mike, how is it looking for the commute? a light commute but more on the wind advisory for the bay bridge. the shot from emeryville, a steady camera. the chp warned about that. a mild slowdown that starts out of the altamont pass. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. new full-time stay-at-home orders are in effect in three bay area counties -- contra costa, santa clara county's new rollbacks went into effect along with san francisco, alameda county's kicks in tonight. tomorrow it's marin. "today in the bay's" tracy poth with the imminent arrival. yes, good morning, the

overall goal is to urge everyone to stay home as rates rise right now in the beginning of seeing the cases from the folks gathering in the thanksgiving holiday. according to what we've red they will look like at the beginning of the pandemic. three today, five tomorrow. alameda, marin, san francisco, contra costa and santa clara county. some of the biggest changes are from the restaurants. no more indoor or outdoor dining. they are limited to carryout and delivery only. retailers are allowed to have indoor business but they must offer it at no more than 20% capacity. what has been a roller coaster

ride or slowly regaining a lead. many are once again closing up shop. take a listen. >> a bummer for all of us here getting in stride of picking back up and re-engaging with our regulars and seeing familiar faces. the next shutdown is a shame. >> many may be wondering about in-person learning. if your district has already implemented in-person learning students are allowed to continue doing that. no school can open under this level of restriction. we're going to be out here live all morning speaking with a business owner who has opened their business.

their feelings and whether or not they feel their business will be impacted. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." we'll check back with you, thanks. two of the five designated regions have already hit critical mass when it comes to icu bed available. that's the metric that triggers this region wide stay-at-home order. you can see the bay area has more beds at 24%. >> this is a critical week for the fda and congress to help families and businesses devastated by the virus. tracie, i know this seems like it's fast for a lot of people but is it true some people could get the vaccine as soon as friday? >> reporter: it is. if approved by the fda they're hoping for a really quick turnaround. the problem is the vaccine may get out quickly.

manufacturing isn't going as quickly as they hope. they meet on the pfizer covid vaccine. >> 36 hours from approval potentially the first immunization could be taking place. >> we're going to focus on those most vulnerable and on the front lines of treating people with covid. >> reporter: making the vaccine has turned out to be more difficult than expected. the government says they're six to eight weeks behind schedule and it's still not clear if people who get the shot can get the virus. the government's operation warp speed designed to push out millions of doses quickly briefs the biden transition team while congress tries to push out financial relief. >> we have a few remaining issues. >> we must come together. >> reporter: the focus, people

who are hungry and need help now. 12 million americans could lose unemployment the day after christmas. small business loans are running out. millions face eviction at the end of this month. >> we're giving relief to the landlords on the condition the person not be evicted. >> reporter: the house is set to leave thursday, the senate next week. the rush is on to get this done. tracie potts, nbc news. history will be made in the uk when the first covid vaccines will be administered. about 800,000 doses will be available this week with vaccines from pfizer. going first to people over 80 years old as well as frontline health care workers. we are taking a closer look at the race for a vaccine answering all of your questions how the covid vaccine is different from other vaccines, who is paying for it as well. ahead at 5:45 how the covid vaccine will be different from

any other vaccine ever administered. and now a live look outside. a little more than two weeks from christmas and we are in the midst of a red flag warning. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us in dublin. we have not had the rain, the wind coming our way, the makings of this red flag warning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. i can feel a little breeze. normally the fire danger is past us at this point in the year. meteorologists are forecasting 40 to 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts in the upper elevations. in the east bay, parts of the peninsula and the santa cruz mountains, that red flag warning in effect until 5:00 tonight. humidity levels could drop down to 25% or 30% some time this morning. we've had little rain.

record dry fuels in the hills where i'm standing. all of that combined ingredients. two destructive fires. back up here in the bay area contra costa county fire keeping their fire stations fully staffed and men and women ready to deploy if there's a wildfire. >> although it's early december, the conditions are such the fire danger is just as high standing here today as in october and november which typically is considered the height of fire season. >> always in the back of my mind i wish it would rain. we need the rain. >> reporter: they are discouraging any outside burning, if you see smoke in the hills, assume the worst. call 911. bob redell, "today in the bay." here we go. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking those conditions for us throughout the morning. how soon will we see the wind

gusts come out? >> we've seen them for the past several hours and that red flag warning continues. one way to tell how windy it is, look at the temperatures. it's 60 degrees in napa and 30 degrees in ukiah. you can see the high wind gusts heating up because of those winds creating all of that warm air across the bay area. the very low humidity and fire danger in the north bay and the hills. it's still windy but we'll gradually see the winds calming down later this evening when that red flag warning will expire.

