and my administration's focus is going to be on delivering for san francisco. rigight now at five, ready to take over the city by the bay. from the drug

crisis to president elect trump's threat of mass deportation. my one on one interview with san francisco mayor elect danielle lowry. plus, a business owner targeted by thieves just before the holidays. and they were gone by the time police arrived. why this store owner fears crimes like this will soon become even more common. and awaiting arraignment, the man accused in the deadly ambush of united health care ceo due in court. we're going to break down the next steps in his murder indictment. this is today in the bay. and this is monday morning. let's get you started. right. i'm marcus washington, and i'm kira klapper. laura garcia has the week off. mike will have a look at the holiday week commute in a moment. lots of people on the freeway this weekend. oh, yeah. i felt like already getting out of town, but kari has been busy overnight. you didn't even really get your full weekend because there was so much going on, inclung some dangerous things off the coast.

so we're watching these big waves coming off the coast. it's a high surf warning that continues through tomorrow, and most of the bay area beaches means that some of the waves could top 30ft, and treacherous conditions at mavericks, some of the waves are reaching 40ft. we're going to take you to pacifica in our next half hour, but take a look at what's driving those big waves along the coastline. more storm systems that have developed off the coast. and we have another one that's going to come in, and a lot of the coastline is going to deal with those very turbulent and dangerous waves throughout today. and even though we're not seeing a lot in the way of rain or big weather that could impact your day, we're going to see some scattered showers coming in, mainly for the north bay going into this afternoon. and as we go into the evening, it's going to be very hit or miss, but a wave of some more widespread and heavy rain will develop by this time tomorrow morning, and we're going to see some times of heavy rain. also, that high surf

warning may cause some flooding, not because of the rain, but because of some of the coastal areas that may be eroding under those big dangerous waves that we will be tracking goingng into tomorrow. but overall, we are going to see wave after wave of rain as we go through the week, the next one coming in the day after christmas. so i'll be tracking all of that for you. and there is a great weather resource for you as the storm rolls in. check out our free nbc bay area app. you can scan the qr code on your screen to download it and get access to stormranger scans and weather alert, and it works wherever you're heading or traveling. and mike, speakin of traveling, how are the roads looking? a lighter volume overall, as kira talked about, different times of the day are going to see a lot heavier traffic like midday. definitely watch that cross town right now it's the conditions we warned about the mist, the drizzle, the rain in some cases around the bay slicker roadways. we had a crash at the bay bridge. there was a traffic break coming in from the maze, but now everything looks like it's cleared from the incident report. all lanes at the toll plaza are clear. once again,

there's some fog registering where there's the highlighted yellowish color here and over in the hills through concord, the diablo range. no major incidents south of there until you get to oakland, where eastbound or westbound? 580 around grand. we had another traffic break. it looks like that has cleared from sensors. i'll follow up on that. the speeds, though, in the green zone. back to you. all right. thanks so much, mike. well, san francisco now facing a big change in leadership, on january 8th, a new mayor takes office. i recently got a chance to discuss san francisco's future with mayor elect daniel lurie. and he says that his administration will implement new governance structure. you are inheriting a city that is dealing with a lot of issues, including major drug crisis. and i understand that you have spoken about declaring a fentanyl emergency on day one, but we know that a mayor seeking to declare an emergency that must get approval from the city attorney. have you spoken to the city attorney or how do you think this will go? i've spoken to the city attorney. i've

talked to all 11 supervisors and supervisor elects, and i've told them my plans to tackle this drug crisis that we have on our streets. we're going to declare that on day one of my administration, and we have a lot of work to do. i was down on sixth street with sfpd last sunday, walking and trying to understand what it's going to take to combat these open air drug markets. and whatever people say, we have a job to do. we have to get results for the people of san francisco, and that's what we're going to do. and speaking to the people of san francisco, as you're entering leadership in san francisco, former president donald trump is reentering the white house as the president. and i know he is promising to carry out mass deportations across the u.s. and with san francisco being a sanctuary city, what's your message to immigrants living or even working in the city? i tell people that first off, we were

elected to get a mandate to deliver results for the people of san francisco, and i will stand by our immigrant community. i'll stand by our lgbtq community. they have an ally in me. we are a sanctuary city. we're actually a sanctuary state, and nothing is going to change in the coming weeks and months. about that is our work or talks with the governor's office about just how to handle anything in particular. listen, the governor, our city attorney, the attorney general have actually been through this before. so they are preparing. they are keeping me apprized of how they are preparing the city and state. but let me just be clear to the people of san francisco, we have a mandate to get results for the people of san francisco, not to start getting into national politics, but to make sure that we deliver clean and safe streets, that we tackle this behavioral health and drug crisis on our streets, and make sure that every dollar

