experts not expecting a slowdown anytime soon. a live report of the new proposals government leaders are putting forward to help tackle the potentially growing crisis. protecting abortion rights for all. a landmark bill set to be introduced at the state capitol and it may position california as a safe haven for those from other states where the procedure is banned. a big blow for the 49ers, jimmy g. out for the season. the team's new plan to fill what will be a huge hole in the offense. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. maybe that's why we're all wearing black today, jimmy g. good morning. another top story we're covering today lingering wet weather following that really rainy weekend. for that let's turn to meteorologist kari hall tracking what we can expect. >> we need the umbrellas today. we're seeing the rain moving

through pretty much every microclimate right now. we've been watching out for the potential of lightning, seeing some of that up the coastline and we'll see some off and on showers for san francisco ready to move into oakland as well though it's been steady with the rain the past couple of hours. we're seeing rain in and around the wood side area and now into sunnyvale. there will be that chance that we could see lightning in a few spots as we go hour by hour by 8:00. some of us are taking a break while other areas are still getting brief, heavy downpours and that chance will continue into the evening as well as early tomorrow morning so i'll be tracking all of that. mike, you have a reminder about those conditions. as kari said, there's still rain, scattered rain, not as

steady as over the weekend but still it's there. you see wet roadways as we travel south. still a clear drive at speed all the way down out of santa rosa. the chance for wet roadways. where there's more of a chance of wet pavement going on here. minor incident. we'll check on the lane status. no slowing on the sensors there. again, wet conditions throughout. be careful. >> good advice. new signs the flu, rsv and covid are causing more illnesses across the country and here in the bay area. with families set to gather for the end of the year holidays, hospitalizations are also growing. "today in the bay's" ginger conejero saab is live this morning. this is already shaping up to be one of the most severe flu seasons in some time. >> reporter: you are right about that, laura. flu season is under way and this comes at a time we're still battling respiratory viruses and

an uptick in covid cases which has led to health officials to increase rates and warning people about needing more care. nationwide 7,000 to 8,000 people have been hospitalized with the flu. 4,500 people have died. doctors say the flu season will not end until early spring and they encourage everyone to get their flu shot. this year's spike is being blamed on decreased immunity among the general public because people are in closer contact as covid restrictions ease. >> people are gathering closer together, not wearing masks. and so they haven't been exposed to the flu in a few years. now we're starting to see it spread. >> reporter: senator chuck schumer is calling for a nationwide plan to combat the rise in rsv cases which are impacting toddlers and young children most and overloading smaller hospitals. covid has also not gone away. as we have reported the number of cases in california has gone

up in recent weeks. covid levels suggest a new surge is under way, and it may top last summer's omicron wave and the number of people infected. take a look at some new numbers of reported cases in california which have climbed to over 5,400. that's up 157% from a month earlier. hospitalizations are just under 3,800 also up 130% over the same time period. now official covid counts show that sharp rise but a true scale can't be measured because most people are testing at home, so doctors are warning people the best thing to do is protect ourselves by being up-to-date with those vaccinations and masking up, washing our hands frequently. ginger conejero saab, "today in the bay." >> we have to remember to keep it all up. thank you, ginger. in l.a. county covid cases there are also surging. the infection rate there is

about 165 new cases per 100,000 people. county health leaders will recommend bringing back masking requirements if it continues to climb. covid-related hospitalization are just under 6%. it would have to be topping 10% for the mask order to actually kick in. nancy skinner plans to introduce a bill she says will solidify california's status as a safe haven and says her bill would protect residents in other states who come to california for planned parenthood services. voters in november approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion in contraceptive services. at least 13 other states have made it a felony to receive or give an abortion. protesters will gather outside city hall opposing a controversial police plan allowing robots to use deadly force.

supervisors last week approved the plan. it will allow police to use armed robots in emergency circumstances. state law now requires public debate on the police use of military grade weapons. supervisor dean preston claims the mayor and sfpd violated rules by presenting the policy to the board without proper public notice. supervisors are still set to make a final vote on that plan tomorrow. san francisco this morning has one less facility to help addicts, the unhoused and people who suffer from mental illness. despite protests the city closed the tenderloin center created last year as an emergency temporary site to help reduce deaths and increase connections to services. supervisors voted to close it in june. the city plans to provide the same services from other local providers. a cool new twist for the 49ers faithful and the hopes for that big super bowl run, the team's latest win comes with a huge loss.

