there's the least available -- >> right now at 4:30, the crushing demand for covid tests. ahead, the guidance about when and your family should be taking one and the long lines being spotted all-around the bay. what is next for elizabeth holmes, after a jury finds her guilty on four counts. the prison time the fallen ceo is now facing. this is "today in the bay." we are broadcasting to your television, but streaming live on nbcbayarea.com as well.

thank you for joining us. i am laura garcia. >> i am kris sanchez. mostly dry in the south bay, kari. you are tracking light rain in other places, though? >> yes, we are seeing some of the light showers moving through. we have seen it on storm ranger. it has mainly been focused on parts of the north bay and the peninsula and now we are seeing showers move into the oakland area. as we get a closer look we can see the rain coming down, and once again a steady light rain and making the commute a little slower in some of the spots so you should slow down on your way to work. also seeing some of the rain around the san mateo area, the santa cruz mountains getting in on showers and a wider view shows we are going to see more of the wet weather rolling in and we are seeing a lot more moisture moving in, and overall the storm system is weak and it will continue to bring us scattered showers in some parts of the bay area throughout the morning and early afternoon. we won't be done with the rain, so we will talk about more about

what is in the forecast in a few minutes. mike, what is it looking like for early commuters? >> a light drive. yesterday we did not seat metering lights and light rain, and kari is talk about that light rain and it will be a factor for many drivers as we look at your map. we had a little flooding reported at 980 and 880, and so watch that portion of oakland. the rest of the bay moving smoothly. of course, the san mateo bridge itself, and for right now we will just track this. it's 4:32 right now. happening today, california's department of public health is expected to give an update on the state's reported number of covid cases. >> yeah, california added 56,000 new cases, and our positivity

rate jumping to 15.9, a nearly 10% increase. before the new year we were averaging close to 16,000 cases a day. and because of that increase in cases testing demand is also on the rise. >> and for those heading back to school or work, getting a test is a challenge and most home testing kits are sold out. on the left, hundreds in foster city, and on the right, that line took hours. >> today in the bay's jean elle has more on when you should take one. >> lining outside in the rain in foster city, and waiting on long lines at a drive-through test site, and uc berkeley infectious

disease expert says labs are struggling to keep up delaying some test results. >> right now when we most need these tests they are the least available and taking too long to come back. it's very first rating. >> it's complicated the return to school, work and routine get togethers. the doctor says the tests can help you make safer decisions. >> the rapid test would be good for just before you go over there, and though it may miss that you are infected -- >> the test is recommended three to five days after traveling, even if you feel well. >> stanford doctor says while

hospitalizations are not rising as fast as the number of omicron cases, they are increasing. >> in the last week or so we've seen twice as many hospitalizations and cases as we have since the beginning of december. >> san francisco, santa clara and contra costa show hospitalizations doubled in each county since christmas, which was just ten days ago. we are not at the level we saw previous covid spikes last winter and last summer. jean elle for "today in the bay." marking the rise and fall of the silicon superstar, elizabeth holmes. seven days of deliberations, and the jury convicted holmes. she was found guilty on four charges, one for conspiracy against investors, and one for wire fraud and one for wide

fraud on theranos investors. they were deadlocked for the remaining three. today, scott budman has more on what is next. >> reporter: a dramatic picture as elizabeth holmes and her family walked past cameras and gauntlet, and her head down not commenting at all after getting what had to be pretty bad news for her. there were four counts she was found not guilty on and four counts she was guilty on and three counts they could not decide on. prosecuting attorneys had this to say about the outcome. >> the guilty verdicts in this

case shows holmes' culpability. >> now i want to take you back in the courtroom where elizabeth holmes sat still and stared silently for most of the time when we heard the charges read back, and four found guilty and four not guilty and three deadlocked. holmes was able to turn around and hug individual members of her family before she and they were escorted out of the courtroom as was each member of the jury. the jurors were thanked by the judge for their service, and then they left the courtroom. as for sentencing, we hear it will happen sometime in the next two months. to wrap it up again, four counts where elizabeth holmes was found guilty, and four where she was found not guilty. i am scott budman, nbc bay area

news. >> our coverage continues at nbcbayarea.com and the nbc bay area app, and that includes a look back at the entire trial and a complete detailed breakdown of the jury's verdict on each of the 11 charges. we want to take a live look at the san mateo bridge, although i don't think that's it. wow, looks dramatic out there. let's check in with kari. what is that fog about? >> we have showers moving through some of the those areas. yeah, we are watching out for some of the scattered showers moving through this morning, and it could make visibility low in some spots and we will continue to see that over the next several hours. take a look at what stormranger is picking up now, and we have that red scan on san bruno mountain. showers moving through for the east bay and peninsula right now, right around the richmond

area and moving over towards fairfield as well. the commute is wet for you as you are heading out the door this morning. and south of san francisco into the woodside area, we are seeing some of the showers. we will keep a chance of rain. the south bay not seeing nearly as much of this wet weather for other parts of the bay area, and there still will be a chance of rain in the forecast by tomorrow morning. i will be tracking that and we will talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, we look forward to it. chipotle adding a new item that you will love. >> it's the end of an era for blackberry owners. when those phones are set to stop working. man, some people were so hooked. you're watching "today in the bay."