that we spend is we have to remind ourselves that is the taxpayers money and they deserve to get results. and so my focus and my administration's focus is going to be on delivering for san francisco, the mayor elect, lori, and i discuss much more, including selecting some big names from the tech industry for his team. also, the best response to companies leaving the city. you can watch that full story on our streaming newscast. that's coming up for you at 8:00 this morning. you can also go online at nbcbayarea.com or wherever you stream. happening today, the man accused of killing the ceo of unitedhealthcare, brian thompson, is due in court. luigi mangione is currently awaiting arraignment in new york on murder and other charges. today's proceedings come after he waived his right to an extradition hearing from pennsylvania last week. mangione faces 11 counts in connection to the december 4th shooting death of thompson. he also faces

separate federal charges in the killing, including stalking and murder. back here in the bay area and also today, a south bay boxing instructor accused of sexually assaulting two clients will make his first court appearance. authorities arrested 42 year old tristan arfi last month. he runs wahab fitness gym in downtown san jose. prosecutors say he touched two of his female clients inappropriately during massages, and he attempted to extort a female employee, demanding she send him nude pictures of herself. prosecutors also note that he is a convicted sex offender in 2019. he was found minor. an oakland business owner expressing his frustration after thieves ransacked his business right before the holidays. here are some video of the aftermath. he says that the destruction is probably more costly than the ititems they stole. happened eay saturday morning at his store for m foods on macarthur boulevard near 64th avenue. he

says the damage to the store totals more than $30,000, and he fears that looming budget cuts will make his store even more vulnerable. we paying the taxes, we pay every single thing, every single tax that the city asks us for, the state and the federal. but we're not getting the service. oakland police confirmed they are investigating the burglary. they also say by the time officers arrived to the scene, the burglars were gone. we're going to turn now to this live look at capitol hill, where a government shutdown has been averted. lawmakers worked through the weekend to keep the government open. congress passed a resolution to keep federal employees on the job until march. the agreement comes after tech billionaire elon musk raged online against the original proposed deal. it includes. it includes $100 billion in disaster aid for victims of recent hurricanes. president elect trump did not speak

directly about the funding battle when he appeared yesterday at a conference in arizona, but he did make clear he's aware of democrats accusations that musk is the one calling the shots for his incoming administration. you know, the they're on a new kick. russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, all the different hoaxes. and the new one is. president trump has ceded the presidency to elon musk. no, no, that's not happening. house speaker mike johnson is facing blowback from some republicans over his handling of the shutdown fight. some wonder whether he'll keep the gavel when the new congress is sworn in january 3rd. 510 for you this morning, as we take a live look over at christmas in the park in san jose. meteorologist kari hall monitoring what we can expect a few showers out there this morning. yeah, we've seen a little bit of some wet weather here and there. you can see a little bit of that as we took that live video of san jose. and

we are taking a look at storm ranger, where we're not seeing a lot of widespread or even heavy rain. so it's mainly some spotty light showers. as we go into the afternoon, there will be a chance of rain, but mainly some peeks of sunshine. and this next storm system coming in will affect us overnight into tomorrow. but take a look at the raindrops on the camera lens looking at walnut creek. so it is a very soggy commute and at times we've seen some dense fog developing and moving around the bay area. temperatures are in the mid 50s right now. it is a milder start and will be slow to warm as we are going to see a lot of clouds throughout the morning. but as we take a look at the range and temperatures from clear lake in the upper 50s to the possibility of reaching into the low 70s for san jose, there will be some spots that are going to be much nicer for the afternoon and also more comfortable than others, so we'll be watching that. i'll time out the rain for you coming up in a few minutes, but mike now has a look at where you can find some lower gas prices. yeah, and the lowest is no longer livermore. the streak is

over. lowest in the bay is now in contra costa county with 345. we're calling out concord super stop on willow pass road. then in the south bay, it's 361 for the best. that's at costco is a costco two pack, in fact, one in santa clara and one in sunnyvale. both have 361 as their price. and mill valley has been marin county's best of 367. you head to hquels on shoreline highway for that best price. in the north bay county, we're looking at gasbuddy.com. check to see the adjustments over the weekend in your area on the roadway. not a lot of adjustment other than the fact that you may come across some fog, mist, and drizzle, so prepare to lower the speeds. you will be able to go a little faster close to the speed limit almost all around the bay. but do watch this. the on ramp to north 880. at first there seems to be a crash there affecting only the onramp. you see how close it is to sjc as a reference point there and farther up. we do have some low clouds in palo alto and again creeping around the bay. so do use caution out there. back to you. all right mike, thanks. 12 past the hour right now.

