in marin county. no icu beds available. what that means for people who get sick. >> we are live at the next hospital getting ready to receive those shots in a matter of hours. senior facilities at the front of the line but that's not happening yet. the reason why and when the vaccinations will begin. and let the rain fall down. this morning we have a better time line of when the latest storm will get to you. straight ahead as we continue with the third hour of "today in the bay" right now. and a good morning to you on this wednesday halfway through the workweek. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike in just a little bit. the rain coming to the bay area, kari, i've been holding off on washing my car for quite some

time. how are we looking? >> you can get a natural car wash tonight. tomorrow once it dries out will be a good day. the rain well to the north of us and arrives later on tonight. as we go into tomorrow it starts to clear out and we're back to dry weather in time for the week. we'll talk about the time line and what you can expect coming up. mike, how is it looking now for the commute? as promised we'll take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where i did see a couple of cars waiting visible on our shot. you see them hitting the brakes in the middle of the approach. there is a build. we may see metering lights on any second if that holds the pattern and the rest of the approach. a little build for the tri-valley.

a live look at marin county, the county now out of available icu beds. the news first came down last night. plans in place for help to provide support such as taking patients in. this map shows you how close others are to that critical stage. san mateo county is teetering near the edge. just above the 15,000 threshold meaning any surge would trigger a region wide stay-at-home order. most bay area counties have already enacted strict measures. >> getting enough people vaccinated will take time, months at the very least. the process has started for frontline workers that includes in concord where bob redell is

live for thus morning. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus, first, some confusion about who would receive the vaccine first. doctors and nurses and people who live in places like nursing homes would as well. that has not happened as of yet. the cdc says people who live in the long-term facilities won't be receiving those first doses until next week or the week after and the reason being the "usa today" reports a lot of these facilities opted into a federal program that relies on cvs and walgreens to administer the doses and that doesn't start until december 21st. hence the delay. in concord more doctors and nurses behind me will be receiving their first doses. contra costa county has received almost 10,000 doses this week, all of which will be going to frontline doctors and nurses.

14 health care workers rolled up their sleeves yesterday for their first of two shots. another five workers at zuckerberg san francisco received their dose. 150 more workers at zuckerberg will receive their first dose starting today. >> it offers peace of mind in terms of safety for my family and for my extended family at home and everyone in my life as well as my patients here and my fellow staff. >> people are asking questions, eager to know when they can get their opportunity to get the vaccine. >> reporter: vaccines for the general public aren't expected to be available until spring. alameda county and the city of berkeley to the west of us expect to receive 13,650 doses on friday. the goal is to have their first responders vaccinated by the end of the month. reporting live, bob redell,

"today in the bay." we have more details this morning, video posted by the veterans administration showing the first pfizer vaccines arriving at the v.a. hospital yesterday this is one of 37 facilities to receive the first vaccine doses. >> the fda has authorize add new way to test for covid at home and will be the first to be sold over the counter. it is made by an australian company. and here is how it works. you swab the inside of your nose. then you add a few drops of the sample with the liquid. it connects to your smartphone and the results show up in an app in about 20 minutes t. costs about $30 and will be avail abl in drugstores next month. the latest on who is giving them out and where, nbcbayarea.com. i want to get straight to washington with the latest on

negotiations over another relief package for americans. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live. where do we stand on the deal right now? >> reporter: still negotiating, laura. lawmakers, the top four democrats and republicans were behind closed doors until after 10:00 last night, late into the evening trying to figure out if they can get this done. two different things they're doing trying to extend government funding to kick the can down the road and do this covid relief bill that would extend unemployment and keep people from being evicted over the holidays. both sides came out showing significant progress and exchanging ideas. they're trying to get it done before friday's shutdown deadline. mitch mcconnell in >> reporter: but president trump tweeting it's too soon and republicans need to, as he put it, learn how to fight. he still has a few legal challenges out there. meantime president-elect joe

