1% rise in homelessness. and even if you're not homeless, we're seeing a lot more of people needing food support right now at six. moving the bay area forward this christmas morning, we're going to take you live to san francisco for a look at the preparations underway to feed thousands of community members. plus, assessing the damage cleanup underway in santa cruz after part of the wharf fell into the ocean. the uncertain future of the pier.

plus, a clear morning across the bay area. but will it change later this week? meteorologist kari hall is tracking when the rain will return. oh that's beautiful. what a great way to start christmas morning. clear skies. and you know what, i like it. yeah. santa said i need a clear path to get to where i'm going. right? and we were just tracking him, and he's officially done. yes. so now going on vacation? yes. 8 billion gifts delivered. so. all right. and the next 364 days off. right. that's nice. all right. so we're starting out this morning for the people who are up early with us and also heading off to work. we are starting out very chilly. it's in the upper 30s in the north bay. and it's also 39 in livermore. 37 in danville. that's the coldest temperature on the map here. and it's 38 in napa, calistoga and santa rosa. elsewhere, we're starting out our christmas morning in the

40s. here's a live look at san rafael. nice that it's not foggy. we don't have to deal with any rain. and it will be sunny going throughout the day with a gradual warm up going from low 40s now to mid 50s in the early afternoon. you know, you will notice that it will be a cooler day, but we are going to see a lot of cloud cover increasing for the evening. getting ready for s some north y showers overnight and into tomorrow. but most of the bay area won't really see any rain until late tomorrow afternoon into the evening, and this could have an impact on your plans for after christmas shopping or going into the weekend, as well as heading back to work. let's get a look out there on the roads this morning. it has been a very light flow of traffic as we take a look at oakland, looking at 880. things are looking pretty well there. heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. they still haven't turned on the metering lights. i don't think they will because it's really not needed. there is one car traling toward the toll plaza right now and looking at san jose. we have three

headlights here as we check out 101 and in palo alto, also on 101. things are looking great. heads up that christmas day transit will be on a holiday schedule. bart running on a sunday schedule and we won't see any service today for smart trains as well as the ferries and also the golden gate transit. we'll be watching everything for you with another update in just a few minutes. we know you will double duty kari today. thanks so much. okay, so it's a holiday tradition. in the spirit of giving that's really become so iconic in san francisco, along with the iconic glide memorial church for more than six decades. we're talking about feeding thousands of people a proper christmas meal. yeah. today in the bay's thom jensen is live at glide in the tenderloin right now in the carving room. or maybe no, maybe you've moved now, tom, merry christmas to you. where are you now? am i wrong? christmas you are. we moved from the carving

room back into the kitchen where, you know, the volunteers not only came here this morning to prere that christmas meal, they prepare breakfast every day. and they're doing that again today. they're here preparing the christmas meal right now with the ham, turkey, all the trimmings, 500 pounds of cranberries, potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pies for dessert. enough to feed about 4000 people. they've already fed 4000 people at that christmas eve prime rib dinner from house of prime. about 3,000 pounds of prime rib. yesterday they fed hundreds more to peoe in encampments across the city, and organizers say this is all part of the 61 year old tradition here at glide. giving hope all year and for the holidays. i think what's different this year is the joy and the passion of volunteers. have more people are coming out, more people are in our line. we know that hunger doesn't go away because it's a holiday. and so that's what today is all about.

volunteer, giving back and serving our community. this is one of the busiest times of the year for glide, but they are giving out those hot meals and hope back to the community year round, 364 days a year. and they're always looking for volunteers. anyone who's interested in helping out can go to glide.org/volunteer to help out and take part in not only helping out for holidays like this, but all year round, because glide does provide that hope year round. merry christmas everyone back to you. absolutely. it really does make a merry christmas indeed, when so many people pitch in to help out. yeah, it really does. thanks, tom, so much for taking us there, bringing us that heartwarming story. and we, by the way, are in the final push to help nourish our neighbors. you can still donate throughout the day today. if you're headed to safeway, all you have to do is let your checker know that you'd like to donate $10 to the food drive. they'll s scan the

