>> everybody needs access to it. i don't think it can happen. roeight now at 4:30, a seco dose of help. in just a few hours the fda is set to approve a second vaccinv. how soon it could reach front line workers. the county now running out of icu. restrictions now take effect today as "today in the bay" starts right now. first for you our storm ranger scanning the skies. live look outside right now.

rain moved across the bay area overnight. meteorologist kari hall tracking all things to happen across the bay area. kari, i know coming in a few sprinkles. i couldn't tell if it was from the rain on the road or still coming down just a bit. >> yeah, we have light rain coming down in spots. tracking with storm ranger and telling us exactly where that rain is happening and it's mostly across marin county moving over towards southern sonoma and napa counties. that is where we are seeing some of the heavier rain right now. still in the area and you may still have it on your way into work this morning. a lot of the heavier rain has moved on through and will continue to move off towards the east as we go into the next several hours. sunshine for the rest of today and cool these next couple of days along with more sunshine into the weekend. we'll talk more about all of this and take a look back at some of our rainfall totals.

mike, those roads may be slick for early morning commuters. >> yeah, and as you point out, kari, there may be an event as you head into work. take a look at the maps we don't see a problem as far as the roadways, green sensors but green highlighting which means the roadways slicker in those portions. definitely damp. west 24 around wilder reports of a crash that may be blocking one lane. a little slowing there. again, slick conditions. watch the on and off ramps. the bay bridge is clear but look over on the san francisco side. minor roadway flooding may affect the surface streets, as well. no closures right now, marcus, back to you. now to the race for vaccine i'm here in the covid crisis center. f fda advisors and consider its recommendation. now, if approved, 6 million

doses could ship next week and will go to thousands of health care workers. as of today, pfizer's vaccine has reached 886 sites across the nation. >> well, there's still a lot of uncertainty surrounding drugs within communities of color. the naacp held a town hall with an all black panel with information about understanding the covid vaccine. one doctor on the panel is a key scientist behind the development of the moderna vaccine. she says it's important that the community knows a black woman is at the forefront of this development. >> became clear that if we were going to be able to sit on panels like this and tell people of color that the vaccine is safe and effective for them that we needed to increase the representation of those people in cu in. >> out of 30,000 people participating in moderna's clinical trial 11,000.

new concerns and new orders for the bay area. we dropped below that 15% threshold for icu bed space. that means more restrictions for some countries including san mateo, napa and solona. in the bay area, only two counties are above 30% availability. that's san francisco and alameda counties. in the red, santa clara, san mateo and solano counties. all have less than 15% availability and the worst of all, marin is at zero percent. and plan in place to deal with maxed out hospital icus. emergency response ambulances are being diverted to specific hospitals to stay out of the way of medical centers overrun with covid patients. the plan launched over the weekend. no patients will be turned away if they have life-threatening issues. the next round in the fight between south bay church and santa clara county is set for today. mike mcclure continues to hold

in-door services on sundays. that church faces more than $700,000 in fines from the county. this is for defying health orders. the attorneys will try to get the case moved to federal court because they call health restrictions unconditional. unconstitutional, i should say. happening this morning, teachers in santa clara county organizing a car caravan to send a message to the office of education. they want the county to put the brakes on districts returning to in-class learning. as part of the protest, organizers plan to drive past the home of county education leaders. a welcome site across the bay area overnight. rain. right now our storm ranger fueled up on san bruno mountain tracking some of those showers from sfo to richmond. a wet start after rain moved in while most of us were sleeping. meteorologist kari hall timing out when things will start to clear up for us. nice to see this rain, kari. >> yeah, i think my plants are really soaking it up and enjoying this out there.

we're going to have a few more of those lingering showers. i want to show you storm ranger and how we can get this second by second update. it's really realtime and shows you exactly where some of the heaviest rain is falling. we can see from san rafael over to just the north of richmond into vallejo we're seeing some of the pockets of the heavier showers moving through right now. so, if you're about to head out the door, expect it to be a very wet commute and we're also seeing some of that light rain moving through the south county. we'll talk more about this coming up in a few minutes. mike, also slowing down the commute or should slow you down. >> exactly. should slow you down if you're not slowing down. do be careful because the live look at the bay bridge shows you the wet pavement. we can see the pavement because not as many cars and expecting a lighter volume overall. again, a word of caution because of those conditions. the map shows you the toll plaza approach is not a problem. we still have the crash and slowing right near the exit there for fish ranch road the

updated location that i have. a smooth flow of traffic around the perimeter of the bay and as we move further out we see slowing west 580 grant line road and a semi blocking your left lane another five to ten minutes,i i'm told. we'll check the progress on that. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. a legal victory for strip clubs and other businesses. still ahead, the legal decision that may allow thousands of so cal restaurants to resume indoor dining as soon as today. last-empty shminute shopper. the new deadline you face if you want your orders to arrive by christmas. you're watching "today in the bay." repair youour enamel w with prol repairir.