quarterback jimmy garoppolo out for the season with a broken foot. kris sanchez is here with the prognosis. >> we know that he's out for the season. hess left foot is broken and i will require surgery. this is the play that did him in. he got sacked by two miami dolphins during the opening dive. the niners did go on to win 37-19. coach shanahan knew before halftime the news was not good. >> you always hurt for guys with injuries and when it's the quarterback of your team, it affects it more. it affects guys a little bit more. the way we're built to win, he's a hell of a player. we were so fortunate to have him here but we need everybody. we have to make sure to step it up in all these areas not having

jimmy. >> all right, so what's next for the niners? rookie third string quarterback brock purdy helped to get that win. he's 22 years old from iowa state university. the niners drafted him dead last in the 2022 draft. yeah, i know. right? he says he is ready to put his head down and go to work. they have a back up to the back up plan. he's been around. this will be johnson's fourth stint with the niners. even if you're not a niners fan, you have to watch the game next week. >> oh, big time. >> the niners are taking on the tampa bay buccaneers, tom brady, and brock purdy says -- >> poor brock purdy. >> he's been playing football longer than i've been alive. >> oh, yeah, completely. he could be brock purredy's dad. >> like watching a dad and son. >> but they won.

maybe they can continue. >> i know, but jimmy g. we're going to miss him. i'll still wear the jersey, but we are wearing black today. 5:08. take a peek outside at san francisco. did you love all the rain over the weekend? we certainly, certainly need it. kari has a look at our forecast for the day and more rain in sight. >> i was so excited to see the rain that is panning out and it does continue this morning as we take a live look outside in dublin. a look at the radar right now where the rain is still continuing for the morning commute and it's been pretty hit or miss so not all of us seeing the rain at the same time but this is what we can expect as we go into today as the storm system moves in off the coast. here is the center of the storm. we will see that work its way through the bay area for later this afternoon into the evening as well as early tomorrow morning. there will be a break but then we'll be turning our attention

to the next system coming in. i'll have more on that in a few minutes and, mike, if you're stopping at the gas station, where can we fill up for less? >> folks hitting their brakes looking at the prices. they're all below $4. these aren't the only ones around the bay. we have a new name for the best in santa clara county. on willow street $3.99, under $4. contra costa county. we are under $4 in mill valley at the arco. keep that in mind. smooth driving for the highways but the green highlighting means those are wet roadways. watch for that. a little slowing, a crash over at north flynn road. 84 looks like it shouldn't be a

problem as folks drive through the area. travel times looking great at the top of the screen. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 5:10 right now. a new way to refill your prescriptions. up next on "today in the bay," one major drug change rolling out big changes at thousands of its stores. the boost it is expected to provide for in-person health services. plus, tough medicine as far as the fed and interest rate even affects things like christmas trees. plus -- ♪ all i want for christmas are my two front teeth ♪ >> that's what some may want for christmas. what about their parents? try two words, teeth and maybe some rest. the toll from the holidays.

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good monday morning. right now it's 5:14. some spots will have to deal with the rain early on. the antioch commute, we're in the upper 40s and low 50s to start but there will be a mix of sun and clouds today. we'll talk about the unsettled forecast coming up. the rain is off but it's on

the road. slippery conditions continue. no delays throughout the north bay but, of course, we have that build where traffic in the south bay. we'll show you that coming up. well, good morning. happy monday to you. the market ended the week in the positive. the second straight week of gains. indices are still lower for the year. the dow down about 5% on the year but the nasdaq had it really hard down 27% on the year. tech stock, we've talked about layoffs in tech, there's been tens of thousands of layoffs here in the bay area but interesting perspective. big tech, companies like facebook and google and apple have been employing so many people they were basically vacuuming up the talent. some analysts are thinking the new availability of tech talent may be an advantage to those who didn't have a chance before. governments, nonprofits, those we wouldn't think of as tech like retail finally able to attract talent. today is the first day of the russian oil price cap.