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you c see the dense fog that has settled into the north bay. you may even need windshield wipers at times as you get the mist and drizzle, and temperatures are in the mid 50s. it is a milder start, but temperatures kind of remain there throughout the morning. we'll talk about what's ahead with heavier rain arriving coming up in a few minutes. what i'm focusing on for the commute. that's what sheaid. look at that. the mist, the drizzle on the lens of this camera at the richmond bridge. lighter traffic, but definitely slicker conditions. you'll need those windshield wipers in good condition. we'll show you where things may be shaping up to see the slowdown, actually. we'll check in to see if what we expect to see on a normal monday is there today. good morning. wall street is set to open higher in this holiday shortened week, where the markets are coming off a rally on friday

following a cooler than expected read on inflation. but it was still a rough week overall, punctuated by the selloff on wednesday following the federal reserve meeting in which the fed projected just two interest rate cuts next year. as ilation remains stubborn. now the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p 500 all falling roughly 2% for the week. now in focus this week, it's data on consumer confidence, durable goods, new home sales and jobless claims. starbucks union workers expanding their strike to four more cities this weekend. new york, new jersey, philadelphia and saint louis. now. the five day strike began friday in los angeles, chicago and seattle. talks between starbucks and the union have stalled with unresolved issues over wages, staffing and scheduling, and the union warns the strike could reach hundreds of stores by christmas eve. and universal music and amazon are expanding their partnership. universal that's the world's largest music company and record

label behind taylor swift says it will collaborate with amazon music as it expands into offerings such as audiobooks and live streamed content. the companies will also work to tackle unlawful content generated by ai and protect against fraud. but their cnbc morning business report i'm silvana henao. silvana, thanks. when it comes to making it in the bay, a down payment can make or break the dream of home ownership, and one bank is offering a new and unique program to help. hsbc is launching what it calls its opening doors grant for certain underserved communities across the country. it will provide up to $25,000 in down payment assistance for applicants in san francisco, alameda and santa clara counties, and qualified applicants who secure a loan will not have to repay the grant, and there is no lien on the property. a minimum credit score of 620 is needed. hsbc's head of u.s. mortgage is hoping the new program helps lock in

more long term clients. we do offer you a broad spectrum of services in the and, you know, it's really important to us that one of the anchor products in a client's wealth and in their lifetime is their home. so we often lead with mortgage and then, you know, work with our customers on deepening their relationship with hsbc. hsbc is opening doors grant program will begin processing applications january 1st. you can learn more at us dot hsbc.com. turning for you this morning the super bowl of surng where just like mavericks, the big wave conditions have to be just right for it to even take place. yesterday on oahu's north shore. surfers gathered for the eddie aikau big wave invitational a waimea bay. now, that invite only contest honors the legendary hawaiian, who was also the first north shore lifeguard.

and it took place yesterday for just the second time since 2016. now women also part of it only for the second time. one of san francisco's very own bianca valenti, as well as santa cruz surfer n nick lam, placed fifth and hawaiian native landon mcnamara. mcnamara. yeah, won that event. with some of the waves reaching. get this 50ft. oh my gosh. terrifying. good for them. well, since we're in hawaii, let's talk about this right here. stay there. this is another story also on oahu. a spartan celebration for seven new graduates all walked in an incredible setting for their graduation yesterday. the six athletes and one staff member are part of san jose state's football team. they all missed the recent fall graduation ceremony back in san jose because the team plays tomorrow in the hawaii bowl. so their ceremony was complete with caps and gowns and diplomas and palm