we have the high winds and high waves along the coast. we'll talk more about this coming up. mike, you've been watching the roads this morning and the wind advisory is up from chp. chp specifically called out the bay bridge. look, we even have our skycam out there. oakland, i saw this camera moving just a couple seconds ago. there you go. the wind is pushing it around. it's on the rooftops. we still have the wind out there affecting folks who are driving as well. a look at the sensors. the big view shows just like we saw everything is moving pretty much at speed. no major problem all around the map. out of the altamont pass and now that cutthrough heading over from 580. mike, it's 509 right now.

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no matter what size vehicle you're driving. a very happy monday to you as well. airbnb and doordash are upping their prices for potential investors as well. doordash goes public wednesday. we'll talk more as they get closer to that event. tracie potts touched on the likelihood of a relief bill coming out of congress after friday's disappointing jobs numbers. not only did the unemployment rate show a lot of people leaving the job market, they've simply stopped looking. one of those situations where the unemployment rate going down is not necessarily good news. the unemployment rate is from people who are actively looking for a job. when people give up trying the

unemployment number can look good but it's not. shares in kodak today, you will recall the trump administration made a deal to loan kodak a whole lot of money so it could help in the manufacture of a vaccine. kodak botched the job of announcing it to the point it looked suspicious. several senators call for an investigation into whether the loan was legit. "the wall street journal" says it's seen the investigator's final report and they say everything was aboveboard. chic-fil-a said it's being mistreated by its chicken farmers, making chicken more expensive than it should be. england has changed its quarantine policies. you don't have to quarantine once you land if you're there for what the government considers a high value reason the ceo coming in. a look at the compensation of

the ceo of san mateo's snowflake. that is the ipo. the ceo has a deal with the company where he's paid the stock and makes $108 million, marcus and laura. you say to yourself $108 million? that is a lot. what would i do with $108 million a year. no, no, no, no. a month. >> wow. and that stock has done amazingly well. >> investors love him. >> there you go. >> it's more like a dime -- >> mind blown. >> take a look at this. how cool does this look? i have to tell you something that may make you sad if you were expecting it to come soon. a delay on the release of the ford bronco. the last time that ford actually built a bronco was 1996.

i never thought about that. ford says it's going to delay it to the 2021 launch until summer because of the pandemic-related problems with the supply chain. the 150,000 or so drivers who reserved the suv are expected to begin the process today that process has now been delayed until mid-january. >> your christmas present will be late this year, marcus. netflix says it has no plans to add a warning before the episodes of "the crown." they wanted to make sure it is known as a work of fiction. netflix responded saying it always presented "the crown" as a drama and feels no need to add a disclaimer. they've talked about it so much people probably know. >> i just finished the last season. it's good. >> oh, did you? >> i did, yeah. >> wow, you had a binge watch weekend then. >> i did.

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we've been talking about the weather for you today. red flag warning, kari. we do have to be careful because the vegetation is so dry and we're getting the high winds. let's start out with the wind advisory that we have for all of the bay area and that hand shading which very much includes everybody at this point. our bay area hills and elevations above 1,000 feet where we could see the winds gust over 60 miles an hour for today and we're expecting the peak of those winds. and our vegetation is dry and basically like what we normally see in october. with the humidity lowering as we go into this morning we'll have to watch out for that and then

those winds are also causing the breakers, over 25 feet. it's dangerous to be there. we could see the rogue waves and sneaker waves along with the strong rip currents we'll be watching for for today. we'll be warmer in spots like santa rosa reaching 67. a fairly calm weather pattern not going to see any rain coming our way. it will be close up around portland and even far northern california some rain chances. a system that could move in for the middle of next week but still it's a dry week for us once again. this is slightly above normal. we'll have the cold mornings dropping back into the upper 30s in the valleys. checking out san francisco,

highs that will reach into the low 60s. a very slight rain chance mainly by monday. mike, you've been watching the commute and high winds may cause issues for the bridges. i've been watching the tough winds. we saw the shake for the camera in oakland. take a look at our fremont camera. right in the middle of our shot we often see that flag flapping around. it's pretty still. not a major problem. a good amount of traffic. on the map it says fremont in the lower corner. your typical slowing out of the altamont. no delays. again, the bay bridge is the only official advisory from chp with gusty winds. back to you. 5:21 right now. homes destroyed.

