biden presidency. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us. hi, larry. as always, great to see you. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i think i just hinted at it, but can you explain why this is such a big deal? >> you've heard the term all the marbles, all the marbles are at stake. that's all. democrats have a smaller majority, still a majority, under nancy pelosi in the house. the republicans have the senate with 50 members, two of whom are up for re-election.

now here is the story. if these two republicans win, then mitch mcconnell has 52 members and a nice majority to work with. on the other hand if the two democrats can somehow win, it's tied 50/50 and the new vp, democrat kamala harris, runs the show in terms of breaking ties. they have to pick up those two seats. otherwise the republicans are in a great position to play havoc with the biden administration. >> with so much riding on both of these contests it sort of has the makings of a national referendum in a sense, doesn't it? you may have heard we had an interview from georgia where voters were saying we don't accept biden as our president. >> already $320 million have been spent since november 3rd on

these two races. experts expect as billions could be spend. 95% of that money is coming in from out of state. you put that together and that's how important this election is. sticking with the president for a moment here he campaigned, as you mentioned, in georgia yesterday. amidst a lot of controversy. what's going on there? >> well, the president continued his mission on grievances saying everything that was wrong with the election, how he really won, issuing one false statement after another. the president has been all over the governor, officials dealing with the count, and has said you

are allowing biden to win. it's not true. in the process the president is giving a mixed message to georgia republicans. why vote again on january 5th and that has put the voters in georgia particularly republicans in a real quandary. do we listen to the president or vote for these two republican senators january 5th? that's the problem president trump has put right on the lapse of georgia voters. and talking about the governor and the director of voting saying the president should accept the outcome of biden's victory even though they both are supporters of president trump and president trump was originally telling people not to vote in another fraudulent election but yesterday telling his supporters to get out and vote.

so what do you think we will see in the month remaining? >> that's a tough question to answer right now. this month will be so interesting. special elections are usually the province of republicans. all the marbles are on the table here. the question is whether the president with his mixed messages will discourage enough republicans that democrats might squeak through. we don't know. between now and january 5th, kira, anyone who is anyone in politics will be in georgia including joe biden who will be down there to campaign as well. this is how serious for not only georgians but for the country as a whole. watch out, hold on this is going to be something to watch. >> larry, i love your enthusiasm every time. thanks so much for your insight. we appreciate you. see you in a week. and we'll be back with a final look at vianey's forecast.

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good sunday morning. we're definitely cloudy to start but we have some pretty big changes heading into tonight and i want to make sure you are covered because we're talking about fire danger. yes, in december. and here is a look at what we are forecasting and monitoring at least for the next 24 hours. we're going to see an increase in winds later tonight that will help improve our air quality. we were under a spare the air

alert. let's talk about the conditions. we just saw the national weather service decided to issue a red flag warning for highlighted areas in red. the north bay, the east bay mountains, the santa cruz mountains, the san francisco area, the peninsula and coast, some pretty gusty conditions, winds 15 to 25 miles an hour with potential for 60 plus-mile-per-hour gusts. for some of those higher peaks and elevations. where you see the tan color, the hayward area, fairfield, there is a high wind advisory in effect for those areas as well. so the peak winds will happen overnight likely while most of us are sleeping and that's where my biggest concern comes in. i want to make sure everyone knows heading into tonight this is what we're monitoring. doppler radar and satellite. you can see no rain. we haven't seen any measurable rain for a while and are not expecting any for the next couple of days but there is a cold front that will sweep in and that's going to kick up our winds once that cold front

passes. microclimate highs this afternoon will be in the 60s. very similar to yesterday. you probably noticed slightly cool they are weekend compared to how we ended up on friday but after this sort of cooldown high pressure that will roll in and warm us up n. addition to the red flag warnings i want folks to keep in mind a high surf advisory will be going into effect. starting on monday all the way through tuesday especially for the west/northwest facing beaches, talking ocean beach, because of dangerous sneaker waves and strong rip currents. never turn your back to a wave. now let's get into those wind gusts. notice the winds start picking up right after 11:00 when the red flag warning takes effect. napa, 25 miles an hour. look what happened overnight. between the 4:00 and 5:00 hour napa and santa rosa 30-plus-mile-per-hour winds and even in through livermore and concord as well. it stays gusty for the first half of monday. it isn't until monday evening when the winds begin to die down

and turn breezy. what can we expect for the long-range outlook? high pressure will keep us dry. we could see a kickup of winds. that high pressure will warm us up and then look at this. next weekend the return of some possibility of some rain at least for the north. still no measurable range. a closer look at the seven-day forecast for san francisco. breezy hills into tomorrow. notice a high of 67. look at the 70 for tuesday. it gets warmer heading into the workweek ahead. be careful. vianey, thanks so much. i like that 70. we do need the rain. thank you so much for making us both a part of your morning. we appreciate it. no 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. news tonight. instead it's "sunday night football" here on nbc. denver broncos at the super bowl champion kansas city chiefs. then sports sunday at 8:30 followed by a special edition of nbc bay area news at 9:00 and

11:00 p.m. with terry mcsweeney. until then can you stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com. we really appreciate your joining us. we hope you have a great sunday. ♪ (vo) add some thrill to your wish list. at the season of audi sales event. get exceptional offers now.

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