trees and sand and sunshine. tomorrow, the team will take on south florida. not too shabby. they won in that? yeah. what did you graduate? hawaii? yeah, i graduated from san jose state in hawaii. and our weather is nothing like hawaii meteorology. we've got those waves. i was thinking 40ft, 40ft of the mavericks. so we were like, okay, they need to call a competition here, right? right. when does that window open? i'll have to look that up today. so you have to get here fast. and we're starting out with a storm system approaching the bay area. we had a busy weekend, and now we're seeing things quieting down, at least for the morning commute. we are dealing with wet roads and some patches of dense fog, but the impact storm will be coming in early tomorrow morning, so here's a look at it. right now you can see all of the clouds and the storm system being driven by the area of low pressure. still well out in the pacific, but as it comes in,

it's going to create some times of some, as we mentioned, some big waves creating some flooding conditions near the coastline. the high surf warning in effect through tomorrow and then showers coming in kind of spotty initially, but then picking up later on tonight into early tomorrow. as far as the temperatures today, it will be a cool one with low 60s in the north bay, 66 will be the high today in oakland and upper 60s, even possibly low 70s for san jose. so the south bay will have the warmest temperatures, and then tomorrow it cools off. once that storm system moves through, it also will bring in some cooler air, and then we'll only make it into the 50s on wednesday. so we're enjoying the milder weather for now, but it does feel very humid and we are going to see some times of rain today, mainly in the north bay. here's a timeline of the rain affecting us tomorrow morning, as we take a look at 4:00 in the morning. really heavy rain and possibly even some thunderstorms with small hail. once that clears out tomorrow afternoon.

wednesday is dry, but then the next storm system comes in on thursday, so we're going to see a lot of rain throughout the week, at least with this first round of rain, it's anywhere from about a half to three quarters of an inch of rain for most of the bay area, but there will be a lot more in the way as we wrap up the year, we are going to see possibly 1 to 2, maybe even three inches of rainfall and the sierra is going to get some snow. as we've mentioned before, it looks like christmas is dry, but that a break in the rain doesn't last long because going into the rest of the week, as well as the weekend, there will be one storm after the next. if you're going to the sierra ahead of christmas, just be mindful that you do need to plan ahead. bring those tire chains. we could see about 5 to 10in of snow there and then for the weekend. in total, we could see about two feet possibly in some of those higher elevations. so that's going to be nice to see going through the forecast over the next several days. lots of breaks in the rain as well as

lots of heavy rain. so we're going to go back and forth from one kind of weather condition to the next. so that's why it's so important to have the nbc bay area app so that you can get those alerts as the weather changes minute by minute. and then looking at what we can expect in san francisco, kind of the same temperatures, as well as the high surf warning that will affect parts of the coastline for today. and mike, we're seeing that fog and mist out there affecting the commute. yeah. so the lighter traffic is the theme for the traffic for the morning commute. but the conditions are not saying you should you should relax at all. you should watch out as go as fast as the conditions allow. so if it is slick, if it's tough to see like this, where it's highlighted with the yellow throughout this portion of highway 101 in the north bay, we just took a look at san rafael right here. then slow those speeds down even though you can go the speed limit. maybe the conditions are not such that you should highway 4 moving. well, there's some dense fog. watch out tough the area of thehr

he told use loaded $200 onto that gift card right tre. but when he went to use it the very first time, there was no money on it. a store rep said somebody had spent all of the money. well, dan says it wasn't him. he never used it. so he asked the gift card company for a refund. and, well, he got no response. so next dan contacted us. we emailed the company, then it sent dan a new $200 gift card.

this holiday season, gift cards are once again forecast to reign as the number one gift. the problem is, our team too often hears from viewers like dan about their gift card balances vanishing. we're tracking a lot of local cases. plus this a federal investigation into an international criminal syndicate that drains gift cards galore. those are all gift cards lined up, but you can see how these thieves empty cards and how to protect yours. you can snap the qr code on screen right now to watch our most recent report. bottom line ideally, only buy gift cards from behind a locked store counter. also, look for tampering on the packaging and the card itself. finally, spend the money on those cards asap before the thieves steal it. i'm bob redell. we're live here at the pacifica pier where you can hear. and now you can see large waves pounding the coastline. the warnings about high surf and

coastal flooding from the national weather service, in effect for at least the next 24 hours.