next the progress made to contain a large wildfire just as more dangerous conditions are moving in. plus, an all new playbook. the strict rules for players with the return to play and no bubble this time around. but first our team is always on social media. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez sharing a time lapse video of she and her husband putting up lights on their christmas tree. that's the way to do it. some untangling there, too. follow kris on facebook, twitter and instagram and share your christmas decorating photos with us. you can tag nbc bay area. you're watching "today in the bay."

working hard in southern california to contain a wildfire burning near homes in orange county. it's called the bond fire, and it is now 55% contained. it's burned more than 7,300 acres and destroyed 30 homes and buildings. hundreds of people are under evacuation orders and told to stay with family or friends or in a hotel if they can find one. with few shelters open due to the pandemic. california may have paid as much as $400 million in jobless benefits. prison inmates. now they are narrowing the focus. the headline san diego county's district attorney is looking at $5 million in fraud.

the investigation is in its early stages. following a baseball season unlike any other. major league baseball and all 30 of the teams suing their insurance providers. the suit claims in part the teams lost billions of dollars playing without fans during the pandemic. the only games that had any fans came during the postseason. and those numbers were extremely limited. two weeks from tomorrow the warriors help tip off the nba season operating under strict health rules. this season the bubble is gone. players will have more freedom. they face social restrictions aimed at curbing possible covid threat including daily testing. >> that means prohibiting bars, restaurants and social gatherings and hanging out with friends and just hangers-on in each city, that's not going to be allowed by the league, by the players.

the warriors tip off taking on kevin durant and the brooklyn nets. that's followed by the l.a. lakers making the rival clippers. strict new closures. not everyone onboard with this. we'll talk about the reason some say these closures are stretching them out way too far. looking to cap extra delivery fees by third party like uber eats and doordash. this holiday season,

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[laughing] that works. we are now mandating we are implementing a stay-at-home order for three weeks. right now at 5:30 shut down for a second time. new shelter in place restrictions now in place. it went into effect overnight. the growing impact on small businesses across the bay area. and struggling to make it in the bay with the clock ticking on the eviction ban what's being done to make sure that renters can protect themselves. plus, dry conditions, gusty winds and growing fire danger. meteorologist kari hall tracking it all including the area seeing the biggest threat. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks so much for joining us. i hope you had a great weekend.

i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to that commute in a bit. nbc bay area issuing that microclimate weather alert due to conditions in the bay area. to kari hall with that. and we're watching out for the high winds that have already been picking up in a lot of our mountains and looking at those gusts, close to 60 miles an hour this morning. that will continue for today. we'll have this wind advisory that will be with us with those low lying areas. we could see gusts up to 40 miles an hour today and 45 miles per hour. as we check out the coastline a high surf warning will be in effect. we'll talk about this coming up. mike, how is it looking getting out the door for the morning commute? kari, green sensors but, look, this just popped up right over here in the upper right corner of the map. that's the yellow highlighting, we're looking at gustier winds kicking up in the north bay, as kari was talking about.

we're talki ining about steel oe roadway. some sort of debris. there may be a flat tire. the rest of the bay moves very smoothly, though, marcus. back over now. five counties have started or are ready to start new restrictive covid guidelines. this is all before the region's icu bed capacity falls below 15%. some struggling restaurants may be unable to survive all of this. cierra johnson is live. this is to explain how the latest stay-at-home order will work. cierra? >> reporter: good morning, marcus. the latest stay-at-home order impacts the five counties and a lot of industries are really shutting down because of it. we're going to get to that in a moment. a business that is still open. even though humans can't be serviced at hair and nails, dogs can be groomed. that's the upside. the down side, these business

owners here at marks well's pet bar opened in the midst of a pandemic. i guess the first question, from an emotional standpoint seeing businesses not able to reopen while you are. how do you feel for them and what is the down side of a business that is able to open while others are not? >> it's heartwrenching. it's such a tight knit community and these are our neighbors and friends. it hurts. you get this order and all the neighbors are coming, this place was packed. there's so much support behind them. we're able to stay open. we're going to have to offer things online quickly. and then other businesses to offer valet services where people can have contactless delivery so that people are