ticket, and it just adds $10 to your total. that money will provide 20 meals to families in need with your help. last year, we raised $4.3 million. we'd love to surpass that milestone this year, and we are getting close to setting a new record, all thanks to you. it's real easy. i did it last night. oh good job, good job. you all right? 605 for you this morning. the sfmta not moving forward with a plan to add paid parking to the marina and cow hollow neighborhoods. now, that plan would have instaed more than 200 parking meters on several streets. those streets currently have free two hour parking spots. the city says eliminating free parking would reduce congestion in those neighborhoods and the shopping district. now, this would also free up parking spots for neighbors, they say. but the pressure of pressuring those visitors to pay or just leave, but people who live in that neighborhood, well, they pushed back, saying that that plan would not work. i'm excited to sit down with the mta, to sit down with the residents and really make sure that we have a

plan that that that works for residents first and works for the merchants on the corridors and helps increase our transit options in the neighborhood. the meters would have paid for by $1.5 million grant. this is for the bay area's metropolitan transportation commission. cleanup will soon be underway after parts of the santa cruz wharf collapsed into the ocean on monday. the wharf, understandably, is now closed until further notice. city leaders say the danger hasn't totally passed, with the weather there reminding people to stay out of the water because of the massive waves. today in the bay's ian cull went to santa cruz and tells us what happens next. it's awesome. awesome. right in front of the boardwalk, all eyes were on the bathrooms that used to be at the end of the wharf that are now beachfront property. you know, it's the new house in santa cruz for 1.2 mil. you know, it'll go pretty quick. hundreds of people came to east cliff drive to see the damage from above, before

police advised them the area was closed. you have to take your last look and then head out. there's always something going on. it's pretty eventful when we get these big swells. new video shows the moment the wharf collapsed at 1244 on monday afternoon. the area has actually been closed for the past year because it was damaged in a prior storm and was being rebuilt. now it's back to square one. it's an unfortunate event, but it does not speak to the overall integrity or structural capacity of the wharf itself. it's a very strong, very resilient structure. even with that, city leaders say they'll have to do their due diligence, meaning inspections and damage assessments. bottom line the wharf will remain closed until further notice. they're consulting with engineering firms and say there will be multiple inspections before the restaurants and shops on the wharf can reopen. we're also assessing what that means from a public safety and ability to reopen the wharf with those informed decisions. those times

and dates will be set once we have much more data and much more understanding of the current situation. well, that's extremely sad, actually, because, you know, they're going to have the wharf closed now for probably a long time, and that's going to be a lot of people's jobs. and you know, it's christmas time. and so that makes it even harder. main beach and kohler beach are also closed because there's so much debris still in the ocean. the city is telling people to stay out of the water. some of the pilings from the wharf were found four miles south in capitola. luckily, the capitola village was spared from other damage. shop owners say they were evacuated due to the high surf and had to close for the rest of the day during a busy time of year. but the village is back open. we're back. we're open for business, back to normal. it's come watch the waves. we have a really cool view to the storm watch and we're not worried. as for the part of the santa cruz wharf that collapsed, the city says it's too early to say if it will be rebuilt again. ian cull

today in the bay. all right. meteorologist kari hall joining us now. so it looks like what caused all of that has kind of gone down. yeah. for now. only today really, because the next storm system is on the way and it's going to cause some more big waves near the coast. and keep in mind that even though the waves are not as high, all of the big waves that we had the past couple of days may have brought up a lot of driftwood, and may make the beach a little bit more hazardous todayand never turn your back to the water. we're going to see more of the waves building going into the next couple of days. right now it's at about 11 to 14ft, which is pretty significant, but may come up to about 20 to 30ft from tomorrow through sunday. and the risk of more sneaker waves, those are the waves that come up a lot higher than the previous waves. they can be pretty random, and so you just want to make sure that you are paying very close attention. and then looking at our high temperatures today, really not the best beach weather. we're going to stay in the 50s today. it will be cold behind the cold

front that moved through yesterday afternoon, and our highs for today will only make it into the mid 50s for martinez, dublin and livermore and then for palo alto as well as san francisco. it will be in the upper 50s for today, a touch warmer tomorrow. but that's also when we will see that rain arriving and more widespread rain into tomorrow evening. so we'll talk more about that timeline and what's ahead coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. looking forward to it. kari motivated to make a difference in her community. up next, one woman took matters into her own hands and started sharing hope ahead of the holiday season. we'll tell you the way she's making the bay area proud next. plus, christmas day would not be complete without tamales. we'll be back after the break to tell you about this annual tradition that had the south bay all lined up ready for more. and santa getting some backup from oakland police. the early christmas surprise for some kids in the

