on workers striking in the midst of the busy holiday shopping season. early this morning, they hit the picket lines at several amazon facilities, including in san francisco. the way the company is responding. plus, back before a judge, the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo is due in court again. this is he awaits extradition to new york. the new federal charges he may also face. and here is a live look at our nation's capital. this is where the government t is etering on an edge of a shutdown. congress scrambling for a plan b after president elect trump and en musk came out against the funding bill. we're live in d.c, where lawmakers have less than 48 hours to keep the government open. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington, and i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia. we'll say good

morning to mike. good morning. and to kari as well. you are tracking what we can expect. it's been really lovely sunny days. yeah, but it's been foggy to start. and that's the issue again this morning. a dense fog advisory in effect in some spots shaded in blue. visibility drops down to a quarter mile or less. and this will be in effect until noon today. yesterday it was in effect until 9:00. they extended it until 11 and then again until one. so today we're just going to put a blanket. noontime fog. as we are going to see in some spots it clearing out a little bit sooner. but overall we've seen the visibility slightly better compared to yesterday. but we're still down to a half of a mile in concord and we are going to see it looking a little bit better for now in san jose. as we go through the rest of the morning, we are going to go from low 40s to the low to mid 60s for this afternoon. a nice little warm up with sunshine. and mike you're still seeing there is some fog for some of the commuters. yeah, it's registering on our maps the road

weather index. but over here the live shot from emeryville. we're looking at san francisco, some low clouds hovering around. again, we can see it on the maps because our weather data translates to conditions on the ground for drivers. maybe a tougher visibility once again, as it has been all week along highway four along the delta. but coming across the benicia bridge, not so much of a factor. on the other side, in the north bay, we're looking at the tri-valley. vasco road might be impacted by lower visibility. we'll watch those times. but right now, overnight road work and a full closure for northbound 680 looks like we still have closures in place. we'll check on whether or not they've reopened that one lane they traditionally do before everything's open closer to six and sometimes 7:00. south bay a lot clearer as far as the roadway visibility going on there. good stuff there as well as the coast. back to you. all right. thank you. mike. we have breaking news this morning. teamsters are organizing strikes at a string of amazon warehouses, including here in the bay area. the strike threat covers what is now believed to be nine warehouses across the country, including one in san

francisco. the teamsters union there only added that one to the list yesterday. thousands of workers are believed to be picketing across the country. teamsters accused the company of not recognizing the union or meeting a deadline to come to the bargaining table. amazon did issue a new comment this morning saying any strike measures will not impact customers. our bob redell is following this story and the potential impact. as christmas comes. very soon we will have a live report coming up in our next half hour. with less than 48 hours until a potential government shutdown, congress is cutting it close. a bipartisan short term funding bill was set off wednesday when president elect trump came out fervently against it. today in the bay's brie jackson joining us live from washington this morning and brie both parties here, the leaders there hoping to pass the previous bill but doesn't look like it's happening after president elect trump made some comments about it. that's right. good morning marcus. and the clock is ticking here for lawmakers and a statement.

president elect trump warned republicans that anyone who tes for the spending bill will face a primary challenge. mr. trump also stated that if democrats threaten to shut down the government unless republicans give them everything they want, then call their bluff. chaos on capitol hill over a stopgap spending bill. president elect trump and vice president elect vance denouncing the plan their own party proposed. i'm not going to say anything else more about it tonight, because we're in the middle of these negotiations. but i think we'll be able to solve some problems here. mr. trump posting online urging republicans to pass a funding bill that is, quote, without democrat giveaways while also pushing for legislation to increase the debt ceiling. the move forcing lawmakers back to the negotiating table. we're still having conversations with our members with a lot of other a lot of other folks, too, just to make sure that everybody is

on the same page. party leaders had agreed to legislation that would keep the government open until march 14th. top democrats say house republicans now own any harm done to americans if a shutdown occurs. an agreement is an agreement. it was bipartisan and there was nothing more to say. the president elect's discontent has thrown congress into disarray. and what way to what way to operate a political party is that so? it's bizarre. it's disturbing, and it's dangerous. we're being forced into this position. they could have done a standalone. they did this because they knew that it would put members in this position to support it. lawmakers must act fast to meet the friday midnight deadline or risk a holiday. government shutdown. and the white house released a statement saying republicans need to stop playing politics with this bipartisan agreement or they will hurt hardworking americans and create instability across the country. back to you. all right. brie jackson in washington this