europe will not accept or buy any russian oil priced above $60 a barrel. oil is about $80 on the open market. the russians can sell their oil but will have to do so for cheap. jobs and energy prices and a host of other data will have to be taken into account as it decides the next interest rate hike next week. all of those are a factor in christmas trees. balsam hills, the largest supplier of artificial trees, less about holly and lights and more about supply chain and fed rates. >> pretty much things are back to normal and prices have come back to normal. i think that's why we're seeing inflation easing up, the fed backing off a little bit. the ocean freight prices have come way down almost, i mean, by tens of thousands of dollars in some cases. >> mac harman says the only thing they're having trouble sourcing is the shell they make

into christmas treetopers. it's very pretty. i like it very much. when you're in the christmas tree business, it's a lot less elves. >> thanks, scott. new this morning, cbs is testing a new system letting pharmacists process prescriptions remotely. "the wall street journal" reports cbs has equipped most of its 9,000 u.s. drugstores with this new technology. it lets pharmacists review and enter information either from a central location, their home, or at stores other than where the customers pick up the prescriptions. cvs says the program will free up pharmacists to provide other vital services such as vaccinations and health screening. trending this morning all some of us really want for christmas is a little bit of sleep. mattress firm finds the worst night of sleep is christmas eve.

santa would probably agree. very busy. the best night of sleep, thanksgiving, even before your post dinner snooze on the couch. about 8 in 10 do so on new year's eve. it makes sense, you're busy. santa is busy. everybody is busy. parents are especially busy. well, monday morning, i think we could all use a little more sleep. >> it makes you want to stay in bed when it's raining and is cold. i had the best nap on friday. >> congratulations. >> it's always a big thing for us. >> you really have to celebrate a good nap. >> right? it's still good sleeping weather right now even though it's all lit up and ready for you. downtown san jose but look at how soggy it is. you may hear the rain hitting the roof as we get a look at the

radar where we are seeing some of those showers moving through the north bay from marin county to napa county but i have been watching thunderstorms popping up mainly around mendocino county but may be moving to clover dale and also affecting that commute on 101 for parts of the north bay. elsewhere it's just rain as we see heavier bouts of it moving through daly city and san francisco across the bay bridge over to oakland and orinda as well as walnut creek and then for the peninsula it's really starting to pick up over the santa cruz mountains moving over to the los altos hills as well in sunnyvale. we'll see the rain rolling through in waves today and it won't be done until we see the center of the storm system move through tonight into tomorrow morning. at any point there could be some rain dropping through and not everyone seeing all the rain at the same time but the potential of some showers through this

time tomorrow morning. wednesday is looking dry, but then as we go ahead, more rain. we're trying to get caught up with our rainfall deficits, but the biggest deficit is still in the north bay where we lack 3 1/2 inches of rain to catch up to normal. and in san francisco we're missing about an inch and a half. not so bad in oakland. we may see that catch up while livermore and san jose is at a surplus we're over 100% of our normal amount of rain for this date in december. we do still once again have more rain coming in, so over the next couple of days, maybe a quarter to half an inch of rain and going to the end of the weekend several more waves coming in. it will be a soggy start of the day on saturday as well as some drying for the rest of the weekend and more rain coming in. while we get rain the sierra gets snow and there could be anywhere from 7 to 26 inches of snow for the next several days.

looking good. a nice start to our december as well leading into the holidays. it looks like wednesday is the only dry day we'll have sunshine but it doesn't warm up very much and then it's going to be very cool and soggy throughout much of the rest of the week. off-and-on showers and temperatures reaching into the mid-50s. mike, we have rain. kari's forecast applies to the roads as well so here is san jose, sparsely populated or at least good spacing between the cars. you see water on the lens, water on the roadways. that's what we're dealing with that shows up as green highlighting. once remaining incident, southbound 280, watch the off ramp there. other than that, the freeway moves smoothly. not yet kicking in. let's check behind me. this is 101 right around oakland roadway. we'll see a little slowing probably in 15 or 20 minutes. we see blips here and there like right here eastbound on the high

