right now at 4:30, the aftermath. thousands are without power after the deadly earthquake in humboldt county. the cleanup efforts and the way families are working to keep warm right before the holidays. and as residents assess the damage created by the earthquake, many are stepping up to help those affected. the resources world central kitchen is offering this morning. plus, breaking news, did the giants celebrate too soon? oh, no, the major shake-up to the team as a new superstar backs out of a million dollar deal this is "today in the bay" streaming live on rockingham.

roku, amazon, apple tv and online. that commute is coming up in just a bit. the forecast for you this morning nice and cold. >> it will start to warm up and that's the good news. we're seeing temperatures starting out once again in the mid to upper 30s. it is 37 right now in palo alto. it's 40 in free month. not as much widespread frost but you may have frost in parts of the north bay. then as we take a look at our temperatures headed for the low 60s, hayward, low 60s for much of the north bay. but take a look at the south county, one of the warmer spots, reaching 64 later this afternoon. we'll take a look ahead coming up. mike, you have a crash in san mateo county. i do, kari. a nice, smooth drive. 92, folks familiar with the area, right around 35.

skyline just off the intersection the car has gone down an embankment. sounds like a few feet but there are some injuries. heading west. the crash is reported on the eastbound side. critical with the closure. thanks, mike. we are continuing our coverage of the deadly earthquake up north. a 6.4 magnitude in humboldt county. >> this is a story we first brought you yesterday and now there are still major problems going on. the ground still shaking from those aftershocks. the original quake off the coast of ferndale is about 200 miles from san francisco. at least two people were killed and 11 others hurt. it cracked road and littered

them with debris. >> many are without heat and power. pg&e's outage map is widespread. at last check at least 14,000 people were without power. we have crews in humboldt county tracking the conditions and the damage caused by the earthquake and its aftershocks. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd is there. >> reporter: crews are waiting for daylight to continue assessing the damage. meanwhile, people are doing everything they can to survive. margaret sager has no power, no lights, no water. she and her son are sitting in the car to charge up her electronic devices. still reeling from the early morning earthquake. >> i felt quite a few earthquakes in my life. this one wasn't as bad as 1992 but as far as the destruction that it did in my house, it was

worse. >> reporter: bad enough to rock homes off their foundations, disrupt power to 70,000 people and disconnect power to hundreds more. tonight tom tully was showing his daughter how to operate the generator. his mother has a lung condition, so electricity is her life line. >> the house, threw a bunch of stuff in a blender and kick it on, that's what the inside of the house looks like. when it hit, me and my wife ran through a pile of broken glass in the kitsch tone get to our daughter and get our son and i had to get my mom out of the back house. >> reporter: he showed us pictures, heavy furniture narrowly missing his wife's head while she slept. pg&e officials are working to get power back on to thousands of customers. >> we can't give exact times of restoration without understanding the depth of the damage and the repairs that need to be made but we're looking up

to a 24-hour window. >> reporter: this family is doing what they can to feed 12 children and 4 adults by campfire. >> we have a hot cocoa bar set up for the kids to put all kinds of good stuff on them. we have hot and cold water. >> reporter: that family is lucky to have running water. this is the holiday and everyone i talked to says they're not going to let this earthquake affect their christmas. in humboldt county, cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." there is one section of the county that did not lose power. the airport and the nearby coast guard station stayed up and running thanks to a micro power grid in arcata that allows them to run on batteries. >> to run in a sustainable format is how we need to go and this is a great example of how we can do it.