right now at 530. crowds flocking to the coast to catch a glimpse of this dangerous surf. we have team coverage of the warnings underway right now. we're going to bring together the best of our great city and

make sure that we deliver for the people of san francisco. mayor elect danielle lowry laying out his priorities and assembling his team. the major issue he plans to address on day one and holiday travel is in full swing. as we quickly approach christmas and hanukkah, we check in on the conditions at bay area airports. this is today in the bay. good monday morning to you on this december 23rd. i'm kira klapper filling in for laura this week and i'm marcus washington. so the big story this morning dangerous conditions along the coast. we're going to take you there live in just a moment. but firs, meteorologist kari hall, of course, tracking multiple warnings that we're faced with this morning. yeah. so we don't often see that we have a high surf warning along with a coastal flood advisory. but those big waves may erode part of the coastline today, as well as caused some flooding and some of the low lying areas near the

coastline today, all of this being driven by this storm system that's approaching the bay area, and all the clouds that we can see that are reaching closer to us will eventually bring us some rain and have a bigger impact overnight. but today, we're already seeing those waves piling up near the coastline. the green shows that where we have the coastal flood warning, as well as the high surf warning, and so we are now seeing those waves at about 12 to 14ft, but may possibly reach 30 to maybe even 40ft at mavericks. and some of those places where we do typically have some of those bigger waves as we go throughout today, it's going to be cloudy as well as some mild temperatures. but then later on tonight, as the storm system comes in into early tomorrow morning, it may also cause some thunderstorms and some very dangerous conditions, not only near the coast, but as well for the inland areas where we may see some thunderstorms. so now let's head out to today in the bay's bob redell, who's live at the pier in pacifica. bob, what are you seeing there?

the waves aren't as big as they're predicted to be. 30 to 40ft, at least not yet. but we're looking at if you can see here in the early morning darkness, waves that are about ten feet, this is pretty normal. what we'd see when we have these high surf advisories, warnings here in pacifica, where as you look to the right, occasionally you're seeing it breach the seawall there and go over into the street. there are people who live there. they know that this happens on a regular basis. that's why they put shields up in front of their yard to keep the flooding. and over here to the left, you can see the gates to the pier are still shut down. the sheriff's office has not opened them. here's a gentleman who's out here. i just spoke to him off camera briefly. he's local. he's out here taking video. i also spoke with a crab fisherman who was out here early this morning. he actually left, went north to san francisco to try to get crab because again, the pier isn't open because of these high surf conditions. so again, the national weather service, as kari is mentioning, is predicting waves anywhere from 30 to 35ft up to 40ft in

places like mavericks and half moon bay, which of course is a famous surfing spot. the point is that these are very dangerous conditions. obviously you do not want to go in the water. and on the flip side, a flip side, these waves are a sight to see, which is why many people drove out to the coastline this weekend. again, the waves can be dangerous even if you're staying on shore. stay off any jetties where waves can crash and wash you into the water. and just be aware of the ocean and what's coming your way. the waves look a bit turbulent also with not not as big as i've seen it, but still pretty big. i mean, all up the coast has been huge today, so it's been fun to watch. as kari mentioned, national weather service has warned coastal communities about possible flooding. a reminder not to drive through standing water. these warnings are expected to stay in effect at least until around midday tomorrow. and again, as that lady you just heard saying, these are fun to watch. whoa, it is a spectacle when you when you come out here and you're obviously we're up

here on the stub end of the pier where it is safe. and it's wonderful to see just to be able to be by the ocean and to see these waves coming in. as long as no one is getting hurt. it's a spectacle for sure. reporting live here in pacifica, bob redell today in the bay. and good for our viewers to stay safe and just watch it on tv. bob, thanks. a great weather resource for you. as the storm rolls in is our free nbc bay area app. you can scan that qr code on your screen, download it for free, and then you'll get access to our storm ranger scans, our weather alerts. it works whether you're here or traveling. 535 for you this morning. and as we look ahead to the new year, perhaps no one has more resolutions than mayor elect of san francisco. from taking on the battle against open air drug markets to the economy and housing. today in the bay's kris sanchez joining us live this morning in san francisco with more on what danielle laura has planned. kris. well, hi there marcus. i know that you've also talked with mayor elect daniel lurie, and he says that his

administration is going to reflect the diversity of san francisco, and that means pulling in people to his administration from all backgrounds, including business. he is staffing his team with several big names in tech, including former twitter executive ned siegel and openai ceo sam altman. the message he wants to send is that san francisco is open for business, which will require addressing open air drug markets and crime. we have to revive our tourism. we have to revive our downtown, and that's going to require us making sure that we get conferences back to san francisco, that we get business back, because once we get business back, our small businesses can start to thrive and we can grow our economy. now, of course, bringing in tourists is one thing, but for the people who live in san francisco, housing is a major issue, a critical one for people trying to make it in the bay.

