2020. our radar lit up with patches of green as we track rain across parts of the bay area. even our storm ranger getting a little wet this morning as it tracks the rain. vianey arana's forecast is just moments away. "today in the bay" continues right now. that's a good example to not wash the car. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to mike. vianey has a look at the forecast for today. we saw it coming in overnight. we have a couple of lingering showers, but we are going to see those clear out. whatever is left over of this initial storm we're not expecting to see additional rainfall into the afternoon. by then we should be good. a combination of sun and clouds. morning showers, by the afternoon clearing, and then looking out ahead we have

another storm moving in. we're tracking an additional storm which is new year's eve. i will go into more detail on that and what we're expecting. today it will be comfortable in the 50s. let's check in with mike. in years past you might have had a tough morning after, a little tough as far as the conditions go. a live look shows you it's not the amount of traffic that's the concern. it's the slicker roadways and the water on our lens here. look at the flags over on the right side really blowing. chp is not concerned. i'll talk about the wrongway driver in the south bay that's cleared.

a live look at capitol hill, after spending a week criticizing the covid relief bill which passed in both the house and senate, president trump has signed it into law. that move means millions of americans will get direct stimulus payments and extended unemployment benefits. it averts a government shutdown. now this comes as "the new york post" editorial board which has long supported president trump is blasting his attempts to overturn the election in a scathing editorial. today's headline reads, quote, "stop the insanity." chris pollone joins us live with more this morning. chris? >> reporter: laura and marcus, good morning. the president still pushing to increase those direct stimulus payments to americans from $600 to $2,000. the house of representatives will vote on a measure that could do that today. the problem is many republicans oppose the idea. after a week of complaints about the $2.3 trillion bipartisan

spending bill -- >> it really is a disgrace. >> reporter: president trump signed the bill sunday night. it includes $900 billion in covid relief money and funds the government for the next fiscal year. in a statement from his florida resort the president said i am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance and much more. those enhanced employment benefits extended had expired for millions sunday after promises stimulus payments would go out this week, it's now unclear when people will see that money in their bank accounts. house majority leader steny hoyer said the president has resolved an unnecessary crisis he himself created. the president still backing an effort to raise those payments to $2,000 for adults and $600 for children. democrats support it. minority leader chuck schumer on twitter daring republicans to object. the house will vote on it today. >> i don't agree with $2,000 checks to people who have had no lost income which is the vast majority of americans.

>> reporter: the law provides $8 million for vaccine distribution, important funding as the u.s. has passed 330,000 covid-19 deaths with predictions of dark days ahead after many people traveled this holiday season. so far no reaction from the president-elect joe biden. we ex ekt that to change. he is scheduled to give remarks to reporters later on today. i'm chris pollone. laura, back to you. >> chris, thanks so much. 6:04. "full house" star lori loughlin scheduled to be released today from a federal prison in dublin. she served a two-month sentence for her part in the college admissions scandal. tom, sometimes high-profile prisoners are released in the wee hours of the morning. have you seen anything? >> reporter: we haven't seen anything yet and i can tell you

there are several tabloid photographers here from hollywood to london trying to catch a alcoholism ps of her. a lot of flashes but they're still here. that tells me she must be here. nobody confirming she is in any of the images that they've gotten so far. we haven't heard that she's been in any of the vehicles that have left from prison officials. she did get up for her last 5:00 a.m. daily roll call about an hour ago. turned herself in to federal authorities nearly three weeks early in late october in l.a. she has served her time here in dublin. the actress and her designer husband mossimo giannulli paid sentences. they paid half a million to a key figure in the federal scandal who helped get their two

daughters posing as elite crew team members, recruits for the college. once she is released and she gets home, she has to serve 100 hours of community service work, laura. thom, before you go, that prison facility, they're experiencing a covid outbreak. can you talk about that a little bit? >> reporter: they have a significant covid outbreak and she has been in isolation for a couple of weeks. of the 900 prisoners nearly 20% were infected. 185 along with three employees. she was not one of them. her husband also under quarantine in his sentence at a

federal prison serving a five-month sentence. >> no doubt they'll be happy to go home. thom jensen live from the scene, thank you so much. 6:06. we are getting a better look at the person police say is responsible for that rv explosion in downtown nashville. police say the man you see here on your screen, 63-year-old anthony warner, is the bomber. they say he was killed when the bomb went off. no motive has been determined at this time. new video shows the moment that bomb was detonated. metro nashville police actually posted that video on twitter. you can see just a terrifying scene playing out there. six officers are credited with helping evacuate people from areas including one family who lived nearby. >> we need to take our kids out, and the female officer said you have children in there? get them and leave now. that kind of like -- there was a sense of urgency in her voice.