biden and democrats are focused on georgia where those two senate runoffs on january 5th could tip the balance of power in washington. laura? >> i'll take it from here, tracie. thank you. 6:07. above anderson reservoir, that area near morgan hill. water levels, if they look low to you, that's because they are and there's a good reason for this. it is being drained for massive earthquake retrofit. we'll find out how much water was left this is a side-by-side, what the dam looks like now and how it did just a few months ago. officials hope the levels are down to around 3%. a live look in indianapolis from inside of our affiliate snow drive cam. one of the many places seeing snow this morning. ooh, it looks so blustery and

cold. more than 60 million americans are under some form of winter storm advisory. the already overloaded postal service is warning of new delays, the result of all the winter weather. priority mail is on saturday. and priority mail express on wednesday. even that does not guarantee that ontime holiday delivery. everyone has to be patient. >> rain, snow, but get this, since most kids are learning at home there will be no snow day. they still have to log on at home. official word will come, i guess, later today for them. when i lived in connecticut just outside of new york city, people were outraged that the kids still had school and there was two feet of snow on the

ground. they caught the subways and they really had the city ongoing as they're doing home schooling. the school district telling the kids to stay home and enjoy. and they're looking at the potential of two feet especially in central new york as that nor'easter comes through. we'll see a wintry mix from d.c. as we look there. we're getting ready for our own storm system and we're excited about that. we'll talk about the time line. mike, how is it looking for the commute? a disabled vehicle in fremont might be on the nimitz. no slowing on the sensors.

over to the north bay approaching the carquinez bridge but the bay bridge further south and no backup. the build is only on the incline. thank you, mike. 6:10. tom cruise not happy. up next what got him all fired up on the set of his latest "top gun" movie. plus -- >> the facebook freakout this morning. facebook -- people realizing how much facebook knows about them thanks to a new tool. mildly higher. the possibility of a stimulus, getting through by friday. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:13 let's get you out the door in the tri-valley as we check out the commute. the roads are dry. you can leave the umbrella at home here. we'll start out with upper 30s. make sure you grab that coat. we're only making it into the upper 50s as the sun peeks out from behind the clouds. a look at the rest of our microclimate and talk about how much rain you can get coming up in a few minutes. the cars are not afraid to show themselves. 880 is what we're looking at. it is on the nimitz. we'll talk about where you will

have to avoid coming up. good morning and a very happy wednesday to you as well. a lot of people are suddenly realizing how much facebook knows about them after apple made changes to its iphone operating system adding privacy information about each app in the app store. apple's list of the way that facebook can track you runs more than 650 words and include your location, your exercise data. it can track you across apps. for instance if you buy something using a different app facebook may still know about it. a lot of people are posting about it online. this user showing you his phone as he scrolls through all the ways facebook tracks you. now keep in mind absolutely none of this is new. facebook's been pretty up front about it. and you can turn most of those trackers off if you so wish but people don't. and apple is just making it easier to discover.

it's easy to see for yourself. make sure you're running the latest ios and go to the latest app store and search for facebook. "the new york times" revealed that the white house had turned down pfizer's offer for more vaccines earlier this year. the u.s. has enough to vaccinate half of us by june. that is counting both pfizer and moderna. moderna's hasn't been approved yet. mackenzie scott, the ex-wife of jeff bezos, has given away more than $4 billion in the last four months. food banks and other charities that help people who were made poor by the pandemic are top on her list. scott herself acknowledges while the pandemic has made many much

more poorer but rich americans much more rich. in her case with amazon stock much, much richer. the fed will talk about the state of the american economy today. interest rates remain at the very lowest end of the spectrum. i have a dirty story for you. it's a dirty sock story. a mother in washington state says she waited a week for her daughter to pick up this solitary dirty sock from the bathroom floor. she didn't. a little museum like placard next to the sock. still her 10-year-old daughter didn't pick it up. she created a little stand and it went from there. animals started to worship the sock and a real-life monolith showed up. my kids who are grown now used to do this, put the dirty clothes on the bathroom floor. i would pick them up and throw them into the dry bathtub so i