mayor elect lurie says that he is reaching out to labor and community groups to get more middle income housing built, and he says he has a lot to prove. we ask so much of our taxpayers and our residents, and yet we're not delivering. and we do have a crisis of affordability. and so we are going to work with different departments, work with the public and private sector to make sure that we get more housing built. i'm working with the planning department on that as well, and that is key to our economic recovery. mayor elect lurie points to the election results he says are a mandate that he got the vote of confidence from the people of san francisco. he takes office on january 8th in san francisco. all right. big task ahead, chris. thank you. well, i did go in depth with mayor elect on what he planned to do about the drug crisis, as well as

president elect trump's plans for mass deportation. you can hear that part of the interview coming up at 6:00 this morning. all right, marcus, we're going to take you to a live look now at sfo, where there's another jam packed day of holiday travel. on tap right now is, of course, crunch time and what's expected to be a record setting holiday travel period. bay area airports definitely had a busy weekend. fortunately, there were few cancellations, but airlines expect the busiest days are still ahead. right after christmas and just before new year's eve. also, triple a is predicting a record 119 million people will drive 50 or more miles over the ten days leading up to new year's day, 3 million more than last year. the chp says bay area drivers may want to plan for slick roads when more rain arrives later this week. the additional travel that we're we're going to see, and we

are currently seeing and adding in storms andhings like that. it's going to be very busy for us. the chp also will be out in force beginning tomorrow, with more officers on the roadways between christmas eve and new year's day. so speaking of that rain, let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. hopefully the weather related headaches will remain at a minimum. i think this weekend, even though we had rain, there weren't a ton of cancellations. yeah, so that's a good thing. we have to watch the ceilings for those flights. sfo usually deals with that, but it may be an issue for oakland and san jose. when you say ceilings, that's the cloud. yes, that's the cloud deck that the pilots have to deal with when it's really low. they have to rely on only their instruments to navigate through that. and then sometimes that can cause some delays. as of right now, everything is on time across the country. that's the good thing. and the only weather system that we're watching that may have some delays and impacts later this morning will be the

snow that's moving across wisconsin and michigan. and then that extends down to iowa as well as nebraska, with some light rain that's moving in those areas. let's take a look at the forecast across the countrtoday. i know you're packing your bags. you want to know what to expect for the east coast if you're going to new york city. the high temperature today will be 38 degrees, but at least it will be dry. and then we're seeing some cold temperatures, of course, across some of the upper plains states. but in the south, if you're going to dallas fort worth, it will be in the upper 60s and 71 for houston. here across the west, we're also seeing some rain that's going to be moving in to seattle and portland with highs there in the 50s. and that rain will be coming down to the bay area starting tomorrow on christmas eve. that's a busy travel day and there will be some thunderstorms moving into texas around dallas fort worth, as well as parts of the midwest. so we'll be watching all of the weather conditions for you. mike, you're seeing it slick for many of our drivers. yeah. the issue is the fog and the mist

and drizzle that we've been showing on many of our cameras. here's emeryville, the best view we've had all morning from our rooftop camera, looking down toward the tail lights, making their way around the berkeley curve toward the bay bridge toll plaza, where we continue with light traffic volume on friday. of course, it was friday, but we didn't see metering lights on until 6 a.m. and no backup form until 15 minutes after that. we're looking over here to light, but with slick roadways, so do use caution through the area. we already had one crash that cleared about 430 in the morning, and now a little bit of a build getting into the city on that side, the western side of our map, we're looking at the fog through san francisco and north all the way up through novato and continuing toward petaluma. we have now creeping across the delta highway for the fog blending in over here for contra costa county. so keep that in mind. but no slowing shows up on highway four. highway 37 just barely shows any brake tapping right now. coming out of vallejo for the westbound commute. walnut creek interchange all clear. so is the maze looking ahead toward the city? of course, we will have the warriors playing at chase center tonight, so we're looking at possibilities of more crowds

coming in on the 280 extension. oftentimes after school's out for the year, we have more families who are in town able to get there. so there may be some more cars. watch for that. we're looking anywhere south of there. pretty smooth drive, although i've seen patches of fog creeping in toward our palo alto camera, undoubtedly through oakland as well as it was earlier, but no problems. notice the green sensors throughout. there's still one crash showing up on 880 the onramp. at first, the note highway nine. there's no more construction, no more traffic control for the rest of the year. they want to make sure that's open for everyone to get around the area. and i think maybe give some caltrans workers a break. back over to you. all right, mike, thanks. 542 right now there are more and more electric vehicles on california's roads, but it still seems like drivers are fighting to find those open chargers. we're always playing musical charger at home to see you know who get the charge first. up next going to break down the new push to bring more power to the golden state. plus giving santa claus a helping hand. the way these bay area police officers