morning. brie. thank you. it is 506 right now and happening now in pennsylvania. the accused killer of united health care ceo may waive his right to extradition to new york. we know that he had declined to do so last week. this is a live look outside the courthouse in pennsylvania where we expect that that suspect, luigi mangione, will be entering or whether entered just a few moments ago. this is the lineup of vehicles as he approached that courthouse. he is appearing in a hearing that was originally scheduled for next week. he now faces 11 criminal counts in connection with the ambush killing of ceo brian thompson. federal prosecutors are now considering filing charges, and that's what sources are telling nbc news. the charges, filed this week in new york city would have priority because they are the most serious ones. and one of mangione's defense attorneys is already preemptively calling

it a case of piling on. well, now to a live look in san francisco. this is where leaders have a new plan for one of the city's prized destinations. we're talking about union square here. outgoing mayor london breed, hiring a new york based redevelopment firm, one that previously turned around new york city's bryant park. the idea will be to draw 200 events there each and every year. things like concerts, lectures, even yoga. and it may all start with a new kids zone in a matter of weeks. oh that's nice. yeah. merchants agree that the company founded there. who says first perceptions about union square need to change. we need aong period where there's no incident. to be honest, we can't have somebody attack there. i think the biggest challenge is the narrative. it is not what people think. come down here and you feel it's absolutely alive. the media agree. the announcement comes at an interesting time. for one thing, it's one of the last moves being made by outgoing mayor london breed for another union square anchor retailer macy's is still

planning to close its stores, but over the holiday, police are stepping up patrols there to boost safety. all right, let's take a live look at downtown san jose. christmas in the park lit up like a christmas tree. as the saying goes. meteorologist kari hall is here. not a lot of fog in that picture, but on the roadways, we see a lot. yeah, yesterday we couldn't even see that shot. so it just kind of shows you the nature of fog, how it can kind of drift around. one minute it's clear and then the next it's foggy and not too far from there we are getting some low visibility. so here's a look at walnut creek right now as you're heading out. it is very hard to see there. and dense fog continues in parts of the east bay. but then once you get to oakland, it's fairly clear. and yesterday we were seeing fog in this area. so right now it's in the upper 40s. it's going to be a cold morning, mostly clear. and then throughout the day sunshine in the forecast. and it may be a touch warmer than it was yesterday. but temperatures will vary from spot to spot depending on where that fog stays a little bit longer. so

i'll be tracking that. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. mike has a look at where we can fill up for a little bit less. yeah, well, livermore, they can't stop, won't stop leading our list with that. 329 those 329. the marathons, one on homes and one on south livermore in that city. those are better by $0.30. the rest of those prices, closer to three 5360 dominates alameda county, though, again, those two prices now in marin county their best at 359 the arco on redwood highway. we're going to call that one i hear was shut down for a couple of days last week doing improvements, but they haven't improved the price. still the best in the area, though. and then in the south bay, lowest is lower by a few cents today. 361 at that same diamond gaston market we've talked about over on south winchester, you check your arareas. there may have been subtle changes. gasbuddy.com we check for some subtle changes on the roadway. and there was one good one here. nortound 680, the overnight road work. the main line has reopened in full, but the on and off ramps may take a little longer to open from overnight road work, so prepare for that. you can on

ramp at bernal. from what i understand, no problems here. coming down vasco road, we talked about the potential for fog causing an issue. the travel time still close to the minimum and visibility at the bay bridge is much better. i use t camera moved. well, there's the transamerica building and there's some low clouds we like that. don't drive on the transamerica building, though. just a note, unless you're spider-man, evel knievel would have done it. or batman. i'll inducting the 18th class of the california hall of fame. ahead on today in the bay, the history that's being made with this year's inductees. the dow falls more than 1000 points. what happened? let's go out to the futures and find out what is going to happen. a little bit of recovery, but we'll look at all of it. marcus coming up. all right. thanks, scott. hey. and don't forget cbs hitting hit with a lawsuit. this is over. prescription practices stick around because we're going to talk about the claims made by the department of justice and the way the pharmacy chain i firing bsac

as we take a live look outside in san rafael. some patches of fog here, and at least at the roadway, the visibility is pretty clear as you're driving to work. it's in the mid 40s. a chilly start and we may cool it down a few more degrees before sunrise, and then the rest of the day headed for sunshine and gradually warming temperatures. nice weather continues today. we'll talk about when rain comes back. coming up in a few minutes. and there are some low clouds in the south bay, but nothing like the visibility

