right now at 5:00, it is news the entire state is waiting for. when will restrictions be lifted? what the governor is telling the california restaurant association and the action that could be taken in just a matter of hours. plus -- >> we need more vaccine. we need more vaccinators, we need more vaccination sites. >> as president joe biden enters his first full week in office, the challenges are mounting, the steps biden is now set to take to speed up the vaccination process and the travel ban he's set to implement today. plus, tracking it all, rain, potential flooding, even snow and a lot of it. but before all that, a windy start to our workweek as "today in the bay" continues right now. hope you had a great weekend, good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm cierra johnson in for

marcus washington. we're going have a look at traffic but first a look at the forecast. kari. >> good morning. we're starting out with some breezy winds, but we are getting a chance to dry out from the spotty showers we had yesterday. as you get ready to head out the door, you can leave the umbrella at home. the rain returns tomorrow, and we'll have some high winds and heavy rain by the middle of the week. we'll talk more about that. mike, how is it looking for the commute around the bay? >> kari, wind will be one thing we need to watch for, be aware of across the bay bridge. look at the map, the highlighted yellow is where you see the winds, pink and white, maybe some frost, possibly some snow and smaller streets, frost may be an issue in the north bay as well, smaller ridges. tracking one crash, which may have a traffic break in pittsburgh, but bay bridge and crossings are moving nicely. laura? today governor gavin newsom may lift regional stay-at-home

orders. but it also really battered small businesses. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live with what it could mean for the entire bay area. this could be a big day, kris. >> so many people are all ears waiting for this news that could come down as early as today from the governor's office. and the reason is that because the number of icu beds available is finally at an acceptable level to reopen some things. we are now bay area wide at about 23% and you might remember that just a few weeks ago, we were at less than 1% of icu bed capacity. the california restaurant association tells us it was informed by the governor's staff that he might be lifting those regional orders that shut down indoor and outdoor dining as early as today. the spread of the virus is slowing, which in san francisco means there are now fewer than 200 covid patients in hospitals there. that's just with some perspective. free beds means fewer people are

meaning up in the hospital, but it means some people did not survive. we are still in a very deadly situation. still, the state is using hospital capacity as one measure to lift restrictions and because of that, the san francisco public health director said he expects that restrictions could lift this week. >> we saw high rates, so, again, we need to continue to wear the masks and socially distance and take precautions. we're certainly not out of the woods yet. but certainly things look a lot better here locally than they did even just a few weeks ago. >> and dr. koufax spoke with us from one of san francisco's mass vaccination sites and he says speeding up vaccinations up is going to be key to returning to some semblance of normal life, even if after we're vaccinated we're still going to have to take some precautions. dr. anthony fauci spoke this morning on the "today" show about the different variants that are emerging, some of them much more contagious, some of them seeming to be much more deadly.

we'll talk about that coming up in the next half hour. laura and cierra? >> thanks, kris. this week president biden enba embarks on his first full week. tracie potts has more on that and when former president trump's impeachment trial will start. tracie? >> reporter: hi, cierra. we now know the impeachment trial will start in a couple of weeks. until then, senators are working on confirmation hearings for the biden cabinet and trying to figure out how much money the u.s. can afford to spend on covid relief, including money to push out more vaccines. there is a new strain of covid in south africa, and nine u.s. citizens who traveled there will not be allowed in the u.s. under new restrictions, president biden plans to sign today. he's also blocking visitors from brazil and much of europe

including the uk, where there is another new version of the virus. >> the best way to prevent the further evolution of these mutants is to vaccinate as many people as possible. >> reporter: the biden team is efforting 100 million shots in 100 days, they claim the trump administration left no plan. >> we need more vaccine, we need more vaccinators, we need more vaccination sites. >> reporter: president biden spent more than an hour on the phones sunday with eight senate republicans and eight democrats, talking covid relief. he's hoping to make progress before former president trump's impeachment trial starts february 8th. >> it will be a fair trial, but it will move relatively quickly. >> reporter: lawmakers debating whether trying a former president is constitutional. >> i think the trial is stupid. i think it is counterproductive. we already have a flaming fire in the country and it is like taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire. >> reporter: the formal charge

