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>> we were talking about the fact that it's wednesday already. >> kari, standing in front of a full moon. okay. >> we got the camera pointed up at the moon and focused and we are getting ready for the partial lunar eclipse. we are getting ready for rain, and so we are taking a look at all the views of the moon we can get right now. we starting out with a foggy morning especially in the north bay, and novato's visibility down to zero. we will see mostly sunny skies heading into this afternoon, and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. we'll talk more about all of this in a couple minutes. mike, you said chp left a note about the golden gate

bridge? >> yeah, there's a note about the fog. tracy, there's much better visibility on 205, and that means folks will be able to get over here faster, and it's a smooth drive for the rest of the bay area now. back to you. >> thanks, mike. covid-19 cases across the country are increasing. nationwide cases have gym jumped over 14%. the u.s. is reporting more than 83,000 new daily infections. winter is on the way, and that means a likely a covid surge, and governor newsom is pushing hard for people to get vaccinated. >> i recognize the fear that

many of us have as we now enter into the winter. as we enter into a season where we should anticipate an increase of cases. >> governor newsom is speaking at a king's county grade school pointing to the area's low vaccination rate and high rate of covid-19. most medical experts agree there's a need for higher vaccination rates. >> i don't see a lot of evidence for the start of a winter surge here, and it could be later or may not come at all or just remain a elevated baseline that we have been following since august now. >> but one says the surge is already here. >> the unfortunate message is that our winter surge as begun in marin. >> the governor saying the size

of the winter surge depends on what people do right now. >> my belief is if we can do that and get the vaccination rates up another five or 10%, we'll be in a completely different place. >> terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." it has been ten days since jasper wu was shot and killed while sitting in his car seat. the oakland police chief says they are dealing with a surge in violence and not enough police officers. >> how are you? are you shaking hands nowadays? >> no question is off limits for oakland police chief armstrong. especially when crimes in your city are being committed against children. >> when we first get a call

about a child being hit by a stray bullet and losing their life, it shakes you. >> not only is he assisting in the killing of jasper wu, but his agency is the lead agency who is looking into shooting a mom and an 11-year-old. he went to the hospital to visit the victim. i understand she is going through something that will be with her for the rest of her life. >> our department is shrinking. >> oakland has 681 officers on its police force, and he would like to see 500 more. 120 people have been killed so

far. >> are you solving any shootings and crimes? >> yeah, our solve rate is about 30, 35%, which is far lower than we would like. >> the chief says gangs are driving the violence. >> it's my hope that this is a call that those that make the decisions in the city of oakland to invest in public safety. >> alameda supervisors filled the seat by chan. brown has served in chan's office for 15 years. dave brown says he will not seek election to the board in 2022, and he pledged to endorse a asian-american woman to take chan's seat.

and then the woman that started the fawn fire admitted to boiling water near the fire's origin. for the time being she is headed to a state facility for psychiatric treatment. and then the latest on take a stand in the holmes fraud trial is an investment. brian grossman testified that holmes told him they had a major investment from the defense department. you have follow the reporting of the theranos trial on nbcbayarea.com and just click on elizabeth holmes trial coverage.

california falling short on its water conservation goal. water usage only reduced 3.9% i august. since july, water consumption reduced just 3.6%. september was the driest in california's recorded history. we do need more rain, and meteorologist, kari hall, has been tracking that. any rain for us in the next coming weeks? >> yeah, but it's not a lot and not what we need right now. but right now we're all clear and the visibility is looking good, and our skies stay mostly clear today. we are headed for low 60s by 11:00. take a look at our high temperatures for today. reaching up to 67 in hayward and

65 in antioch. we will see a nice and comfortable afternoon. into tomorrow, that storm system will be moving in so we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you are getting a look at a clear commute for most? >> yeah, green sensors are looking great, but we are looking at little blips in the altamont pass. that's why the great visibility that kari has shown us led to a great flow of traffic in the altamont pass. even though there's fog in discovery bay and brentwood, there's patchy fog that will be denser north of novato. back to you. >> thanks, mike. if you are working right now, it's likely you are saving for retirement. coming up, we will hear from the