issues we had yesterday. you can see 101 clearly with these headlights moving really nicely. and look at the southbound side. barely any cars with those taillights. san jose showing a lighter volume right now around the bay. we're seeing lighter flow, but we'll talk about the patterns coming up. well g good morning. very happy thursday to you. the dow fell more than 1000 points wednesday continuing the longest slide in nearly 50 years after the head of the fed indicated there would be fewer interest rate cuts in the coming year. so let's unpack this. the federal open market committee did cut rates by a quarter point, as expected yesterday, an indication the fed thinks inflation is coming under control. but it's not there yet because powell said this and get ready for dry bureaucratic speak. with today's action, we have lowered our policy rate by a full percentage point from its peak, and our policy stance is now significantly less restrictive. we can therefore be

more cautious as we consider further adjustments to our policy rate. okay, cautious about adjustments. that's the key to all this. he means the fed is not going to cut rates in the future as often as we thought. and why is that? those the fed is uncertain as are we all about trump's coming tariffs. but we know tariffs cause prices to rise. that's inflation. you don't cut rates in inflationary times. now this is not political. keep in mind trump appointed powell. it's just math. well you can now call chatgpt on the phone. it's a great way to try it out. find out what everybody's talking about. you should be interacting with ai. if you're not. your kids are. your coworkers probably are. and you should be too. and while trying it out is normally as easy as logging on to the chatgpt website or downloading an app, it's now even easier. you can call one 800 chatgpt. you get 15 minutes for free, you don't have to

register and you can ask it anything. think of it as super google. i've long said try this out. it will surprise you. i can't tell you what to ask. i don't know your life. gardening relation advice, ideas on appetizers, on the christmas party, history lesson on the ottoman empire. operators are standing by and i've always wanted to say that. hollelujah hallelujah, hallelujah. hallelujah. all right. new york times has an article this morning asking experts, how much power would the griswolds need to light their house in real life? and the answer is more power than they could handle. in 1989, there were 25,000 incandescent lights that leds. one electrician estimates it would need about a thousand amps. amps, which would vaporize the copper in the walls, and the family would pay $287 a day, 8000, or nearly $9,000 a month to light up the griswold house. oh my goodness. you know, i

thank goodness for led lights because it's incredible. lights used to get hot. yeah, they would get hot and they used a lot of power. and i will admit there are some porch lights i kind of leave on all the time because it's just easier. and they estimate it's $0.30 a year or something like that. it's fine. yeah. you have solar too. i have solar too. so it's like you have a little sunshine all the time. all right. thanks, scott. well, new for you this morning. the justice department is suing cvs. it alleged the pharmacy chain contributed to the opioid crisis by knowingly filling unlawful prescriptions for more than a decade now, the suit says cvs knew the controlled substances lacked a legitimate medical purpose. the prescriptions included excessive quantities and early pills of opioids. a cvs spokesperson says the company disagrees with the allegations, and it has been cooperating with that investigation. a california tonight brings in its latest hall of fame class, and this year's group is groundbreaking. here is video of the inductees. it includes civil rights activists alice piper, global

conservationist dian fossey, the state's first poet laureate. bay area native ina coolbrith and renowned chef julia child, who was born and spent much of her life in southern california, also, civil rights pioneer mitsuye endo and singer tina turner, who lived in studio city in the 60s and 70s and olympian vicki manalo draves, a filipino born american who was born in san francisco. and for the first time, all of the inductees are women. all are being honored posthumously in a virtual ceremony is planned for 6:00 tonight. it's pretty cool all trending this morning if you live and breathe the tv show. friends. and we know people do. here is a game show for you. yeah, diehards are putting their knowledge to the test on fast friends. so the show drops today on max. it was put together at the friends experience interactive exhibit in new york. it includes trivia questions, puzzles, challenges all tied to

the celebrated sitcom. mike inouye actually spoke with the host, comedian whitney cummings, who calls it a family friendly viewing time. haha. i'm just excited for people at home to have something this holiday season to watch with their entire family, and they can play along and it's, you know, not political. it's, you know, not about the drones. it's just good, clean, wholesome, nostalgic, sort of fun for everybody. you know, i think she's going to do a good job at that. but mike, when i first looked at that, i thought you were going to host. yeah, i think you would do good at that exciting standing by. i think he would. i'm just saying. all right, so back to the show contestants. they're made up of team. whichever runs through all those challenges. the fastest wins. oh, also, whitney is going to be over in redwood city's fox theater on march 6th for a stand up performance. so if you want to check that out, she'll be there. she is. yeah, yeah, maybe not for the younger crowd, but that was not family friendly. all right. the weather seems a little friendly depending on where you are, depending on where you are. so it's a cool