of inciting an insurrection due tonight. tracie potts, nbc news. the cdc is reaching out to uk health leaders to learn more about the new coronavirus variant called b-117. it may be deadlier according to a new report released by the united kingdom. it spreads more quickly than the version of covid-19 already widespread in america and the strain could take over by march. so far there have been around 200 cases of it reported in the u.s. about half of them right now are in california. the good news, studies say the current vaccines will protect against it. the number of new coronavirus cases slightly down state wide following the holiday surge. within the last 24 hours, 24,000 new infections were added. the overall total since the start of the pandemic exceeds 3.1 million. the number of dead is now approaching the 37,000 mark. as the state situation continues to improve, the

serious risk of covid-19 poses still very real for men and women on the front lines. carl denyer is one firefighter deployed to hospitals stretched thin. on his most recent deployment, he said he's seen firsthand the pandemic's devastation. he recently shared a journal entry about one patient who passed away. >> we moved her to a separate room and the family was called to come in. a short time later her adult son came. all he would say is, i'm sorry, mom. i'm so sorry. >> very tough good-bye. more firefighters are likely to be sent to other destinations as infections continue. denyer says he plans to go out on another deployment as he knows hospitals around the state need the help. there are a lot of questions after someone outside of sacramento area died shortly after getting a covid-19

vaccine. placer county leader says the person died on thursday a few hours after getting the shot. it is not being reported whether the person had the pfizer or moderna vaccine and there is no clear link between the death and the vaccine. the individual who died tested positive in december. for updates on the pandemic including cases and the vaccine rollout, head over to nbcbayarea.com. here is a live look outside at the golden gate bridge and the san mateo bridge, along with that radar. light rain fell across parts of the bay area overnight, but the big story right now is that wind. it is shaking some of our cameras. there is a lot of active weather up and down the state, the sierra picking up fresh know over the weekend. in southern california, a real mess for the grapevine. even malibu see something snow. meteorologist kari hall watching it all ahead of our next storm. kari? >> we are going to see more snow in the sierra, still

there, rob mayeda has been there. we're going to see the snow showers coming down. look at how much snow we can see there this week. the potential of feet of snow as we go to the next seven days. it is go to be pretty amazing to see all of that snow coming down. but we may also have a little bit here in the bay area for some of our hills, from parts of the north bay over to mount hamilton, watching out for the potential that we could see some snow coming down, especially as we head toward wednesday night into thursday. we'll get a lkoo at how much rain we're expecting as we go into the next several days. that's coing up in the forecast. it is windy as some people head out for the morning commute. that's right, so that is the advisory for specifically the bay bridge from chp. we're advising because of those gusty winds, hold on, folks. as we look at the bay bridge with the smooth drive though despite the gusty conditions there, and just watch the mountain peaks as well, kari has

been talking about the very cold winds out there. we're looking at the wind registering on the map as the highlighted yellow over on the coast, over eastbound highway 4. we may have a track over the next few. the rest of the bay moving very smoothly. back to you, laura. growing outrage now boiling over. still ahead at 5:25, on "today in the bay," overnight protests erupting in washington state overnight after a police officer hit and injured two people. you would think lower interest rates would help people make it in the bay. but that doesn't seem to be the case. we'll go over the data coming up. plus, a mega millions mystery. the search is on for one lucky winner whose ticket is worth $1 billion. the deadline they face to come forward and the outlandish item they could buy with all of that cash. you're watching "today in the bay."