feeling to offer those services. >> reporter: i've seen so many businesses get innovative in how they've had to adapt and pivot. i guess if you could quickly mention what goes into thinking of those creative ways to generate revenue when you can't have as many people or your business model has changed from what you thought it would be? >> sure, things are easier than before to get online. it's easier to get that product online quickly. we still have to figure out the logistics and make sure it's not out of our band width and partnering. just trying to work with our other small business owners and what can we do to support and innovate and send business their way and have a synergy and symbiotic relationship. >> reporter: thank you for sharing that. business down the street, a

restaurant, restaurants in five counties will be no longer allowed to have indoor or outdoor dining that goes from family centers closed, zoos, museums -- marin, contra costa, santa clara and i'm forgetting one. i'll get back to you. business owners hit hard by the businesses. and online, a huge deal right now in the pandemic. a lot of that shopping has been online for christmas. small businesses seeing a big increase with online business, too. as you can see some businesses are open but businesses around the city are struggling because of this pandemic. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> you're so right across the bay area. our hearts go out to them. 5:35. take a look at this, california surpassing texas once again in its overall number of covid-19

cases. the state has more than 1.34 million confirmed infections with more than 30,000 added just yesterday. a third of the total is from l.a. county which added more than 10,000 new infections that is a new record. "the chronicle" putting the dire situation into perspective. one out of every ten californians tested for covid last week tested positive. >> for those struggling most to make it in the bay a new shelter at home order may provide what they need most. and a lot of those cases the time may be short-lived so right now groups like catholic charities are holding online forums to help people stay in their homes and know their rights.

too many families are facing challenges. these are families barely able to make -- to eke by a living. barely able to put food on their table and to pay their rent. >> some fear in march they may have an eviction tsunami when landlords can start taking delinquent tenants to court. happening today santa clara leaders plan on capping delivery fees. an ordinance to cap fees from third parties. supervisors will debate the cap tomorrow and vote on the plan as soon as next month. san francisco, santa clara and berkeley have set limits on delivery fees. some believe too many transit agencies operate in the bay area, and it's time to bring them all under one roof. today they have a chance to express it with the metropolitan transit commission as they hold the regular fare integrate task

force meeting. some argue that the pandemic is all the proof you need that the 27 transit systems should be overhauled with centralized scheduling, fair collection and revenue distribution. others say it's hardly that easy or even feasible. today's meeting will be held virtually. let's take a peek outside. if you want to get outside, maybe go to the coastline, get some fresh air, boy, don't turn your back on the water. the national weather service is warning hazardous conditions are expected today and tomorrow across the northern california coastline. swells could reach as high as 25 feet today. they're advising that if you do need to be near the coast today, be extra vigilant of your surroundings at all times. never turn your back to the water. we were talking about that last week but these are huge swells we're talking about, kari. we were seeing breakers over

25 feet and they can really sneak up on you, the reason they're called sneaker waves and it's hard for people not to go to the beach when the weather is this nice. let's check out ocean beach and our temperature trend today starts out cool but with all of this sunshine we'll make it into the low 60s today. we'll talk more about this as well as the fire danger coming up in a few minutes. mike, what are you seeing now for the morning commute? i'm seeing a little more of a commute showing up now over at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll mention, also, chp overnight gave a note for the crossing spans. there may be gusty winds. keep that in mind, a smooth, easy drive. maybe a little brake tapping. the map doesn't show a problem. contra costa county we do have a new issue affecting folks from brent wood over in toward the rest of your commute. the rest of the bay shows a pretty light drive. back to you. kris? > >> reporter: this is an exciting week. later on the fda will consider that pfizer vaccine we've all

been waiting for. we're wondering how the experience of being vaccinated will be different for most of us in the general population. we'll talk about that coming up. over the weekend the president went down to georgia to support some of the senate candidates down there. we'll tell you how that went coming up. plus, tackling covid restrictions. bay area football teams forced to move out of state and where two of them are now set to take the field. we'll talk about it when we return. 5:40 this morning.