start everywhere. but we've seen in some parts of the bay area, the fog has really caused a lot of issues these past couple of days. and in santa rosa, that's where we're seeing the worst of the visisibility rht now. but we are pretty much all under a dense fog advisory for the inland valleys until noon today. so even after the fog starts to lift, we're still going to have those low clouds over parts of the bay area today. and it's foggy in santa rosa. it's 45 degrees. we'll see. temperatures remain in the 40s through 9:00, 10:00. we're starting to see those temperatures rising. and today we will see a partly cloudy sky and slightly warmer temperatures in some areas compared to yesterday afternoon. so a nice one in santa rosa for the afternoon, a high of 66, also 66, in palo alto and in san jose 68 degrees. so it may be even warmer than yesterday. tomorrow. it's also going to be mild, upper 60s and even some mid 60s for much of the bay

area. but saturday that's when the rain comes in and temperatures will start to cool off. here's the next storm system that will be coming in, so we can see all of the clouds and that long line of clouds and moisture being fed into the pacific northwest. and as this storm system moves in, it's going to bring in the tail end of this system into the bay area. some rain that could affect us very briefly on saturday, but it's not until sunday, monday when the next storm system comes in and it's just going to be wave after wave of rain, kind of taking a break a day or two here and there. but overall, it's going to be pretty soggy for much of next week, which includes just before christmas and after christmas. between the weekend and tuesday, we could see the possibility of 2 to 3in of rainfall in the north bay, and much less for the south bay and the tri-valley. while the sierra is going to get a decent amount of snow, we could see up to two feet in some areas. and so after today and

tomorrow, the rain will be right back across the bay area. and mike, you are taking a look at the actual bay bridge toll plaza this time. last time i said bay bridge, it said bay bridge above us and it was the transamerica building. not the case. this is actually the bay bridge. still the same. they do have a tower, but it's not the building i showed you over here. smooth drive and we don't see a problem. visibility is great of the eastshore freeway and around the bay, so we'll watch that. still dense fog in patches, so watch for that. especially along the delta. we're looking over here toward highway four. concord. walnut creek still at speed a great easy drive. and the construction picked up. but watch those on ramps to northbound 680. there may still be a couple that have construction. back to you. all right. thanks, chris. well, christmas now being impacted by jesse kris i met mike i know, i know okay. everybody wants to be a kris this time of year. look you see the christmas trees. they're coming up. we're going to talk about the growing amount you will likely be paying next year for that christmas tree and

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farmers are eating the rise in production costs, you can expect to pay about 70 to $120, depending on the size and type. and we often think of half moon bay or castro valley as the best spots to go and cut your own tree. but the majority of precut real trees and retail stores come from oregon, with 45% of the trees grown there shipped to california. the warmer, slightly warmer temperatures, slightly less rain results in more stress on the trees. and because of that, less stress that we're seeing on the trees or more stress we're seeing on the trees. we're also seeing more favorability going to the proliferation of diseases and insects. and so these two things kind of come together. and when they come together, you basically get trees that are are going to be more stressed. and so we're seeing a little bit of that with the christmas tree industry. but we see that across the landscape with all types of conifers and the forestry sector. and you can see more

climate related news and the impacts we're seeing here. go to our website nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate crisis tab kris and marin. all right. thanks, gary. well coming up next, top stories we're following today include the emergency road repairs on 680, which brought traffic to a crawl for hours yesterday. the pothole crews were repairing. and the way that things are expected to look for today's

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strike. the reason teamsters are walking off the job at several key facilities, including right here in the bay area. plus another possible rate hike. the key vote california public utility leaders are set to make today, and the impact it will haven the price you pay. also, let it snow. here's a live look outside at palisades tahoe. as we take a close look at that forecast for the sierra, in case you are kicking off your holiday break early. this is today in the bay. thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning. i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. let's get you started with a look at that forecast today. meteorologist kari hall of course been tracking everybody i've talked to. they're like, okay, when is this all going to clear out? all my friends are like, what's going on with all this fall? yeah, it's december. and that's kind of typical this time of year after a big rain fall, all