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14 after the hour right now. well, you know, during the holiday season, there are many charitable organizations that ramp up to help those in need. but few have ramped up as quickly as one east bay group. from an idea to execution. we're talking about less than 60 days today in the bay's garvin thomas has their brief but compassionate history in this morning's bay area. proud. it

goes like older kids. over the years, maya and mr. smith has spent a lot of time doing charitable work and then coats men's clothes, but never, maya says, has she done so much work in such a short amount of time with such meaningful results? this is the best thing i've ever done. this store is the best thing we've ever done. after my marriage and my children, this has been the most meaningful experience of my life. hello! the store is the lamorinda care collective. it's a pop up boutique in lafayette where everything is free, donated to help those in need. this holiday season. it has all been put together in less than two months because, well, that's when maya first had the idea. november 6th to be exact. i woke up at like 4 a.m. the morning after the election, and i was like, i have an idea, right? and i needed to be, like spurred into action, into hopeful action. in years past, maya had hosted something called the do gooders garage in

her home, where she handed out donations. but this time she felt the need, as well as the desire to help, could support something bigger. with little time to waste, maya got diamond builders to donate a vacant storefront. thanks for putting them on hangers. she solicited donations on facebook, got a network of friends to volunteer, and asked local service organizations to let their clients know all about it. it all went a bit too well when not long after they opened, their stock ran low and maya wasn't sure they'd have anything to give those who came. the next day, she posted her fears online making a video. so i remember this moment forever and woke up to a flood of help. thank you all so much for your generosity. and i just sort of sat here and looked at the mountain of donations, sat on that chair, cried. it is a hastily arranged charitable operation that doesn't look hasty or feel like charity for that matter. it's simply a place where needs are

met on both sides of the counter. what's incredible about this is it's not unique to lafayette, right? every single person who watches this can do this exact thing. there's nothing special about me. there's nothing special about this idea. it exists in many different places. yeah, okay. and it should exist everywhere. i'm sure she would be happy. oh, beautiful. thank you. garvin. well, it's christmas day, of course. and for many hispanic families, that means it's time for the annual tradition of tamales. this was the lin yesterday morning in east san jose outside the tamale factory. get this. they told us they sold 10,000 yesterday alone. pork, beef, chicken, cheese, sweet tamales actually date back all the way to pre-columbian times. families would make them and pack them for their aztec warriors so they could eat on the way to war. the more you know, the more you know. so cozy by this fire. oh, yeah, i like that. speaking of some oakland families, received some holiday cheer from santa and police opd

officers. they spent christmas eve delivering food and gifts to select families in need. police union paid for hundreds of these gifts and christmas dinners for 70 families. those families were selected with the help of oakland unified based in need. based on need, i should say so. those families say that it really was nice having a moment to highlight the work police do, as well as additions to their crime fighting means that our community cares about us and the looking at it as a positive thing. i know opd gets a lot of bad press, but i mean stuff like this that, you know, makes you think, you know, we're all human beings, right? so we're trying to do the right thing and help each other. i love seeing that. you know what? this marks the 10th year the police union's christmas basket program has been going on. so look at that spreading cheer. so beautiful. and now meteorologist kari hall is here talking about a nice christmas day. i mean, chilly, you said, but dry to get out and

test those new bikes. and when you compare our weather versus what we see elsewhere, we're pretty good. we're doing pretty good. it's going to at times be sunny, but cool. and as we take a look at what to expect, it's still going to be dangerous to be very close to the water today. and then rain returns tomorrowow and tha new storm system will be with us for tomorrow evening into friday as well. so we're enjoying a break. but also the temperatures have dropped behind that strong cold front that moved through yesterday in fairfield. now we're starting the morning at 39. it is 37 in danville, hayward now at 45 and 45, in los altos. san rafael starts out the morning at 44. cloudy today, but we're going to stop the timeline right here at 1:00 on thuday morning, with some spotty showers moving into the north bay. there will be the chance of rain overnight, but most of the day is dry until the evening commute at 6 to 7:00. we're seeing widespread light rain,

but it will pick up and continue into friday morning. i do think that before sunrise on friday, that's when we get the brunt of the storm and the heaviest rainfall, and then it tapers off to spotty activity into late friday. we have several more storm systems after that going into the weekend. saturday, we'll see some more rain coming in and it continues into sunday, as well as the snow levels dropping in the sierra. but then on monday it's clearing out and we'll welcome in the new y year with some dry weather conditions all across the area as the storm track lifts farther to the north so we could see some pretty high rainfall totals on this already saturated ground going into the weekend. in total, over the next few days, we could see about two inches of rainfall for the north bay. most of the south bay areas into the east bay we'll see around an inch of rainfall. so our 7-day forecast shows that we are taking a break, seeing some peeks of sunshine for today and