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volume of traffic. nice easy drive here. look at the flags, look at the pavement. slicker pavement, potential for leftovers from the rain. and you have that wind, which is a factor as well. good morning, mike. happy monday to you and everyone else as well. the new york times is reporting this morning that an independent jury that was set up by facebook will decide whether or not to allow former president trump back on the social network. the independent body comprised of 20 experts was created by facebook founder mark zuckerberg who wanted to get out of the pressure and the blame of deciding who and what depose on facebook. trump has been deplatformed from facebook, twitter, youtube and others and even political experts are surprised how quickly the former president has faded from public discourse. >> i tell you, i don't think any of us expected how powerful the deplatforming would be and suddenly getting him to fade away. >> now, after chuck todd talked

about that on "meet the press" sunday, we followed up with our own experts on press here, debating whether social media companies should have the power to cut off voices. legally they do, but is it ethical? as far as making it in the bay, you would think that lower interest rates would help people make it, by lowering the monthly cost of a mortgage. and for current homeowners, it has, but for people looking to buy a home, realtors say lower mortgage rates have pushed the demand for homes higher and with that home prices. >> houses should be more affordable because of the lower rates, but all that does is bring in more buyers, who have more buying power to compete on the inventory that is at hand. so everything is tied back to inventory and when the rates go lower, yes, you might have more buying power, but you also have more competition. >> we'll get earnings from esla this week. we get all of them on wednesday. apple shares trading higher in premarket this morning. the nasdaq will open at another

record as markets look to the positive again today. tech stocks lead the indices higher. we're watching to see if president biden can get the massive stimulus bill through the senate. we're also watching the reports over the weekend out of places like england that you have been mentioning, showing that new coronavirus variant being deadlier than first reported. how far that may set us back as we struggle to get a fraction of the american public vaccinated. lauren and cierra? >> that's right, well, at least we have some good icu bed availability opening up. so maybe the state will as well. thanks so much, scott. live events largely aren't happening now, but the federal trade commission is cracking down on the ticket scalpers who use bots. they have taken the first action under the new better online ticket sales or bots act.

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collection featured the puffer jackets, one of the coats on the model include an eiffel ttower, notre dame cathedral and a mashup of sky scrapers. i don't know if that looks warm. oh, dear. >> wow. well, i guess if you can't go anywhere these days, you can wear it. >> it looks uncomfortable. >> i can see you in a golden gate bridge, mike. >> yeah. they used to those hats. >> there you go. there you have it. >> we're going to need something warm, at least. winds will be picking up, i understand, kari. >> yeah, but that's not going to help you right there. so, you know what, auto i'm sure it is crazy expensive too. grab something nice, warm, cheap, that will do the trick. as we get a look at what's going on with our atmospheric river, these will be words you're going

to hear us say a lot. this is basically a band of low riding air moving across the ocean into the bay area. as it moves into california, we're going to see it really dumping a lot of heavy rain now. usually atmospheric rivers are anywhere from 200 to 400 miles wide. and about a thousand miles long. that really helps it tap into some moisture all the way from hawaii and part of the reason why they call it the pineapple express. and this normally brings us about 30 to 50% of our yearly precipitation and climate change has warmed up those temperatures and quite often a lot of what we see out of atmospheric rivers turns more into rain rather than snow. we're still seeing some light snow now, in parts of the sierra, for the bay area, the rain is winding down. here is that atmospheric river, still well off the coast and to the north. and that is what will be moving in starting tomorrow afternoon. so as we take it hour by hour, we start to see the rain moving

into the north bay, by about noon tomorrow. and then quickly on the radar, we see some widespread heavy rain moving in, this is something that could potentially bring us several inches of rainfall and the reason why we're watching our burn scar areas, because there may be some debris flows near the czu fire and parts of the north bay, we could see some heavy rainfall over the next several days. the rain and the wind continues throughout the week. though there may be a break on friday. we'll have more rain coming in for the weekend, but it is just of course much needed as we had extreme drought conditions across the bay area. and, mike, it is windy this morning heading out the door. it is. that's why chp says, you guys, hold on when driving across the bay bridge. we'll take you to a map and show you what is our traffic showing you based on the weather data from kari's system. remember, tied together, that yellow on the peninsula north of