of that moisture is not going anywhere. so it just in the early morning hours condenses and crees these suspended water particles that create that dense fog that we are seeing here and there. but it's not always in the same spot. so it's been kind of moving around. yesterday, we could barely see this view of christmas in the park. wl, now it's all clear and it looks like it will stay clear throughout the morning. but temperatures are chilly in the low 40s right now, headed for the mid 60s for today, and there will be parts of the bay area that makes it into the 70s while other areas stay in the 50s. so just depending on where you are with that fog and mike, you are looking at the fog in walnut creek or with suspended water particles right here, folks. let's look at what the impact it has on your driving. it might be visibility. so far speeds are okay, but on our maps it shows up as the yellow highlighting there. again, we're taking that weather data kari is talking about and translating it to what it might be like on the roadways. and right there, 680 where our camera is, we do see the edge of that yellow along

highway four. watch for some slowing because of that, but so far lighter traffic flow highway 37 just showing brake tapping below the limit. out of vallejo, out of the altamont pass. you're moving smoothly. vasco road does show a little more slowing. a little couple minutes added to the delay, but the south bay. much better conditions than yesterday. back to you. thank you. mike. well, breaking right now, thousands of amazon employees are going on strike nationwide, including right here in the bay area. today in the bay's bob redell joins us from our newsroom. bob christmas is less than a week away. so people might be wondering, what does this mean for all those gifts that we've ordered? that's a great question. good morning to you, chris and marcus. amazon says it does not expect this strike to impact operations. however, a labor relations professor who spoke to nbc news doesn't entirely agree. he says if your item is already en route, those should arrive on time. those items. but if it's still at the warehouse, it could be a problem. the teamster union, which represents these delivery drivers, says thousands of its members at nine amazon facilities nationwide are going on strike this morning. this

includes hundreds of workers at the amazon warehouse on toland street in san francisco, who are supposed to be hitting the picket line at 6 a.m. this is new video from different parts of the u.s. of workers on strike. you can see it right there. the union authorized the strike earlier this week because it says amazon is refusing to negotiate for a fair contract. that, quote, guarantees the wages, health care and safety of its employees. do you and your colleagues want for christmas safety, better condition, better work environment? that's that's that's the one thing we've been asking for. and we don't feel like that's something we know we have to beg for. you strike. when you have more leverage from the union. you want to make sure that the customer desperately wants to get their packages. that puts more pressure on the company to go to the bargaining table. amazon tells the ap that the teamsters delivery drivers are not their employees, that they work for a third party business that amazon contracts with. in a statement, quote, the

teamsters is from amazon. the teamsters hahave contied to intentionally mislead the public, claiming that they represent thousands of amazon employees and drivers. they don't. and this is another attempt to push a false narrative. the truth is that the teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce amazon employees and third party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practices charges against the union. now, the teamsters argue that amazon should be classified as their employer, since the e-commerce giant controls everything that their members do. they say. an amazon spokesperson tells nbc news, christmas is not getting ruined for anyone. if customers are worried, they can track delivery dates and times. on the amazon website, the company says it has hundreds of fulfillment centers in the united states. and for some perspective, the teamsters say they only represent about 10,000 workers at amazon. that's a small fraction of the 1.5 million people who work at amazon facilities nationwide.

reporting live, bob redell today in the bay. thank you bob. well, happening today, state regulators are scheduled to vote on pg&e latest proposed rate hike. if approved, it would hike monthly household rates by an average of more than $4 per month. but this follows four previous rate hikes this year alone. and it comes in the wake of approval this week of a $15 billion federal loan. the utility says it needs more revenue to connect thousands of new customers and upgrade the power grid. this hike will not appear on customer bills until 2026. well, turning now to the nightmare for commuters along 680 in fremont last night. this was after that pothole caused a massive backup. now many people stuck in that traffic for hours with no way out and just nowhere to go until that pothole was fixed. now i can tell you four lanes of traffic were forced down to one lane. this was in the height of evening commute. cars and trucks backed up for at least ten miles. that pothole

was reported yesterday morning. it took caltrans several hours to fix it. one woman headed to seattle had to pull off the road and into a gas station to take a break from all that traffic. we just started our holiday travel and we are trying to get a good night's sleep before a big long haul of driving tomorrow, and now it's just taking a lot longer than i thought it was going to. we left santa clara about 550 and it is now 750. that took us two hours, but it should have taken about a half an hour. okay, some good news this morning. the pothole was finally fixed overnight and traffic is back up and running smoothly. man, you don't want that drive to stretch out when you're going with the dog. for sure. or kids. all right, so san jose state women's volleyball team will apparently have a decidedly different look next season after a particularly trying year. the chronicle reports seven players now entered the transfer portal. that's the most out of all but

