good morning. it is sunday, december 20th. thank you for joining us as we take a live look outside at san jose city hall, illuminated on a very cold morning. the last morning of fall. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. yesterday you predict ed was a beautiful day. >> it was. we're going to get a repeat of that. i wanted to say that a viewer said they always watch us with their cup of coffee, so cheers to them with my cup so we can go over the headlines of the

forecast that we have ahead. 37 degrees in san jose. it is cold but cozy. by 11:00 a.m. temperatures in the 50s. high pressure is sticking around and that will keep us sunny for this afternoon as well as slightly warm wher when temperatures peak. san francisco 50 degrees. i do want to show you the headlines we're looking out for. tomorrow is the first day of winter if you're awake at 2:02 a.m., you'll be able to officially welcome winter solstice and what's ahead. on the bottom it says christmas rain. i have an update on the model for that. i'll have the full forecast. >> we'll see you in 15 minutes, vianey, thanks. we begin with a shooting at a bay area mall during the week shopping rush before christmas. it happened at the great mall in milpitas just after 5:00 last

night this is in the south bay. someone shot a man in or near the old navy store. panicked shoppers went scrambling for safety. police ordered people to shelter in place and went from store to store clearing each scene. we spoke to a group of people who hid in a small storage room of the gnc store. >> it was really hot and we weren't socially distanced. it was suffocating in there. we all thought we were going to pass out. yes, it was pretty scary. >> the victim was taken to the hospital. we are awaiting word on his status. milpitas police tell us they do not have a description. now to a developing story on capitol hill where the stage is set today. for lawmakers to finally approve a new covid-19 relief package.

some long-awaited negotiations went well into the night leading to a last-minute compromise from democrats and republicans. they agredz on federal reserve emergency powers. now only a few small differences remain to be ironed out, so they say. a vote in the senate and the house is expected today under an emergency extension issued by president trump on friday congress has until midnight tonight to pass the nearly $1 trillion relief package which is expected to include stimulus checks and unemployment aid. this is only the second aid for americans since march. as the bay area and the rest of california continues to get hit hard by a wave of coronavirus infections the uk is reporting a new fast spreading variant of coronavirus. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana reports. >> reporter: california is fast becoming the epicenter of coronavirus infections as many hospitals across the state are

at zero percent icu capacity. reports from e.r. doctors are alarming. >> i go from critical patient to critical patient to critical patient, and it's like working with your hands tied behind your back. >> reporter: here in the bay area the icu situation is a little better but still concerning and this winter surge is not just hitting california and the united states. now parts of europe are shutting down through the holidays. >> sacrificing to see our loved ones this christmas so we have a better chance of protecting their lives. >> reporter: the united kingdom shutdown comes as scientists there discover what they say is a new strain of the coronavirus. a microbiologist with the tracking project tells me a new strain is interesting but not a cause for alarm especially as vaccines are starting to be distributed. >> we know the vaccines have proven to be safe and effective. we don't know what that means

with regards to the new mutation but we have no reason to believe it would make it, invalidate the protection it provides. >> reporter: it's important to note it has mutated several times to this point. the concern with the new strain in the uk it spreads up to 70% faster than previous versions of the virus. the best way to stop the mutation and any others is using masks and social distancing. >> just a good reminder for people to slow transmission down because that's how viruses continue to replicate and mutate through transmission. we have a way to stop the impact of this. >> reporter: with the moderna vaccine on the verge of approval, becoming the second to be rushed out to hospitals in a few days and several therapeutics already available, a spokesperson this weekend says doctors and nurses now have effective tools to fight the pandemic but they're overwhelmed by the sheer number of people getting infected. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. and nearly 6 million doses of that moderna vaccine are slated for distribution starting

today. the first inoculations are expected to go into arms tomorrow. this as all the cdc irons out the latest details regarding recommendations. yesterday a cdc advisory panel voted to recommend the use of moderna's covid vaccine for americans 18 and older. the next step is for robert redfield to sign off on those recommendations. the agency needs to vote on vaccine allocations for the next two phases of the rollout. more people received the pfizer vaccine yesterday at el camino health where they received more than 900 doses of the vaccine. they will be split among the mountain view and los gatos hospitals. infectious disease specialists and other frontline workers will be vaccinated first. >> we are all very excited, worked hard to get to this point. it's light at the end of the tunnel for all of us.