it wouldn't a routine doldrum like where they were doing their work. >> only three people were hurt. >> now to the covid-19 pandemic statewide icu availability is staying flat. the bay area more than 11% of beds open. the situation much more serious in the central valley and southern california. standard capacity is full. that means hospitals are using surge beds to handle the overflow. stay-at-home orders were supposed to be lifted today. that likely won't happen. let's take a closer look at the bay area. san mateo, contra costa and marin all in the red with less than 15% of those standard icu beds open. solano is doing a little bit better. they're in orange.

more than 30% of icu beds available. 6:08 right now. our storm ranger is busy scanning the skies. rain moving to parts of the bay area. >> we want to show you the radar is working behind the scenes this morning. wet roads this morning as we get started with the day. when the rain comes down our storm ranger working hard for us, vianey. >> i have my own storm here, this toy replica. it does do all the fun things that our own storm ranger does. let's take a look at satellite radar from this perspective. we have some rain pushing through california, l.a. any plans to travel this afternoon check the road

conditions first. we have some slick roads. the rain starting to quiet down a couple of showers pushing through the north bay. our afternoon highs comfortable in the 50s. 57 degrees in san jose. 58 in oakland. 56 in concord. by this afternoon, though, the showers will end. we're going to dry out and get a combination of sun and clouds. we'll stay quiet and rain moves in on wednesday. a check of the roads with mike. gusty winds in some patches. we know that can be the case heading over the hill. it was not in car lanes, just a bumper where i've circled. better news for the traffic flow. the rest of the bay shows a great traffic flow even out of the altamont pass. a live look shows you slick roads and that rain could be an

issue for visibility. back to you. thanks, mike. coming up, the pandemic having a lingering impact on public transit. coming up the new perspective on the big hit it's taking during the pandemic and the covid bill could bring to public transit right here in the bay area. the stock market keeps going up and up as well and people are jumping in buying on credit. out to the futures this morning. another green arrow day today. why that credit issue is a danger. plus, the world was indeed waiting for the new wave, the new wonder woman movie already making history at the box office. we'll be right back.

1 21 b1 12 good monday morning. it is 6:14. the last of the rain is making its exit. a beautiful view of san francisco. the day is only going to get nicer as we get clearing. details on our next storm coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with mike. >> a beautiful view of 880. a smooth drive but watch. there are some damp roadways all around the bay. we'll look for the changes coming up.

and good morning. a very happy monday to you as we wind down the year. we expect to see some selling on the stock market as investors take a loss deliberately for tax purposes though that might not be today. futures showing another positive open. chris pollone showed up the president signing the spending bill after threatening to veto it. investors keep piling in to the markets and the markets keep going up. one measure shows a lot of investors are using margins and credit to buy shares which alarms more conservative, traditional money managers. if you buy abc company at $10 a share and it's now worth $50 a share you can use the equity to buy more stock. that puts your whole stock portfolio on people lending you money so if abc company stock falls they'll ask for their money back called a margin call. young, aggressive investors

don't worry about this. all conservative investors do worry about it. tesla is an example of a skyrocketing stock up 700%. tesla risks becoming the next america online in his words. aol was a stock darling only to fall behind competitors. that analyst making a lot of headlines. tesla out with new featuring including exterior sounds you can play out of your tesla. shares in zoom doing well as we continue to be locked in. now the creator of zoom holds about $17 billion worth of stock in his own company. that puts him on the list of the top 100 richest people in the world. he originally made zoom so he could video chat with a girlfriend. he's twice as rich as marc benioff, the founder of salesforce. benioff has been returning those riches to the bay area with many