then up to 60 tomorrow. mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. the rain chances increase tomorrow night into early friday. saturday is looking dry for the most part, but then sunday we see that storm system arriving early in the morning. and then on monday and tuesday it's sunny and cool. a look at our san francisco forecast. about the same, with waves of rain coming in after today. back to you, kari. thanks. well, next here on today in the bay, a beloved south bay restaurant closing its doors. hey, everybody uses the word bittersweet because it's come to an end. but, you know, and it's been a great run. coming up the years of service. and we're going to take you to that final christmas party before saying goodbye.

well, a south bay restaurant closing its doors after nearly a half a century, and they had their last christmas eve party. yeah, our today in the bay scott budman somehow made it to that party so he could show us. it was full of celebration, memories, and great food. yeah, i can't, i can't one more toast and one more meal to celebrate. steamers, a los gatos institution for 45 years. serving dinner one last time this christmas eve. i started working for steamers in 1981.

longtime employees and longtime diners. i have been here every friday for a lady's lunch for as long as i can remember. really? for as much as i can remember. sharing memories. now that steamers family owned since it opened in 1979, gets ready to shut its doors for the last time you walk in. what are you thinking? i'm thinking it's sad. it's time. they deserve a break. the three siblings who started it say the lease is running out, and it's gotten too pricey to keep up. everybody uses the word bittersweet because it's come to an end, but you know it. and it's been a great run. a great run for a family run, family oriented restaurant and all the families that, you know, the kids i grew up in here, i've been coming here since i was two, you know, and so we get a t of that. as for what's next, the owner tells us there are no

concrete plans. he says they expect to keep the bar open here at steamers until december 29th. in case you want to come in for a final drink. and shortly after that, they expect someone else to move in. in los gatos, scott budman, nbc, y area news. all right, scott, thanks so much. up next, top stories we're following today, including a scary drive up to tahoe. the conditions many drivers had to face ahead of this christmas holiday in the sierra. plus, we're tracking just how much snow will fall this holiday week.

now at 630, feeding those in need. we are moving the. bay area forward with preparations underway right now to get thousands of holiday meals ready. and a striking hotel workers in san francisco ready to get back to work, just in time for one of the busiest times of the year. the impact it will have on the incoming mayor. plus, we are waking up to a chilly christmas morning, but no rain in sight for today. kari is tracking when the next round of rain will take aim at the bay area. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning. merry christmas to you. oh wait, it's wednesday. yes, i'm kira klapper. i was just ron

burgundy, though. i just read what was on the teleprompter. we've been feeling like it's thursday. we were talking about that earlier. say that maybe it's wednesday, but it is christmas. it's christmas and hanukkah tonight. yes. so, marcus washington, let's head over to meteorologist kari hall because she has been monitoring. she knows she's awake because she's been monitoring each day. oh, well, i mean, sometimes during the holidays, you don't know what day it is. yeah, right. and it's been kind of dizzying. all right, so we are celebrating this morning and starting out with some cool temperatures. one of the great traditions is checking out christmas in the park. and you can see it's all lit up this morning. if you are going to look at some of the trees today, enjoy some time in downtown san jose. it's going to be a cool day. a coat needed, but not the umbrella. we are going to be dry as temperatures start out in the mid 40s. we are dry today, but tomorrow that's a different story. we'll see the return of rain starting out early in the morning for the north bay, and then spotty showers with some

widespread rain in the forecast going into tomorrow evening. and we will also see some off and on rain in the forecast heading into the weekend. so we'll be tracking all of that as you're getting out on the roads this morning. conditions definitely much better than what we've seen recently. i'll be tracking that with another update coming up in a few minutes. kyra. all right. kari, thanks. well, it's been a tradition in san francisco for 60 years at glide memorial church. they've been feeding thousands of people. proper holiday meals are today in the bay's. thom jensen is live at glide in the tenderloin right now, where they are prepping thousands of meals for people in need. and it is really good food. tom, how's it going out there? good morning, christmas carol, we are back from the kitchen into the carving room again, where they're carving up 80 of these hams, 130 turkeys. this is all part of that christmas meal, you know, more than 570 pounds, i