could clean. they would then take a shower with the dirty clothes in the batht bathtub. >> what? >> swear. they turned out great. >> wow. >> they did. you have good boys. i will attest to that. i don't want to see their bath or shower. thank god for hampers. >> here is another story for you. tom cruise reportedly letting his crew have it with his covid concerns making it loud and clear on the set of the new "mission impossible" movie in england. cruise was livid with crew members for ignoring safety protocol. work was shut down in october when 12 staff tested positive for the virus. nbc has reached out for cruise and attorney for comment but we

have not yet heard back. trending this morning perhaps a perfect way to celebrate the end of 2020. listen to this. ♪ he will survive as long as i know how to love i know i'll be ralive ♪ >> we will survive. >> oh, yeah. gloria gaynor's hit "i will survive." appropriate this year. the singer will perform at the new year's eve celebration in times square. it will be virtual with crowds being kept away when the big ball drops. that's my go-to karaoke song. >> is it? >> what's yours? everybody? >> i don't really have one. i don't have one. mike? >> i don't. sometimes i don't remember them. >> come on! >> the words are on the screen. >> i do freestyle rap. you know what's really sad, though, i'm distracted because i

was excited to hear gloria gaynor's song and sad that i heard it when it came out originally. that was a while back. >> old school. that's one of those songs. what about you, kari, do you have one? >> i don't sing. i will dance, though. i'm not going to sing karaoke. i'll be your backup dancer, marcus. >> we'll take it. >> let's see what's going on as you get ready to head out the door. you do need a jacket. it's a cool start. check out the temperatures, mostly upper 30s and low 40s for the start of the day. we'll see the clouds rolling in. if you're home schooling the last few days before we get a break and letting kids run out in the backyard in martinez. a lot of clouds today and they'll need a jacket as temperatures reach into the upper 50s. we're getting ready for the rain that will be here late tonight. well to the north of here and

some of the rain just now starting to approach the coast. and so as it moves in it first starts out in the north bay. later on this afternoon into the evening we stop the clock right here at 1:00. 11:30 where the rain moves in and then san rafael will see some of the light showers moving in right at about midnight. the north bay will get some of the heaviest rain. the rest of the bay area most likely while you're sleeping. the rest of the day is starting to dry out as the sun returns. most of the rain coming through for the overnight hours and still a good soaking anywhere from a quarter to half an inch for parts of the south bay up to san francisco. a half inch of rain. the outlook and the dry weather pattern, unfortunately, as high

pressure sets up. at least we do get a little bit of snow for the sierra. there's a possibility that we could get close to 9 to 10 inches for some of our ski resorts. it's better than nothing. mike, how is it looking heading out the door for work? >> looking great, kari. karaoke, i thought that was the name for you but you said you don't sing. this will have you humming a nice tune, a smooth drive on the sensors. one issue to avoid, fremont. north 880 at thornton. avoid your fast lane. there is a disabled vehicle there. folks able to get by just fine. moving to the right. the rest of the bay shows a nice smooth flow. metering lights were just turned on. we saw folks tapping the brakes. lanes are backing up and so is the 880 overcross. >> "voice" fans celebrating the end of another season. meet the latest winner of "the

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6:25 for you this morning. election drama still unfolding in an east palo alto council race this morning. this is the city council race. webster lincoln lost by 69 votes is accusing the win earp of electioneering and says his opponent antonio lopez illegally set up a taco stand outside of a voting center. he's now asking a court to set aside the results. lopez, who was sworn in last week advertised the tacos on social media but says lincoln is, quote, focused on achieving power at any cost. now to a follow-up and proof positive every vote really does matter. lisa smith was declared a winner in her race for a los altos hills city council. she won by just a single vote. the votes have already gone

through a recount. she will join two others on the city council. ladies and gentlemen, we have a new winner of "the voice." take a listen. >> the winner of "the voice" is carter rubin! you did it! >> there you have it. just 15 years old. that's carter rubin. claimed victory last night in the season finale following this powerhouse performance of "the climb" by former voice coach miley cyrus. listen to this. ♪ it's the climb >> he's the youngest male contestant to ever win that singing contest. his win gives gwen stefani her first win as a coach. stefani's fiance's singer came in second. what a talent there. up next on "today in the