>> humboldt county is encouraging people to check gas and water lines for damage. power could be back on by 3:00 p.m. today. the world central kitchen is working to make sure those in need have a hot meal. they sent a team and are getting food trucks set up for meal service. >> they're coming to pick up water and distributing it out. multiple senior living facilities where they're sheltering in place, no water, no electricity and no food. >> world central kitchen started in 2010 in response to the earthquake in haiti. since then the group has provided meals for communities in crisis all around the world. the earthquake is a wake-up call for being prepared even with the my shake app they are urging you and your families to get ready to go when the big one hits. >> this is not time but, hey, the earthquake started, please drop, cover, hold on.

get yourself away from windows and to a safe space. >> in the aftermath you will want to have that emergency kit handy stocked with fresh water and canned goods. it's a good idea to have a planned meeting point just in case you are separated from your loved ones. >> don't forget on nbcbayarea.com, you can access our earthquake tracker and receive fresh updates as we get them. breaking news this morning and giants fans may be waking up wondering what hit them. the star shortstop beloved by the team locked in for more than a decade has apparently pulled a stunning reversal. so carlos correa has actually reportedly signed instead with the new york mets. that news comes less than 24 hours after the jets were supposed to hold a news conference introducing him.

but everything got held up over the issue during his medical exam. giants baseball radio commentator believes team executives may not have done their homework and in their haste to land the big name free agent. >> the giants really have to do it for a pr reason as much as a baseball reason and our confidence is being shaken. a situation that never should have been before the public. this should have been handled behind closed doors. >> neither team are confirming the reports. he went from the twitter feed showing his family picture. according to some reports the medical hang-up may have to do with back issues which have plagued him in the past.

>> confusion this morning. free wi-fi is coming to one major air lane. ahead, when you will be able to connect to the internet in the air. plus, tesla's stock is dropping. the reason experts worry stock will continue to drop as elon musk focuses on twitter. stay with us.

we're taking a live look outside at christmas in the park and right now it is a cool start, temperatures in the low 40s. it will be warmer for this afternoon. we are watching slight rain chances in our forecast. i'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. a very nice, easy drive through oakland. no major issues. we are looking at a crash out of the altamont pass. first, let's check in with silvana. good morning. i'm silvana henao from cnbc. wall street is set to open higher as investors have earnings from nike, quarterly profits that beat analyst forecasts. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500

snapping a four-day losing streak. data on existing home sales and earnings from chips maker micron. delta airlines is expected to roll out free wi-fi for passengers early next year. "the wall street journal" reports delta will initially offer free internet on a significant number of planes before turning on the service on more of its fleet throughout 2023. delta has declined to comment but is testing wi-fi with various offerings. later switched to a new service charging a flat $5 fee. shares of tesla fell. the decline coming after wall street analysts downgraded their price targets. analysts are worried the ceo

elon musk is distracted and sales in china will be impacted by the surge in covid cases. down almost 30% this month and about 61% this year. i'll send it back to you. >> thanks a lot, silvana. elon musk is setting social media on fire. as usual the latest bombshell comes with caveats, interpretations and, well, speculation. here is "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney. >> reporter: here is a tweet from the owner of twitter. i will resign as ceo of twitter as soon as i find someone foolish enough to take the job. after that i will just run the software and servers team. this in response to a twitter poll which overwhelmingly wanted musk to step down. he hasn't stepped down yet, but he may soon if he can find the right person, but he'll run two

critically important teams. >> for me it's clear that he's under pressure from inside and outside. from twitter and the investors and from the investors they have to do something about it. >> reporter: looking for investors may have been what he was doing at the world cup in qatar. he says he'll stay on to run the software and server teams while a ceo working for musk but will be calling the shots, that, says banafa, would be a problem. >> you are the chief executive officer, that means you are responsible for all the decisions and if something went wrong then you will be responsible for that. not have two captains in one ship, everybody pulling in a different direction. >> reporter: banafa says the perfect position for musk is not available. >> basically looking for steve jobs again 20 to come to twitter

and make it another apple. it's finding the right person and giving that person every opportunity so he or she can change it. >> reporter: professor banafa said something had to give at twitter. the only thing coming out of this building has been drama. terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." >> terry, thank you. 4:46. next on "today in the bay" consumer investigator chris chmura will explain how to correcit. t