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at 5:42 where we are seeing the winds gusting through that creates friction in the air, the energy warms up temperatures so 60 in napa where we're getting high winds compared to 30 in ukiah where the wind is calm. we'll talk more about this as well as what's ahead for the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. we're looking out to the roadway. we don't want friction. we want the cars moving smoothly on the roadway and not rubbing against each other. a nice, good volume of shots. no incidents there. we do have an issue for contra costa county. an issue for folks heading through byron. it affects more than just that city. kari and mike, thank you. this morning we are kicking off our special series a race for a vaccine. all weeklong we are going to be reporting from right here in our covid crisis center as we answer your questions about the

covid-19 vaccine. now the fda can consider pfizer's vaccine candidate, they tell us they're ready to vaccinate to get it within hours and as we wait for our turn, how it will be different from any vaccine we've gotten. kris sanchez is digging deep. >> reporter: for all the weirdness covid-19 has created from wearing masks on the daily to maintaining social distance it's looking like the experience being vaccinated will be ordinary for the population even if the development was extraordinarily fast. >> i trust him. >> i think the covid was

developed too quickly and under pressure. >> reporter: it could be summer before most of us in the general population are eligible to get a covid vaccine. the pfizer and moderna require two doses. immunity could take a month. t you might experience symptoms like muscle aches and fever. scientists say no worse than a shot for pneumonia. with symptoms that mimic covid itself most people need to stay home from work. mostly people say the protection will be worth it. >> ideally, yes. we want to go around freely. however, i'm going to be very cautious because i would like to understand exactly what i'm putting in my body.

>> i get my flu shot annually. it's not my style. there are a lot of elderly people in my life and i work with people. i want to protect myself. more importantly my family. >> reporter: at this point it's not clear whether we'll need a covid vaccine every year or for those of you who recovered from covid how long you're protected from getting it again which is why a ucsf epidemiologist tells us that convincing the public to get vaccinated is the only way out of this pandemic. >> the vaccines aren't going to save anybody. vaccination is. so having the vaccine means nothing unless people get it. we're going to have to get well in excess of 75% of people vaccinated in order to stop transmission. >> reporter: and you hear a lot about that herd immunity and that is going to take a long time. so by the time it's fair game for those of us in the general population to get our vaccine we will likely get it at our health care provider's office, doctor's

office, the county health department and eventually just at the pharmacy or the grocery store where you get your regular flu vaccine. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you. it's 5:46. president-elect biden's choice to lead the fight against coronavirus is our own attorney general. >> scott mcgrew, we saw xavier becerra is the top pick to run health and human services. that's a surprise. >> it really is. it's really surprising. some of us thought he might be the next attorney general of the united states but the early word is that biden wants him running hhs. now you could argue that becerra doesn't have much background in medicine. he's a lawyer, not a doctor, but he's been at the forefront of defending obamacare leading lawsuits protecting californians' health care in court. becerra would be the person in charge of overall charge of the cdc, the national institutes for health and other agencies that are fighting the pandemic. earlier, a powerful cadre of

professionals wrote a letter to biden urging him to appoint a doctor or other highly qualified director to that position but that apparently is not to be. biden will make a formal announcement tomorrow. dr. deborah birx was on "meet the press" where she said the pandemic will be the worst thing the united states has ever faced. not the worst pandemic, the worst thing the nation has ever faced. historians can debate that in the future some nears from now, certainly the civil war took more lives at least so far. but today is pearl harbor day, 2,403 americans died in that day that will live in infamy. 2,563 americans died of covid friday. president trump was in georgia over the weekend where he talked about the election that he says he won. and for a time discussed how much he likes cucumbers. he's walking a fine line telling supporters not to trust the democratic process while still

encouraging them to go out and vote in two senate elections that determines who controls the senate. one of the republican heads of georgia's elections office. do you believe that the president is doing damage for the republican party in georgia by continuing to stir this pot? >> yes. >> do you think it could cost loeffler and perdue their senate races? >> yes. when he and his lawyers and even his former lawyer are literally saying don't vote. it's mixed messaging, confusing. if you're telling people don't trust the election system, why would they bother? we have that and two debates to talk about. this is loeffler, a senate debate. this is loeffler versus her opponent republican kelly loeffler and her opponent the reverend on the right there. loeffler refused three times to acknowledge biden won the presidential election. in the other race the current senator failed to show up. david perdue's podium was empty

and his challenger jon ossoff answered the moderator's questions all by himself. we're monitoring what's happening in the election and the aftermath. you can follow me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. 5:50 right now. san jose state's football team holding up not only to the challenges on the field but off. the spartans beat hawaii to move to 5-0 after the game was moved to the aloha state. now they're headed to las vegas where they just announced a game against nevada-reno. with a win the spartans could clinch their first conference game. good luck. from college football to the nfl the 49ers face a make-or-break moment at their home away from home. so they take on the afc east leading buffalo bills in "monday night football." they're hosting not at levi's but at state farm stadium in phoenix. this is where they've relocated. the niners got big help with the loss of teams above them.