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from cnbc. we had sales tprl earnings and home depot and walmart. in focus today we will get a report on new construction, housing, and target and lowe's have earnings better than expected. meantime more than half of working americans say they are behind on retirement savings. just 21% feel they are on track for where they should be, and only 11% feel they are actually ahead of the game. bank rate said the economic impact of the pandemic was a wake-up call for many with nearly a quarter of workers

saying that they are saving for retirement more now than prior to last year. meantime, get ready to search a little harder for that perfect christmas tree this year. there will be fewer trees available for sale due to the whammy of supply chain issues and bad weather that will affect natural and artificial trees. you can prepare for a little sticker shock, maybe up to 25% more in prices due to the hike in shipping costs with the whole supply chain mess. so santa, this year, will have to dig deep for christmas trees and all sorts of things. i don't know about you but i have half of my christmas shot be done, and i ordered one present and it still has not arrived. i hope it gets here for christmas. >> i hope so too.

ifr tree, if you have a plant in your house, put decorations on it and presents under it. >> it's the new charlie brown christmas tree. >> i am trying to picture that as marcus's house. >> you would love it. but no pictures, please. >> i want pictures. >> thanks, bertha. coming up on "today in the bay," hundreds of thousands of californians are going to get free money and we'll give you a break down of who qualifies. and then looking to make history on the ice. a foggy start in the north bay. visibility in novato back to zero again this morning. we'll talk about the fog when it clears up and when that rain gets here in a couple of minutes. despite very low visibility up there, the bay bridge is

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>> yeah. kari hall has a look at the weather. >> it's going to be a nice day. a lot of sunshine after the fog clears out. los gatos and east san josé headed up to 68 degrees. for the east bay we will see temperatures in the mid-60s with fremont reaching up to 68 degrees, but antioch cooler with the fog hanging on and a high of 65 degrees. also looking at about a high of 65. you see the temperatures are uniform from the coast to the inland areas, not a big difference here with downtown san francisco reaching 65, and also 65 in sonoma and ukiah today reaching 67 degrees. here's a look at the overall picture and the next system coming our way, and there's not a whole lot to it. as we go into the next couple of days we will see this quickly racing through, and most of the rain coming through the over night hours and starting out with spotty showers by thursday

into friday morning, and we will see the showers lingering into friday with parts of the south bay as well. the east bay, we could see the rain moving throughly and we are only looking for most of the bay area about 0.1 of an inch for the north bay, and a lot less for spots like san josé, dublin, and maybe just a little over a trace amount of rain and we know we need a lot more as we check in on our reservoirs, especially in the south bay where we are seeing them down as low as 11% capacity. we have made progress in the north bay and east bay reservoirs, but we need a lot more in storage for the next few months. with the development of la nina returning, they say there's a 90% chance this will continue interest february. since 1950, all the la nina

events have averaged 90% of normal rain, so that's not bad. at times we get aboveinfall, ant 27% of the time. we are hoping that will be this upcoming season where we get above normal rainfall, because we do need it. looking at the temperatures, low to mid-60s for the next few days and not a lot of changes temperature wise, but we will get some rain. it's right through the section here where we see a dip in the speeds. the brakes are tapping here, and we know kari's readings over here for novato is zero visibility, and further north on 101 into santa rosa there will be difficult seeing. keep that in mind.

carquinez and benicia bridge, no issues. >> thank you, mike. it's 4:42. more than half a million caregivers across the state will receive a bonus to make up for losses during the pandemic. they will be eligible for a $500 bonus, and those that worked between march of 2020 and march of 2021 are eligible. many workers had their hours rolled back or halted altogether due to stay-at-home orders. the beijing olympics will get under way. meet abby, she's a member of the first nation tribe near the border of canada, and she recently went pro and is expected to become the first native american athlete in this sportusa.

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we'll tell you about the move today that could shutdown schools in hayward. we're live at 5:00 with efforts to keep them open. then hear from witnesses that helped pull one child from a wrecked car.

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plus -- >> once they said there was a baby in the car i jumped on the car. >> a mother and a girl airlifted from the scene of what witnesses called a high speed crash. the quick response from one bystander to rescue a trapped child. the larger message from health experts on the best and safest way to do this. "today in the bay" begins right now. it's wednesday morning. good morning to you. thank you so much for making us part of your morning. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we have a lot to get to this morning. let's take a live look outside in walnut creek in the east bay this morning. meteorologist, kari hall, is looking at things are looking today with the golden moon behind you. gorgeous. >> yeah, it has been nice to see the moon because it has been so foggy the last coupl