charities. he's getting started on new charities. and constellation brands has been going over its books and says sales of its corona beer were largely the same this year as they were last year. you may recall at the start of the pandemic there were questions about whether americans would buy a beer that had a similar name to a virus. it turns out, marcus and laura, americans understand the difference between a beer and a virus. can't always get them to wear a mask and can't convince them to stop traveling but we do understand our beer. >> and some people just won't give up their corona. >> that kind you don't mind getting. 6:17. continuing our pandemic coverage this morning with a dwindling number of riders. experts are warning that the days of public transportation are numbered compared with last year. only about a third of riders use subway systems in new york and

london during the pandemic. initial ridership tanked 95% in the early days. closer to home b.a.r.t. continues to face a $33 million shortfall this fiscal year and looming $177 million deficit next fiscal year. the new stimulus bill provides nearly a billion dollars in funding for bay area transit agencies including b.a.r.t. trending this morning "wonder woman 3" is a go. after "wonder woman 1984" shattered records. its box office debut comes in at nearly $17 million during the christmas holiday weekend, the largest opening for a movie during the pandemic. only about a third of u.s. theaters are open. other movies, news of the world and "the croods: a new age" round out the top three. "wonder woman" was the holiday winner. >> they messed up the numbering, though. wonder woman and instead of

wonder woman two, 1984 and now back to wonder woman three. what's wrong with that? >> i think we need a wonder woman 2020, conquer this year. >> wonder woman when it comes to weather, vianey arana. vianey, do you do a spin to get the forecast? >> oh, man. >> what do you do? >> a lot of magic with models. and by models i mean weather models. i haven't seen "wonder woman" yet but did watch "the croods." it was my day off. it was a really fun movie. you should watch it if you have time. it's on demand. let's talk about san jose. such a beautiful start. anytime we get any sort of rain in the south bay it's a great sight to see. this other storm was more focused to the central coast and the south bay. 47 degrees. san francisco, 50 degrees. and we will see some fantastic clearing by this afternoon.

on doppler that instability left over zooming in now using our storm ranger, a couple of showers passing through, vallejo and the novato area. everywhere else quiet and dry. fast forward to our microclimate highs in the 50s. cool, a great day to open up your window and get that fresh air because anytime it rains the smell of the air is so crisp and clean and we hopefully want to keep it that way. long-range outlook into the new year, another storm moves in wednesday night into thursday. as you know it is new year's eve and we clear out a little bit by thursday evening into friday morning. then friday night looking into the first weekend of 2021. saturday, january 2nd, we could get a bigger storm. this seems to bring more rain. we're talking about a couple hundredths of an inch for most

of the bay area and that rain is expected to be a lot stronger heading into next weekend along with breezy winds especially in through the interior valleys and higher elevations. foggy start to our morning tomorrow. thanks to that moisture that's lingering in the air and then again on wednesday night rain will make its return into thursday early morning and then new year 2021 on friday i'm just ready, i am not even going to go there with 2021. hopefully you have a fantastic morning. let's check in with mike. it'll be a happy new year and we'll leave it at that, vianey. over at the roadways, a pretty happy set of commuters. what commuters there are. they're happy because there's no backup and no metering lights but they're cautious because the roadways are still damp here and you do see the flags on the right blowing in the wind. that's just a note. chp hasn't had any reports of problems for their systems over the course of the evening.

as we look at the morning maps, we're looking at green sensors, the arrow shows you what we just looked at. the north bay, contra costa county looking great. throughout the peninsula, one incident reported in san mateo. it's just off 101 not affecting the transition off 92 which moves smoothly across the high rise. same thing for the dumbarton bridge. no delays. not even out of the altamont pass. >> you sound surprised. thanks, mike. coming up, nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: ribbon, wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and bows. what do you do with all the holiday remnants? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll sort through it all so you don't have to next. but first, our team always on social media. be sure to check out our holiday edition of "synced in." i will show you how to make my family's sweet potato pie. sweet potato pie. it is so good and tasty. eat it hot or cold.

follow us on nbc bay area on facebook and instagram to watch that entire video and get your life.