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good wednesday morning. the time is 4:49 and we are already dealing with fog in parts of the north bay as we take a look at visibility down to a quarter of a mile in novato and half mile visibility in santa rosa. elsewhere much better. we are going to see at times the fog just drifting around to start out the day but it will clear up as our temperatures head for 60 in heyward, a high of about 62 in mountain view, los gatos and in san jose. 60 in napa as well as santa rosa. as we go into the day tomorrow it does come down a degree or two for some spots but still comfortably cool for us as we get ready for rain that most likely starts to move in late tomorrow night into early friday morning. it looks like it's in and out of here fairly quickly and not

everyone will see a good soaker here. and then beyond that we are looking at the storm system tracking further north. the weekend is looking dry. finally it looks like we'll have enough water to help out the lawn. we will see tuesday with some wet weather moving in a little bit of a break on wednesday but another round coming in on thursday. as far as what we'll see between the overnight hours of thursday into friday most of us getting about a tenth of an inch of rain or less. next week this is gist some runs of what it could look like for us. one to two, over 3 inches of rain for parts of the north bay before we enter into the new year. as far as the sierra it will be a light snow. next week we could see a couple

feet. it is staying mostly dry. late thursday into friday rain chances heading into a very nice christmas weekend. mike, you are checking on a crash out of the altamont pass. >> mostly green sensors and we'll talk about the not green sensors in a second. mostly at the speed limit out of the altamont pass, there is a crash going on near greenville road. it just got moved to the center divide so i think we found that 580 is clear as you travel west into livermore. vasco road, our speed sensors read at the limit with no delays from brentwood and discovery bay. yesterday that lasted until about 6:30 with at least one session there. back to you. >> thanks, mike.

how is your insurance coverage? if an earthquake damaged your house or apartment, would your insurance pay for repairs? probably not. chris chmura is here to explain why and to help correct the gap that affects millions of us. >> reporter: you have to buy a separate policy for earthquakes. most people do not. there are 14 million housing units in the state and yet the earthquake authority says it's only sold about 1.1 million policies so how much does the policy cost? today the state told us the average is $815 for a year of coverage. how do you get a quote, go to earthquakeauthority.com and click estimate. you don't have to do it yourself. if you already have insurance you probably already have an agent. you can ask them to help you with earthquake insurance. back to you.

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4:55. a new high-tech app designed for school security in an emergency

that could make schools safer called safer watch and it comes with three buttons, public emergency, fire emergency and medical emergency. local first responders. this app is implemented in schools on the east coast. officials there say it is a much better system than traditional panic buttons. >> we could have put panic butt ons in but how will they get to the panic button? this way everyone has it. >> schools in new york and new jersey are required to implement safer watch after the two states signed alyssa's law which honors a victim from the 2018 marjory stoneman douglas high school shooting like uvalde, texas, have also signed up for their

app. veterinarians at the oakland zoo are taking care of a mountain lion cub that was brought in after homeowner discovered it on their property. they say she's about 3 or 4 months old and very sick. she was given fluids and vitamins but still not standing or moving around much. they're taking things day by day. the staff named her holly in honor of the holidays. 4:57 this morning and there's still no power and those cold temperatures out there settling i in for the thousanann humbololdt county.. next when power could come back on and the aftermath left behind. as and you're heading out in martinez, 36 degrees. we have sunshine and a slightly

warmer day. we'll talk about that coming up. and the taillights heading southbound toward lincoln and san rafael. add speed to a clear drive, talking about what's going on further east coming up in your commute.

a new batch of so-called twitter files released by elon

musk. our scott mcgrew is looking at the relationship. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is heading to the white house. the help u ukraine mayay be see. an update on the damage in humboldt county. a good morning to you on this wednesday. thanks for allowing us to be a participate of your morning. >> i'm ginger conejero saab in for laura garcia. >> mike will give us a look at the commute coming up. what can we expect other than the cold temperatures? it's not bad. it's cold. we've had a lot of these mornings recently. in dublin it is clear here and we haven't had many issues with fog. it is another cold start. it is also clear and our