right now at 7:00, clearing skies. we're going to give you a live look across the bay area right now on this saturday, december 26th. that christmas storm is out of here. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning. thank you so much for starting your last weekend of 2020 with us. i'm kira klapper. take a look at all this snow. the chp says chains are required on most roads due to all the snow that came down.

there was rain, there was wind on our christmas and there's more to come but the good news is we get a break for today. >> we do get a little bit of a break, and i know that for those who live in the south bay one question i got a lot on my twitter account is where's the rain? san jose fell in that rain shadow, bu it was very nice to wake up to a little bit of rain. the storm is making its exit. that's going to make way for a lovely overall afternoon. a beautiful view of san francisco right now. pretty mild. temperatures in the 50s. 55 degrees in san francisco, and now let's take a live look at san jose because san jose you can see a beautiful sun riser there, 53 degrees and a bit of the pink skies, you can see the cloud cover there. and how about a live look over livermore, a bit of wet pavement, but storm ranger definitely showcasing how that system and things have quieted down, but we have a second system on the way.

that's expected to make its arrival on sunday and going to bring cold sierra snow again and a bit more rain to the bay area. we're going to stick with that snow in tahoe which we just mentioned a couple of minutes ago. a reminder if you're looking to hit the slopes the california side of tahoe is under a stay at home order and travel restrictions do apply. in fact, just yesterday 39,000 more californians were infected with covid-19. buts it's the hospitalizations that are the most concerning. on christmas eve the state set a new record for the number of people in hospitals which stands at more than 19,700 patients. this morning less than 10% of standard icu beds are open in the bay area. but take a look at our neighbors in the san joaquin valley and in southern california where hospitals are out of icu beds. and some hospitals in los angeles county are reporting packed emergency rooms and running low on oxygen tanks.

governor newsom says if the current trend and surge in cases continues the number of people in california hospitals could double by the end of january. as today in the bay's ian cull reports bay area health officials are fearing the same. >> reporter: health leaders are hoping enough people heeded their warnings and avoided holiday gatherings. they fear the worst is ahead because statewide more than 12% of people are testing positive. in the south bay it's nearly 8%, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic. dr. sara cody addressed it earlier this week. >> the surge we're in right now is so dramatic it almost appears as if we haven't had two prior surges. >> reporter: nearly 20,000 people in california are hospitalized with the virus. that's more than double the summer surge. today state health leaders confirmed since most regions are below the 15% available icu capacity threshold stay at home orders will likely be extended.

>> our hospitals are so stretched we can't handle more than we're already on track to have. >> reporter: ucsf infectious disease especialliest dr. peter chin hong has been treating patients on the front lines since march. >> i think about what's to come in terms of the good, the bad and the ugly. the good is many of us are getting vaccinations now, so that means we'll be around to help take care of the patients that are inevitably going to come in with the post-christmas surge. the bad is that we are going to have a surge on top of a surge. >> and the ugly is he's seeing a lot of worn-out health care workers who have been needed nonstop. >> there's no vaccine for burn out and mental exhaustion. so really getting together the community is what we need to do for the last stretch of the marathon. >> reporter: he's hoping this will be the last lock down we need. the bay area was set to exit the stay at home order january 8th,

but right now not enough progress is being made. ian cull, nbc bay area news. we are tracking a covid-19 outbreak at a womens federal prison in the east bay. 185 inmates out of about 900 total have been infected along with three prison staff. this is at the federal correctional institution in dublin. served their sentences relate today the college admission scandal. huffman served in 2019 and loughlin due to be released the day after tomorrow. now to that stimulus bill sent to president trump's desk. he still hasn't signed it and it's not clear if he will. after months of not being involved in negotiations the president is calling for an increase in the amount each american will receive. but time is not on his side. if he doesn't sign the government will begin shutting

down on tuesday. and it's important to note all current benefits including unemployment money will run out for roughly 14 million americans impacted by the pandemic. we will continue to watch what happens for you. now to small businesses across the bay area. they are waiting on that relief. this is a restaurant in oakland. the owner laments if the government doesn't act quickly many family owned restaurants like his won't be left standing. and of course he's been seeing that all year. he did receive a ppp loan totaling $175,000, but that was back in march. diaz tells us that money is gone. >> this is where we are now, winter the second wave of covid, and it's going to hit us even harder now because we spend all this money on tents, food. >> businesses are limited in how they can spend ppp funds. diaz tells us he spent most of the loan on payroll.