half moon bay shows where it will be the gustiest along highway 1 and across the bay bridge. over in the trivalley, looking at a little build for the altamont pass and for highway 84. just a bit, very cold conditions overnight, but no major problems on the highways. to the bay bridge and across the span, the wind is the only issue as you travel across the span. so that's good news, laura. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. it is 5:21 now. tributes are flooding in for the late radio and tv host larry king. the 87-year-old died over the weekend in los angeles. he had a career spanning nearly 60 years in television and radio. most notably he hosted "larry king live" on cnn from 1985 through 2010. he interviewed tens of thousands, both famous and infamous. people all over posted tributes about the late host, including oprah, bill clinton, bill nye, jim acosta, mariah carey. larry king said he hoped to be

remembered as a good father and interviewer who added to the knowledge of the world. he was a classic. 5:21 now. facing new consequences. coming up next on "today in the bay," the utility being temporarily taken away from the california business for defying health orders. plus -- >> -- to address a sensitive situation. i'm consumer investigator chris kimora, nbc bay area responds next. first, our team is always on social media. check out this photo that kris sanchez shared on instagram of flowers given to her by her own behind the scenes team. they wished her well, thanked her for all the inauguration coverage she did last week in washington. we're thankful she's back, safe, and what a tremendous job she did. be sure to follow kris on facebook, twitter and instagram. see all her photos from d.c. and beyond. she's coming up later on "today in the bay." 5:22.

new video shows the aftermath of a terrifying crash in los angeles. the car went flying off the downtown overpass. police now say speed was likely a factor. at last check, the driver was in critical condition. violent protests in tacoma, washington, overnight, happened after a police officer drove over people gathered for a street race on saturday.

video shows the officer drive his patrol car through a crowd of pedestrians that gathered around him. they were pounding on the vehicle's windows. two people were taken to the hospital. the officer is now on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation. a long beach restaurant owner refusing to give into orders and stop serving patio diners. l.a. times after the city issued nine citations, it decided to turn off the gas to the restaurant. that didn't stop the owner. she used electric water heaters and stove tops to serve up the food. nbc bay area respondents to many resident's phone problems. >> consumer investigator chris chmura is here with a family's special situation. >> rose called because she was having trouble with her son robert's sprint account. he recently suffered an unexpected brain injury that

left him unable to speak. rose says she tried to get sprint to close robert's account. however, the company didn't. so she turned to us and we contacted sprint. we saved rose $374.99. in a statement, sprint said we canceled the line and per our policy, the lease equipment would need to be returned, including the phone. they went on to say however due to the difficult situation the family is going through, we waived the return requirement. we send our deepest regards to robert and wish his family and him well. we shared that sentiment. if you have a consumer complaint, tell us about it at nbcbayarea.com, tap the responds option or call us 888-996-tips. we would like to take a moment to clarify a story we did about san jose's calvary church. they face fines for leaders

told us their faith protects them from coronavirus, but attorneys for the church say they never said that and they do believe coronavirus is real. 5:27 now. what is next for a south bay hospital under fire for not following the vaccine rollout protocol? not backing down, the all new threat one bay area yoga shot owner is making after coming under fire for remaining open and defying public health orders.

right now at 5:30, a major reversal, the stay-at-home order expected to be lifted state wide. how soon it could happen as the bay area businesses struggle to survive. and working on the front lines, the growing concerns many essential workers are expressing as the state considers changing the vaccine rollout tiers. plus, tracking it all, rain, potential flooding, even snow, but before all that, a windy start to our workweek. as "today in the bay" continues right now. very good monday morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. thank you very much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm cierra johnson in for marcus washington. we'll have a look at traffic, first, a look at that weather and all of the rain headed our way. >> yes, so we are going to have a lot going on this week, so today is the day to prepare

while we are going to have some dry weather. but it is still pretty breezy out there, and those wind alerts continue, especially for our bridges and along the coastline. but the rain returns tomorrow. maybe heavy at times along with some gusty winds. it could reach over 70 miles per hour. as we look at the radar now, once again, we're in between these weather systems, but still some light snow coming down in the sierra. we'll talk about how much rain we'll see and how much snow we'll get as well. that's coming up in a few minutes. chp issuing the wind advisory for bridges. >> that's right. they call that the bay bridge. i want to start with the san mateo bridge, i'm calling out a disabled vehicle or abandoned vehicle reported on the span. headlights coming towards us, that's eastbound. the taillights westbound. as we look at the map and live camera, there is no slowing. disabled vehicle reported east coming out of the foster city side and heading toward hayward. keep that in mind, the rest of the bay moves smoothly.