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tkpwp tuesday morning. right now at 4:42, it's 53 degrees in concord. this is warmer than some of the high temperatures we had over the weekend. it's feeling milder and we have clouds and light rain. as we go through today we will keep the clouds and a chance of showers. we will talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. so the slick roads definitely an issue for some folks. let's take a live look outside. san mateo bridge, as promised, there's the live look and we see

the mist, the drizzle and slick roadways and further north a minor flooding for oakland, and we'll check that but first let's check in with bertha. >> thanks, mike. good morning to you and happy new year. i am bertha coombs from cnbc. the s&p closing at record highs, and the nasdaq lifted more than 1% by the tech sector. reopening like airlines, and we saw a rise in treasury yields and that boosted bank stocks. focusing today on the manufacturing sector report and how many people are quitting their jobs amid the great

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chorizo, and it's available in three new lifestyle bowls and they will be waiving delivery fees until january 9th. >> all right. my grandma will be, like, vegan chorizo. >> i am the weird hispanic that doesn't like chorizo. >> yeah, i don't like it either. >> yeah, go vegan, if you can. my mexican people, please don't get mad at me. >> what are you talking about? >> so dry conditions pose a threat nationwide. next, the impact our crisis in climate is having in colorado as

firefighters battle a rare winter wildfire.

all right. welcome back, folks. happy tuesday. let's get a live look outside. there's rain in some spots like the golden gate bridge, for example, or emeryville, as well, and this camera shows you the lens, and despite the conditions

we have at speed limits. no problems getting there. rain in the north bay and minor flooding in spots like 980 and 880 in oakland. we have a little slowing out of the altamont, a little more than yesterday but we will watch the volume. it's still manageable. there's a crash, 101 at story, and it's drier down there. kari, we had kind of a scattered and mixed this morning? >> yeah, the south bay really has not seen much of anything, but we are still getting rain in parts of the north bay, the peninsula and the east bay as we track it on stormranger. we can see the showers that moved through the richmond area approaching concord, and also moving through fairfield and hayward we are dealing with some of the light showers. also in san francisco and moving down to san mateo as well as

burlingame, and some other areas up and down the peninsula dealing with those showers as you are heading out on this tuesday morning. we are seeing some of the scattered showers that will continue. we will see some more rain, but take a look at the rainfall totals. we had in mount tam nearly four inches of rain in the past 24 hours. looking at scott skraebg in the santa cruz mountains, two inches of rain there, and we are approaching half an inch in san francisco and walnut creek, just a little lower, but san josé has not measured much of anything and seeing the same in the tri-valley. we will have mainly light rain and it will be on and off for some of the spots, and looking ahead we are going to see some additional rainfall over the next couple of days. we're only looking at about another few hundreds of an inch of rain in the tri-valley.

as far as the sierra snowpack, it has been so great to see this big boost we have gotten. statewide we are at 147% of normal. we are still looking good here. we will also see some light snow showers if the forecast over the next few days, and about up to a foot in kingville. 7-day forecast, off and on showers through the end of the week and it will clear out in time for the weekend. we will be slightly cooler once that system passes. we will see highs in the upper 50s. now as we turn to our climate in crisis, we will highlight the colorado wildfires and how climate change has played a role in that. in boulder county, colorado, over the holiday, a massive wildfire ripped through more than 1,000 structures and two people are reported still missing. this is coming as scientists are seeing more evidence that wildfires no longer have a

season, but they also can happen all throughout the year as temperatures warm and droughts worsen. so we saw that wind-whipped blaze that moved through, and in denver, in boulder, they recorded the lowest rainfall in just over a inch, and record snow measurements also about an inch, and the fire spread so fast that people barely had time to escape. when we see the heavy snow there in the video, that happened after the fire and that helped to put out the fires over the weekend. you can learn more about this as well as our climate in crisis, go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate in crisis page. thanks, guys. >> thank you. they are twins, however they were born in different years. next on "today in the bay," a touching story one family gets

to share after welcoming newborns. >> they are cute. san mateo getting ready to open a booster shot clinic, and this time it's for everybody over the age of 12, and of course this is after the fda granted pfizer emergency use authorization for children 12 to 15. the cdc still has to sign off, and we expect that will happen tomorrow and then the clinics will be open tuesdays through saturdays at the county's redwood event in that city. we'll be right back.

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make a news flash, and that's when klay thompson could be ready to play, and he could be returning from the acl injury. on the court the warriors came up big last night against miami. the warriors beat the heat 115-108. now to a memorable delivery in monterey county. >> yeah, this is great. eileen entered the world exactly at midnight on sunday january 1st. she came in 15 minutes after her brother, who was delivered at 11:45 on december 31st, 2021. so they were born in different years. mom says she's beyond thrilled. >> i just feel happy and blessed, and look.

>> the hospital says twins make up an estimated 3% of birth in the u.s. every year and the chances of them being born in different years around 1 in 2 million. >> do you think the triplets would like to have a different birthday? >> there was small talk of when i started to go into labor, of just delivering one that wanted to come out and keeping the other two in. >> they could have been weeks or months apart. >> no, they were seconds apart. bam, get it done. >> very efficient. focusing on schools, next on "today in the bay," live team coverage on the safety measures bay area districts are starting to take today as students return to class. and as they return to class make sure they have rain jackets and umbrellas today. i will track the rain with stormranger coming up. of course we have a little

rain over in oakland and a little flooding at 980 and 880, and we know that interchange gets standing water. be careful. we will give you a look at what's happening early, coming up. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 5:00, containing the surge. covid cases increasing and so is the demand for testing. a live report on the new

guidance from the white house. plus -- >> it's worth it. it's good for your sanity. >> she's talking about testing and covid in the classrooms. the steps bay area schools are making to make sure they avoid a possible covid outbreak, and the testing kit delivery delays across the state. we are tracking light showers this morning. meteorologist, kari hall, tracking how long this wet weather will last. this is "today in the bay." a very good tuesday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i am laura garcia. >> i am kris sanchez. marcus washington has the day off. we want to start this hour with a look at the forecast because it's pretty variable around the bay. meteorologist, kari hall, with us. good morning. >> good morning. there are spots dealing with so much rain and other areas are like, what rain? that's what we are seeing in the tri-vaey