rise. no incidents, no problems. green highlighting on both sides of the bay. an easy start right now. back to you. >> sounds good. let's hope it stays nice out there. coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: if you are unhappy with a purchase, you may be able to have your credit card help you out even though 98% of people never do it. we'll show you how next. it is day two of the 12 days of christmas. today we're adding a little spice to life. we love giving some of our favorite hot sauces to our friends and family. we've taken this particular one to new york, to colorado and los angeles. it's a nice little gift under $12. it's pricey but is a local product and you are supporting a local business. i home you enjoy. >> yum. we enjoy them all. christmas continues here on "today in the bay." make sure to catch the rest of this year's gift hacks with kris

sanchez keeping up with her on instagram, twitter and facebook. i hope she gets my name for secret santa.

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right now at 5:30, keeping prices affordable at the gas pump. a key meeting happening in a matter of hours. ahead the new strategy state leaders are considering and the industry response calling it a smokescreen. a live look outside this morning, that wet weather lingers as we track some scattered showers this morning. meteorologist kari hall has the hour-by-hour forecast. our mike inouye is monitoring the outlook on your morning commute this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. i want to say good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we're going to check in with mike for a look at the point roads this morning, check that morning commute. first, let's talk about the weather starting with a look at the forecast. it really came down over the weekend and kari keeping track of maybe more rain headed our

way. it's been off and on throughout the morning. this storm system is moving very slowly and right now as we take a look at the radar we are seeing that parts of the bay area dealing with showers and even the potential of some thunderstorms. i'm watching out for that today and not all of us will see the rain at the same time but it's going to be hit or miss and if you have the nbc bay area app you will get alerts as the rain approaches your location. here we are at 5:30 seeing parts of the north bay getting some rain. it may be bright and sunny in the south bay but then the rain moves in shortly thereafter. tomorrow morning we're seeing rain moving through the east bay in san francisco at about 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning so we are going to continue to see the storm system linger longer. mike, you have a crash inside the caldecott tunnel? folks will be dry, that's the only benefit. out of the rainfall but inside the caldecott tunnel, i don't

know which bore. we do see slowing, one lane blocked by a crash involving four vehicles, no major injuries. it's already showing that slower drive out of orinda. highway 37 but the conditions out there continue to be wet in many parts of your drive. back to you. kari mentioned it but make sure to download our free nbc bay area app. it provides exclusive access to our doppler radar. you can type in your zip code and get alerts before the rain moves into your neighborhood. 5:32. a live look at the state capitol where governor newsom will hold a special session to talk about gas prices. he's accusing oil companies of intentionally ripping off californians and he's trying to make big oil pay the price. bob, i understand the governor is actually calling for a special legislative session.

>> reporter: correct. good morning to you, laura. after newly elected members are sworn in today, governor newsom will call for the special legislative session. this is to approve penalties on companies' excess profits, the first time he has called for a special session since taking office. if you are not familiar, they allow bills to take effect faster than if they were passed in regular session. he has accused companies of gouging californians after gas prices spiked between september and october to $6.40 on average per gallon to the point where californians were paying about $2.60 more than the rest of the country. the state has never seen a gap that big before. >> it would be a penalty on the oil companies that would only be dedicated back to rebates for consumers. it could force them to have to

modulate prices and come back down to a reasonable fair market value. we recognize there will be more renewable energies brought online. until we get to the point where that can handle what we need in the state, the affordable, reliable energy we provide has to be a part of the mix. demonizing our industry does no good. >> reporter: that was a spokesperson for the trade association representing the five biggest oil companies in the western united states. he calls today's special session a political stunt, but he says the association is open to meaningful discussion. the price of gas has dropped over the past month especially. you can see the latest numbers overnight from aaa. oakland, san francisco, san jose, they're averaging between $4.75 and $4.85 a gallon. that is a lot of money but is still a drop of about 75 to 80

cents the past 30 days. reporting live in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." a lot to follow there, thanks so much. we will continue to keep an eye on gas prices for you. ahead in our next hour, mike inouye shares where to find some of the cheapest gas. he breaks it all down at 6:08. the long-term outlook with new eu proposals in place for more sanctions on russian oil exports. police in antioch are investigating the third deadly crash along the same stretch of roadway. the latest happened yesterday morning on james donlon boulevard when a truck flipped over killing one man. the person who died has not yet been identified. a follow-up this morning, still no word of arrests in the weekend crash that killed a big rig driver transporting u.s. mail. this happened early saturday in oakland.