i'm tracking a crash or disabled vehicle perhaps in san leandro. back to you. >> thank you. our big story morning, one that is impacting all of us, that stay-at-home order which remains in effect. >> but, there is word this morning some of the restrictions may be over soon. this is news local business owners anxiously awaiting. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us with what we need to know and what we know so far right now. kris? >> well, good morning to you, cierra and laura. we know the governor could lift some of the crippling restrictions as early as today. they have been so tough for some of our small businesses. but this comes on the same day we get pretty sobering news about all the different variants that are now at play in terms of coronavirus. we know that the virus is mutating, you probably heard that by now. now we know there are some variants that are more contagious, easier to catch, and in some cases more deadly. speaking on the "today" show this morning, dr. anthony fauci

said there are several variants of particular concern right now. there is the south african variant which has shown to lessen the effectiveness of the treatments that doctors are using to help covid patients fight that virus and survive. so that's one concern. then there is the uk variant that seems to make people more sick, according to the preliminary data. and that same variant appears to spread much more easily among people and it is already spreading in the u.s. >> we do have circulating now in this country a variant from the uk that is in over 20 states right now, that is a variant that has a better capability of being transmitted more efficiently from person to person. >> so there are about 200 cases of that new variant in the u.s., about half of them are here in california. and we also talked with a ucfs doctor who said he's studying a new variant that originated here

in california. all of this as scientists are trying to figure out how the vaccine is going to be impacted or is going to impact these particular variants. at this point, the good news is the vaccine seems to still work even on those mutated variations. but we cannot let our guard down. we need to wear masks andly dis hands because not everybody is getting vaccinated. and not everybody is getting vaccinated as quickly as we might like. you might see some folks wearing double masks, that is the advice, if you can't get your hands on an n-95, to wear two masks to try to protect yourself from that more contagious variant. cierra, and laura? >> good advice there. here you can see the number of icu patients holding steady in the last couple of weeks here in the bay area. this goes back to december 27th, you can see the projections over the next four weeks. there is a sharp decline in the last day over there, february of this month. now, this graph shows the u.s.

positivity rate over the last 14 days on january 11th. the positivity rate for the state was at just 13.5%. but slowly over the last couple of weeks, it has dropped over there to 9.8%. and as the vaccine rollout continues throughout california, there is this growing concern that essential workers may in the receive the vaccine for several months. "today in the bay's" pete serada joins us with more. >> reporter: tough news indeed, you have advocates saying they may not get the vaccination until the summertime. this is as california is considering vaccinating the elderly first, those would be folks that are above the age of 65. i want to show you this graphic we put together, these are some of the deadliest jobs during the pandemic, this is based off a recent ucfs study. you can see near the top are

cooks and agricultural workers. when it comes to the research study, agricultural and restaurant workers face a 40% increase in chance of death from covid. and latinos that work in this industry, that number jumps to 60%. they're saying this data should be considered when it comes to the vaccine rollout. >> if we really want to prevent deaths in california, we have to focus on those who are younger than 65, who are doing different types of work. >> reporter: recent data from public health officials in the state show three-fourths of covid deaths are with folks who are 65 or older. the state feels if you can vaccinate this group first, this could lead to lower hospitalizations. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." thank you. in the south bay good samaritan hospital is accused of offering los gatos teachers covid-19