think of cranberry, more than 250 pounds ofotatoes and 200 pounds of stuffing. just a huge meal, veggies, everything for these folks. they did that prime rib dinner yesterday, serving 4000 people. prime rib from the house of prime. there. they're expecting to serve as many as 4000 people today. and i have one of the people who's been helping here for seven years overseeing some of the carving, nate whitlow and nate. what's it like? just, you know, turning around these meals because this is going on 364 days a year, where you're serving three meals a day out of glide and then turning around these huge holiday meals at the same time? yes, i you know, this is a good thing. this is good for the community. this is good to help those that that need extra assistance and everything. and thank goodness that glide is actually here. and providing those meals for all the people that we need to feed. so as many people we can so they won't go hungry today or any other day

that we can help out with them. you've been helping out here for seven years. what is it that causes you to, you know, want to help your community through glide and what they provide, the way they provide hope? for me, it's a way of giving back, just helping out. it's all it's time. i mean, i don't know about everybody else. i have time that i can come down here and donate and help out around here. and the more it just makes me feel good inside and everything, to be able to give back to the community and help those out that need help. and you really see it in the community with these volunteers. the volunteers are so important, like this gentleman and others who are helping out during the holiday, but also year round. how essential are the volunteers for glide? we couldn't do this without them. absolutely not. and a lot of these volunteers that you see right here are repeats. they come back again and again and they don't always come back on the holiday. they come back during the year, you know, whenever they have free time and they'll come out and they'll help out because we have

several positions that we need volunteers. we actually need volunteers after christmas this time. and as many people that can sign up, we really appreciate it. well, merry christmas to you, nate, and thank you. i know you've got the glove onon there and thank you r your commitment. thank you. appreciate it. and you know, if anybody wants to help out it's very easy to help out and get involved with glide. you can go to glide.org/volunteer and help out not just during the holidays but all year long. and it really is part of that giving hope back to the community that they do here at glide memorial church. back to you in the studio. yeah. it's such wonderful work they do, tom. it's so inspiring to see them doing that. i'm thinking i need to get my kids in there so we can all volunteer. tom, thanks so much for that story this morning. merry christmas to you, friend. we all the also are in the final push to help nourish our neigighbors. y can still donate through today if you head to safeway today for some last minute fixings. all you have to do is let your checker know that

you'd like to donate $10 to the food drive. $10 will provide 20 meals to families in need. san francisco's month long hotel strike with the workers officially over, hilton hotel employees ratified a new four year deal yesterday afternoon. the end of the strike is a victory for the incoming mayor, who had a hand in getting the workers and hotel owners back to the bargaining table. nbc bay area's sergio quintana telling us that it's also a relief for people who live and work near those picket lines. it's a different files. the hilton hotel workers have voted and nearly unanimously agreed to a new contract 99.4%. yes, it's a relief for the workers who have spent 93 days on the picket lines. and it's also a relief for people who live or work next to what had been very noisy protests. all the click and clanging and stuff. it's just mad. it was obnoxious. but i do understand they needed their contracts and everything, but as far as our business, we're happy they're going. dominique batten and mickey coleman operate a

barber shop across the street from the san francisco hilton. this agreement from hilton employees effectively ends what had been a three month long strike that included up to 2500 employees from six different hotels across downtown san francisco. union leaders credited mayor elect daniel lurie for helping get the leaders of marriott hotels to come to an agreement with workers. agreements with hyatt and hilton hotels came quickly after that. everybody gets to be home for christmas. our workers got a very good deal. the hotel owners know that they can go into 2025 fired up, ready for the j.p. morgan healthcare conference that starts in second week of january. this is an early political victory for mayor elect lurie, who doesn't get sworn into office until january 8th. hotel union leaders say they're happy with the deal. workers have now ratified because it preserves health benefits, protects workers pensions and gives them a pay hike. but they say they're still

working on getting deals with a few other hotel groups in the city. sergio quintana today in the bay a good christmas for all. cleanup will soon be underway after parts of the santa cruz wharf collapsed into the ocean on monday, and understandably, the wharf is now closed until further notice. the bathrooms that used to be at the end of the wharf are now, well, they were in the ocean. now they're washed up on shore, as you see in that video, that part of the wharf actually was already closed for the past year because it was damaged in a prior storm. it was being rebuilt and three workers on it got washed into the ocean. luckily they were rescued. main beach and cowell beach are also closed because there's so much debris still in the ocean. the city is telling people to stay out of the water. santa cruz leaders say there need to be several inspections and damage assessments before the restaurants and shops on the wharf can reopen. well, live look for you this morning at the sierra. this is where chains are now required on i-80 after a fresh round of snow. now the

