office. and the surge of confusion as covid cases grow. some frontline workers are refusing to get the vaccine. their reasoning at who gets the doses they are passing on as "today in the bay" continues right now. good tuesday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the week off. we'll check in with kari, a little bit of a break from the rain. yeah, but now the fog has settled in. that's what we're really seeing some dense fog in parts of the north bay and the east bay and also for parts of the tri-valley, so we're seeing visibility down to a quarter of a mile. a look at the live camera in dublin. you can barely see anything. we'll have to deal with the fog for a little while longer up to 2:00, 7:00 and then we'll see some breaks in the clouds. we'll talk about our next chance of rain coming up. mike, how is that impacting the morning commute? kari, it's a word of caution that we extend to folks getting

out on the roadways. leave a little extra time. speeds are fine as we look at the map. green sensors. you see the green and the yellow in the north bay and other portions through sonoma, solano and napa county. lower visibility we do see an issue over in parts of the east bay. as we look over to the tri-valley you see that pocket right there on the right side. that's what kari showed you. the dublin camera, lower visibility from our rooftop camera. we can barely make out the lights but speeds are okay once you're on the deck. you do see better than we can see it. back to you, laura. >> thanks so much, mike. 5:01. let's look at capitol hill this morning where the direction of the senate hangs in the balance and georgia voters can swing the balance either way. >> the state the recent subject of so many election headlines, is holding two high-stakes senate run-off elections today. right now republicans have one more senate seat than democrats

and the polls in georgia are now open. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live this morning near the nation's capital tracking that, plus new reaction to the president's weekend phone call trying to change results. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, scott, good morning. good morning, everyone. democrats now want to get the fbi to look into that phone call. but let's begin with that voting in georgia. the voting was already under way, millions of people have already cast their ballots in two senate races that could decide who is in charge in washington, at least in the u.s. senate, for the next few years. president trump rallying in rural georgia last night for republican senate candidates david perdue and kelly loeffler. >> the senate seats are truly the last line of defense. >> pay no attention to him. he's on his way out the door. >> reporter: if both democrats

win, the party will control all of congress. if either democrat loses, republicans remain in charge of the senate. >> we have 8,000 poll watchers so georgians can trust their vote will be counted. >> reporter: a record 3 million have already voted. polls are deadlocked. >> tomorrow can be a new day for atlanta, for georgia, and for america. >> reporter: democrats want the fbi to investigate president trump's phone call to georgia's secretary of state. >> i don't know how it got released but it got released. >> reporter: georgia's top election official denying the president's allegations of fraud. >> there is no shredding of ballots going on. >> reporter: president trump begged georgia to find more votes as congress prepares to certify joe biden's win tomorrow. >> i hope mike pence comes through for us. >> reporter: but the vice president's role is largely ceremonial, announcing the electoral count. dozens of republicans plan to

object. >> i am asking to protect our democratic process. >> very, very bad idea. >> let me just tell you something, we're going to be inaugurated. period. >> reporter: but with challenges, the count could take all day. and that's unusual, very unusual for that to take so long because for the last three presidential elections the count, which is very routine, has only taken 20 or 30 minutes, just over 30 at most, and now they're looking at all day, maybe into thursday to get that done. >> in the meantime, tracie, washington is expecting a huge pro-trump rally tomorrow ahead of congress announcing whatever happens with the electoral vote. are there preparations being made? >> reporter: yeah, the national guard has been called out to make sure that everything is in order and safe. the mayor of d.c. has urged

people not to come into the city, but they really don't know what to expect in terms of the number of people. and so they are making preparations for what's happening on the outside while that vote counting is happening inside the u.s. capitol. >> a busy time there. tracie potts, thanks so much. in fact, this morning we have new details the leader of the far right proud boys movement has been arrested. he is accused of destroying a black lives matter sign at a historic black church in washington, d.c., during a pro-trump rally. officers found two high-capacity firearm magazines. in the wake of the deadly new year's eve hit-and-run, more people in san francisco are starting to say the district attorney there could have done more. the suspect is a man who is no stranger to law enforcement. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live in san francisco where a petition to recall chesa boudin is gaining traction.