vaccines setting off a problematic series of events. a hospital representative says approximately 65 doses were offered to the school district after the hospital tried and failed to find anyone in the phase 1a category that needed the already thawing vaccines. santa clara county says the hospital needed to provide a plan to the county before administering any of those unused doses. good samaritan later acknowledged it made a mistake. san mateo county business owner is now under investigation over what appears to be threats that he made against a county supervisor. this instagram post surfaced just after a lawsuit was filed against pacifica beach yoga's owner for remaining open during the pandemic. owner tommy antoon's post read #delete county supervisor david canepa. it went on to say, get on his face and faces of his family. by phone, antoon admitted he made the comments. authorities are now

investigating. 5:38. fraud fallout. still ahead on "today in the bay," the thousands of bank accounts one company is freezing as the unemployment scandal grows across the state. we're today, he will urge americans to buy american. and super bowl pound, big matchup is now set with a bay area native set to take center stage again. what we're hearing about the most anticipated performances. but first, nbc bay area and telemundo 48 teaming up through project innovation. a grant challenge powered by comcast, nbc universal foundation. project innovation recognizes and awards $315,000 in grants. learn more about the program by heading over to nbcbayarea.com/projectinnovation . we'll be right back.

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affect driving on the freeway around davis. a live look in fremont shows the nimitz down here. flags calmer than in oakland. and we are tracking our next atmospheric river that is set to move in tomorrow as our current

storm system moves out. we'll be in between today with some dry weather, but talking about the impacts of this incoming storm. more information coming up. yeah, good morning to you, kari. cal fire issued an evacuation warning for people who live in parts of the santa cruz mountains. look at this map we put together for you on the tv screen this is for parts of the san lorenzo valley and north coast of santa cruz. the areas under evacuation warning are highlighted in yellow. and in the other communities, also includes communities of boulder creek, brook dale and swenten. make sure you have a go bag ready and evacuation route planned out. this is just a warning, because of the incoming storm that is coming in tomorrow night. you can see caltrans lit up the signs last night, warning of possible mudslides in areas burned by the czu complex fire last fall. tomorrow night, heavy winds and

rain are forecast to pound the santa cruz mountains. national weather service within the past 30 minutes issued a high wind watch, that will be going into effect 7:00 tomorrow night. excuse me, 7:00 tomorrow night until 10:00 wednesday morning. you can see gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour. and they also issued a flash flood watch from tomorrow afternoon to thursday afternoon for that area. and in the areas where the wildfires burned in the north bay. if you are driving into work this morning, remember the roads are wet and slick. case in point, driver lost control of their truck yesterday afternoon. this is on apeon way, they crashed on the freeway below. the driver survived, was taken to the hospital. last night in san jose, the driver of a car lost control on aborn road, crashed into a power pole. the driver had to be pulled from the car but was not hurt. power was knocked out to that area temporarily. reporting live here in dublin, we're feeling some of the winds,

bob redell, "today in the bay." >> stay safe out there, thank you, bob. president biden will sign a slew of new executive orders today. >> including at least one that amplifies something president -- former president trump did. scott? >> yeah, that's right. most of the executive orders, cierra, that were created were created to cancel president trump's executive orders, but today's deal will strengthen a previous order that federal agencies and federal contractors buy american. this is very similar to president trump's first executive order, but it closes some of the loopholes that were in it. president biden will be signing an executive order each day this week. as laura and cierra were talking about, president biden will restrict entry to nonamericans who want to travel to the united states from south africa and brazil and reinstate travel restrictions from the uk and ireland. this after the prime minister there warned his people on

friday that early signs are the virus mutation there is more deadly. in fact, just minutes ago, moderna said its vaccine caused fewer antibodies to fight off the south african or excuse me, south american version of the virus. it still works, but may not work as well. the new head of the cdc said she's only now just getting a look at the data that she has to work with. she told fox news sunday the government doesn't even know how many vaccine doses it has, or how many it has distributed. >> the biggest problems right now is i can't tell you how much vaccine we have, and if i can't tell it to you, i can't tell it to the governors, i can't tellt officials. if they don't know how much vaccine they're getting, not just this week, but next week and the week after they can't plan. >> on capitol hill today, the house will transmit the second impeachment to the senate, with donald trump's trial to begin in february.