this is live look now in downtown nashville where a massive explosion on christmas morning leaves so many questions. the area is still under heavy law enforcement watch and remains off-limits with the investigation now going to the feds. nbc's chris pollone reports on the search for answers. >> reporter: new video shows the horror as people who lived near the blast site emerged from their shattered apartments moments after the explosion. he shot this video on his phone capturing windows blown out, water pouring out from a sprinkler system, fixtures damaged and destroyed. the blast pierced what was a quiet christmas morning in downtown nashville. >> we've had some type of explosion. >> reporter: shattered glass, smashed bricks, burned out cars. >> heavy structural damage to multiple buildings.

>> reporter: it happened around 6:30 friday morning. police called to the area to shots fired shortly before the blast. >> the officers responded. they encountered an rv that had a recording saying that a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. officers upon hearing that decided to evacuate the building. >> reporter: moments later the rv exploded. >> we do not know whether anyone was in the rv when it exploded. >> our window completely caved into apartment complex, and it woke me up immediately. and next thing you know we're hearing screams and the sirens going off. >> reporter: investigators are examining what are believed to be human remains near the blast site. they're calling the explosion an intentional act. >> this morning's attack on our community was intended to create chaos and fear. in this season of peace and hope. but nashvillians have proved time and time again the spirit

of our city cannot be broken. >> reporter: president trump and president-elect bid have been iefebr on the investigation. chris pollone, nbc news. we'll have much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. it's a christmas miracle. how food trucks jumped into action to save christmas dinner for some very special bay area folks. and on this day after christmas and the first day of the week long kwanzaa celebration, a live look for you at sfo if you're headed there today. we are tracking your weekend weather. is more rain on the way? vianey arana, has your complete forecast ahead. you're watching today in the bay. the usual gifts are just not going to cut it.

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[laughter] that's it. i figured it out! we're going to give togetherness. that sounds dumb. we're going to take all those family moments and package them. hmm. [laughing] that works. welcome back. it's 7:11 on your saturday morning. a live look in san francisco where there's still a glimmer of the christmas spirit shining brightly. nice to see that as we bid

farewell to the christmas holiday. on christmas night a bay area agency that helps homeless people ran into trouble trying to pull off their christmas dinner, but it was food trucks that ended up saving the night. >> reporter: on this covid christmas evening grateful diners lined up for a hot meal, and some have a story to share. heather is a recent parolee and newly homeless. >> i'm starting over and with the covid-19 shutting the programs down they have for the parolees, it's very hard and a struggle right now. >> reporter: nick ahad some shelter but this new blanket will help keep her warm. >> they're very nice to do this. i live in an rv up by burger king. >> reporter: and joy is taking food to her neighbors who are old and sick. >> elderly people who had open heart surgery. >> reporter: it's a glimpse into just how big the need is here in silicon valley. city team ministry normally

feeds about 500 people on christmas day. but just days ago a worker was diagnosed with covid-19 and they had to shutdown their kitchen. food truck vendors stepped up to help. >> i'm very happy because there's a lot of people that need help right now. >> reporter: in these difficult times the agency says it's seeing three times as many people as last year, and workers fear things will only get worse once the statewide ban on evictions ends next month. >> i don't know what's going to happen. it's a big affair for all the non-profit agencies. the donations aren't coming inasmuch as they were in the past either because a lot of people are hurting. >> reporter: organizers say they're seeing three times as many people this year as last. so they want to remind you that they need help all year round. in san jose, roz plater, nbc bay area news.

it's 7:13 and if some presents were messing under your tree, it turns out there were some delays in delivery. up next how many packages the usps may still be on their way. late but they're coming. plus -- >> and we've had one storm on christmas. we're tracking another one on sunday. how much rain are we expected to see, and how's our saturday shaping up? i'll have our full forecast coming up. stay with us. christmas eve... everybody spends the night at the house. i love christmas, i always did. it's loud, it's family being together. a lot of food, music, people, hugs. that's a perfect christmas. ♪ ♪