>> el camino health tells us all will be vaccinated by spring 2021. a live look shy of 7:07. this is sfo where despite warnings from health leaders thousands of people are still traveling. tsa saw a record number of passengers throughout its checkpoints. more than 1 million people were screened on friday. the last time numbers were that high was the friday after thanks giving. tsa officials took to twitter to remind people if they must travel wear a mask and follow cdc guidelines. the number of covid cases has been rising. a look at the last four months. back in september the state had more than 4,300 cases. the next month it dipped going down to about 3,400. and november when cases began to surge.

last month the state had well over 11,000 cases. and on friday the number hit nearly 44,000. all of this is overwhelming our local hospitals. here is where the bay area stands in terms of icu bed availability. as a whole the bay area has just 12% of icu beds available. most of the bay area is in the red. that means we have fewer than 15% of icu beds open. san francisco and napa counties are doing better there. they are in the orange. alameda county in the yellow has icu capacity at about 30% open. after a successful run in san jose self-administered covid testing is going to gilroy. testing available at the south county amex. it's free. you don't need an appointment. the site is open monday through wednesday 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. before christmas eve. a trained staff member watches.

results are received in about two days. it follows a successful run in san jose. turning now to our feel good story of the day starting earlier at 7:09. maybe the best story of the year, the san jose state football team won its first mountain west conference championship in school history. and the spartans finished the season undefeated for the first time since 1939. ♪ it won't be long i'm going to need somebody to lean on ♪ >> the spartans beat boise state 34-20 in las vegas. san jose state hasn't been in the bay area since santa clara county banned outdoor sports due to the pandemic. anthony flores will have highlights and more in about 30 minutes. we do have much more ahead. coming up we take you live to our weekly conversation with

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voted, he went public and congratulated president-elect biden and said the phrase president-elect, but he warned he had a meeting with republican senators of which i'm not sure tommy tuberville was in the meeting because he is not yet a senator. he gets sworn in january 3rd. he said objecting to this vote on january 6th would be a bad vote for your colleagues so be careful. the point being all that he would accomplish is force a vote by the full senate to essentially reaffirm. you have a bunch of republicans who would feel they have to make a choice and somehow virtue signal to the trump base and it would look like the republican party is divided about a simple thing like the rule of law and democracy. so it is something that i think mcconnell is going to try to figure out how to keep tommy

tuberville from doing that. he is an extraordinarily inexperienced senator. he was in an interview, did not know what the three branches of government were after the election. he participated in no debates. we know so little other than he was a football coach and had some success at auburn university. >> very popular. chuck, if we could switch gears, you and i have been talking about this for months since the summer at least. it would only be the second package since march. where do things stand this morning? >> looks like they have it. they've come to what was holding things up yesterday where some effort to turn off a federal reserve money spigot of sorts having treasury and the federal

reserve have their own ability to issue some loans to various entities, even government entities if necessary, to fill in the gaps. republicans wanted to shut it off completely. they came to some sort of compromise. i don't want to get into too much of the detail because it is a small part of the deal but here is the big picture. congress didn't cover itself with much glory. a reminder congress only functions about once a year at best. it's usually when a crisis is at the point of no return or christmas or new year's is on the who ahorizon. it's an absurd way to coverage. you have members exhausted from it and four members who run everything. i would hope at some point this is a breaking point for how congress functions because they barely got it done. >> this is the truth as we know it from chuck todd. we won't see you next week so have a merry christmas.