2 2 12 >> reporter: this package is now a mess. let's figure out what to do with it. guidance from the city of san jose. let's start with bows and ribbons. san jose says all bows and ribbons cannot be recycled. they can be trohrown in the cra

or reuse them next year. wrapping paper is easy to reuse, too. well, some of it is. san jose says aggressive unwrappers can recycle most wrapping paper. one rule, the shiny stuff. san jose says wrapping pape they're is shiny or contains file or metallic pieces cannot be recycled, reused. trash that stuff. the same for tissue paper. it contains the wrong fibers for recycling. you have three choices. reuse it, trash it, or compost it. as for cardboard boxes they're generally recyclable. the city recommends you flatten them down. that saves space and helps with sorting at the recycling center. greeting cards made a big comeback in 2020. what do you do with all of those? san jose says you can recycle them. but first, remove parts that have glitter, foil, metal charms, cutouts and ribbons. a crafty alternative, use this year's card to make gift tags for next year's present. you might tickle your friends and family using their 2020 card

on their 2021 gift. coming up next, breaking news. reports lori loughlin has been released from federal prison in dublin. we'll have a live report coming up. fears over traveling during the holiday season persist as cases continue to surge out of control. the dire new warning the top infectious disease expert is issuing. plus, as icu beds dwindle, the tough decisions hospitals are forced to make. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:30, testing travelers. the all-new requirement those from the uk now face at airports across the u.s. starting today. plus -- we remain very concerned about the surge on top of the surge. fears of a post holiday surge. the message from south bay health leaders about getting tested for coronavirus. and breaking news for you, tmz reporting lori loughlin is officially out of prison. the website says she was released at 6:02 this morning from the dublin women's federal facility. this is where she was serving time for her role in the college admissions scandal. "today in the bay's" thom jensen will have a live report for us coming up. and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping an eye on the roads for us this morning. first that forecast. vianey arana in for kari this

morning. what are we looking at today? it's looking good. we'll get clearing and it's waking up to 40s and 50s. a look at your current temperatures. 47 degrees in san jose. 47 in concord, 50 through san mateo and oakland and here are your headlines that we are monitoring for the next couple of days. we're going to see the morning showers and cool and comfortable. our rain chances will continue. a little bit of a break tonight and tomorrow. and then the rain chances return on wednesday and also into next weekend. we'll talk about the timing for that coming up in a few minutes. first a check of the roads with mike. all right, vianey. traffic flows pretty nicely. what is out there and the golden gate bridge does reflect what's

going on. a smooth flow of traffic there. slicker conditions in some spots. do keep that in mind. the map shows you green sensors. it allows you to go at the limit. with slicker roadways you might want to moderate that speed. the south bay, peninsula, even the tri-valley looks great with a mild build for 84. marcus, back to you. >> thanks, mike. a live look at sfo this morning. travelers from the uk learning they must face an extra step before they are allowed to travel. this in response to what health officials are calling -- this is a mutant strain of the coronavirus. talking to about steps are being put in place to contain this new strain of the virus, cierra? >> reporter: yes, good morning. we want to set the scene of how many americans traveled this holiday season. tsa releasing that over a

million travelers were tested over the last couple of days throughout those airports in the country. this coming as the virus here in the states proven to be extremely deadly with many cases and a lot of deaths. tsa said traffic at 45% of what it typically is. there is still room for concern. new year's eve is still days away. although many large celebrations canceled there is that concern of people gathering this while many communities across the country and right here in the bay area have just a small percentage of their icu beds available. >> when you're dealing with a baseline of 200,000 cases, new day and about 2,000 deaths per day with the hospitalizations over 120,000 we're at a very critical point.

>> reporter: in an effort to slow the spread out of the uk the cdc announced today there are new testing requirements for those arriving from the united kingdom. they must present a negative covid test within three days of boarding that flight to the united states. the cdc is saying they cannot produce those test results. they will not be allowed to board the flight here to the united states. >> those traveling are required to quarantine for ten days. passenger traffic down overall. >> reporter: you're exactly right. folks traveling outside of san francisco county, the city of san francisco are required to quarantine ten days for folks who work or live in the city that excludes essential workers. we were here for two or three days in the days before christmas. it was extremely busy. there was a constant stream of cars. behind mean it's been pretty quiet.