good morning. >> reporter: yes, good morning. according to that growing online petition, thousands are saying that san francisco's district attorney needs to resign. this after a 45-year-old parolee was arrested for his involvement in the death of two women, as you mentioned, new year's eve. let's backtrack to what played out in that moment, that hit-and-run took place on new year's eve. the driver try mcaoy mcalister was just paroled. they say enough was not done to keep mcalister behind bars. both circulating to recall chesa boudin and his office's approach. the online platforms have gathered more than 4,700 signatures.

take a listen to the district attorney address the decisions made that kept mcalister out of jail. >> all of us did what we could, took action to intervene and prevent the criminal activity that cost two lives on new year's eve. obviously what we did was not enough. we are waiting to hear information on when that suspect, mcalister, could appear in court. right now he's facing several charges including voluntary manslaughter, driving under the influence as well as second degree burglary for the incident that took place before that hit-and-run. live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." happening today the state supreme court is scheduled to hear arguments to end california's cash bail system. back in november a ballot

measure that would have done the same thing. supporters argue it's actually a defendant's constitutional liberty to have their ability to have bail and not doing so is a violation of those rights f. justices ultimately approve the decision would be much harder for voteers to overturn. it's 5:08. assessing a deadly covid outbreak at kaiser's san jose hospital. administrators believe an infected employee wearing this costume on christmas morning likely caused the spread. some workers say they're not so sure, but the worker, who was wearing it, is among 44 employees who have since tested positive. one has died. the battery powered costume blows air to stay inflated. at least one expert believes it has the makings of a possible superspreader. >> they create little currents and not only that people are coming to the costume.

the joy and the light. >> they say a deep cleaning has been completed. patients notified. more employees are being tested as well. health leaders in southern california confirming the latest two covid cases tied to that mutant strain first discovered in the uk that makes six cases overall. two in san bernardino county. the strain is believed to be more contagious but not necessarily more dangerous. 17,000 new cases and 111 deaths were recorded yesterday, more than the entire bay area. the number of health care workers is now set to be about 50%. experts say in september 66% of health care workers did not want to be the first to get the shot . in a more recent survey that number has flipped. >> 56% of health workers were

wanting to get the vaccine as soon as possible. >> many people also say the vaccine rollout has been far too slow. now the state is working on guidelines for what to do with leftover vaccines. some counties are already giving them to firefighters and paramedics and emts. health leaders are working to add transparency to ensure the extra doses don't go out to those not in immediate need. the pandemic putting a halt to one of the most reliable indicators when it comes to those having the hardest time making it in the bay. san francisco leaders are canceling this year's homeless count. it happens every january, and until this week it was still scheduled. the public health department put its foot down citing heightened risk. only those living in shelters or hotel rooms will be counted this year. for updates on the pandemic including cases and the vaccine rollout go to nbcbayarea.com. check out this new video. one area between chico and

redding looking a lot more like the great plains yesterday with a tornado touch down briefly. the funnel cloud quickly broke up but not before somebody managed to grab their phone and post it had to social media. kari, i grew up in the midwest. we do average 11 tornadoes per year and a lot of them are in the central valley. i went back to loop the storm that rolled through and it definitely was a strong one as it passed by. with our next system coming in won't be this strong so we'll continue to monitor that. i'll have an update on the next round of rain coming up. mike, how is it looking for the commute? kari, overall the speed sensors, which is what most people care about, looking green. as we look at the map everything looks fine. the tri-valley and highway 84 coming through livermore and

pleasanton. stretches like vasco a caution. it will be tougher to see at times. a mild slowing. the bay bridge toll plaza clear for the view. laura? >> all right, thanks so much, mike. march madness. moving ahead. still ahead at 5:25 on "today in the bay," inside the bubble where the college basketball tournament is now set to play out. >> and increased payments at pumps for the first time since the pandemic. the reason you'll pay more for your gas. plus -- >> there's one player who scares me. >> who? >> the russian. >> a real game of chess in the streaming wars. the new netflix hit starting to drum up viewing competition with "the queen's gambit." you're watching "today in the bay." ♪