one other division one school. this follows the outing of a transgender player, which led to conference blowback, several forfeits and legal action. according to the chronicle, the player at the center of the controversy is out of eligibility, as is the team captain, brooke slusser, who helped to lead that lawsuit. one source also tells the paper at least four players are looking to transfer into the team. now to a live look this morning at palisades tahoe. this is where you can see that snow blanketing that area. now the sierra snowpack trending above normal. according to the department of water resources, it is 131% of normal for this time of the year. in the northern sierra, it has seen and been hit with most of that snow. this is after the recent storms last month and the recent rain. meteorologist kari hall i guess looking at the weekend weather for us, because i know a lot of folks, all the snow, they want to get out there and enjoy it. yes, you want to see it. and the northern sierra is getting the most, as we've

seen it, more than double the normal amount to this date. so that's probably one of the best areas to see a lot of snow. but we do have quite a bit. looking at palisades and temperatures have warmed up, so you shouldn't have any issues getting there today. temperatures up to 50 degrees and then dropping down to the mid 20s and then tomorrow also dry. but saturday is going to be quite tricky getting there or back as we're going to see rain changing over to snow. and this weekend into early next week we could get another good nice amount of fresh powder there up to over two feet. but if you want to avoid all that, stay here at home. we have a sharks game today and it starts later this evening with temperatures in the upper 50s and then cooling down to 50 degrees. if you're spending your weekend in napa, we have sunshine for tomorrow, but then off and on showers throughout the weekend and it's going to be nice and mild with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. santa cruz will also have a soggy weekend just off and on between saturday and sunday, but la, it's staying nice and clear and

temperatures will be mild with highs in the low to mid 60s throughout the weekend. mike, you were looking for some slowing in the south bay. yeah, because typically about now we'll see some slowing. well we've just seen in the last 30s these sensors change from green to yellow. i know that because kari, as you were finishing your report, i was watching. so we have a little bit of slowing. the morning commute will see lighter traffic flow now through the end of the year though, as we have been seeing, there will still be that commute and watch midday, afternoons and evenings. really a lot of crosstown traffic tonight. there may be more folks heading to the sharks game that kari mentioned, because some folks may have finished their college terms for san jose state. their finals are this week. others may have the opportunity to take families down to sap center, so keep that in mind. a lot of malls down in ththe south y, a lot of malls around the bay area, but a lot of green right now. again, early morning commute. there are low clouds and fog like yesterday, but not as bad as yesterday. as far as the influence on visibility over here, we're seeing a little more slowing for concord in the area where the highlighted yellow shows tougher visibility along highway four,

as we've seen all week. highway 37 your typical build out of vallejo. and as we're looking over here toward the bay bridge, we have just the early start for the backup visible at the toll plaza, indicating the metering lights and the slowing incline. a typical trend right now as we're looking at 5.40. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. well, instead of filling the holiday cheer, many are now stressing over the spending ahead for you. this morning on today in the bay, we're going to talk about the growing affordability fears ahead of christmas and tips to help alleviate your crunch. and in washington this morning, a deal to keep the government open past saturday has been busted. let's first check in with investigative reporter candice nguyen, a nurse in contra costa county blows the whistle about a major health care system ignoring medical needs for medi-cal patients. her complaint and our reports sparked a criminal investigation and now action by the county. why? that story right now on

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43, and we're checking out brentwood and what to expect. today, the fog hanging around throughout at least noon and our temperatures staying cool. even at noontime. it's going to be 48 degrees and only making it into the low 50s today. once we get some peeks of sunshine. cool here, but in the 70s in other parts of the bay area, we'll talk about our microclimates coming up and the fog is affecting the benicia bridge right now, and most heavily, the

bay bridge. it's the volume that's starting to build. i forgot to mention this, though. in the city itself, the t-third line is replaced by bus today between sunnydale and third marin stations there, and that will cause some delays or at least alterations to your schedule from 7 a.m. until just after noon. keep that in mind. the t third line is impacted between sunnydale and marin. a deal between republicans and democrats to keep the government open has gone bust and scott mcgrew telling us just yesterday about that. the deal bloated with special interest. so that really seems to have wreaked really wreck the deal i think. yeah, absolutely. i mean, we were seeing we were saying yesterday rather a continuing resolution to keep the government open is as simple as a few words that might fit on a cocktail napkin, but instead, the deal we're talking about was full of spending, good spending, perhaps hurricane relief help for farmers, but spending seemed to be the only deal that republican speaker of the house