the ride share lane has been empty. traffic seems to have slowed down here. >> thank you, cierra. >> we'll see how we do numbers wise in a couple of weeks. thanks so much, cierra. vaccinations across the european union under way. doctors, nurses and the elderly had a coordinated rollout. in spain one of the he centers of europe's outbreak amount nurse became the first person in the country to receive the vaccine developed by pfizer. a 78-year-old french woman said she was emotionally moved when she received the first vaccination in that country. it happened in the outskirts of paris. >> this map showing you the average number of the country. california's positivity rate

right now 95 cases per 100,000. only tennessee has a higher rate. the lowest rate is hawaii. that news comes as the numbers don't seem to be getting any better. the overall total now exceeds 2.1 million more than 24,000 people have died. right now there are just 25 icu beds available in all of santa clara county. many hospitals are postponing some elective surgeries to focus on incoming covid patients. county health leaders are urging people wanting a covid test to steer clear of emergency departments and instead visit covid testing sites. >> getting tested is not a passport to travel. it's not a passport to gather. given the prevalence of covid in our community right now we all

need to behave as if we may be carriers, that we may transmit covid to other people. >> that's right. even if you think you're safe, listen to this. doctors say 40% of people who have covid are symptomatic. >> as we return from the holiday weekend and head into new year's eve, many bay area counties are ramping up testing as icu bed availability running alarmingly low from the bay area to los angeles which is the epicenter of the outbreak. santa clara county offering pop-up testing at emanuel baptist church. and at los gatos adult recreation center. palo alto adding another covid testing option. the city offering free tests from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. this is tomorrow in the parking lot of mitchell park library on middle field road. well, we're continuing to track the number of new cases in the bay area. county by county. to see where things stand in your area, head to our website nbcbayarea.com.

coming up for you as health officials urge to cancel new year's eve celebrations what we know about a crackdown already under way in southern california. after repeatedly threatening to veto the spending bill, the president approves it. we'll take a look at that and out to wall street as well. the dow is touching new records this morning. plus, things getting a little rough on the soccer field. we'll have more on the adorable interruption that is getting a lot of attention from sports fans this morning. you're watching "today in the bay." 6:38.

c 2 b12 2 good monday morning. you are definitely going to want to grab a light coat that you can sort of shed throughout the afternoon. once the rain clears out, we have comfortable 50s in today's forecast. upper 50s to the south bay. the interior valleys and around the coastline. i'll talk about our next chance of seeing rain move back into the bay coming up. mike? and a light commute, i guess, goes with your light jacket. the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights, no backup. not even any brake taps. i do see on the right side those flags flapping in the breeze. a note as you cross the span of the bridge but no problems reported by chp. laura? thanks so much, mike. 6:41 right now. despite threats to veto president trump just signed the massive spending bill that

includes coronavirus relief fund. >> but, scott mcgrew, the delay will cost american people. it will, yes. there will be some interruptions to the unemployment payments because of that delay. good morning to you. president trump has said he was going to veto that massive bill, which combined coronavirus relief with the government's overall budget. two bills in one. the president said he wanted bigger checks to go out to the american people but couldn't find support in congress. and he complained about the bill, that it spent money on things that had nothing to do with coronavirus echoing a complaint people have been posting to social media. >> it's called the covid relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with covid. this bill contains $85.5 million for assistance to cambodia. $134 million to burma. >> first of all, it was not called the covid relief bill. it was called the omnibus

appropriations and coronavirus relief package. the payments to burma come from the first part. the omnibus, which is the overall spending budget for the u.s. government. we give burma money every year in the form of foreign aid. it's not part of the coronavirus relief plan. it's just the policy of the united states government. remember, congress approves budgets. presidents set them. congress can make changes, but largely the budget sent to the hill is the budget congress passes. and it contains all kinds of things. $7 million for reef fish management. $25 million to combat asian carp. $2.5 million to count the number of amber jack fish in the gulf of mexico. >> if you look at the line items the budget created by the white house does spend a lot of time talking about fish, which are an important natural resource the

federal government manages. again, congress combined its yearly spending bill with its coronavirus relief bill to create a much bigger bill. now you argue -- you can argue they shouldn't have done that, but this is what allows the president to wonder out loud why americans are only getting $600 but burma is getting money, too. the president's delay in signing that bill delayed money for out-of-work americans, unemployment benefits that were set to expire did expire in the time between when the president got the bill and when he signed it. so there will be a gap there. now house democrats were happy to hear that the president wanted $2,000 checks for americans and will vote today on doing just that. now there's no chance that will pass the senate. congress also has to deal with the fact the president vetoed the defense spending bill. this is a routine bill. again, the numbers largely came from the white house and pentagon, but the bill did not include new rules for twitter