bay," the slate of bay area covid vaccinations plus -- >> reporter: and coming up on "today in the bay" an update on which marin county hospitals are reporting zero icu bed availability. a live look for you at san francisco and we are tracking that incoming rain. when it will reach your neighborhood right after the break. 6:27. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:30, out of icu beds. that's the news in marin county. we are there live looking at how the county plans to address the crisis. vaccinations ramp up. a live look at concord where health care workers are ready to receive the vaccine. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good wednesday morning to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. our other top story of the day is the rain heading to the bay area. let's check in with kari who has a look at when and where. yeah, we're excited to see another round of rain coming in because we will be going back to a dry weather pattern. the rain still to the north of us, if you're getting ready to walk out the door leave the umbrella unless you're out late tonight. it's a dry start this morning and we'll start to see some clouds moving in.

as we go into tomorrow that rain is clearing out. back to cool and dry weather. more about how much rain to expect. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> kari, we're looking at an accumulation of cars. the metering lights turned on at 6:00 this morning. just about 6:20 and we have this backup holding and, in fact, growing gradually over there. the map shows you that the backup build to the toll plaza but things clear for the span. that's good news. we do have the crash that cleared from vallejo to the carquinez and the rest of the bay shows a nice december light. back to you. thank you very much, mike. let's get right to marin county for that breaking news. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is there for us live. what many people feared no more icu beds available. >> reporter: that is exactly what's playing out in marin

county for weeks before thanksgiving, this moment and local leaders warned us of, in the weeks following after thanksgiving. we have officially hit that part. marin county reporting no availability for icu, now the hospital is building that zero availability as follows. marin health or marin general medical center, kaiser permanente, san rafael and novato community hospital all with zero icu bed availability. it isn't just marin county seeing that availability. locally some counties are under or approaching that 15% mark. solano county is at 11%. san mateo 16%. santa clara county is at 15% for icu bed availability. statewide it's much of the same with some regions watching their cases rise and their bed availability fall. greater sacramento, san joaquin valley and southern california

at this point all below 15%. now governor newsom announced some changes tuesday to how long some health care workers and doctors would need to quarantine in order to accommodate the staffing shortage. this, of course, all due to covid. take a listen. >> during our critical staffing shortages, we now have a seven not a ten day quarantine for health care workers and emergency response workers, social service workers exposed. but as long as they test negative on day five or later. >> reporter: and the state is also changing guidelines regarding how many covid patients and icu nurses allowed to take care of at one time. that number is going from two to three. again, to accommodate the shortage in staff and that growing number of patients. there is some good news here in marin county. they're expected to receive a number of doses of that vaccine. 1,900 will arrive here at some point today and next week around

5,000 doses of the moderna vaccine will arrive here in marin, so a lot of cases going up but vaccines are expected to be delivered within this week and next week. so it's still important to remain vigilant as the vaccines will be distributed. live in marin, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thank you. now here is the concern for you this morning. this graph showing the daily new cases here in the bay area. on august 16th there were about 1,400 new cases. that was at the height of the summer surge. look where we are now, monday. there were more than 3,500 new cases, two and a half times the high over the summer. now for many the vaccine can't come soon enough. and for fewer people the vaccine has already taken effect and by the end of the week all counties are expected to roll out vaccinations. workers at zuckerberg and contra costa regional medical center were among the first in the bay area to get that vaccine yesterday.

another one, well, after treating covid patients for ten months a lot of them say they are ready. >> it offers peace of mind for my family and for my extended family at home as well as my patients here and my fellow staff. >> some won't receive their first batch until friday. governor gavin newsom says the next phase consists of about 8 million people including teachers, farmworkers and grocery store employees. the state has an advisory committee. it's holding an open forum later today. parents and teachers will meet to discuss extended distance learning.