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and at genesys, we're proud to help them help you everyday. as so many of us had to change our traditions to salebrate the holiday safely so too did the vatican. pope francis delivered his traditional christmas message virtually this year from a lectern inside the vatican. the pope is calling on countries around the world to ensure the covid-19 vaccine is given to those who need it most. he stressed health is an international issue and appeared to criticism so-called vaccine nationalism.

officials fear it will worsen the pandemic if poor nations receive the vaccine last. the pope's message comes as italy entered the second week of its latest lock down. okay, we're going to shift gears a little bit. don't say we didn't warn you about delivery delays. some people left empty-handed are now blaming the postal service for delays in getting their gift on time. the usps says it has been facing delivery delays because of the huge increase in demand, fewer workers there to process the mail and the weather. on christmas eve more than 3 million packages were ready to be shipped, but many won't arrive until next week. remember it's not just your presents they're delivering they're also helping deliver the covid-19 vaccines and that's on top of all the online shopping people have been doing since the pandemic began. so be patient. your present will get to you eventually. better late than never, right? over the past month this one's cool. monoliths have been popping up all over the world. now there's one in san

francisco. but this one is just as unique as the bay area is. it's made completely out of ginger bread. you can see here decorated with icing and candy. it was spotted yesterday morning in corona heights park in the castro. some were praising the monolith as a christmas miracle. >> i mean, you can smell it, so you know it's real. i mean santa's real, right? everything's real on christmas. >> some said the gingerbread smell was so strong they can smell the monolith before they actually saw it. my son wants to go to that so badly. my concern is people walking their dogs will get to it first. >> i see what you mean now. >> time to check in for a look at your microclimate forecast. hoping you and your dog had a merry christmas. >> we did. as long as we're here spending time with him i think your dog is happy, right?

they just enjoy your company. but i see what you meant about your dog walking by that monolith and marking its territory. >> marking it and eating it, i don't know. taking a bite. >> that's another good point, too. i have to pry his mouth open and get it out. so let's talk about the rain. beautiful view over san jose right now. we got a little bit of rain in san jose. it was so nice i woke up this morning and i saw we had photos of rain and the live cams were showing the wet pavement out there, so thank you those who shared those photowise me. in the south bay you can see a bit of glow over the cloud cover. current temperatures not bad, not too cold. we're in the 40s and 50s so a mild start to our morning. and we had that rain that pushed through on christmas day. here's a live look right now at doppler radar and satellite. it's moving out of the area but behind it you see what's out in the pacific. we've got a cold front and that

storm is expected to move in tomorrow. i'm going to get through that timing first, but i want to show you our storm ranger. it's been can up and scanning so we've been monitoring this rain. and you can see how quiet things have gone. very comfortable, upper 50s in palo alto, san francisco, santa rosa. oakland, concord and san jose along with santa cruz could be hitting the 60 degree mark, maybe even 61, 62. let's take a look at your hour by hour outlook. rain clears out today and sunday afternoon is when we see the arrival of that second storm, right around 4:00. notice the impact is going to be noticeable for the santa cruz mountain area initially. they'll be the first to see the rain and beginning to sort of spread upward from that into the san jose area as well as the santa rosa mountain areas as well. so we'll get more rain trekking in early monday morning. you might catch some of that in

your morning commute. well, the majority of the rain again as i mentioned will be in the ben loamen area, so we're expecting right now not a huge rainmaker out of this system. it looks like my graphic may just be taking its time on this one. let's try to advance that one ahead. and your overall long-range o outlook the possibility of a third system making its arrival right on new year's eve. we could be leaving 2020 -- my graphics are just acting up this morning. technology for you. second system on sunday and newel year's eve we get a third storm system so it's going to be nice day ahead. >> it's the holidays, vianey, everyone needs a break even your computer. thank you for that forecast. still ahead, a bay area homeless man finds a wallet a somehow got it back to its owner. the touching story up next that will make you bay area proud. you're watching "today in the bay." 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