exclusive interviews with incoming u.s. surgeon general and cdc whistle-blowers who went public on the manipulation of the cdc and an interview with chris krebs who recently was let go. tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast. in about 30 minutes from now we'll talk to political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment. the recent exodus from california by businesses and families alike. at 7:16 we'll turn now to making it in the bay. more people in need than ever this holiday season because, of course, the pandemic. food, christmas gifts, places to stay are all in high demand and yesterday in san jose a bit of bright lights. the salvation army teamed up with the san jose sharks to deliver to some 500 families.

they got walmart gift cards, a box of food, a bag of toys at the drive-thru event at the s.a.p. center. >> with the times of the pandemic and how many people have been affected. hopefully lending positivity to some people during this time. >> we've increased the services we're providing because of covid. a lot of these families have been impacted by covid. a lot have been laid off because of covid. >> the salvation army will be delivering 1,000 more meals to home bound seniors for christmas this year. working from home or working from home on an island. the island of bermuda fewer than 250 covid-19 cases and wants to keep it that way. it's offering a residential certificate for americans who want to work remotely. they can work from the island up

to one year while enjoying many of the perks of being a bermudian citizen. people must test negative before they arrive and on their fourth, eighth and 18th days. head to our new platform nbclx. channel 185 on xfinity cable or anytime on lx.com. it is time now to check in with vianey arana for a look at our microclimate forecast. you have been working from home since march, you could theoretically move to bermuda and no one would be the wiser. >> imagine. as long as they let binx go over with me, i'm cool with that. what would happen to my plants, girl? got to take care of my plants. >> they might do well in that climate. that's a great question. >> you know what, that's a great point, kira.

let's talk about -- now i'll be thinking about that all day. where can i work from home. it's very cold as you step out the door. here is your temperature trend into the afternoon. plenty of sunshine. high pressure lingering. 40s and 50s on the forecast. look at san jose, 37 degrees right now. by 12:00 in the mid to upper 50s and today it will be slightly warmer compared to yesterday by a few degrees. mid-60s. san francisco's temperature trend 50 degrees now and by 9:00 a.m. finally start to trend upwards into the 50s, low 60s today in san francisco. here is a look at satellite radar. it paints a picture for what's happening now and what's to come. notice it's pretty clear overall. we are seeing reports in the north bay but you notice what's up ahead in the pacific. we have an approaching system

that could bring the possibility of some changes heading into monday and christmas. first i want to make sure you get your highs for today because we'll be in the mid-60s. in martinez, concord 52. san francisco in the low 60s. and you might be wondering what's the timing? i have good news. one still needs some work. the first good news is the models in terms of how much moisture we'll be getting. the second one is the timing of this. keep in mind as i go through the time line. we have a first initial storm that will pass by in through the creigh sierra area. some light rain and sierra snow. this will not be our big rainmaker that will bring

widespread rain. when i push the time line forward into wednesday and thursday and christmas day, look what pops up in the pacific, that surge of moisture that will come in and this is where we're still trying to work out the timing. right now the models are lining up. it could either move in christmas day as in the first half of the day or christmas night. so that's one thing that as we inch closer to the storm we'll have a better idea what we'll be expecting. another thing that, of course, i want to mention is winter solstice also known as, quote/unquote, the shortest day of the year. and that's when we expect to say, hey, it's winter. more details on the science. kira, i'll send it back to you. >> we look forward to seeing that, vianey.

it is 7:21. there is much more ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. at that point it became extremely clear this is a life-or-death situation. >> a man trying to capture last week's monster waves ends up helping save a woman's life. it's part of our bay area proud series next. it's not easy now with this pandemic. second harvest makes me really really happy. meatballs, mexican rice, chicken enchiladas, and mole. for almost twenty years. *speaking in spanish

high surf can be beautiful to watch from a safe distance. rogue waves can be deadly, and that was almost the case for one woman this week. fortunately for her a hero was nearby and accidentally recorded her rescue. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has it in this morning's bay area proud. >> reporter: if there were ever such a thing as a pandemic-induced purchase, this drone would fit the bill. he bought it back in march when the first wave of stay-at-home orders swept over the bay area. >> we were just finding things