the board voted last night to continue remote instruction until the county moves from the purple tier to the red tier. what constitutes placing the lives of our educational at risk. with our many safety protocols in place which life are we willing to sacrifice to achieve this hybrid plan? kids in school are not creating an environment that spreads the virus. >> those in favor of the in-person learning say the lack of social interaction is causing grades to drop. in the north bay a similar debate. any hopes of reopening in january now gone. the earliest return date for kids is next march. a follow-up in the south bay, santa clara county and san jose leaders are moving forward with a new cap on food delivery fees. supervisors unanimously approving the new 15% cap on fees charged by delivery

services like door dash and grubhub. this happened last night. goes into effect and will expire when restaurants can have indoor dining at full capacity. >> a new list as the best places to move to. lake tahoe was america's hottest enabled of 2021. home sales have doubled there in the past year. it's luring a lot of people from big cities who want a change of pace when working from home. mountain house, just east of livermore. 6:37. we're certainly in the thick of it. bay area hospitals are filling up. icu bed availability drying up. so what about next week as people prepare for the holiday peak. up next how medical teams are

bracing for what's to come. plus -- a strange anniversary as things get worse, as laura said. it's six months and mike pence said there would be no second wave. we'll take a closer look at that. take you out to wall street, up mildly this morning as we get a little bit closer to a coronavirus stimulus bill. you're watching "today in the bay."

good wednesday morning. right now at 6:40 and we're

starting out with a beautiful sunrise in the south bay. it's going to be a dry start, but we'll gradually start to see some clouds move in as we get ready for some rain later on tonight. it won't move into the south bay until about 11:00. we'll talk more about what's ahead in the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. and the bay bridge toll plaza. we still have the metering lights on, of course, over the last 20 minutes. a slow drive mostly for folks out of contra costa county and off the maze. it looks like it's okay off the nimitz freeway. it's 6:41 right now. six months ago today mike pence assured americans there was no second wave of coronavirus. >> scott mcgrew, he could not have been more wrong. >> he couldn't have and he didn't just say it. he published an op-ed in "the wall street journal" saying just that. and they posted it to the white house website as well. you can read it there. there isn't a coronavirus second wave. we're far better off than the

media reports, said pence. so this was june 16th, exactly six months ago. another way of measuring it beyond just six months ago is it was 200,000 american deaths ago. the media has tried to scare the american people every step of the way, he said, and these grim predictions of a second wave are no different. mike pence, of course, is the head of america's fight against the pandemic. while he was wrong to criticize predictions of hundreds of thousands more dead, the white house has helped speed along the development of vaccines particularly moderna, the pfizer vaccine was not part of operation warped speed, though its manufacture and distribution will be. our reporters on capitol hill say democrats and republicans may be close to a deal on a coronavirus relief plan. once again democrats backing down. the deal does not contain the aid for cities, counties and states that they wanted. but it will include a direct handout to the americans in the

form of another check. president-elect joe biden has tapped more cabinet members, pete buttigieg will be the transportation secretary and jennifer granholm will be asked to run the department of energy. she is a professor at cal berkeley. she went to willow glen, delmar. she's an immigrant becoming an american citizen on her 21st birthday. meanwhile a rift has appeared between president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell after mcconnell congratulated joe biden for winning. trump tweeted it's too soon to give up. >> i had a conversation with mitch mcconnell today. i called him to thank him for the congratulations while we disagree there are things we can work together on.

we agreed to get together sooner rather than later. i look forward to working with him. watching what's happening in washington with the coronavirus relief bill. i'm @scottmcgrew. joe biden is set to move in in about a month. safety measures ahead of inauguration day. biden is expected to take the oath of office on the u.s. capitol steps with a limited number of elected officials in attendance. inaugural celebrations will mostly be virtual. the peak days of holiday travel and gathering quickly approaching. >> roz plater is live for us. leaders are looking at what