welcome back. in our bay area proud series we love nothing more than sharing the story of someone doing a good deed for someone else. the only thing we like a little better than that is a story with two good deeds. and that's just what gavin thomas has this morning. >> reporter: there are many these days who would compare the year that is ending to a dumpster. one that's on fire. but while this story does include a dumpster -- >> do you want me to tell the whole story? >> reporter: it feels evelyn says like everything 2020 was not. >> just a beautiful story and what a wonderful story for this time of year. >> reporter: it begins, evelyn, says at this san rafael coffee shop. that's her on december 9th paying for a decaf latte and putting her wallet back in her pocket but not zipping it closed. when she got back home the

wallet was missing. >> i couldn't find it and what was in this little wallet was everything, everything i own. and i was distraught. >> reporter: but just a day later evelyn got a call from sean curry. >> we get rid of a lot of stuff. >> reporter: sean who's been homeless for the past five years found evelyn's wallet in a dumpster behind the coffee shop and wanted to return it to her. the cash was gone but the credit cards were still in it. a friend had suggested sean use them. he said no. >> i did it because i got a heart. that's the way i was brought up. i'm an honest person and i got heart. >> and i started screaming. i said i can't believe it, i can't believe it. this is so wonderful. do you know what a misfa is, and he said not really. i said, well, it's like a good deed. >> reporter: what makes the story even better is that the good deeds weren't done.

evelyn's 12-year-old daughter mckala was having a birthday. she was asking for donations instead of gifts but hadn't quite settled on who should get the money until she heard about sean. >> i wanted to give to somebody who really needed something. >> reporter: so when the guests pulled up for mckala's socially distant drive by celebration there were balloons and party favors but also a picture of sean and a basket for donations. they ended up collecting hundreds of dollars. >> well, here you go. >> reporter: that mckala gave to sean the very next day. >> i'm humbled. i mean, i'm just blessed. it's hard to express words for it. i'll tell you, i'm at a loss. i'm warmed. i'm warmed by it 100%. >> i think it's really important for people to think that just because you got like pushed down doesn't mean that you can never come back up again.

>> reporter: two good deeds by two very different people teaching us all one valuable lesson in the power of kindness. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> i have chills. that is beautiful story and so much we can learn from a 12-year-old. 7:27. we do have much more ahead for you on "today in the bay" including we continue to watch washington and florida where president trump is as he faces a deadline to either sign or veto the latest stimulus relief bill. that as small businesses from the bay area and beyond say they might not be able to hang on much longer. we'll hear from one oakland restaurant owner on just how dire the situation is for him. you're watching "today in the bay."

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good morning. it is saturday, december 26th, the day after christmas. the first day of kwanzaa.

the week long celebration of african-american culture, and this is live look outside to cloudy skies over the skyline of san francisco. after many of us saw a wet christmas day. thank you so much for starting your saturday with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with a peek at your forecast. >> good morning, kira. and we're going to see that rain clear out, already trekking east. overall we're going to notice the skies will clear up just a little bit into the afternoon. we have a mild start to our day. walnut creek, 50 degrees right now. you can see the views over the bay area. san francisco, 55 degrees. so not as cold as a start of what we've seen with the 30s. san jose 53 degrees. and we've got beautiful skies. but look at doppler radar. we do have a second storm system on the way. this one is expected to make its arrival tomorrow afternoon. so we're going to start out our sunday dry as well.

and here's a look at the headlines i'm monitoring. rains clearing up early and rain could linger into monday morning, so for the start of your commute might be something you look out for. the timing of this plus more sierra snow on pthe way. a live look for you over capitol hill. many americans wondering this holiday weekend if or when they'll receive their covid-19 relief check from washington and how much they'll get. president trump is leaving everybody guessing not saying whether he'll sign the covid-19 relief package with $600 per person in it, but not exactly saying he'll veto it either. after the president didn't participate in the months long negotiations he now wants people to get $2,000 per check. the president did take a moment yesterday, though, to share a christmas message on social media. the president and president-elect joe biden offered their thoughts on this covid christmas.