to do with the kids and bought it on a lark. >> reporter: josh grabbed the drone and headed to the coast. he heard the surf was big. >> i've always been fascinated by gigantic waves. >> reporter: when josh got to pacific state beach and launched the drone he wasn't disappointed by the video. >> i was looking at my phone flying out looking at the rocks on the north side and the waves were blasting over the rocks. it was really pretty to look at. >> reporter: it was when josh looked up, though, something else caught his eye. >> i noticed somebody looked like they had gotten owned by a wave, just knocked over, somebody with a dog, and they seemed to be rolling with the wave. oh, that's not good. >> reporter: a woman was in the high surf wave after wave pinning her to the sand. seeing no one else around josh tossed aside the drone controller and raced to help.

>> as i was trying to help her up she couldn't move. she was incapacitated. it became extremely clear this was a life-or-death situation. >> reporter: what happened next his drone running low on battery began to return on its own and caught video of josh struggling to keep the woman out of the waves, her dog by their side. the woman was too heavy for josh to lift himself, so all he could do was hold on, yell for help, and hope a big set wasn't on the wave. >> there was no way she would be okay in that circumstance. the clock was ticking. >> reporter: after what felt like forever two others came and together they were able to drag the woman to safety. >> oh, i think he's a hero. >> reporter: jeff and his team from north county fire were on the scene a few minutes later. >> she probably would have

succumbed to the water. >> reporter: josh was aware he had probably saved someone's life but it wasn't until her daughter came to retrieve the dog that the emotion of it all hit him. he realized he hadn't just saved a person's life but the life of someone's mother. >> it was so intense, that she didn't have to be out there wondering if my mom wasn't on the beach that day, she would still be with us. that's something she would never have to do. >> reporter: one week later josh still marvels at how monumental yet completely random the whole episode was. all he was hoping to do that day was capture some big waves. he ended up capturing something much, much bigger. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> wow. it just gives you chills. that is an incredible story. 7:27. and we do have much more ahead

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good morning. it is sunday, december 20th. here is a live look outside. a crisp and cold morning as we look over san jose city hall. we are entering winter officially in less than 24 hours from now. if you set your calendars, the christmas star will be seen tomorrow as saturn and jupiter are supposed to be the closest they've been since the year 1226. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with a quick look at your microclimate forecast. hey, v. >> good morning, kira. and, you're right. cold and crisp it is.

34 degrees right now over walnut creek. a beautiful view there. in the 30s in the south bay as well as the north bay. frost any the interior valleys. just to give you an idea what we'll be seeing, san francisco, 46 degrees to start our morning. we're starting out bundling up but you can enjoy another great day of sunshine. our temperatures today are going to be slightly warmer. just a couple of degrees. look at the south bay, 64 degrees for san jose. 62 in oakland. 60 in san francisco. napa, 62. concord, 62. and, of course, we're talking about the first official day of winter. and coming up in my full forecast at about, i think -- what time is it now, a couple, 15 minutes, i'll break it all down for you and will send it back to you. >> we look forward to that professor vianey arana. during the weekend shopping rush the week before christmas,

at the great mall in milpitas just after 5:00 last night in the south bay off montague expressway between 880 and 680. milpitas police tell us someone shot a man in or near the old navy store. that sent panicked shoppers scrambling for safety. police ordered people to shelter in place and then went from store to store clearing each scene. we were able to speak to someone who hid in a small storage room at the gnc store. >> it was really hot and we weren't socially distanced. it was pretty suffocating in there. so we all thought we were going to pass out. yeah, it was pretty scary. >> the victim, we're told, was taken to the hospital. we are awaiting word on his condition. milpitas police are still looking for the shooter. they tell us they do not have a description. now to developing news off capitol hill where the stage is set today for lawmakers to