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it is. 546 here's a live look outside at christmas in the park in san jose. if you're going out today, it will be cloudy with some peeks of sunshine by late morning into the afternoon, and temperatures will feel very comfortable, so you'll be able to take off the heavier coat and take some nice pictures out

there by the tree. we are going to take a look at rain coming back and the timeline coming up in a few minutes. yeah, this is the picturesque little glow for these lights. heading southbound on 880 past the coliseum. traffic moves smoothly in both directions, in fact, but you can see the glow for those headlights. little mist kicking up off the ground in some places. watch for that fog impact as well, especially throughout the north bay, but lighter traffic volume dominates, so we'll check where there's slowing. there's a bit of it out there this morning coming up. all right. mike and kerry. thanks. well, there is a new push to make it easier for drivers with electric vehicles. scott mcgrew joins us with a look at the plan set to bring more chargers to california as the incentive to buy an ev could come to an end come next year. good morning. earlier this month, the california energy commission approved new money to build more charging stations for electric cars. that will be welcome news to ev drivers. the washington post calculates, back in 2016, there was one public

charger for every seven electric cars. that number is now one charger for every 20 cars today. i spoke about the issue with southern california electric car maker steve fambro. steve talked to me about chargers. i know you're working on a solar augmented car, but i have a ford mach-e. a lot of our viewers have tesla, so we're circling the same charger trying to get, you know, a charge, a public charge. there just simply aren't enough of these chargers. you know, it's a really good point. i actually my family, we have three electric vehicles and we only have two chargers. and so we're always playing musical charger at home to see you know who gets the charge first. but i think a lot of people that are that are homeowners and also ev owners have the privilege of charging at home. so we don't have to go to a charger. we don't he to rely on an external network unless we're traveling. now you're traveling on a holiday. that's when you really see the problem. you'll have a line waiting for 30 minutes to an hour, you know, to

get to a charger. so i think in removing the friction for long distance travel, we need more chargers. absolutely. incoming president trump has indicated he'll try to end the $7,500 tax credit for electric car purchases. that's a blow to companies like yours, isn't it? i mean, because it was an incentive to buy a car that, you know, let's face it, it's going to cost more. i think we have to question either all subsidies or be more equitable with them. for example, we spend about $750 billion a year as a country to subsidize the free flow of oil exploration, shipping, ports and the defense of it around the world. that's almost $1 trillion just to subsidize oil. we can make the same argument and say, let's not subsidize oil either, and let's let the cost be the true cost, and then we'll see which one wins. governor newsom has talked about trying to increase california's rebate for electric cars to 7500. and to be clear, a rebate and a federal tax credit are not the same

thing. in many ways, rebates are better. so that would be very valuable to you if that gets passed. absolutely. i mean, the governor and also the air resources board under his leadership, have consistently led the nation in doing the right thing. and we do apprececiate h leadership on all things electric. now, you're speaking to me from the factory floor. last question for you is when is it that i'm going to say, oh, there goes an altera down the street and it'll be fairly common. well, you're going to see the first production. aptera is actually driving around las vegas at ces january 7th through the 10th. so we're going to be there. we've got a great booth outside and we're going to be doing riding drives around there. so you're going to see production out there. but sometime in 2025, the first customer will get the first aptera. steve fambro from car maker aptera. costco says it's working with electrify america to build its first charging station at its pleasanton location. costco will set the price on electricity. we don't know what that is yet, but costco tends to give members a

break on gas prices, so we'll hope for a break on electric charging as well. back to you. wow. interesting. all right. scott, thanks. well, there will be no christmas miracle for 49ers fans, at least when it comes to the team making the playoffs. whatever. faint 1% postseason hopes, the niners still had evaporated even before they took to the field yesterday in miami. that's because washington won in the early window. gotta hand it to the niners though. they did play out the string losing to miami 29 to 17. now back here locally to antioch police. they are making this christmas a special one for a family that was hit by thieves yesterday. officers brought them a load of gifts and holiday cheer. of course, this after a family hit a rough patch. first the mother lost her job. and then more recently, burglars stole all of the presents that she purchased for her family and young daughter. one of the officers who responded to her