now, as people argue for and against the idea of a second trial, which is happening, keep in mind those who argue that it would be unconstitutional to hold a presidential impeachment trial for somebody who is not president are not correct. the constitution doesn't speak to that issue at all. brand-new this morning, dominion voting systems is suing donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani for false claims he made about dominion voting machines. dominion had threatened legal action against a number of people in organizations, including fox news and mike lindell, the mypillow guy. he also made false claims about the election and dominion voting machines. he was one of president trump's closest advisers on post election matters and presumably on pillows as well. for what you're thinking as we review president biden's first 100 days, contact me on twitter,@scottmcgrew. more fallout from the $8

billion edd fraud scandal is resulting in some unintended consequences. bank m oe than 400,000 accounts as it investigates suspicious activity tied to the scheme. the move is leaving some who received legitimate unemployment payments with their money inaccessible. well, the sharks won't be on the ice here in the bay area anytime soon. the team will be playing its next two home games on february 1st and 3rd in arizona. the next chance to have home ice in san jose will be february 13th. the shars haven't been back in six weeks. the sharks were in chilly, minnesota, and ended up beating the wild 5 -3. the super bowl is set and we're less than two weeks away. patrick mahomes and the chiefs are back in it looking to become back-to-back super bowl champs. standing in the way is tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers.

>> super bowl lv will be like none other because of pandemic. sam brock is in tampa. >> reporter: good to be with you from tampa and raymond james stadium. tom brady, of course a graduate of sarah's high school, has come a long way since those years, he's risen to another super bowl. this is number 10 he's competed in, brady going for the seventh ring. and the nfl, guys, could not have scripted a better matchup you have what many consider to be the greatest of all time in brady against 25-year-old patrick mahomes, the reigning super bowl mvp. they square off with some pretty stellar defenses behind them. pro football talk's mike florio spoke with us about what this means and what brady just accomplished. >> for brady to do it in roth

roth rodgers building, they can elevate players around him with his experience, with his accomplishments, and with his leadership. >> reporter: it should be noted that the tampa bay buccaneers have gone almost two decades without a playoff win. of course, until tom brady arrived, that all changed. this is the first time a team will be playing on its home field in the super bowl. now, yes, the 49ers played at stanford a couple of decades ago, this is a little bit different. the stage set once again for tom brady. back to you. >> all right, good to see you, sam. well, always fun to see the entertainment as well, right? singers eric church and jasmine sullivan will take to the stage to sing the national anthem ahead of the game. bay area native and grammy award winner artist her will offer a rendition of america the beautiful. and this is all ahead of the singer on the weeknd's highly anticipated halftime show. that's one to watch.

we're all watching the weather no one as closely as kari this week. a lot coming our way. >> absolutely. so we're starting out with some dry weather today. and some breezy winds across the bay area. but then as that atmospheric river comes in tomorrow, it is going to bring in some heavy rain, high winds. and even some snow on some of our bay area hills. as we go through the forecast, once again, taking a look at the radar, clearing out for us right now, but you can still see the rain that is well off the coast. and some snow over the sierra, we're right between. the next storm system is way out here, it is going to tap into some moisture, connecting all the way to hawaii. the reason why we're calling it an atmospheric river, it is going to give it a boost and rainfall and we won't see it until about noon tomorrow. starting to move into parts of the north bay. and then quickly filling in across the rest of the bay area for the afternoon to evening hours. and during that time we may have some really heavy downpours. in all, we're looking at the