finally approve the new covid-19 relief package as chuck todd was talking about. some long-awaited important negotiations went well into the night lead to ing to a last-min compromise. democrats and republicans agreed on federal reserve emergency powers and with that agreement now out of the way only a few small differences remain to be ironed out. a vote in both the senate and the house is expected today. under an emergency extension authorized by president trump friday night, congress now has until midnight tonight to pass the nearly $1 trillion relief package. it's expected to include stimulus checks and unemployment aid. it would only be the second covid relief package for americans since march. as the bay area and the rest of the state continues to get hit hard by a wave of new coronavirus infections, the uk is reporting a new fast-spreading variant of coronavirus. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana explains. >> reporter: california is fast

becoming the epicenter of coronavirus infections as many hospitals across the state are at zero percent icu capacity. reports from e.r. doctors in southern california are alarming. >> i go from critical patient to critical patient to critical patient, and it's like working with your hands tied behind your back. >> reporter: here in the bay area the icu situation is a little better but still concerning, and this winter surge is not just hitting california and the united states. now parts of europe are also shutting down through the holidays. >> sacrificing the chance to see our loved ones this christmas, so we have a better chance of protecting their lives. >> reporter: the united kingdom shutdown comes as scientists there discover what they say is a new strain of the coronavirus. microbiologist jessica rivera tells me a new strain is interesting but not a cause for alarm especially as vaccines are starting to be distributed. >> we know the vaccines have

proven to be safe and effective. we don't know what that means with regard to the new mutation, but we have no reason to believe it would make it -- kind of invalidate the protection it provides. >> reporter: it's important to note the coronavirus has already mutated several times at this point. the concern with the new strain in the uk is it spreads up to 70% faster than previous versions of the virus. the best way to stop the mutation and any others is using masks and social distancing. >> a good reminder to slow transmission down because that's how viruses continue to replicate and mutate through transmission. we have a way to stop the impact. >> reporter: with the moderna vaccine on the verge of approval and several therapeutics already available a spokesperson for a bay area hospital group this weekend says doctors and nurses now have effective tools to fight the pandemic, but they're overwhelmed by the sheer number of people who are getting infected. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. nearly 6 million doses of

that moderna vaccine are slated for distribution beginning today. the first inoculations are expected to be given as soon as tomorrow. this as the cdc irons out the latest details regarding their recommendations. yesterday a cdc advisory panel recommended the moderna vaccine for people 18 and older. the next step is for the cdc director robert redfield to sign off on the recommendations. and then the agency needs to vote on vaccine allocations for the next two phases of the rollout. back here in the bay area more people got the pfizer vaccine yesterday. this at el camino health. it received more than 900 doses of vaccine. those will be split between its mountain view and los gatos locations. infectious disease specialists, critical care nurses and other frontline workers will be vaccinated first. >> we are all very excited.

it's the light at the end of the tunnel for all of us. >> el camino health tells us it expects all to be vaccinated by 2021. a live look for you now. the sun is shining over sfo where despite warnings from health leaders thousands of people are still traveling ahead of this christmas week. nationwide the tsa says it saw a record number of passengers throughout checkpoints on friday, more than 1 million people were screened. last time numbers were that high was the sunday after thanksgiving. tsa officials took to twitter to remind people if they must travel, wear a mask and follow cdc guidelines. self-administered covid testing is rolling out to one more bay area city. testing will be available at the south county amex in gilroy. this after a successful run at emanuel baptist church in san jose. it's free. you will not need an appointment. the gilroy site is open monday through wednesday 11:00 a.m. to

5:30 p.m. people will have to swab both nasal cavities while a trained staff member watches. results are received in about two days. apple says it is temporarily shutting down all of its california stores. the company says it's making the move out of an abundance of caution as covid cases here skyrock skyrocket. just yesterday apple decided to temporarily close stores in l.a. and then 24 hours later it's already expanded. customers can pick up existing orders for the next few days. usually the goodwill receives donations like clothes or appliances. but the ex-wife of amazon ceo jeff bezos had a different kind of donation. you may remember scott donated more than $4 billion in just the last four months. the money was split among 384 sites, one of them goodwill of silicon valley. they were award add staed a sta