happened during the thanksgiving holiday. >> reporter: that is the big fear. approaching the new holiday season. hanukkah, christmas, kwanzaa, new year's coming up and the experts are fearing that we could have a surge on top of a surge. here is the problem as you start talking about during thanksgiving that people travel despite all the pleas and the warnings not to. hospitals are filling up, running out of critical care beds. less severely ill covid patients. one is in richmond. the other in sacramento. and in an ominous sign the state has ordered an addition al 5,00

body bags. an emotional dr. sara cody talked about the toll it's taking here in the south bay. >> we have lost 553 people in our county. covid, in fact, is on track to be among the five leading causes of deaths here in our county. so our pandemic locally is out of control. >> reporter: dr. cody asked that people do what they can, think long and hard about your travel plans during this holiday season. do what you can to help get the surge under control. of course that means all the things you know about. stay home if you don't have to go out. wear your mask and, indeed, watch your distance. live in san jose, i'm roz plater for "today in the bay." >> all right, roz. thank you. quite a bit of emotion there. >> absolutely. 6:46. now it looks like warriors lottery pick james wiseman won't

see the floor until the games really matter. coach kerr saying he and draymond green will likely be kept out of the last preseason game tomorrow. each of those players there testing positive for the coronavirus. without them last night, well, the warriors lost to the kings, 114-113. well, here is a history making win for stanford and stanford women's basketball coach vanderveer. the top-ranked cardinal defeated university of pacific 104-61. in the process coach vanderveer won her 1,099th game, the most ever wins by a woman's college basketball coach surpassing tennessee's pat summitt. congratulations on, shall we say, reaching coaching summit. she may not want to stop and enjoy the view just yet. uconn's geno auriemma has just six wins hyped her.

they're on the chase. quite an accomplishment for all of women's basketball. >> definitely a big win there. all right, a big win for us in the bay area today because we're getting much-needed rain in our area but not anytime soon, kari, right? later on for us. yeah, you still have the day that you can get out and enjoy. we will start to see the clouds moving in out ahead of that. we've powered up storm ranger. it's the red scan as it is parked on san bruno mountain. it will give us the best view of the rain and it gets a little bit closer. right now it's still well to the north of us. we'll see spotty showers. let's go through the time line. we're going to stop it at about 10:30. that's when we really start to see the rain moving into parts of the north bay. check out ukiah and clear lake with some yellows and oranges indicating heavier rain and we'll start to see it making its

way across the rest of the bay area. most likely while you're sleeping tonight and then by the time you wake up tomorrow it's already starting to clear out, heading out for work. the roads will be wet. you'll see what was left of the rain that moved through. and then we'll clear for the rest of tomorrow. during that time we're looking at the possibility for most of the bay area getting anywhere from about a quarter further to the south to a half inch of rain up to san francisco. and then for the north bay those rainfall totals may go a little bit higher than half an inch of rain. so it's a nice soaking and we need it because as we look to the next two weeks the climate prediction center is saying, hey, high pressure will set up again and we're going to have below average rainfall going into the end of 2020. at least we'll get a little bit more snow. not the big, heavy snow that we need. up to 9 inches in our ski resorts in the sierra. looking at our highs that will reach into the upper 50s as we go back to the sunshine for the

weekend, we may be tracking another system by next tuesday. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? kari, we do have one traffic alert. it was just issued by chp and it's a crash you know about. we'll take you out to the maps. it's over in the tri-valley. watch southbound 680. the sensors light into the red color. reports of the two outside lanes, your fast lane and your slow lane, blocked by crash activity. that does distract and slow traffic coming down out of pleasanton and sunol. we're looking at the rest of the bay. a live look at the oakland area where travel shows a smooth flow on the sensors but you can see from this live camera a lot of traffic joins you. no problem there. heading north those taillights to the bay bridge toll plaza where things are lightening up a bit. we still have metering lights on and that's just the backup in the middle. back to you, marcus. >> thanks, mike. happening now for you an australian regulator is suing facebook, accusing it of

collecting user data, claiming that information was private. the australian competition and consumer commission says facebook collected data in a virtual private network. this lawsuit is similar to the one here in the u.s. by the ftc which is accusing the social media giant of a monopoly. 6:51. coming up next a quick look at our top stories including one bay area county now out of icu beds. how hospitals are coping. plus, what's happening today with a vaccine rollout. it's all next. you're watching "today in the bay."