investigators believe two cars were racing. one of the two cars struck the truck that crashed into the center divide. investigators believe another car picked up the speeding driver who was involved in the crash and then sped off. 5:36 right now. a live look at interstate 80 all quiet near donner summit. drivers this morning will still have to take extra care. chain controls remain in effect there for both directions of highway 50 as well. the latest storm a welcome sight to skiers and snowboarders. here is how it looked at heavenly where about one-third of the resort is open. more than a foot of fresh snow had fallen. the weather storm warning remains in effect through this afternoon. have to look for your opportunity to head out. we are seeing another burst of rain changing over to snow as it moves into the sierra right now.

it's going to be really difficult to get to some of those areas around tahoe. as we get these waves of rain and snow coming in and we're also looking at additional snowfall as we go into the next several days. the possibility of 7 to 26 more inches of snow even after the several feet we've already measured over the past couple of days. as far as what we'll see here today, the showers hit or miss especially for parts of the north bay. at 8:30 most of us will get a break from the rainfall but then still seeing brief, heavy downpours. still a chance of rain mostly in the north bay but we'll see it moving into the south bay and east "today in the bay" early tomorrow morning. there will be some breaks but there will be the potential of getting in on some wet weather through at least tomorrow morning's commute and then we see drier conditions moving in. i'll have more on what's ahead in a few minutes and, mike, you

are looking ahead for the roads and rails. we have a change right now. we had chp change category issuing an alert for westbound 24. bore number three. that will be the left bore as you approach. bore number four is to the right that is affected by a crash. no major injuries but a slot of slowing expected if they don't clear the four vehicles from that tunnel quickly. we're looking at a slowdown from orinda heading over to oakland, impacted by a crash there. we have wet roadways impacting the rest of contra costa county. typical there. the same thing for the bay bridge. wet roadways continue throughout as kari has been talking about. tonight another activity the warriors play a home game so there will be crowds and perhaps more congestion on 280 north heading into the city as you get to game time which is 7:00 p.m. tonight. a note one week from today or the 12th through the -- well, from the 12th some lanes will be

closed overnight. on 680 and caltrain has service reductions beginning today. so check that schedule because they have the electrification project through the 18th. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:39. new efforts under way to help more people in the bay. the details of the newly funded guaranteed income program rolling out and who stands to again fit here in the bay area and elsewhere. and we're down to just hours in the georgia election that will be the last one for the senate. we'll tell you the very latest. and was banksy in the bay area? a new piece of flash art. what locals are saying about the chance this is the real deal.

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good monday morning. right now at 5:42 as you head out in the east bay, fremont will see spotty showers early. a mix of sun and clouds with cool temperatures today. there will still be a chance of rain so keep that umbrella close by and i'll have a look at the rest of our microclimates and what to expect coming up. there's a chance the rain hits the lens which has blurring lights moving slowly. the slow moving lights typical as the first burst of traffic about right now, 101. we're looking at slicker roadways around the bay. we'll have that coming up. thanks so much, kari and mike. 5:42 right now. a great sign nancy pelosi's

husband is back or at least near full health following the attack in their san francisco home. he made his first public appearance since the attack at the kennedy center honors. the first couple also attended. paul pelosi could be seen wearing a hat and just one glove n. october he suffered a fraud skull and injury to his arm and hands when someone broke into their pacific heights home. david depape is facing state and federal charges. 5:43, there is one day left in the last race for the senate. >> scott mcgrew joins thus morning, the outcome certainly matters here but he won't change the balance of power. >> not in the senate. the balance of power doesn't change, the democrats, you'll remember, held on to the senate after that red wave turned into more of a ripple. the race for senate in georgia between the democrat and republican won't change who controls the senate. it could change the tone of the senate, though. neither herschel walker, the republican candidate, or the