a win tonight and they would be tied for the last nfc playoff spot with minnesota and arizona. a little christmas cheer going, marcus. there you have it. the queen of christmas. the holiday 100 has returned to the billboard charts and guess who is there. that's right, mariah carey's all i want tofor christmas sitting the top of the list just like an angel on a tree. the song went to number one in the uk for the first time ever. there have only been four songs to ever take over that spot. 1994 hit and that hasn't happened, in fact, since 2014. this is perfect because i think this is one of kari hall's favorite christmas jingles. >> i think kari loves that one. >> come on. >> there are so many other great christmas songs out there and we wear this one out, let me tell

you. >> like an old pair of shoes. >> it is. i was wrapping christmas presents over the week, marcus. thanks for bringing those vibes on friday. that was great. >> do what i can. let's get to the forecast because we are talking about the high fire danger and something we have to keep an eye on today especially in the north bay where the vegetation is very dry and this is also where we're seeing some of those high wind gusts and some of our upper elevations we could see the winds up to 60 miles per hour. we are seeing the vegetation dry, like what we see in october and we haven't had a lot of rain here. the hupt will continue to lower this morning as we start to see the high winds make it down into some of the valleys. looking at wind speed forecast

starting out this morning with gusty winds and continuing through 11:00. napa with 34-mile-per-hour gusts and still pretty high even as we go into early in the afternoon but calming down by 5:00 when the red flag warning will be allowed to expire. as we look at what's going on around the bay area let's head to palo alto. kids are home schooling. temperatures in the mid-50s. if they want to take the breaks before or after home schooling, it will be nice as we get the warmer temperatures and sunshine. we do see a lot of dry weather. notice all the storm systems to our north. we're missing out on all of that because high pressure is blocking it and keeping it to the north. in the meantime we are going to have another drive one.

morning temperatures inland. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? kari, we're looking pretty good, lighter at this part of the year. and we're seeing that. as we look at the toll bridge plaza a backup starting. as we look at the maps no major issues. getting out to vasco from discovery bay down to 580, a disabled vehicle, a bad transmission, so that may be blocking at least one lane. it's dark out there but the rest of the bay moving very smoothly. back to you. >> thanks, mike. rescuing eight endangered giraffes in kenya. this was a peninsula that became

an island when unexpected high levels of water came that way. two of the giraffes were rescued sunday. the delicate operation with each having to be tranquilized, blindfolded and led to a barge that would ferry the animals to new homes. fewer than 3,000 are left in the world. so interesting. what happens to those streets that close for outdoor dining. one popular bay area is doing. plus, a touching tribute for a hollywood hero who meant a lot to so many. next, how fellow marvel heroes honored "black panthers" star chadwick boseman last night. we'll have it all. you're watching "today in the bay." this year, xfinity internet gives you more options

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welcome back to you this morning. 5:58. and the university and california avenue in palo alto are totally back open to traffic tomorrow. the city closed down to allow outdoor dining but now that is over with that new stay-at-home order. that's right. santa clara county is banning outdoor dining until january. restaurants will have to revert

back to only takeout and delivery. one woman dined out specifically because she knew it would be her last chance for a while. >> 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. >> restaurant owners we spoke to say with only to go orders, they'll be forced to reduce staff to a third of what it is previously. right now at 6:00 it's rare for december but here we are. this morning we're in the thick of yet another high fire danger. up next, where people are being warned to stay extra vigilant today. >> fire danger plus more restrictions also in effect this hour. large parts of the bay area went under the new shelter at home orders, so where does your

county stand on those closures? that's coming up for you in a live report straight ahead. and the third hour of "today in the bay" continues for you right now. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. i hope you had a great weekend. thanks for starting your day with us. we'll check in with mike in a moment with a look at that monday morning commute. but kari has a look at our forecast right now. watching out for the fire danger along with high waves along the coastline and we've seen the winds picking up especially in some of our mountains where we have not only the fire danger but the wind advisory as we could see those gusts over 60 miles per hour for today. we're going to see high winds bring in some pretty big breakers up to 25 feet along the coastline. i'm watching all of this in the forecast so we'll talk about the details coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the commute? kari, it looks busier at the bay bridge but it looked like that becau t