>> we're grateful for all of the scientists, researchers, manufacturing workers and service members who have worked tirelessly to make this break through possible. it is truly a christmas miracle. >> for the bidens we usually have 20 to 25 people over for christmas dinner, but not this year. we're going to miss our family, but it's what we need to do to keep our family safe. we hope you'll consider limiting travel and the size of family gatherings as well this year. >> in her own holiday message vice president elect kamala harris encouraged all americans to hold onto hope this holiday season. meantime small businesses across the bay area are awaiting that relief. this is video from agava up town, a restaurant in oakland. the owner octavio diaz laments if the government doesn't act quickly many family owned restaurants like his won't be left standing and of course

we've seen that over the last nine months. he did receive a ppp loan. it totaled $175,000, but that was back in march. diaz tells us that money is gone. >> this is where we are now. winter, the second wave of covid and it's going to hit us even harder now because we spend all this money on tents, food. >> businesses are limited in how they can spend those ppp funds. diaz tells us he did spend most of his on payroll. now to the surge in covid cases. in fact, just yesterday in california 39,000 more people were infected with covid-19. but it's the hospitalizations that are the most concerning. on christmas eve the state set a new record for the number of people in hospitals which now stands at more than 19,700 patients. this morning less than 10% of standard icu beds are open in the bay area. but taking a look here at our neighbors in the san joaquin

valley and in southern california, hospitals are out of icu beds. and some hospitals in l.a. county are reporting packed ers and running low on oxygen tanks. governor gavin newsom says if the current trend of surge in cases continues the number of people in hospitals could double by the end of january. as today in the bay area ian cull reports, bay area health officials are fearing the same. >> reporter: health leaders are hoping enough people heeded their warnings and avoided holiday gatherings. they fear the worst is ahead because statewide more than 12% of people are testing positive. in the south bay it's nearly 8%, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic. dr. sara cody addressed it earlier this week. >> the surge that we're in right now is so dramatic it almost appears as though we haven't had two prior surges. >> reporter: nearly 20,000 people in california are hospitalized with the virus. that's more than dbleou the

summer surge. today state health leaders confirmed since most regions are below the 15% icu available capacity threshold stay at home orders will likely be extended. >> our hospitals are so stretched we can't handle more than we're already on track to have. >> reporter: ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. peter chin-hong has been treating patients on the front lines since march. he says the hospitals are filling up and planning for what's next. >> i think about what's to come and the good is many of us are getting vaccinations now, so that means we'll be around to help take care of the patients that are inevitably going to come in with the post-christmas surge. the bad is that we are going to have a surge on top of a surge. >> reporter: and the ugly is he's seeing a lot of worn-out health care workers who have been needed nonstop. >> there's no vaccine for burn out and mental exhaustion. so really getting together the community is what we need to do

for this last stretch of the maur t marathon. >> reporter: he's hopeful this will be the last lock down we need. the the bay area was set to exit the stay at home order january 8th, but right now not enough progress is being made. in the south bay, ian cull, nbc bay area news. we are tracking a covid-19 outbreak at a womens federal prison in the east bay. 185 inmates out of about 900 total have been infected along with three prison staff. this is at the federal correctional institution in dublin. this is the prison where actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin served their sentences related to the college admission scandal. huffman served back in 2019. loughlin is scheduled to be released monday, the day after tomorrow. 7:36. still to come on "today in the bay," the drama between san jose state's undefeated football team and santa clara health officials. up next how the team says it will stay safe while traveling

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go safely, california. welcome back. gorgeous sunrise just shy of 7:39 on this saturday morning over san jose. on a mild morning. we saw some rain yesterday. 50s this morning, a bit humid out there. vianey arana will detail when the rain will return in just a couple of minutes. but sticking in san jose, the san jose football team is moving ahead with its controversial plans to travel to arizona this weekend for the arizona bowl gom. earlier this week we learned the team could be penalized by the county for violating covid guidelines such as quarantining if you travel. the university says players will fly by chartered plane to mitigate coronavirus risk. also head coach brent brennen is one of 12 national semifinalists for the collegiate coach of the year award. brennen who just signed an