possibility of anywhere from 1 to 2 inches, but it may be higher along the coastline. and the reason why we're watching out for some of our burn scar areas in the north bay, as well as the santa cruz mountains and they may be forced to evacuate because of the debris flows that will be possible. so as we go through the forecast, temperatures staying in the 50s. once again, no need for the umbrella today. it will be still pretty windy out there. especially near the coastline. and going into the rest of the week, a very busy one here as we track that atmospheric river that is going to have some huge impacts for us as well as the sierra. mike, right now, a breezy wind kicking up across the bay. >> all right, that's a note for folks. roadways are drying out. remember, you'll have some damp pavement now. we have an alert issued, breaking news ever in walnut creek area. we take you to the maps, we're looking to the right side of the screen, 680, look at that, southbound side, suddenly in the last few seconds jammed up in

the red zone there, approaching highway 24. i'm hearing about 4 or 5 vehicles involved in a crash and possibly all lanes affected right now. chp should get out there pretty quickly to lend its assistance. we'll track that. the rest of the bay moves very nicely. happening now, mexico's president is the latest world leader to contract the obdor sa mild. in the netherlands, rioters opposed to a coronavirus lockdown attacked police and set fires. officers responded with tear gas and water cannons, arresting at least 30 people. the strict nationwide lockdown continues for two more weeks. it is 5:53. much more ahead on "today in the bay" this monday morning. including the passing of a bay area woman who became a champion for air travel safety after her son died a hero on united flight 93 during the 9/11 terror attacks. up next, how alex hogueland

herself became a hero. and then at 6:00, the city of long beach miles ahead in getting covid-19 vaccine shots into the arms of people. who the city will start vaccinating today. we'll tell you all about it. stick around. 5:53.

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bay." you know, snow isn't rare in london, but it is new for the gorillas at the london zoo. they're from central africa. and for some, it is their first time in snow. mickey the hippo also from that same region said no way, she stayed inside. we're expecting a lot of snow in the mountains of northern california, higher elevations in the bay area in the coming days. that's very exciting. nbc bay area storm ranger is tracking it and the forecast is coming up at the top of the hour. across the pond from london, new york is faing a crisis when it comes to vaccine distribution. the governor says they're running out of the first doses of the vaccine. the supply tapped some vaccination sites. things should start looking up this week as new shipments are expected.

well, new york -- isn't alone as well. many states including california -- >> santa clara county is rolling out a new mobile covid-19 testing unit at costco locations in the south bay. it will offer appointment and drop-in testing outside of costco in gilroy and san jose starting on wednesday. a bus will be in gilroy from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on thursday and saturday it will be in the east san jose costco and ever green loop from 7:00 to 7:00. the locations will rotate every week, the testing will soon be available in sunnyvale, morgan hill, santa clara, los pitos and los gatos. recent break ins from a ceo rethinking doing business in the city. take a look at this. this is surveillance video showing with break-ins at two different store locations. the chain carries electronics and other products. the ceo and founder says the business is struggling with crime in the city. >> we always had a problem

specifically in our san francisco stores. they're constantly getting broken into, getting robbed. our employees are extremely unsafe working in our stores, they're getting spit on, harassed, intimidated. but it is really ramped on recently. we're on track to be robbed once a week in one of our stores. >> they have two stores in san francisco on hayes street and 3rd street. the loss of legendary radio and tv host larry king is being felt. hospitalized earlier this month after testing positive for covid-19. according to king's official twitter account, the 87-year-old died saturday at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles. he spent 60 years working in television and radio. most notably he hosted "larry king live" on cnn from 1985 through death is unclear, but he suffere medical recent decades including heart attacks, diabetes and lung

cancer. well, the mother of one of the heroes of united flight 93 has died. alice hoagland from los gatos was the mother of mark bingham, who joined other passengers in foiling the hijackers on 9/11, causing the plane to crash in rural pennsylvania instead of its intended target, believed to be the u.s. capitol. hoagland continued her son's mission, helping popularize gay rugby. she was an advocate for airline security and for allowing relatives of 9/11 victims to sue saudi arabia over claim played a role in the attacks. alice hoagland often came on "today in the bay," she was a really lovely woman and i'm sad to see her passing. alice hoagland was 71 years old. well, right now at 6:00, the bay area sy-at-home orders, could they come to an end soon? when that could possibly happen as infections and hospitalizations continue to