mike johnson could push through. he needs some democratic votes in most cases, because he can't depend on all republicans to say yes. but elon musk started tweeting about this, and then trump reacted and told republicans to vote no. musk, any member of the house or senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in two years. he then reposted a picture of himself with a sword, ready to chop the continuing resolution bill in half. then trump, on his own social network, said the republicans should only vote for a clean cr. that is a simple kick the can down the road bill that keeps the government funded past this weekend. it's not clear, though, that johnson can get a clean cr passed. it's not clear johnson is going to keep his job at this point, but he's stuck in the middle. here's his counterpart in the house minority leader, democrat hakeem jeffries. house republicans have now unilaterally decided to break a

bipartisan agreement that they made. house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt everyday americans all across this country. other news the federal aviation administration early this morning ordered the grounding of all drones in certain parts of new jersey. this comes, of course, after a rash of reports of strange lights in the sky. authorities say there's no unusual flight activity. people are seeing airplanes, tower beacon lights, even in some cases mistaking stars for strange lights. these social media panics tend to come in waves. back in 2016, you may have forgotten america was gripped by the sightings of creepy clowns. it got so prevalent, someone in the press corps asked the white house about it. did the president have any thoughts on creepy clowns? i

don't i don't know that the president has been briefed on this particular situation. this is something that i've i've read about in some of the news coverage. obviously, this is a situation that local law enforcement authorities take quite seriously, and they should carefully and thoroughly review, you know, perceived threats to the safety of the community. kris sharks are another one that, you know, takes a trend. usually in the summer, media starts noticing people posting about sharks. they consult with experts who say there are no more than usual. that becomes an article. experts deny there's a surge in shark attacks, and somehow we have a shark summer out of that. and then a movie after that. thanks, scott. well, happening today, santa clara county is showing its support for immigrants today. community members and advocates will hold a press conference to help immigrants know their rights. there will be speakers, a resource table, and banners from participating organizations so

they know how to connect. that press conference will be on the front lawn of gilroy city hall. that's at 1130 this morning. well, with less than a week to go until christmas, a new study indicates that many americans are stressed about spending all of the money associated with the holidays. that no doubt includes those trying to make it in the bay. i want you to take a look at these new numbers. this is from the intuit credit karma. 44% of americans say that they feel pressure to spend more money than they can afford. one third say that they are heading into the holiday season with more than $5,000 in debt. 21% say they don't care about making good financial decisions during this time of the year. a consumer financial advocate with credit karma says one thing that can save you money is deleting the credit card information saved on your phone. it has never been easier to click a button or touch your, you know, a button on your phone, and all of a sudden you've bought something that you didn't know existed 30s ago, right? it's

just so easy. and so if you're finding yourself really trying to or really, you know, falling into that trap of, of instant spending, try to unsave all your credit card numbers, unlink your wallet from your phone, do anything that makes you actually take a beat or pause. now here's another tip she has. i've used this one and it does work. she says, wait a day or two to make sure you really want that item you're looking for online. sometimes i forget about it. yeah, that's true right? all the mariachi from abraham lincoln high school in san jose has been a student's pride for decades. now they need a little help from the community to achieve one of their biggest goals, which is buying their charro suits. the ones you know, they're so fancy. the group is made up of 73 students of different grades and skill levels, and many of the students say the music is a connection to their roots that they have inherited from their parents and their grandparents, and it's what make ranchero

music also exciting for them as new generations. the group has a go fan account where gofund me write go fan. i'm not sure, so the community can make donations to help the band purchase those symbolic outfits that will make them feel 100% legit. so we will. i'll post that link because i don't think i said it correctly. they sound good. well, we are six days away from christmas, and if you've ever wondered what celebrating christmas might be like inside one of san francisco's iconic victorian homes, yeah, that's the case. don't don't worry about it. we've got you covered. we have an inside look at one of those homes. and here with us this morning is robert pritchard. he is the home owner and steward of the brune reitlinger house. this is near alamo park. good morning to you. good morning. good morning everyone. welcome to the brune reutlinger. so let's talk about it. i love the way it looks inside. i really want to take the tour myself. so give us a