current georgia senator raphael warnock, were able to get a majority in the november elections. some of the vote in the election a very small portion was funneled away by libertarian candidates. given a choice between republican or democrat they will pick the republicans. advantage walker in all of this. early voting has set all-time records in georgia, the turnout is amazing. turnout again generally speaking favors democrats. there are more democrats in the world but republicans vote bigger than expected turnout, kind of indicates they may have the advantage there. meantime democrats in congress have a long way to go, a short time to get there. they want to pass election reform in the budget before republicans take over. >> we do not want to leave that to the hands of the gop who are already threatening to take down our economy and hold our budget hostage. and so we have work to do in the remaining weeks of this session

and we plan on getting it done. >> the supreme court will hear a case about a colorado business person who doesn't want to do business with gay people getting married. if you think to yourself, wait a minute, we've already had that case. there was a case about a colorado baker who didn't want to bake cakes for same sex marriage because of his religious beliefs and it was a conundrum. do you protect the bakers right not to be discriminated against and the court basically punted. ruled against the baker on what was kind after technicality. this case is back except it's a website designer who doesn't want to make websites for same sex marriage which is a much better free speech case and conservative who is have a majority on the court feel pretty good about winning. that case will be heard today. we'll probably talk about it on social media. on twitter you can find me at scott mcgrew. this morning there are new efforts under way to help some people make it in the bay. california launching its first

guaranteed income program. that new program includes more than $25 million in funding which will be distributed to seven guaranteed pilot projects across the state. joining me to talk about that is senator dave cortese. thank you for joining us. now this new program was modeled after the guaranteed income program that was launched in santa clara county, correct? >> yeah, that's absolutely right. our county has been the leader on any number of things nationally. a couple years ago when i was still on the boorpd of supervisors before joining the state senate. >> how much money can we expect those people who are able to qualify receive? >> typically it's $1,000 a month. the state program has recommended that, has been pushed down as you mentioned to seven different pilot programs in the state of california. almost everything new set up as a pilot program over one to

three years to prove that it works for one thing and secondly the state budget, as big as it is and as great as it is at times with us being the fifth largest economy in the world, we don't always have money to keep funding things. >> now that we are able to get that money, how do you apply for it and make sure those who need it really do get it? >> yeah, it's a great question. we've made sure with the state program and the locals who have done the same thing to put very few conditions -- really, no conditions or standards other than the basic demographic requirement. if you are a foster youth or coming up on emancipation diet. you would fill out a very simple application saying your name, your address, that you are coming up on your emancipation date and would like to have the monthly stipend. >> now state senator cortese and

i went much more into detail, the guaranteed pilot program. you can watch that full interview. go over to us online nbcbayarea.com or stream it on our app. the possible appearance of the wormed's best known street artist. a little girl holding a red balloon, it showed up inside a windsor. it features banksy and while some speculate banksy would never use a random wall as a canvas, others argue this is exactly the kind of unexpected move that he's known for. people have been dropping by to see it for themselves. so far he's not commenting. trending this morning the password is pregnancy. keke palmer announced she is

expecting but there may be a slight conflict of interest. >> people come up to me, congratulations. i'm like, shh, can you-all stop. i have a liquor sponsorship on the line. >> oh, my, look at that. what a reveal. palmer making the announcement while hosting "saturday night live" this is palmer's first child with her boyfriend dareus jackson. 2023 and a red heart emoji. >> it's like i cannot believe she's pregnant because we've watched her grow up when she was just a little girl and now she will be a mother. >> with the monologue, a lot of people are having a problem with this because i did grow up a child star. i'm 29. >> it's hard to believe that. congratulations to them both. we've been talking about how nice it is to stay nestled in at home during this weather. so happy we're getting so much

rain. i'm really looking forward to being able to see the sierra snow soon and we are going to have off-and-on rain that continues today. also, we need the vegetation to turn back green, too. we are seeing some heavier rain starting to move in to san jose right now. i've been watching the north bay. a couple of lightning strikes moving north of clover dale and we've seen the rain picking up there as well. for san francisco it's about to let up for a few minutes, if you will be heading out the door a little window of dry weather. but still raining in oakland across the bay as well in parts of the east bay with walnut creek and concord seeing light showers continue and then for the peninsula it's just about to let up in sunnyvale but the rain is picking up in san jose. we'll see wave after rain of rain like this. a lot of it happening throughout the morning but then we'll see still some more rain on the way even as we open up the picture and see there are more storm systems in the pacific that will