6:54. a quick look at our top stories we're following this wednesday morning including breaking news in the north bay. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live for us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. local leaders and health

officials have been warning us of this day, the day there were no icu beds available. this moment is the marker in just how intense this pandemic can be just to give you an update on which hospitals are reporting no beds in marin county, marin health, kaiser permanente, san rafael medical center and novato community hospitals all reporting no icu beds available. and it isn't just marin county having this issue, locally some are under or approaching that 15% availability. solano county right now at 11%, san mateo county 16%, and santa clara county, 15% of their icu beds available. statewide much of the same with many regions already well below that 15% including greater sacramento, san joaquin valley and southern california. so right now remain vigilant, wear your mask, practice that

social distancing because those cases are continuing to rise in hospitals like this one, marin general seeing no icu beds as they work to treat some of the sickest patients. we're live in marin. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." covid vaccinations ramp up in the bay area fresh off yesterday's first vaccinations. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in concord this morning where more of those shots will be given out today, bob. >> reporter: yes, doctors and nurses behind me here in concord will be receiving their first doses of the vaccine. there has been some confusion, though, about who will be receiving the doses first. the thought was, marcus, people who live in places like nursing homes would be sechg thereceivi their first doses but the cdc says that will not happen until next week or the week after. the "usa today" reporting places where the people live, long-term health facilities, they opted into this federal program that has pharmacies like cvs and

walgreens administering the doses and that program doesn't just start until december 21st, hence the delay. here in contra costa county they've received almost 10,000 doses so far this week. some of those doses were administered yesterday at the contra costa medical center. over in the city of san francisco zuckerberg hospital administered some doses to doctors and nurses. today they expect another 100 to 150 staff there to start receiving their first round of doses. >> it offers peace of mind in terms of safety for my family and my extended family at home and everyone in my life as well as my patients here and my fellow staff. >> people are asking questions, are eager to know when they can get their opportunity to get the vaccine. >> reporter: vaccines for the general public aren't expected until the springtime. alameda county and berkeley expected to receive over 13,000 doses by friday. they hope to have their health

care workers and 911 first responders vaccinated by the end of the month. reporting live in concord, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob. 6:58. more details. this is posted by the veterans administration showing the first pfizer vaccines arriving at the v.a. hospital in palo alto yesterday. this is one of 37 v.a. facilities to receive the first vac secine doses. >> a new way to test for covid at home and it will be the first to be sold over the countecount. it will be made by an australian company. here is how it will work. swab the inside of your nose, add to a few drops of liquid, placed into a small plastic device that connects to your smartphone. those results will show up on an app in about 20 minutes. the test costs about $30. it will be available in drugstores next month without a prescription.

all right. we want to check the morning commute with mike, but first let's check in with kari because we're talking about this rain that's headed our way. yeah, we're pretty much dry for most of the day today. moving into the north bay late this evening. the rest of the bay area seeing that rain overnight and moving out by sun rise tomorrow morning. the rest of the forecast is dry as we go into the weekend. highs inland reaching into the upper 50s. mike, how is the commute rolling? the bay bridge toll plaza not a problem. only about five more minutes for south 680 with crash and debris being cleared from south 680 around andrade. the backup has impacted folks cutting through on highway 84 as well. we should see relief in the next five to ten minutes. >> all right, thank you so much. and thank you for joining us. we love being a participate of your morning and we want to take a live look as we leave you with a shot of the golden gate

bridge there. a beautiful shot to start your morning. have a great one. good morning, here it comes. a dangerous system that is already caused accidents and power outages across the midwest. al is ready with what can you expect from the biggest storm in years. second shot. the fda ready to clear the path for moderna's coronavirus vaccine in a matter of days. more health care workers from coast to coast received pfizer's shot. and the covid-19 surge shows no sign of slowing.