wintry conditions causing slick roads in the sierra. this is what it looked like last night. yeah, this is over at kingvale. chp temporarily stopped that traffic because there were some spinouts. some of those drivers headed to the sierra say that they were actually prepared for the slow ride. the chp was back there asking everyone to put chain, so definitely need to have the chain, you know, and be prepared. you know, basically because the snow is just coming down and. meteorologist kari hall, of course, tracking those conditions for us. good thing. maybe not the same way. what? todaday?ot the same thing today. yeah. i was like, what's going on? there's a bit of a break today, but tomorrow we are expecting the snow to come back. it is one of those things. you just have to make sure you're prepared for the chain controls, the road closures. you have your emergency kit and some snacks too. here's a live look at palisades, where we are looking at that fresh coating of snow. it is beautiful. the trees kind of way down there, but all of

the snow. but we are going to have some dry conditions today and then it just ramps back up again tomorrow. so your travel window is pretty small as we are getting ready for a decent amount of snow into the weekend, about 4 to 10in and then into the new year. in total, we could see over a foot and a half looking at what's into effect. the winter weather advisory that starts up at 10 p.m. and then goes through noon on friday. so that's a pretty big long amount of time that we are going to see some dangerous travel conditions. so why not just stay here at home? we're going to have some great weather for downtown ice. keep in mind you can go ice skating today, and it's going to be a cool evening with some low 50s and the menorah lighting in union square. this evening starts at 330 with the live music, and they'll light up the menorah at 5:00. at that time it will be 53 degrees and mostly cloudy. we'll take a look at that next round of rain and the timeline that's coming up in a few minutes. all

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our season is done. they do have christmas off this year, but the nfl is still happening. two christmas day games and they are making history airing them on netflix. so nfl christmas game day begins with a two hour pregame show at 8 a.m. this is before pittsburgh hosts kansas city. then baltimore will face off against houston in the second game. and then if you're like, okay, what do these legs heels and wait, that's beyonce. beyonce. beyonce could break the internet during the game because the 32 time grammy award winning artist is going to perform during the halftime of the texans versus the ravens. oh my

gosh, she is so flawless. i'm just like, staring at the at the monitor. and you you knew a surprising amount about that. you said she's she's playing halftime at the texans game in her hometown of houston. and there was something else. but i already forgot because i was so mesmerized by cardi, which is in texas, cowboy carter in texas, and maybe a third. oh, maybe part three. we might be starting rumors. no. yeah, we are, but there's a lot. no one told us that. yeah. just hoping. yeah. all right. but look, the thing about it is on netflix, a lot of people will be watching there. and if you think delivering high quality streaming content is content is really easy, think again. yeah, i think we all witnessed it with that mike tyson paul fight a couple of weeks ago, and our scott mcgrew went behind the scenes to find out when it comes to these big ticket events, that millions of people will watch. it gets even trickier. good morning. on christmas day, netflix will stream not just a football game,

but football game with a big star at halftime. there are also games on nfl plus and paramount. streaming is fundamentally different than broadcast because with broadcast like you're watching now, it makes no difference if another person joins in to watch or a thousand people or a million people. it's all the same to tv stations. we just send out one signal. streaming is far different. it matters how many people watch, because the more that watch, the bigger the load on the servers. video from our peacock streaming service from our first try at a streaming a game last year, it went just fine. big christmas ahead. are all the computers ready? yes they are. well, you know, i tell you, it's the internet. that's the challenge. i think there's a lot of capacity that can be built on the back end of these systems that the, the peacock and now netflix use for their christmas games. but it's really the internet that becomes the issue. you you actually summarized it. great. every single view now is a single session back in the tv

days. you're right. it was one broadcast. everybody got the same thing. now everyone has an individual session through the internet. so the capacity on the back end systems is number one. but then also making sure the internet capacity, cdns and everyone's devices are performing correctly. it's a very massively complex project to pull off. so it's not it's not trivial, it's not easy. and we're proud to say we partnered with peacock last year and pulled it off very, very well. as a matter of fact, i thought it was one of the best live events we've ever done, and we've done super bowls, world cups for the last ten years. so we've done massive, large live events, and we're proud to say we were part of a very successful one with peacock. and w we'll see how netflix can. yeah, it's very alarming, by the way, to a tv guy for you to say back in the tv days. but streaming has really gone mainstream, right? i mean, you were talking about this, the idea of watching something on peacock, on netflix, on amazon. the tyson fight ran into a couple of problems, i remember, but given the size of it, it went well. well, you know, i tell you, i'll tell you the difference between peacock and maybe netflix is jake paul