$10 million. it went to organizations knowing strong leadership. >> it's a real validation on the work we do and a validation for the people, our clients, but also on the people that work so hard to make goodwill of silicon valley a success. >> michael fox, the ceo, says the money will go to building a vocational center and revamping their building. other organizations were recognized -- united way bay area, ymca of san francisco and meals on wheels san francisco. 7:39. still to come on "today in the bay," has the golden been taken out of the golden state? larry gerston joins us live to discuss the reason many families and businesses are leaving our beloved california. but first, highlights and reaction from san jose state's first ever mountain west championship undefeated. anthony flores next with sports.

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good morning. i'm anthony flores. san jose state has reached the top of the mountain for the first time in history taking on boise state in the mountain west conference championship game in las vegas. san jose state strikes first. walker makes the move, breaks the tackle and is gone. 55 yards for the touchdown. the spartans led by 13 at the break. the lead down to six. he connects with hamilton for the score winning, 34-20. winning the program's first mountain west championship. >> what a night for san jose state university, for our players and our fans. just incredible. it's been a beautiful journey, magical. >> stanford playing its final

game of the season against ucla at the rose bowl. double overtime tied at 41, davis mills had a monster game, 16 catches, three touchdowns. now ucla would score. the bruins are stuffed. stanford wins 48-47. the cardinal end their season on a four-game winning streak. historic night for harris of antioch setting an s.e.c. championship record scoring five touchdowns while leading alabama to a win over florida. harris had 178 yards rushing. he added another 67 yards receiving. the 49ers take on the cowboys this morning in dallas. both teams are struggling this season. the niners still have an outside shot of making the playoffs but really they just need a win, something they haven't done since they began staying in arizona. >> taking two steps back so i

haven't thought about playoffs, about three games. it's important to me we play better. there's a certain standard that we expect no matter what your excuses are. i know we can play better than we have the last two weeks. >> and the game kicks off this morning at 10:00. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores. have a great sunday.

welcome back. california's nickname is the golden state and for decades people across the united states viewed it as such with sociala g economicalcy california seemed have it all. now many are leaving for other parts of the u.s. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us. hi, larry. great to see you as always. >> good morning. >> i have two dear friends who recently left. has california lost its luster?

>> california still ranks low in terms of departures but still the fact is we're not used to it. we're not used to people leaving and over the last decade we've averaged 80,000 to 100,000 people a year who have actually left the state. the population has been plaflat because of births and immigrants from other countries. it's happening. >> and why is it happening? is it the new work from home model? if you can work from home why not work somewhere where it's more affordable? >> that may turn out to be the case downstream for some, but for now the legislative analysts went out and conducted a survey to ask these ex-pats, if you will, why they left. three reasons. the biggest, it should not be a surprise, kira, housing. homes in california are 88% above the national average even if you want to rent in the state

it's about 55% above the national average. in the bay area those figures are even exaggerated even more. that's the biggest reason. income and taxes, yeah, they're fine. they rank about the same, ninth for incomes. 11th for taxes. the real problem here is hidden and it has to do with the folks at the bottom rung. the bottom 25%. their incomes are considerably lower than the national average in a state where the cost of living is very, very high. and when you have children involved, these folks say, you know what, we need to leave. those are the big things along with the political culture which people believe is extreme in california. imagine that. one of the three reasons. >> yeah, you're talking to a born and bred californian here. i've heard those reasons before. what about businesses. hp enterprise, oracle, tesla have all announced moves to texas.