be coming through this week. as we look at today it's still going to be the potential of off-and-on showers but some breaks in between as well. we are looking all clear while santa rosa may be getting in on heavy rain and the potential of more of those scattered showers overnight and into early tomorrow. wednesday is the only completely dry day we have in our forecast before more rain comes in. so how are we doing with our water year? well, we're still at a deficit for santa rosa, san francisco and oakland. now observing, i think we can make up today. for livermore and san jose we're at a surplus over 100% of our normal amount of rainfall. but we have some work to do in santa rosa and there's the possibility that we could see some of that rain coming in over the next couple of days before more storms come in later this week. so there's going to be another cold front passing on thursday as well as friday and then more

widespread rain on saturday. the weekend may have some breaks in there but we look to stay in a very active weather pattern, at least for the next week. great news there. quickly changing weather which we'll definitely see today. mike, participate of the caldecott tunnel is closed. west 24 right now, we told you about the crash inside the bore, four vehicles and now they've closed the bore because they want to clear all the vehicles and they need all that room to work. make sure it's safe for the crews, westbound out of orinda, only bore number four, the northern most that's open right now. you'll be guided to the one available and starting the backup. we have hatch the capacity for the traffic as the traffic is building out of walnut creek. you see that here for highway 4 and highway 37. and one note i told you about caltrain delays. the electrification project.

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5:56. welcome back to you this morning watching "today in the bay." i want to talk about new research that shows a dramatic spike in marijuana use among teenagers. cannabis abuse is about 2 1/2 times what it was in 2000. alcohol abuse in that age group, meanwhile, is down. this is according to the oregon health and science university. marijuana exposure cases started to rise in 2011 with a more dramatic increase from 2017 to 2020. researchers cite factors including the increased popularity of edible and vape products along with the growing wave of decriminalization. 5:57 right now. a live look in san francisco where one of the city's largest landmarks turns 50 this week. talking about the transamerica

pyramid there in the center. tomorrow marks its golden anniversary. the 850-foot skyscraper opened, it was the city's tallest building. it will receive a big present for its 50th birthday, a $400 million makeover. investors are paying that much to redesign the building's interior. an iconic building there. trending this morning all some of us really want for christmas is a little sleep. >> that's what at least one poll suggest that is research commissioned by mattress firm finds the worst night of sleep for most people during the holidays is christmas eve. i guess santa wakes you up. santa would probably agree to that. the best night to sleep thanksgiving, even before your post dinner snooze on the couch, of course. just about two out of three people burn the midnight oil on christmas eve. about eight in ten on new year's eve. >> i think because we're always

waiting to hear santa's sleigh. >> he's there, okay, i can go to sleep now. >> go to bed, kids. >> kids can't do that. >> and don't get up. 5:58. coming up at 6:00, fighting a trio of viruses, cases of covid, the flu and rsv are surging. experts are not expecting a slowdown anytime soon. what you can do to stay healthy. a live report on new proposals, government leaders are putting forward to help tack this will potentially growing crisis. protecting abortion rights for all. what supporters call a landmark bill set to be introduced today at the state capitol and how it may further position california as a safe haven from those in other states where the procedure is now banned. plus, a big blow for the 49ers. jimmy g out for the season. the team's new plan to fill what will no doubt be a huge hole in the offense. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. i hope you're coming off a great

weekend. good monday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get a commute because that's probably affected because of what's going on with the weather. >> rain is still off and on out there this morning. if you are not seeing it right now you may be driving into it on your way in to work. and we are seeing the rain tapering off for san francisco, but it's still moving through oakland and really hitting san jose right now. as we zoom in to the east bay we can see once again quite a bit of rain moving through orinda, walnut creek and concord and over to clayton as well. the bigger picture shows we will be in and out of the rain today as the storm system spins across the region. so in martinez right now at 51 degrees, you are seeing the rain now but it will be letting up. a mix of sun and clouds today and we'll stay in the 50s. our hour by hour forecast shows a lot more sun than rain. we will get breaks in the downpours but