right now at 4:30, fallen tree limbs, brush fires and power outages. the bay area waking up to damage from an overnight wind storm. we have live team coverage throughout the morning as "today in the bay" begins right now. good morning to you. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has some time off. kari hall told us this would happen, and it happened exactly as she said. good morning, kari. >> good morning. and of course that's not the outcome we wanted, but we are still under the threat of some high winds as we go into this morning. here is a live look outside in walnut creek, can't tell now, but it is still very windy out

there, but as we go into today, it will be a touch cooler, but we're still looking at the threat of some more of those fires, as well as downed power lines, but finally, some rain in the forecast for the weekend. we are all so forward-looking to that, as we look at what's going on with our winds still very gusty. mt. st. helena with winds at 53 and gusting across parts of the east bay, napa 30-mile-per-hour winds right now. still very windy, a scary start for a lot of people, just waking up this morning and hearing things moving around outside. so we'll continue to follow that as well as that weekend rain that's in the forecast. mike, you're helping people get out the door this morning and get to work. how is it looking? >> looks like you'll have some wind at your back, that's great for the speed, i guess. helps you at the bay bridge toll plaza, where you see it's actually crossing the bridge, that's why chp gives you advisory. you see the flags over on the

right. ease y light traffic. on the map, green sensors on the speed and the light yellow highlighting indicates higher, gustier winds, all along the coast, along all sides the bay and the north bay, highway 101 throughout headed down through petaluma. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. more on the microclimate weather alert. make you experienced an unsettling night yourself with wind gusts, they were very strong at times. in some cases, fanned fires and left other damage in its wake. check out this video we got overnight of a large tree pretty much flattening a home in the north bay. this happened last night, santa rosa, at a home on middlebrook court near brush creek road. witnesses say a large fir fell, destroyed a car as well. fortunately nobody hurt. we'll bring you live reports from the scene coming up in the next hour. strong winds fanning the flames of a grass fire in the south bay as well. it started a little before 9:00 p.m. in milpitas near summit

point golf club. firefighters evacuated homes and for a time 680 was closed. one homer was told to leave quickly. >> yeah, i think there's a fire at the end and we get to the door to get out and smell so bad, the smoke, and it's really, really weird, you know, the smoke is really bad. >> firefighters saved all the homes in that area, and evacuation orders were lifted about an hour later. the fire burned less than five acres. we've got some other video into our newsroom of a fire in the east bay along the altamont pass road near livermore. alameda county fire sharing this video on twitter saying about one acre of mulch and debris smoldered. for more weather updates you can always head to nbcbayarea.com, but we'll continue to check in with kari this morning as well. 4:33. tens of thousands of the moderna vaccines have been pulled from

use after a handful of people in san diego showed an allergic reaction, this includes batches here in the bay area. "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney takes a look at what happened. >> reporter: the allergic reactions occurred at a san diego mass vaccination site. out of thousands vaccinated, fewer than ten people impacted, not many, but more than health experts expected. the self-care worker wonders if her underlying health issues could explain her raekts. >> i had to epishots and by that time they put me into the ambulance and they said i was ready for my third one if i needed it. >> reporter: natalia daniel of oakland was vaccinated last week and checked to make sure she did not receive a dose of the lot under investigation. she's hoping she can receive her second dose. >> i'm going to be relieved. i was a little concerned this was going to somehow affect my next dose of the vaccine. >> reporter: more than 330,000 doses from this lot were distributed across the state between january 5th and 10th.

local counties say they've had no issues with the doses they've given from this batch but won't be giving out any more from it until the investigation is complete. >> i think it's sad, because again, there isn't that magic stockpile that we've been hearing about from the national and the feds and there is no replacement immediately for this moderna vaccine lot that has been put on pause. >> reporter: ucsf's dr. peter jin hong says it's likely the lot will be released again. if you don't have a reaction to the vaccine right away, you're in the clear. >> when you get these severe allergies, they occur within 15 minutes usually. so if people have gotten these vaccines already, there's absolutely zero to worry about. >> i don't want anybody to hear my story and decide i don't want to take that vaccine because of what happened to her. anybody that has a lot of allergic reactions should just maybe think about it and talk to

their doctors. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." a lot of people today will be talking about the wind. it woke me up overnight and still in the south bay here it's howling, kari. >> yes, i just heard my garbage can lid just flapping out there and making a big banging noise and i'm sure a lot of people are dealing with stuff even worse than that. so we've still had these high wind gusts continuing during the overnight hours and into this morning, and the high wind warning for a lot of our bay area hills, all these areas shaded in red, that does continue until 10:00 this morning. for the valleys, wind gusts over 45 miles per hour. let's get a look at some of the wind gusts that we've had from this system that's been moving through, and it is just unbelievable. mendocino county right there on the sonoma county line, mt. cobb 94-mile-per-hour wind gust, and look at the healdsburg hills, 87. mt. diablo 82.