and other social media the president wanted though the bill has nothing to do with social media. so he vetoed it. congress will either have to change it or vote on it again to override the president's veto. so there's a lot happening in washington today. we'll be watching all of it and talking about it on twitter. you can follow me ther there @scottmcgrew. thanks so much, scott. 6:45 right now. leaders are cracking down on a secret new year's eve party allegedly planned by a well known restaurant la scala places invitations to a speak easy dinner inside carryout bags for customers. the note was an attempt to gauge some interest. but after someone posted it online, that invite, it caught the attention of beverly hills police who were very interested in the get together. the party plan clearly prohibited under state orders. turning now to our race for a vaccine, backlash is growing this morning after a disneyland employee bragged that she received the covid vaccine

despite not being a frontline worker. according to the southern california news group, the woman posted about the experience on facebook earlier this month saying she was able to obtain the pfizer vaccination through her husband's aunt who she has described as a, quote, big deal at redlands community hospital. the woman is not commenting and the hospital is not confirming this she was indeed vaccinated. draymond green will miss tomorrow's game in detroit due to that injury to the right foot. this comes after the team had their first win of the season in chicago. so the warriors beat the bulls 129-128. steph curry had 36 points during the game. the 49ers got an emotional boost over the weekend when george kittle returned to the huddle. the all-pro tight end hauled in four passes for 92 yards in his first action since week eight because of a broken foot. kittle's return helped spark the 49ers to a big win over the cardinals in arizona. next, the team takes on the

seattle seahawks. that will happen on sunday. trending for you this morning a pooch on play. this is during a soccer game in bolivia. take a look at this here. the dog interrupted the match several times running onto the field with soccer cleat in its mouth. the playful pup there lying me. that action took about three minutes. some of the players you saw there even taking the time to play with the dog. eventually the pup was carried off the field in order to keep the game going. speaking of cute pets there, check out our midday producer tony's little puppy just in time for the holidays. her name is ginger noodle. he and his wife just welcomed the little pup into their family during the holidays. i don't know, tony and his new wife claire just got married. first to marriage and then a little puppy. nice. >> the puppy is 21 already. >> adorable. >> it is, it is.

all right, 6:47 this morning. and it's time to get a look at the forecast for you before you head out. of course you wake up. vianey, people will probably see wet roads out there. i don't know. is the rain sticking around for a bit? >> just a little bit. the first half of the morning -- i'm excited to see tony's puppy adventures with the potty training. that's always fun. so we'll see how that puppy updates. i'm excited for that. let's talk about a beautiful shot over san jose. i know what you're thinking, but it's cloudy. look how great the sky looks with the cloud cover there. make sure to share your photos with me. send them via instagram, twitter. a look at the satellite radar. it does show where we stand when it comes to the rain. we did see the rain move in last night and early this morning and we're going to see that instability continue. notice more focus to central california and storm ranger right now showing a couple of showers that just passed through san francisco. now about to move into concord and fairfield, passing up through san rafael.

so we'll keep some of the showers at least through about 8:00, 9:00 a.m. and look what happens at 8:30. the majority of it is out and the highest totals in the monterey area. out to the further south. the storm moves in wednesday night. i do want to show you our daytime highs. a lovely afternoon. a light coat. clouds and sun will be your main component into the evening. long-range outlook, the wednesday storm because right now it doesn't look like a huge rainmaker. quick to pass. enough to bring a little bit of rain wednesday night into early thursday morning. our big rainmaker has the potential to be the first weekend of 2021. you can see it there.