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right now at 5:14, much of the sierra yesterday measured 2 to 3 inches of snow and there is another few inches of snow on the way by the end of the week. there's also back country avalanche warning. heads-up about that. we'll talk about our next rain coming up. it's not just the storm it's after the storm like here we have water in the soil. now it's fog. a live look at fremont doesn't show a problem. a little glow further up in the tri-valley. more areas of visibility. we'll track that as well as the north bay and the coast coming up. you know, mike, for anyone

hitting the roads this morning, beware. new this morning, the average price of regular gas is up 10 cents from a month ago. according to aaa. analysts say the price hike is being driven by covid-19 development. crude oil costing more thanks to a confidence in the vaccine. commuters considering a return to the office and travelers looking to fly again. a foldable iphone may be coming to an apple store near you. the company reportedly working on two bendable designs. a single screen that folds in half. another with two screens connected on a hinge. a foldable iphone has been rumored for years but last week apple got a patent for the so-called ultra foldable phone. an all-new drama becoming a streaming must-watch series. take a look. >> miss dafney bridger ton. >> that's right, "bridgerton" on pace to become one of the biggest hits in netflix history. the first show on netflix

produced by shonda rimes. eight new shows released on christmas day. this is projected to be seen by 63 million households over the first four weeks which would be the fifth largest debut ever for netflix. may also end up eclipsing "the queen's gambit" as the most-watched show in recent months. i've had a lot of friends already watch the whole series. >> i hadn't even heard of the new one. "queen's gambit" i loved. i'm glad there's another one. >> i heard it's like a "gossip girl" in a different setting, obviously. >> different town it different times. >> there you go. well, yesterday was a good day for staying in, kind of staying cozy. it was a rainy day off and on. >> yes, it was nice, too, to get some clearing during the afternoon. we'll be mostly clear today as we're in between the storm systems. the next one is set to move in tomorrow, but we can see where it is right now as we see all of

those clouds right there over the pacific, still some big waves again today along the coastline, but right now we just have some dense fog with all of that moisture that's left on the ground. it's condensed into some fog and we've seen those visibilities dropping as low as a quarter of a mile around novato so be really careful on your way to work this is a look at the view in dublin right now, also some patchy, dense fog rolling through. you'll see the fog through at least 7:00 to 8:00 and notice by 11:00 we're starting to see the sun peeking out as our temperatures slowly warm up today. we're going to reach into the upper 50s but then we're getting ready for our next chance of rain. let's go through the time line. we first start to see the rain moving into the north "today in the bay" tomorrow morning. stop it right here because this is prime evening commute time and we're seeing the rain becoming more scattered but still some hit-or-miss showers for the evening commute may slow you down even more going home and then for wednesday we're drying out again, but there's going to be another weak system right behind that. we're not looking at a lot of

rain here. the north bay will see the highest rainfall totals elsewhere, mostly some spotty sprinkles for tomorrow afternoon. parts of the north bay can rack up another quarter inch of rain as well as along the coastline and in san francisco. but the inland areas are not going to see much rain out of this. as we go through the forecast we are going to have another chance of showers between late thursday and early friday morning and our temperatures really don't change too much here. we're going to see some mid to upper 50s for the next few days and then drying out for the weekend. mike, we've been watching the commute this morning. it seems pretty quiet though there's patchy, dense fog. it is quiet but that's no reason to let your guard down. in fact, we have to have the guard up. you showed the live camera in dublin. showing you the maps, the yellow highlighting shows there's tougher visibility and also 84, perhaps 680 cutting through pleasanton and down through sunol. you may get fog along highway 1.

we've heard that reported in patches. for folks in the coast they're well aware of the possibility in the north bay as well. across the golden gate bridge, a live look shows you no traffic, really just a couple cars and no problems for the view. back to you. >> thank you, mike. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: uncle sam might owe you hundreds or thousands of dollars especially if you had a baby in 2020. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how to get your money next. ♪ ♪ oh, this is how it starts ♪ lightning strikes the heart ♪ the day has just begun ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ oh, we could be the stars