this was the maximum that we've seen since this all began. even in san francisco we have hey winds gusting up to 51 miles per hour, so that could still cause a lot of damage, but today, it's going to be slightly cooler. the winds will gradually calm down as we head into the afternoon and evening. of course, we'll be watching that and i'm so excited that we do have some rain in the forecast, but we just need things to quiet down in the near term so we're going to talk more about that coming up. mike, what's it looking like driving around the bay area? >> kari, it looks like something's going to push you around that you can't see, that's the wind that you're talking about. you showed them the numbers. we'll show you on the map, we're talking about the light yellow, when it's the most significant impact from the wind, at least reported by our sensors and that's the numbers that are coming down with yours and my traffic information together. we're looking at the north bay wind, peninsula wind along the coast and woodside has been so bad, it's blown down trees. debris across the roadway near alice's ranch, a lot of folks

local know that. the rest of the bay shows patches and we look at the altamont camera, the dublin camera, note out of the altamont pass, gusty winds and smoke from that fire just off theality month pass road. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 4:37. coming up next on "today in the bay," president-elect biden's pick for treasury secretary faces senators in washington today. the bold promises janet yellen is making ahead of her confirmation hearings. drone deliveries. what pizza chain is doing to make it one step closer to reality.

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right now at 4:40, we are under a microclimate weather alert due to the high winds. i wanted to show what you it feels like as you get ready to head out the door. it's already warm, but it won't be as warm this afternoon, compared to yesterday. we'll talk about that, and when these winds will finally calm down, that's coming up in the forecast. >> kari, you're talking about what it feels like and it will feel like what it looks like from the oakland camera. watch as the wind pushing off rooftop camera around. you have a larger vehicle, that will be the same impact likely in some spots, and crossing many bridges. we have our eyes out and let you know what else is going on, on the roadways coming up. all right, thank you very much, kari and mike. developing in milpitas, a tragic story, a 7-year-old killed after being hit by a driver in a stolen car. police say the car was also used in an armed robbery in san jose.

according to officers, the child was riding a bicycle near the intersection of north park victoria drive at kennedy drive, when the child was hit yesterday. police say a 36-year-old female driver got out of the car and ran while the passenger jumped into the driver's seat and sped off. the driver was caught and taken into custody. but neither the second suspect or the car have been located. also turning now to the pandemic and the number of coronavirus cases in the united states, hitting a grim milestone. this morning, the country surpassed 24 million cases, more than 400,000 people have died. in the past two weeks an average of 3,200 people have died every day. in the meantime, california's the first state to top 3 million virus cases, more than 33,000 people have died. the pace of the spread is outpacing other large states like texas. california only had 2 million cases on december 24th. meanwhile, researchers in

southern california say they've detected the same kind of covid strain that we're seeing in the bay area. the variant is tied to an outbreak at l.a. cedar sinai hospital and tied to the variant recently linked to the christmas day outbreak at san jose kaiser. the strain was first observed in denmark. it is not the same one that's been identified in the uk, but researchers are calling it a major contributor to the surge in cases over the past two months, across southern california. if you need more information about how to get vaccinated, we can help. if you take out your phone, you can use your camera to scan that qr code on the left-hand side of your screen. it will take you right to our vaccination guide. scroll down to your county, get information on how to sign up, and where to go once it's your turn. you can head to nbcbayarea.com and click on "covid-19 vaccination guide" as well. that will be on the top of your computer screen. it's 4:43. we continue to track the microclimate weather alert, powerful winds causing

widespread damage across the bay area. the overnight battle in the north bay we'll tell you about. you're watching "today in the bay."

good morning. i'm seema modi from cnbc business news. stocks set to open higher ahead of biden's inauguration tomorrow and a flood of earnings report that wall street will be keeping

a close eye on. the markets did suffer its worst week last week since october, where the dow fell 1%. the s&p 500 and nasdaq down about 1.5%. traders say this week they'll be focused on the inauguration to see if things flow smoothly and also to see if republicans in the senate will approve biden's agenda. earnings in focus today, it will be goldman sachs, bank of america and netflix. janet yellen, president-elect biden's treasury nominee for treasury secretary. in her prepared remarks the former head of the federal reserve is calling on congress to do more to fight a recession brought on by the pan emic. yellen says the threat of an even worse downturn is too great to reduce her support now and the smartest thing we can do now is to act big. last week biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion economic relief pan. pizza hut is trying a new

way to make drone deliveries a reality. the "wall street journal" reports the company will start sending drone this is june to drop multiple orders at government-approved landing zones in israel such as parking lots. zifrry drivers will collect orders from these spots and take them to customers. the israeli government is only allowing pizza hut to test drones from one restaurant within an air bubble or roughly 50 square miles. the company says in that area it can service 7,000 additional homes that it normally can't. that's the lates cnbc headlines. back to you. 4:48 right now. taking a live look outside, look at that wind whipping this morning. you see the flag there, the thing is, the wind has been howling across the bay area all night creating some wooid spread problems. we're hearing that pg&e reported several power outages. there are up to 600 in oakland so far this morning. we'll take you throughout the bay area and show you some of the damages of the fires