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i love that. it's also nice to see the rain. let's get a look at what storm ranger is showing us this morning as we're still seeing some of those showers moving through parts of the north bay, especially as we take a look at some of the rain that may impact your drive this morning. it's also starting to move really into parts of the east bay from oakland to richmond over towards vallejo and up towards fairfield. we're also seeing the rain approaching lafayette and we're still going to see some of the lingering showers moving through. seeing it now moving over towards the hills. it looks like your 101 drive should start to dry out. we're looking at the heaviest rain pushing on through. look earlier this morning and since about midnight, we've seen some of those rainfall measurements at about a quarter to half inch of rain. san francisco measuring the most of that rain since midnight. up to half an inch. and napa and check out oakland. more than a half of an inch of rain. we're still at about a tenth of an inch in san jose.

next several hours and we're only looking at a few spotty showers up until 10:00 or 11:00 this morning and after that we're in for sunshine and where we do see that rain few and far in between. as we look at our temperatures we're heading into the upper 50s and a few spots reaching 60 degrees today and we're watching to see what the drought monitor update will be for today. we know that we do have extreme drought conditions and we'll get the update within the next couple hours and i'll be watching out for that to see if we made any improvements with the recent rainfall we made. back to dry weather over the next several days. as we're going to see more sunshine leading into the first day of winter. we were watching a storm system for early next week and that stays to the north so we're in with the sunshine at least through the next week. i'll be watching that as we head over to you, mike. how is it looking for the commute? >> all right, kari. we want to remind folks that commuting you could check that weather before you go out. we have our app and the traffic

information on the website, as well. and on thesep m maps here, we p them together. as we look at the red for the slow down for 580 and the green highlighting showing you where it will be wet and slippery in portions of the trivalley. the good news this big rig has been cleared from the lanes and west 580 should release a lot more traffic towards the dublin interchange. contra costa county those yellow diamonds showing little flooding reports. one lane or two there. no full closures and 24 that crash is pushed over to the shoulder as you're outside the tunnel. more flooding on the peninsula as we look at palo alto. 101 how wet it is there. slippery conditions even though it's not actively raining and minor flooding reported and do stick to the middle and slow those speeds when you can. laura. >> good advice. thanks so much, mike. 4:49 right now.

a new legal win for two san diego strip clubs appeared to have opened the flood gates for struggling businesses. clubs can continue to operate and follow their own guidance on workers' safety for dancers. the scope of the injunction is much broader and applies to restaurants, as well. it is seeking clarification from the court. some restaurants may reopen for indoor dining as soon as today. the world's largest trade group is involved in a new lawsuit over california's recentry recent ly introduced. among those backing the suit followed by three small businesses. cites new pandemic safety rules ordered by cal osha last month. the mandates are in many cases too costly for those struggling businesses to follow and require testing and paid leave. the claimants argue that the state should cover those costs. the state has not issued a comment. a follow up for you the state office of emergency

services is extending the deadline to midjanuary. this is for recent north bay wildfire victims to request phase two debris removal. phase one involves hazardous waste and other debris including vegetation. the new deadline is january 15th. fish and wildlife now trying to determine if the same coyotes behind a third attack. in lafayette area this past tuesday night when a worker was bit behind the diablo food market in lafayette, that's not far from mu rago where a man was attacked two weeks ago. fish and wildlife has already confirmed that coyote is tied to an attack on a 2-year-old last summer in marago commons. >> just the aggressive nature of this particular coyote going up and biting people completely

unprovoked is unusual, as well. >> any idea why? >> we bring with us food sources in the form of fallen food off the trees or garbage cans or household pets. >> investigators are still awaiting lab test results if this week's incident involved the same coyote. new details for you. some changes that could be coming to san francisco's tenderloin. th sfmta wants to reduce the speed limit to 20 miles per hour in the entire tenderloin area. if approved, the first neighborhood in the city to have street reductions and they call for that change across the san francisco back in october. this is part of a push to save lives. the agency also expected to propose the turn on red restriction at 50 tenderloin intersections. well, new for you this morning, an old movie theater in downtown san jose is getting a

ma makeover. "mercury news" is reporting that the camera 12 cinema on south second street will be turned into a new office and retail complex. this is the rendering for that new building. developers just received city approval and reconstruction of the theater. construction will start in the new year. and happening for you today, christmas is coming early for some kids in san francisco. glide memorial church holding its annual food and toy annual give away but it will look a little different, of course. usually families come into the church, pick out what they want probably because of the pandemic and those gifts will be given directly to them. families registered online and fill out the wish list 700 bags will be delivered to those families throughout san francisco. beautiful site theght there. an easy way for you to help give back to so many people in our community our nourishing neighbors food drive. the next time you're at safeway a $10 donation will go a long

way. that money go right to our local food banks and distribute to those families in need right now. that runs through december 29th. a historic move for you next here on "today in the bay" the change that mlb is making that has many people applauding. plus, tiktok reveals the music video that hit 1 billion views in just a matter of days. wow. and happening now for you french president emmanuel macron is the latest leader to test positive for covid-19. he took that test as soon as the first symptoms appeared. he will isolate for several days while working from home. macron joins president trump, justin trudeau and world leaders who have tested positive for the virus. we'll be right back. ♪

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>> drake's hit the song got a billion views in just three days. billie eilish's hit also topped the list. also trending a first look at the very royal looking holiday card. prince william, duchess kate middleton and their three children sent out this picture posing in front of firewood on top of hay stacks. meantime, prince charles releasing a feature part of their christmas card. the pair were posing at their scottish home. vaccinations begin today but not at hospitals. a live report on what we've learned.

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