event. was that the ability to have issues is going to happen. like it's just the way that it's set up. i think the peacock situation uses comviva for real time monitoring. so we were able to, with peacock, show exactly when something was starting to happen, and they were immediately able to fix it. the difference in the in the jake paul fight, those issues never went away. they seem to be, you know, all the way through the entire event, which tells me that they don't have the same real time connection to the consumer. they know that there's an issue and they start trying to find it. but the ability to understand what's happening, especially in a streaming event, the ability to see what's happening as it's happening and fix it, is the answer. there will be good. it's a good ceo answer. you know, the reason is because they didn't hire us. so let me ask you, and i hate to even bring this up. what is your biggest nightmare when it comes to any sort of streaming event? what's the thing that you check and double check and triple check before you go, okay, let's do it. yeah, you got to check every layer from your source all the way out to the devices. has enough capacity and enough enough bandwidth all the way through. so there's actually not

one single thing because of the fact that it's a complex system, which makes it even more important that you just have to have your dna. live events are very different than vod. totally different ball game, totally different. so i think the ability to understand live event distribution and streaming and making sure you check all those capacity boxes would be the one thing. but it's comprised of many things, which is why it's so hard to do. well, i appreciate you being with us, and i and i look forward to these football games. hey, have a great holiday and i wish you the best of luck. the ceo of comviva joining us this morning guys. back to you. all right. thanks, scott. well tonight will be the first night of hanukkah. and the bill graham menorah project is celebrating its 49th year with the annual lighting ceremony in union square. this is video from last year. the festivities and live music begin at 330 this afternoon. the menorah lighting is at 5 p.m. beautiful. in addition to christmas, a group of first

responders in san francisco have something extra to celebrate this year. fire station 18, in the sunset district. we're talking about you. yes. the group won this year's annual holiday station competition. that contest pits fire stations against each other to see who can come up with the best holiday display. the competition has been going on for the past five years. they originally started back in 1948 and only took place until 1950. yeah, recently revived after an article in the chronicle called for its return. i always love the christmas decorations on the firehouse under the bay bridge on the embarcadero. they always do a really cute job too, but that one in the sunset district was like full out. i have a neighbor like that. he's the clark griswold of our neighborhood. oh, yeah? i can't even imagine his electricity bill. patrick, i'm talking to you. but kari is here now, working double duty. not a lot of traffic today. not a lot of

weather today. a lot of weather today, but a nice one for christmas, right? it's a good christmas gift, but we will start to go back to work with more traffic and more rain coming in tomorrow. take a look at where we are right now. the cold front that moved through yesterday has made it even colder. this morning we are really feeling it. we're in the upper 30s in the north bay, from napa to calistoga to santa rosa, and it's also in the 30s in spots in parts of the east bay. as we start out in danville at 37 degrees in los altos, it is 43 right now. a cold morning start. i wanted to show you a look at what we are seeing. some temperatures in the upper 30s in dublin, and as we go throughout the morning into the afternoon, mostly sunny and in the low 50s, if you're calling your family somewhere in another part of the country. i wanted to show you the forecast where they are. check out the region as we are seeing some scattered showers moving from chicago to saint louis down to fort worth and houston. they're seeing some thunderstorms there. all clear,

dry for the east coast and some chilly temperatures after a light snow yesterday. and then for the pacific northwest. seattle raining, of course, and in the upper 40s. and we're going to see this system that's moving into the pacific northwest eventually make it down to the bay area late tonight into tomorrow morning. it starts out at 2:00 in the morning for the north bay, where we see some scattered showers, and the whole day won't be wet, but we will see the rain ramping up and becoming more widespread late tomorrow night and continuing through early friday. i do think the heaviest rainfall will be before sunrise on friday morning, and then going throughout friday afternoon with a bit of a break before we see the next storm system coming in righ behind that from saturday night into sunday. so we're in a very active weather pattern, but things change next week. the storm track lifts to the north and we will catch a break and welcome in the new year with some sunshine and some clear conditions for the bay area. as far as rain going into the weekend and early next week, we