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arizona is surpassing us with the daily rate more than 121 per 100,000 people. the pharmacist accused of tampering with vaccines in wisconsin is out of jail. police say he told investigators the vaccine was not safe for people and would harm them and change their dna. he did not enter a plea in court. it looks like this spring because of covid indianapolis will be the closest thing to basketball nirvana. last year it was canceled. the ncaa will hold all games in the hoosier state, most will be played in indianapolis itself. an iowa player already looking

ahead. >> it's exciting and it's an opportunity if we're going to make sure to make the most of it. >> the ncaa is looking at a bubble-like plan with a controlled environment and required testing. they're waiting to decide if fans can attend. it won't look like that, that's for sure. something good amid the pandemic. rock 'n' roller, kid rock, is lending a helping hand to struggling small businesses. he actually tweeted out plans to donate $100,000 to the barstool fund. he hopes to inspire others to give as well. it was created by the founder of barstool sports media to help struggling small businesses raising over $18 million and supporting some 1,700 businesses including some in kid rock's hometown of detroit. also coming up next, the top stories we're following for you on this tuesday morning including payments frozen. the state takes drastic action as it tries to put a stop to unemployment fraud. the growing number of people now being impacted.

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enough vaccine to cover the very first tier of folks who are supposed to receive it. >> the vaccine rollout still far too slow. what many say needs to happen in order for more people to get those covid-19 shots. and help is on the way for struggling restaurants and businesses. the extension being given for those looking to apply for assistance as "today in the bay" continues right now. taking a live look outside on this tuesday morning. expect some dense fog in parts of the bay area. this is a live look from pleasanton this morning. as you can still see the iconic sign downtown, but you can see the fog certainly rolling in to the area. good morning to you. and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. that picture of kari is pretty. it's going to be a dangerous drive. absolutely. we've been watching out for that especially in the north bay. we've seen visibility dropping down to a quarter of a mile.

allow some extra time to get to work. we're going to be watching a new system coming in by tomorrow. we can see it off the coast but we are all dry for today and those storms pushing up some big waves all along the coast, so we could see some of those breakers today reaching over 25 feet. very dangerous conditions out there through this evening. we'll talk about that fog and our next round of rain coming up in the forecast. mike, that fog, the big issue for the commute. yeah, kari, it will be. now it won't be at the bay bridge toll plaza but what might be a little more traffic flow than we've seen the last week. the live look shows you a steady stream of headlines flowing smoothly out of the oakland side. also, though, the clear view that you see here. now the maps will show you that just to the north highway 37, for example, along the water, that shows a lot more fog. north of there definitely tougher visibility. also places like the tri-valley we do see low visibility registering in dublin,

pleasanton, livermore areas. keep that in mind for the tri-valley. overall you're at speed. scott? more help on the way this morning for small businesses struggling during the pandemic. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in pleasanton. the state plans to provide some additional support. good morning. >> reporter: governor newsom is announcing additional money for small businesses like bars and restaurants, these are businesses hurt by the pandemic. it's not clear how much money he would be talking about for the businesses or what that money would entail. the state announced it would give more time to apply for the $500 billion in state covid relief grants. that deadline extended january 8 to january 13. in san francisco small business owners protested on the steps of city hall demanding the city do more to help them financially survive this pandemic and also asking the city to give them a

better sense of what kind of benchmarks need to be met for the shelter in place orders to be lifted. >> our employees are just kind of frustrated and tired of not knowing when they're going to be able to pay their bills, when they're going to be coming back to work. >> two months out of this whole pandemic, right? my employees have to get edd. i've had to furlough twice. >> a little more assistance from the city. we're okay with being closed if you can just pay everybody to stay closed. >> reporter: congress just pass add new stimulus bill that will include $284 billion for the paychecks protection program, an additional $300 per week maximum for unemployment through mid-march and a $600 stimulus check for individuals who meet the income requirement. reporting live in downtown pleasanton not far from the train tracks, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> we heard it there. 5:33. statewide there's a slight

downward trend in new cases of covid with 29,000 more just reported. that's actually down from the all-time high of 53,000 last friday. the governor says a lag in testing may be in play and we haven't seen the worst of the holiday surge. the governor is admitting california's vaccine rollout so far is just not good enough. only about 1% of the state's 40 million residents have received injections. about 35% of the 1.3 million doses have been administered. the governor is planning more expansion. continuing our race for a vaccine coverage, you heard laura say 35% there. that means 65% of vaccines are sitting idle. the governor plans to include $600 million in his budget proposal to help support vaccination efforts. consumer affairs gave its approval to a public health emergency waiver. the move allows the state's 36,000 dentists to administrate