extension with the spartans led the team to its best season in more than 80 years. the 7 and 0 spartans face ball state in the arizona bowl on thursday. if the warriors first game of the season didn't make fans uneasy the second game probably made fans turn off the tv. steph curry struggled for the second straight game. the warriors star scored just 19 points. meanwhile league mvp yoenis could only muster 150 of his own. but he had more help from his teammates rookie james wiseman getting in 14 points and 4 rebounds. he's looking good. he has a bright future. but the warriors still lost 138-99, ouch. a 39-point loss on christmas day. the next game is tomorrow in chicago. fingers crossed. it is official 49ers superstar tight end george kittle is back in their line-up,

and you can watch him today right here on nbc bay area. the team officially activated kittle yesterday from the injured reserve list. he's missed six games because of his foot injury. kittle and the rest of the niners are trying to break their losing streak even if they're out of playoff contention. they face the cardinals today. kick off is at 1:30. you can also catch the niners pregame live on nbc sports bay area. it starts at 9:00 this morning. and 49ers post game live is immediately following the action. 7:41. coming up on "today in the bay" we'll check back in with vianey arana. we've got a second stormen the way for tomorrow afternoon. the timing of it and what to expect heading into the last week of december and of course new year's eve coming up. stay with us.

good morning. i hope you all had a lovely christmas day, and now we're waking up to some nice coffee and maybe even leftovers later in this afternoon. we will be seeing a majority of that rain completely cleared out for today, so let's get a live look right now over san francisco where you can see the cloud cover. mild start to our morning. definitely a little sticky out there and humid. 55 degrees. overall we're going to see a beautiful sunrise in san jose there. great shot of downtown san jose. 53 degrees and here's a closer look at doppler radar and satellite. we definitely saw sierra snow and now we're seeing that initial system that affected us on christmas day make its exit. but behind us we've got a second storm on the way. you can see now how quiet the radar looks as that rain continues to clear out for this afternoon. but we do have a second storm on the way for tomorrow. so let's get the timing on that. overall we're going to start our

morning pretty nice. sunday morning it's going to get cloudy by the afternoon. and then by the evening hours we're going to expect to see some of that rain pushing in primarily through the santa cruz area. santa cruz, the mountain areas will be the first to see some of that rain. half moon bay and then kind of taking that time line through sunday night into early monday morning. we could see some lingering monday morning showers for your monday morning commute. as far as rain totals go, well, right now it looks like a majority of the rain is going to fall over the ben loamen area, so we could see some some of higher totals through there, half moon bay not a huge rainmaker out of this system. as you know san jose tends to fall in that rain shadow which is exactly what happened on christmas day, but we did manage to get a little bit of rain this morning overnight as that system made its exit. as far as sierra snow i want to give you a heads up because i know right now the travel is still pretty dangerous, and i'm

not sure there's still chain requirements but there were as of last night. and we could see that again sunday night into monday because of that second storm. we could see an additional 3 to 9 inches of snow. last chance the snow was at about 6,000 feet when it came to elevation so something to keep in mind if you have to either travel there on sunday or monday morning. you may want to check the time frg that. as far as long-range outlook looking ahead to the start of the workweek lingering showers on monday, put thursday, december 31st, the last day of 2020 we have an approaching storm system that could mean our third storm bringing light to moderate rain on christmas eve into the start of 2021, which is good news, by the way. because we need the rain. so if it does rain, take that as a sign of, you know, good faith that we're going to have a much better rain year so that we can clear out after a pretty dry year overall. we're still in a serious deficit there. over the next seven days a closer look at your forecast.