could rack up another inch to possibly two inches of rainfall and the ground is already wet. so whatever we see may start to cause some issues. but the good thing is that that stretched out over the course of a few days, so hopefully we don't see any issues coming up. we are going to see the rain into early friday morning. saturday is mainly dry and on sunday we'll see the next storm system coming in, but nice and s sunny forext week and we can expect about the same weather conditions in san francisco. and a look out there on the roads this morning. here is a look at oakland. definitely a better picture than yesterday when it was raining and we had the traffic building up as well and no need for metering lights at the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic flow has been very light. the heads up. if you do plan to catch public transit, bart is running on a sunday service schedule and then no service for the golden gate transit, as well as smart trains. and for the ferry, we route suspended until after the

new year. we'll be watching everything for you. another update coming up in a few minutes. we know you will. kari. thanks. 52 past the hour. happening now. one of san francisco's biggest companies is taking the city to court over claims it was overcharged in taxes. ridesharing company lyft says san francisco improperly calculated its taxes by including driver payments in the number. san francisco then reportedly overcharged lyft by $100 million. lyft says its drivers are considered, quote, customers and should not be included in revenue calculations. we've reached out to the city for comment. we have not yet heard back. however, a spokesperson for the city's attorney's office told the sf chronicle the city is reviewing the complaint and will respond accordingly. and we're back in three minutes with a look at this morning's top stories, including helping those in need and spreading holiday cheer in san francisco. coming up, the preparations of thousands of meals for a christmas day

brunch, and a new look at the damage done to the santa cruz wharf. plus, an update on just how long it could be closed.

welcome back. we are moving you forward on this christmas morning with a look at the top stories on today in the bay. a live look this morning over at glide memorial church in the tenderloin in san francisco. they are making enough ham and turkey and all the trimmings to feed about 5000 people. but you know what they're expecting about 4000 glide already fed about 4000 people christmas eve. this was the house of prime rib dinner. about 3,000 pounds of prime rib there. they fed hundreds more people in the encampments across the city, and organizers say that it's all part of that 60 year tradition. this is one of the busiest times of year for glide, but they are giving hot meals and really hope back. hope that the community, they can give back year round, and they are always looking for volunteers out there. so you can always sign up over@glide.org. the doors open this morning at

10:00 and those meals get served at 11. hilton and its union have finally come to an agreement. this is after a 93 day strike. many of the workers have been on strike for three months demanding better wages and benefits. but this week, the hotel and union announced that they had reached an agreement. yesterday, those union workers voted to ratify a new four year deal. the vote by hilton employees follows similar agreements reached between workers with the marriott and hyatt hotels over the past week. cleanup will soon be underway after parts of the santa cruz wharf collapsed into the ocean on monday. the wharf is now closed until further notice. the bathrooms that used to be at the end of the wharf are now washed up on shore. that part of the wharf was actually closed for the past year because it had been damaged in a prior storm and was being rebuilt. main beach and cowell's beach are also closed, and because there is so much debris still in the ocean, the city is urging people to just stay away from the water. city leaders say there

need to be several inspections, as well as damage assessments, before the restaurants and shops that are still on the wharf can reopen. hopefully, christmas day is a good reason to stay away, to be with family and loved ones. opening gifts or just maybe just spending time walking around the neighborhood? yeah, because the weather is going to be nice. a little cool though, but we won't have to worry about any rain and it will be in the upper 50s for many of our microclimates, including the inland areas tomorrow. mostly cloudy and we will see the rain returning late tomorrow evening into friday morning. saturday is also a break from a lot of the wet weather, but it will return late saturday into sunday and next week we are back to the sunshine with near normal temperatures. also looking at 50s in san francisco and out on the roads this morning. nothing going on, not a single incident. that's some great news. that means for all of us who are working on christmas, we're making it to work safely. yes. bless everyone who is headed out to work this morning. the today show is just ahead ande are

continuing today in the bay on roku and other streaming platforms. we have a newscast at 8 a.m. you can also see it online at nbcbayarea.com or on our smartphone app. and i have to say, our double duty intrepid worker kari hall doing double duty today. i'm now understanding why you have next week off. it's the best weather you said. yeah, i planned that. she knows. she knows what's going on. christmas gift of knowing what's ahead. look, merry christmas to all of you all out there. happy hanukkah for those tonight. and of course, give a little cheer out there. do something nice for somebody today. y good wednesday morning and merry christmas. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. celebrations are already getting underway across the country and around the world. it is december 25th.