vaccines to people 16 and older. one former california dental association president among those frustrated with the slow rollout. >> we thought the drive-up testing centers, imagine that we could have vaccine centers where we could be volunteering to administrate vaccines. >> she says she needs -- the state needs to vaccinate 200,000 people per day to meet its current goals. 5:35 right now. california officials may want to take a look at the steps florida is taking. the governor wants to close covid testing sites and turn them into vaccination sites. this has already started to happen in one county. the health department started limiting testing to one day a week. new york is also taking similar steps. school boards across the bay area getting back to business. many plan to try to assess where they are as far as resuming in-class learning.

some were eyeing a late january restart. in december covid cases skyrocketed and the region wide stay-at-home order set in leaving most districts in limbo. happening today san jose's newly elected leaders will be publicly sworn in during a virtual ceremony. the new council would hold its first meeting of the new year. san francisco supervisors plan to discuss several actions when it comes to those struggling to make it in the bay during the pandemic. among the items on today's agenda, a proposal that would waive or delay certain taxes on city businesses. many, of course, remain closed due to the shelter at home order. supervisors will consider finalizing a plan to help those living in 2,800 supported housing units in the city. rent would be capped at 30% of their income. we're getting new numbers as rent declined another 3% in

december. they're down 27% from a year ago. increases could be on the way. it tells sf gate to expect prices to tick up in the spring as the economy improves. it's 5:37 almost. right there it is. let's check in with kari and mike. both of you talking about the fog this morning. visibility is low down to a quarter of a mile. we've seen the rain, now that moisture left on the ground condensing into the dense fog that we're seeing. visibility at a quarter of a mile. we've seen some of the fog rolling through the tri-valley. this is a look at the current view where it's improved here and we're still going to be in with the fog, maybe mist and drizzle. notice late morning it's going to start to clear out and that's what we're going to see for much our bay area microclimates. we're looking at highs that will reach into the upper 50s as we

get peeks of sunshine. rain in the forecast for tomorrow. mike, how is it looking now for the commute? it's looking great as far as the speeds go. the warning you gave i extended because of those conditions. the fog registering on the map behind me we show you for the north bay that is an issue there as you travel along the 101. petaluma down through novato, out of vallejo. that will be a factor and it will start to move around as the sun comes up. it will get thicker in many spots around the bay. one spot it's gotten better, not this. a crash. watching the traffic break. the live look at dublin as kari showed you was tougher to see. keep that in mind. kris? all right, thank you very much, mike. we're talking about packing up and moving out. the top states where many

californians are now relocating and it may or may not come as a surprise to you. >> niners fans perhaps along with nonfans all asking the same question, not is jimmy g single, it's will he be on the team next year? his parting shot heading out into the off-season.

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temperatures. some sunshine today and where the fog lingers a bit longer temperatures will be cooler. parts of the east bay will reach into the mid-50s. we have upper 50s for the south bay. we're dry today but rain rolls in tomorrow. we'll talk about that as well as the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. still tracking the fog and a crash. the bay bridge, the san mateo bridge you see here are moving smoothly. fog may be a big factor. we'll show you where coming up. it's 5:42. if you call 911 for a medical emergency in santa clara county you're likely to get an ambulance right away. there's a chance you will stay in the ambulance for a while as hospitals struggle under the burden of a covid surge. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live with more. kris, how long are we talking here? >> reporter: would you believe seven hours?

that is what county ems told me they had folks waiting in ambulances a few times over the last week as the emergency rooms have not enough personnel on the other side of the emergency room doors. they are packed because of the covid surge. regional medical center which is 70% full under normal circumstances is one of the hospitals where over the last week several patients were held in ambulances while more critical patients were seen first. but other hospitals are bracing, too, knowing the surge related to no year's gatherings is still ahead of us. >> this is happening at an increasing severity. >> bracing for a huge onslaught of patients. we're trained for this. it is very difficult. our staff is tired.