maybe even carrying over into sunday. it looks like we might even continue to see more of that rain to the first two weeks of the new year. don't be surprised if it's breezy. we'll keep the breezy conditions for next weekend as well and those early showers on new year's eve. it's going to dry out by new year's day. we get another storm that moves in. mike, i'll send it over. back to you. through the end of the year we have those vacations moving around. as we look at the map we don't have a lot of cars moving around, why we have green sensors everywhere. you remember damp roadways, not necessarily totally wet but damp from the overnight rains. highway 84 about ten minutes of

slowing, not ten-minute delays but slowing. clearing now. a look out there. oakland does show traffic. the nimitz is at speed throughout the east bay. 101 through palo alto. maybe mist kicking up. back to you, marcus. happening now new york a is under investigation over accusations it gave out unauthorized doses of the covid-19 vaccine. health leaders say parcare may have fraudulently obtained the vaccine and given it out to the public. a flyer on its facebook page saying the vaccine would be available on a first come first served basis. giving it out goes against the state's plan to administrate the vaccine to frontline workers first. parcare says it is cooperating with the investigation. coming up next on "today in the bay," a quick look at our top stories including breaking news we're following just moments ago. actress lori loughlin now a free

woman. her prison release and what is next in a live report after this quick break. you're watching "today in the bay."

2c22 b1 b welcome back. a look at the top stories we're following including breaking news. "full house" star lori loughlin served a two-month sentence at the federal

corrections institution in dublin for her part in the 2019 "today in the bay's" thom jensen thom? >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, we got confirmation from the federal bureau of prisons just a short time ago, not the exact time she was released. but earlier we talked about this happens with the high-profile people, they get released. a lot of times it happens when it's dark in the wee hours in the morning. we saw a lot of vehicles leaving the institution here in dublin. she apparently was in one of them. she did turn herself in to federal authorities back in late october in los angeles. she has served her sentence and paid $100,000 in fines along with her designer husband mossimo giannulli. the two of them admitted that

they were involved in the college admissions cheating scandal. they paid $500,000 to a key figure in the scandal who helped get their daughter in the university of southern california through the admission board by convincing the admissions folks that they were elite crew team recruits to the college. that all ended up to be false. both of them, again, serving their prison time. he's still in prison, a federal prison, both of them. 20% of the 900 inmates here came down with covid-19 or were infected along with three of the staff members. no word whether loughlin was infected, but we do know she was in isolation here the past two weeks. now she has been freed.

some time earlier this morning. that's what we know. now we're hoping to hear more from the federal bureau of prisons or a representative of loughlin about what happens now. we do know once she returns home. "today in the bay." learning they must face an extra step before they are allowed to travel. this in response to what health officials are calling a mutant strain of the coronavirus. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson and what steps are being put in place to try to work to contain the new strain, this mutant strain of the virus. >> reporter: yes, good morning. the tsa saying they've seen over 1 million travelers over the last couple of days. this coming as those case numbers increase as well as the

number of deaths. tsa said on sunday traffic was just 45% of what it was a year ago, but there's still that concern because the holiday season isn't quite over. new year's celebrations, many of them have been canceled but still that concern with folks wanting to gather. this while many of the communities across the country and right here in the bay have just a small percentage of their icu beds available. now to that mutant strain. the cdc says they will be banning those who cannot provide that negative test within 72 test of their travel. so if you cannot produce that coming from the united kingdom you will not be allowed on that flight. we're live in front of sfo, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." happening today in the north bay the end of fire season. cal fire making that call as cooler temperatures and rain moves in. santa rosa fire department marked the end of its fire season two weeks ago. this year's fire season one of the most destructive in recent history. there were 600 wildfires in the

north bay alone. the catastrophic season lasted about one month longer than the previous two fire seasons. speaking of the rain, marcus, this morning our storm ranger busy scanning the skies. rain has been moving across parts of the bay area. you can see the radar lit up. we have a live look outside in walnut creek and fremont. vianey arana is in for kari this morning. she's been tracking it all for us. how are we looking now? you know, we're seeing the majority of it begin to move on out, and that's going to make way for clearing skies this afternoon. crisp 50s. temperatures will be really comfortable. but we do have more rain on the way for wednesday night and thursday, so that will be something we're looking out for as we head into new year's eve. and, get this, another potential for another storm on the first weekend of 2021. so something to look forward to there. mike, i'll send it over to you. all right, vianey. well, the sun is rising right now. the roadways are still damp.

the richmond bridge, the same thing at the golden gate bridge. do watch out. we don't have the iconic fog. we have water on the lens. so there you go. same thing for the windshield. >> okay. soub sounds good. >> the "today" show is next. just ahead, the fight ahead on capitol hill. and when those checks could be headed your way. new twist -- federal authorities identified suspect in the bizarre christmas morning bombing inas