overnight, downed trees as well, but let's talk about the forecast. it was so amazingly warm yesterday. this is so concerning when it comes to fire danger, kari. >> absolutely. especially when you have some high winds and some low humidity. this morning it is still very dry and we are going to see elevated fire danger continue. the wind speeds we've seen are some of the sustained winds still roaring especially across parts of the north bay. you may be wondering what is going on. the high wind gust also continue through the next several hours. here we are stopping right about 12:30 and san jose still looking at wind speeds close to 20 miles per hour but the north bay will have higher wind gusts as well as parts of the tri-valley.

through the evening the high wind warning expires at 10:00 a.m. into 6:00 we'll have high wind gusts continuing through the evening. the threat with the prolonged wind event really dries out vegetation even more and causes more concerns with the fire danger that will continue until the winds calm down early tomorrow morning. so we do still have several more hours of this, and as we take a look at our temperatures for today, even though it was very warm and spring-like yesterday, it won't be as warm today. we're looking at temperatures for the most part reach into the upper 60s. when you compare that to the records though, there still may be some new records set like oakland may tie the record but other areas will be very close to those record high temperatures and we're seeing still this area of low pressure, but it's going to be moving away. it's going to make way for the potential for some rain by the end of the weekend. this is so desperately needed at this point. it's looking a little bit better with how much rain we're going to see, because there won't be only just one system.

there will be two, and especially that second storm system coming in by the end of the weekend, looks to bring us some good amounts of rain along with some cold temperatures, and speaking of cold temperatures, i know we enjoyed the warmth, but take a look at what's ahead. we're going to see those temperatures in the upper 60s for today, and then some mid-50s for highs by friday, and that's the kind of cool and windy weather along with that rain. we'll see continue into early next week. a lot of changes here and mike, you're watching what's changing out there now for the morning commute. >> yes, what's changing is what you're going to be driving over or can't be driving through. let's look the at the roadways. the light yellow highlighting on the map is wind. gusty winds along the coast. highway 9 just off highway 35 the first area of skyline that's closed or at least really affected and with traffic control because of trees.

debris down across this area, into the south bay, and over on the peninsula, woodside and other area around alice's restaurant, you might be familiar with that, a live picture from emeryville, a clear drive but look how much the camera is shaking. gusty areas across the bay area bridges. >> it is amazing. . in the north bay the strong winds putting fire fighters on edge, they reported quickly to a brush fire in geyserville, sparked by downed power lines near geyser's resort road. that fire burned about 10 to 15 acres. crews say luckily the fire started down in a valley as opposed to being on a mountain range so they had a better chance of controlling it there. with that in mind, pg&e is shutting off power in the sierra foothills because of that danger. the shutoffs took effect overnight. there's worry strong winds could bring down and damage power lines, spark the wildfires as they it z in geyserville. counties include mare poe is a,

ma zee rah and fresno. this is the first time pg&e has had to shut down power in january. make sure to download the nbc bay area app to check the forecast on the go. kari is constantly updating. you can track current conditions in your area before you head out the door. all right, how about a little fun this morning? all new for you "star wars" level drama unmasked in l.a. follow me here. this is all for fans of disney's baby yoda and the mandalorian. someone spotted a mask man in a mandalorian costume with a baby yoda buzzing around the streets on a skateboard. tim bremer is a standup comedian. he says when the pandemic hit, he, just like many artists found himself out of work so he started up this entire bit to lift himself up. >> this whole thing started because i'm a big box of stupid and i love making people laugh.

>> well, turns out he is making other people laugh, bringing joy to a lot of kids. he may not be getting paid but he says he's doing what he loves. >> as long as they're smiling as i zoom by, that is all i care about and it's the only medicine i really need. >> that is good medicine. tim brehmer is our featured hero for our "something good." coming up next on "today in the bay," dub nation celebrating very hard this morning. the team just beat the best in the nba. the consequential game defining moment that helped the warriors clinch a sweet victory. but first, happening now, the search continues for victims in wreckage after a jetliner crashed off the coast of indonesia. the plane went down ten days ago in the java sea and killed all 62 people on board. authorities were going to end the operation yesterday but extended it to thursday.

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right now at 5:00 a one-two puchblg for the bay area. powerful winds downing trees and power lines creating difficult conditions for firefighters. we're live with a look at the overnight damage. the it's a message of unity. it's a message of getting things done. that's what he'll be talking about january 20th. >> just over 24 hours from now, the united states is going to have a new president. inauguration day plans being finalized. what president-elect biden says he plans to do on day one. and prepared to remain comfortable at home. the reason why the bay area's stay-at-home order is not expected to be lifted any time soon. "today in the bay" continues right now. welcome to my little corner of my home. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has some time off. we will check