>> reporter: they are trying to hire more nurses but some are not at work because they have contracted covid themselves. out of the emergency room if you can possibly do that, don't get covid, avoid contact with people who are infected. but if you do need care, you will get it. it just might take a while. scott and laura? >> we certainly don't want to get in a situation l.a. has. it's much worse there. >> reporter: you may have read about this, that ambulance personnel were instructed not to transport people who could not be revived in the field. if they're showing up at somebody's house, somebody who is sick and could not be revived in the field, they are being told don't bring them to the hospital. there's no capacity there and in that amount of time there's not much they can do for them. they have to wait outside the

hospital doors anyway. it is a really, really difficult situation. >> very dire. the secretary of the senate says a 58-year-old automotive pool manager died on december 22nd. lawmakers are scheduled to come back next week. some californians with high-risk accounts are having their jobless benefits frozen by the edd. billions of dollars handed out in bogus claims over the last nine months. verification efforts are under way. some legitimate accounts are getting caught up in the wash. the edd has not said how many accounts are in limbo. a new court filing reveals daca applications approved and

denied ever since a judge ordered the program to resume accepting them in november. 171 have been approved. another 4 90 denied or rejected. 5:46. there's a new push this morning to investigate an orange county company that's pushing to recall governor newsom. a former chair for the federal elections commission, supporter ann ravell, filed a complaint against proverbs 39. she calls it a pass-through company with no income to conceal the identity of those who donate money. it recently gave half a million to the recall effort. while that complaint is being sorted out a southern california

politician vocal taking steps to replace him. republican kevin faulconer has formed an exploratory committee to begin raising money for his own possible run for governor. faulconer served two terms as san diego's mayor. over the weekend he signed that recall petition saying jobs are fleeing the state while the homeless problem is getting worse. and people are leaving as well. u-haul says more and more people are moving out of california. the company says the state lost more residents than any other u.s. state last year. u-haul measures that data by calculating its trucks' one-way trips. online with the state department of finance numbers showing a net population loss of 200,000 people between july of 2019 and july of last year. believe it or not u-haul says the state seeing the most transplants are going to tennessee. the 49ers' roller coaster season is over. the drama continues surrounding

jimmy g. do the niners still have faith in him? >> i'm a 49er. i'm here to be the quarterback of this team. every day i go out and try to prove that to my teammates and coaches and at the end of the day that's what really matters. the people in the building, i love them. i love every one of them. like i said before, it's a great group to be around. >> the 49ers will have the 12th overall pick in this year's nfl draft. the raiders will have the 17th overall pick. to basketball. the warriors have a spring in their step. steph curry has rediscovered his shot as well. one day after dropping a career high 62 points he scored another 30 against the kings this is a blow-out from the start. james wiseman got in. they won 137-106 and host the clippers tomorrow. if you're wondering what to give the biggest "bay watch" fan in

your life, listen up. >> david hasselhoff, everything goes. even big dave. >> a statue of david hasselhoff up for auction. nicknamed the big dave. a replica of the "baywatch" actor used as part of a spongebob movie where they rode on his back to bikini bottom. i'm just reading this, i'm not familiar at all. the bid under $1 million. it runs through january 23rd. okay, all right. i see it now. >> sure. sure, mcgrew. >> scott has never seen the movie, yeah. >> mm-hmm. >> "bridgerton." >> all right. i don't know if it's a beach kind of day out there. we've had stormy skies and angry seas these days, kari.

we've been talking about the whole coronavirus stimulus bill that passed but there were some other provisions added in there that congress passed and i wanted to focus on some of them aimed towards fighting climate change. and one of those provisions will cut hydrofloro carbons, what they put in air conditioners and refrigerators. it's a bad greenhouse gas. it's good that we are going to cut that by 85%. and also they're giving more money towards clean energy and extending some of those tax credits for wind energy and getting more funding towards research and technology. so just some of those things we're pointing out in that climate change package that was included in that coronavirus stimulus bill. i posted an article if you wanted to find out more information about that on @c on @karihall weather. we do have some rain headed our

way. watching out for our next system coming in for tomorrow. we're all dry today. we're going to see the fog this morning, clouds by this afternoon. and then for tomorrow notice how the rain kind of just breaks tup, becoming more scattered as it moves out of the north bay. some parts of the east bay, the tri-valley, possibly the south bay getting some very light amounts of rain, but that is right in time for the evening commute. so expect to take a little bit longer to get home for tomorrow afternoon. but then on thursday we're drying out once again. this doesn't look like a lot of rain for most of us. every little bit helps. the highest up around santa rosa and san francisco where there could be a quarter inch of rain again. parts of the south bay and the south county not measuring anything. we'll be watching out for the north bay for tomorrow with some