we're going to remain in the 50s for san francisco. remember that cold rain moves in tomorrow night, not just for the coastal areas. the biggest impact will be near the ben loamen area and half moon bay. and then new year's eve we're looking out for that as well. kira, i'll send it back to you. unfortunately we have to take a turn right now to a christmas grinch caught on camera. someone making a tough year even more difficult for some business owners in san francisco. two women shared this women with us of the man they say tried to break into their business. today in the bay's sergio quintana reports. >> reporter: in one portion of security camera video it looks as if the man is trying to kick down the front door, but he stops when he sees a muny bus dry by, and then he picks up a cinder block from an apartment nearby. >> tries to break this window. failed at that attempt and tried

to break through the door. >> reporter: you can see him throw the cinder block at the window then it bounces off, then he kicks the front door again. finally he hurls a chunk of the cinder block at the front door before walk off. that door is now shattered, not a welcome development before christmas. >> given the circumstances because of the pandemic this hurts financially a great deal. >> reporter: after the pandemic the studio owners say an attempted break in like this would be annoying but they'd be able to handle it. but over the last several months they've had to open and close twice, and right now they're barely scraping by with the help of family and friends. so trying to come up with nearly a $1,000 to help fix a door like this right now is pretty big deal. they were both recently awarded a grant from a city program recognizing women entrepreneurs. this is video from a city documentary about that program. now as the pandemic stretches on and situations like this attempted break in happens, it's more difficult to survive in the

city. >> we've called the office to reach out and say, hey, we've received this grant but we don't qualify for the small business own. what else can we do? no one's gotten back to us. no one's reached out. >> reporter: for now they're just trying to get a police report for the damage so they can work with their landlord to get the door fix immediatech ed. and they're hoping someone will-call the police and tell them who this man is. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. it is 7:49 and still ahead we're going to make things nicer and we want to show you a song you need to hear. it's straight from the heart of someone deeply involved in the fight against the pandemic. it will play at your heartstrings we hope. that's next. we'll be right back.

now to a nurse who is also a singer sharing a song about what health care workers are going through. here she is in her own words. >> i've loved music all my life. music has gotten me through all the hardest parts of my life. it's really important to me. ♪ we had a day today trudging through the waters trying to keep our heads above ♪ >> i'm an icu nurse. i definitely think working dure covid i've been more stressed

than i've ever been. ♪ from what i see we're breaking and no one is listening ♪ >> for this whole pandemic i've had a lot of difficulty pitting into words how i feel what's going on. so i took a lot of those ideas and put it all into a song i wrote. ♪ they are scared today we try to hold them up but there's not enough of us ♪ >> we do see a lot of families aren't able to say good-bye to each other, see each other. we see nurses working so hard to get to everyone and confident everyone but there's so much to get accomplished and so many people to see that it's challenging. ♪ try to save all the lives we touch but it's not enough ♪ >> some people that have heard it have told me it's exactly

what they've been thinking in their heads but haven't been able to say. and i want us to be united in those same thoughts and realize we're all going through it together. ♪ barely keeping our heads above ♪ >> wow, that was stunning. thank you to her and all of the front line workers. 7:54. after the break, it is never too late for a belated holiday present and what's better than the gift of love? this time we're talking about the love of man's best friend. you'll meet dante next. you're watching "today in the bay." trelegy for copd.

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yesterday. vianey says it's moving eastward today, but we could expect some more rain tomorrow. so hopefully if you have returns to do today you can get out and enjoy a little bit of this dry weather. all right, if you watch every saturday you know it is time now for our clear the shelter segment featuring our friends from pets in need. today we want to introduce you to dante. he is is 1-year-old husky mix. look at those beautiful eyes. he is energetic, spunky. he loves to meet new people and explore the world. they tell us he is a great hiking or running buddy. so someone who enjoys the outdoors would be a perfect fit for him. someone with prior experience with a large breed dog is a plus and hopefully a family who can continue his positive reinforcement training. they say he is treat motivated. well, aren't we all? pets in need says a home with older kids, maybe teenagers, no smaller animals would be ideal.

you can find out all about him at pets in need.org or call pets in need and ask about dante. i hope he gets his forever home. he is a gorgeous boy. and we always try to end the show if we can on vianey arana and her pup banks, but understandably he's probably still napping full from his christmas meal. i'm not surprised at all. but people can get out today andinal jand enjoy this dry weather before the rain returns. >> and maybe a nice morning walk to get the body moving if you were maybe eating during last night which i'm not judging, and there'll be leftovers tonight, but if you go out running great day for that. tomorrow afternoon it's going to rain, and we're going to move in southward this time. santa cruz mountains you're going to see the rain first and continue to spread into early monday morning. >> today is the day.

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