initial burglary call organized a visit, and they posted these shots on social media. community members pitched in to help. oh, that is wonderful. the community coming together. oh my gosh. beautiful, beautiful. we wish it didn't happen in the first place, but what a gift that antioch police came to their rescue. all right, we'll get to the traffic in a bit with mike. but first, kari is here with the forecast, and you are going to show us something that's taken our newsroom kind of buzzing, right? are you going to show the volcano there or. no, it's just on the screen. yeah. we're just looking at a little. we're looking at it, we're looking at it. but there it is. that's what we're looking at. it's been just as you you said, mesmerizing. yeah, that's really cool. it's the live stream that we see on the usgs website in hawaii. and so that's where we're seeing the glow this morning online. all right. let's talk about what's lighting up our radar here across the bay area a look at storm ranger where we are seeing

some very spotty showers moving through. ovell, it's been a drier morning compared to yesterday and what we had over the weekend. another round of rain is going to come in as we are seeing this storm system approachining, and we are also going to see that rain arriving later on tonight and out ahead of that. it's causing some dangerous waves near the coast. we have a high surf warning. in effect, we don't often get that kind of level of a warning, and it's the magnitude of the waves that we're expecting that's prompting that. and it may also cause some flooding near the coastline. so never turn your back to the water. and if you are going to the coast, stay well away from the coastline. the rain picks up again late tonight into tomorrow, but as of now the commute is dry, at least through the tri-valley. we're seeing some clear visibility and temperatures are in the mid 50s, but it will be a very slow climb to reach our high temperature in the 60s for this afternoon. and as we go hour by hour with our rain forecast, we will start to see some spotty rain, mainly in

the north bay today and then the heavier stuff coming through early tomorrow morning right at about this time. this could really affect your drive, getting to work, or even just trying to get some of those last minute presents we are going to see throughout the morning some heavy rain and possibly even some thunderstorms moving through, as this system will be in and out of here fairly quickly. it does dry out tomorrow afternoon as well as christmas eve, and then we'll also see some additional rain after that. so with this quick round of rain that we'll see between tonight and early tomorrow, we could see anywhere from about a half to possibly three quarters of an inch of rainfall. some of the higher rainfall totals will be near the coast, as well as in parts of the north bay. and then looking at what's ahead for the rest of the week. a lot more rain coming in and that will possibly affect some holiday travel. this next storm system coming in will once again hit us early tomorrow, and then quickly moving out of here to give us a dry christmas. but then right after that, the next storm system comes in and it's

going to be wave after wave of rain and sierra snow into the weekend, as well as welcoming in the new year. so we're going to stay in this active weather pattern, looking at rain chances in the forecast. and it's so important to have the nbc bay area app or something to give you alerts that we're going to see the weather changing minute by minute here. and that will actually give you a heads up if there is some rain moving into where you are. as we look at the rest of the forecast, it will be cool. highs in the upper 50s low 60s for san francisco and mike, as of now, there's no backup at the bay bridge. yeah, there's a little mist and drizzle out there. so that's the conditions we're worried about because cars can, with lighter traffic, go closer to the speed limit, but as low as slow it down a bit if you need more traction or more stopping distance. that may be the case in many parts around the bay. look at the green dominating our maps. the non green. there's a little bit of yellow right here for a little bit of slowing around. mare island for west 37. and then this highlighted yellow here as well as over here in contra costa county. that's where the

visibility again as you've seen over the last few weeks the fog may be a factor. the mist and drizzle dominate though in other areas despite the yellow not being there. it's creeping down through daly city and down along the coast through half moon bay. traditional spots where we would see the fog. so they are there. no major problems. a look at those speeds. they're looking great right now. we're looking over toward one incident reported west 580 approaching hopyard. there's a little more slowing than i saw last couple of minutes. i don't see it on this camera right here. it may be just past the camera, just outside our view. no injuries reported for this crash. we'll check on lanes coming up. back to you. thanks, mike. well, happening now, south bay. authorities have still not identified three people who died in two separate crashes early yesterday in morgan hill. the first crash happened at around 3 a.m. this is near third street and monterey road. in that case, the driver died in a solo rollover crash. about six hours later, a speeding driver lost control and crossed the median on monterey road near middle avenue, crashing head on with an

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