>> yeah. if you're moving your business, that's the issue here, if you're a ceo, well, it's not the same because his or her income taxes will still happen if they earn it in california. but businesses that move there such as huleewlett-packard enterprises, they'll build a huge building in usaustin, ther are taxes in california for businesses are almost 9%. the corporate taxes in texas are zero. a goose egg. and then, of course, the whole question about labor. here we have a $15 an hour minimum wage starting in january where if you go to texas it's $7.25. $7.25. so you look at that and if you are a person at that bottom rung, once again, i know my housing is high here but, look, it will be a whole lot lower in texas even though i'm making less money. so you put all that together and those are some of the reasons that businesses have decided to up and leave.

but, again, let's keep this in perspective. while we're shocked about this it's not very high in terms of the national average. >> so what does this mean for california's future? will it have a great impact if it continues on this trend? >> you know, kira, i think there are two things that sometimes we don't think about. one, we're going to see very soon when the census is revealed, it may well be that california will lose at least one, maybe two members of congress, members of the house of representatives. that means we'll have less representation in washington, d.c., and a little less powerful than otherwise as our congressional delegation becomes smaller. the first time in decades. we talked about the families at the bottom rung who are leaving to get a shot at a better life. these tend to be servers, hotel workers, day workers, people like this who we depend on for the rest of us to get by and as

these large groups leave that may be the biggest problem of all. maybe good for them as they get to texas, but a problem here if we don't have those folks taking care of the rest of us. that's something we'll have to think about downstream. >> our essential workers that we've really been relying on during this pandemic. my family has been doing takeout almost every night to try to support our local businesses and those food workers, those employees, are people we've been relying on this year. it's hard, though, to think that $7.25 an hour is even humane in this day and age. we wish them all the best. larry, thank you as always for your perspective. we wish you a great week. welt be back with a final look at the forecast. dwindle across . we )re tracking the big fears as we head into christmas week. plus.. race for a vaccine. what we know as a second covid-19 vaccination is set to come to the bay

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hi there. good sunday morning. we're waking up to some chilly 30s and 40s. let's take a live look at san francisco. it's about 46 degrees. one of the warmer spots when we wake up. the 40s for san francisco. everywhere else we're seeing 30s. 6 degrees in walnut creek and we do have high pressure that will remain over the bay area at least through today.

this paints a picture of what's happening now. we're going to get a trough that will dig down as early as monday night into tuesday. i'll go into more detail on that. just a tad bit warmer. share those sunshine photos on social media. i do want to talk about the first day of winter. enjoy it tomorrow at 2:02 a.m. monday. we're going to be welcoming the solstice. i want to dive deeper into what the first day of winter means. the actual day itself is not

shorter but less amounts of sun line. when the center of the sun directly sits above for the northern members fear. winter solstice in the northern hemisphe hemisphere. so let's take a look at sunrise. and the length of the day, again, the day itself isn't shorter. now the good news from there we're only going to get brighter from here. more sun light. the days will get brighter. let's get to that rain. monday night into tuesday, a system that dips down bringing light to moderate rain for areas like ukiah and santa rosa.

it's the christmas rain we're anticipating. the models are lighting up. the only thing we're iffy about could make its arrival into later into the evening. santa claus will have his raincoat and will be prepared for the rain. a great week ahead. >> this is the first year my 4-year-old son is asking about the route. thanks, vianey. thanks to you so much for making us a part of your morning. it's "sunday night football" here on nbc. the cleveland browns at the new york giants. and then sports sunday followed by a special edition of nbc bay area news at 9:00 and again at

11:00 p.m. until then you can stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com. vianey and i hope you have a great sunday and christmas week.

this sunday a shot in the arm. >> i feel like healing is coming. >> americans begin receiving pfizer's covid vaccine. >> it's safe. it's okay, and ay, and we need . >> a little bit of a sore arm. a little aching muscles, but no fever, adache or anything unusual. and moderna's vaccine is on the way. >> this is the most significant accomplishment in medicine we have had in 100 years. >> but the pandemic is raging with more than 300,000 americans now dead. >> i have to be the one that says i'm sorry, you can't come to see your loved