little bit of information about this house. the house was constructed in 1886. heinrich galeforce is the architect. it was built by henry brune. henry brune was part of neighbor alfred brune. the phoenix whiskey bourbon company located on market street. so they actually did have a lot of public soirees here. and they built a ballroom downstairs to have those here. you know, it's always daunting when you have people over into your home and you have opened it not just to your friends and family, but to the public. why did you decide to do that? well,e should start with the name of the house. it's the brune reutlinger. the builder is henry brune. the restorer of the house is richard reutlinger. richard lovingly restored this house for 54 years until his passing in 2019. richard bought the house in 1965. it was not anything like what you see today. richard's quote the house had

good bones, but it needed a lot of help. a third of the ceiling had come down from a leak in the main bathroom. there were holes in the walls. a couple of the windows were broken, so richard just worked room by room by room. and i like the picture of you right there as well, where you are, that picture of you as well. and those decorations look great, richard. oh, that was richard. oh, but you're dressed like richard. no, that picture is richard. oh, yeah. oh, well, yeah, red is the color of this house. yeah. took me for a loop. i'm just saying. all right, well, thank you, sir, for opening up your doors to your home. it's beautiful. and we hope that people are respectful as they come through. and take a look at what san francisco looked like back then. yeah. and we'll see you next hour and talk more about those decorations inside. take care. okay. great. okay. all right. stick around. thank you, thank you. this time of year, it's always nice to have an indoor option just in case. right? and as you're

driving through san francisco, you're looking at the buildings like i wonder what it looks like inside. so that's really cool. all right. so we are getting into our weekend where you will want to find some indoor things to do, mainly on saturday because we're going to see some rain coming in this morning. it's the fog. so that makes it hard and a very tough commute for a lot of drivers in the delta and in parts of the north bay, at least for much of the rest of the bay area. the fog has not been so bad. we've seen visibility in concord dropping down to a quarter of a mile, and be mindful that these sensors are at airports, so we know that we're driving in between and dealing with conditions in between those airport sites. so you may be clear. and then suddenly you hit a wall of fog. and just be mindful of that and allow some extra time to get to work. this morning in oakland. it's clear for now, and our temperatures are in the upper 40s, and it's going to be in the 40s through 9:00. after that, the sunshine helps it warm up gradually as our high temperatures here head. for the

mid 60s. it will be 66 in santa rosa today, 62 in san francisco, and some spots may be just a bit warmer compared to yesterday. south county highs in the low 70s tomorrow. it's about the same where a lot of the east bay will stay cool. upper 50s, low 60s and even cooler on sunday as rain arrives. and here's a look at that srm system. now it's over the pacific northwest and timing it out. by the time it gets to the bay area, a lot of it will be weakening. we're not expecting this to have a big impact, but just bringing waves of rain as one storm system after the next moves into our area next week. but it looks like at least on christmas day, there will be a break in time for the kids to get out and enjoy their new toys outside, and temperatures as well will be cool. while we get all of this rain throughout the weekend into next week, possibly up to three inches of rainfall for parts of the north bay, but not so much for san jose. in morgan hill, the first day of winter comes on

saturday, and we'll only make it into the upper 50s next week. some times of rain and even on christmas eve it could be a bit soggy. and mike, you're seeing a gradual build up in oakland. yeah, because this time of year, toward now, through the end of the year, we have a lighter early commute. we've just now seen about mid parking lots. the last five minutes has seen a lot more traffic at the bay bridge, but it's a gradual build throughout the east bay. light slowing here now coming off of highway 37 and vallejo. highway four did show an early build, but it's gradual there as well through concord out of pittsburgh and bay point, walnut creek just fine. the visibility may be an issue. there's the most fog here influencing highway four and coming down through pleasant hill. no major problems listed, but we do have slowing north 680 past bernal. i believe those crews that were at the onramps overnight may be clearing back to you. all right. thanks, mike. well, happening now, the chance to ask peninsula leaders about the response to the tsunami warning issued two weeks ago. members of san mateo county's emergency management

department are leading a town hall meeting tonight in half moon bay. that warning was triggered after the 7.0 earthquake off the coast of humboldt county today. the meeting tonight. that meeting will focus on ways to increase preparedness for future incidents. it's going to start at 6 p.m. over at the maverick house on broadway. we are following several breaking news stories this morning, starting with the man who is accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo, who is facing a judge this morning. ahead at six, we're breaking down the new developments that are playing out in court. and amazon workers on strike from coast to coast. and the impact this could have on your holiday shipments. we'll be right back.

and including here in the bay area where employees are walking off the job. at this moment, we are looking at a potential impact just days before christmas. plus facing extradition, the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo is in court this hour, and we