decent rainfall especially for the afternoon, and then on thursday we're looking at sunshine. friday the scattered showers during the morning and our temperatures really don't change too much over the next several days. only looking at upper 50s for highs all across the bay area. mike, you've been watching the impact of fog on the morning commute. what's the update right now? >> right now, kari, we don't have any reports of a problem, but we can report that you should plan on slowing down in many spots as we look at the south bay. i also want to report you're going to slow down a tad. very subtle as we look at the map. you see the arrow north 101 approaching 880. we typically see slowing there in most times of the year but december things get really light. we're coming back with the school year and i see a little bit of slowing right on schedule. may not be as much a factor. overall looking at green. that's great for folks but fog

in patches really tough through dublin at times this morning. pleasanton and livermore has seen some folks slowing down and a traffic break and a crash south 680. you would see some activity still blocking your left two lanes. slowing but no major injuries and, again, progress at the scene. a little south of walnut creek. now here is the big deal. look at all that yellow in the north bay where the fog is really registering all morning for the north bay. kari is talking about limited visibility. our camera from emeryville, the span. everything was just clear on our view. now you can barely see past treasure island from the emeryville side. upper and lower deck and the richmond side bridge. the backdrop with low clouds so do use caution. back to you, scott. checking world news, tensions between iran and the west are rising.

iran seized an oil tanker in the strait of hormuz yesterday. iran has begun enriching uranium to levels not seen since the nuclear deal reached with world powers in 2015. it is 5:54. there's much more ahead this tuesday morning including new lockdowns across the pond. up next, a strict new order to stop the spread of covid in the uk. it won't be changing for weeks. plus, what we're learning about two ducks becoming quite the attraction at lake merritt. where the pair may have come from. you're watching "today in the bay." ♪

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this morning a pharmacist accused of tampering with the vaccine is accused of spoiling vials of vaccine by taking them out of the refrigerator. he told investigators it would harm people and change their dna. he did not enter a plea in court. the prime minister announced a new national lockdown. nonessential businesses must

close. all schools will switch to online learning. restaurants, takeout only. the lockout is in effect until mid-february. two ducks in oakland at that had become online celebrities of sort. they were spotted together in lake merritt. for months people posted pictures of the couple and recently some noticed a female had a large cut on her beak. over the week don roger and her daughter went to lake merritt to scoop up the ducks and brought them to an animal sanctuary. >> they were murmuring noises so he's domestic. he's somebody's pet that got dumped. >> people said they were famous but i didn't realize how popular they were. they are renowned amongst lake merritt. >> they sure are. >> it turns out they were domesticated ducks and likely dumped by their caregiver.

they acted like pets. the good news is they're both safe and sound and in good hands. a pet duck. trending this morning a serious jackpot has a lot of people dreaming tonight's mega millions grand prize, $442 million. so let's just pretend for a minute you also won the powerball jackpot. that's wednesday. it stands at $410 million. that's $842 million combined. the chances of winning either one is one in 300 million. you are statistically 600 times more likely to be struck by lightning. so you will need luck on your side. may the odds ever be in your favor. >> no kidding. crazy odds there. people in the peach state casting their ballots in a historic senate run-off race. the pressure that can change the dividing congress. coming up, we are watching the voting live. plus, demanding resignation

amid growing outrage, the growing list of people this morning who want the san francisco d.a. thrown out of office. plus, if you're about to head out the door you may have to fight some fog. a live look from the tri-valley area. downtown pleasanton. meteorologist kari hall is tracking when the fog will lift and the next round of rain will arrive as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. that's right. we've been up waiting for you. we go on at 4:30. but here we are already 6:00 on your tuesday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus who is out having some fun. in covid i discovered golf. i love it. i'm listening carefully. when am i going to be able to get back out there? all right. you can go out there today. it's going to be a little bit muddy on the green but at least we are seeing some sunshine in the forecast today. let's get a look at the fog and what we're dealing with right now in the northay