right now at five, a peaceful transfer of power. congress is just hours away from certifying the election results. the heightened security in place to make sure nothing like january

6th attack four years ago happens today. plus, a wicked winter storm grips parts of the nation, the snow and ice taking hold of the midwest and the east coast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking it all and the impact it's having on travel plans and daunting new data from the federal government shining a light on just how many people are struggling to make it in the bay. we are breaking down the new report and the issues advocates say are contributing to this problem. this is today in the bay. thanks for joining us on this first monday of 2025. i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we will check the morning commute with mike in just a little bit. but we welcome back kari hall as well with a look at what we can expect. yeah, we're starting out this morning with some areas of fog, but other spots are mostly clear. take a look at our view in san jose as we're getting up and out the door. and it looks good, but we've seen some issues

with visibility, mainly near the coast as well as in parts of the north bay valleys that will transition us to some hazy skies and a mix of sun and clouds today. and then looking at our what's ahead? it's going to turn windy starting late tonight into tomorrow, and the next several days are going to be drier than average, going out at least a week. so as we take a look at our highs for today, it will be a little bit cooler than it was yesterday in the upper 50s and low 60s, and a mix of sun and clouds, and we'll be tracking a few minor changes going throughout the week. but right now, mike, you're tracking a deadly crash. yes. this happened a few hours ago. it's on highway one way down here, south of pescadero. the freeway itself is closed for until until they can complete the investigation. the coroner is on scene. that is a tragedy. a single car involved there. and highway one is the only roadway impacted right now. again, south of san gregorio beach. meanwhile, the rest of the bay. we're looking at green sensors, but we're also looking at this highlighting and indicating fog north of half

moon bay. fog is pretty dense through that area, along the coast and in patches around the bay. look at the north bay and throughout the east bay. i see some at the richmond toll plaza, and we'll check out the bay bridge, which has no backup right now. we'll check out those conditions coming up. meanwhile, back to you. sounds good. thank you. mike. well, today marks four years since the insurrection on the u.s. capitol. and here it is as it looks today in washington, d.c. this afternoon, vice president kamala harris presides over a joint session of congress to certify her own election loss to donald trump. she will be focused on ensuring a peaceful transfer of power today in the bay's cis pallone joins us live from washington. and, chris, i know that security is extremely tight there. yeah. laura and chris, good morning. from a very snowy washington, d.c. democratic leaders say they know of no organized attempt on their side to object to donald trump's election victory. and while everyone here believes we will avoid today the violence that we saw four years ago

today, nobody's taking any chances. the entire capitol, now surrounded by security fence as barriers block key streets. congress taking no chances for years after a pro-trump mob attacked, delaying the counting of electoral votes and the certification of joe biden's 2020 victory, the eyes of the world will be on the united states capitol to see what happens here on january 6th. with rare heavy snow forecast for washington, the rest of the federal government is already closed for the day. house speaker mike johnson urged members to stay in town to make sure certification can take place. the electoral count act requires this on january 6th at 1 p.m. so whether we're in a blizzard or not, we're going to be in that chamber making sure this is done. unlike 2021, when prominent republicans objected to the vote results, democratic leaders say they don't know of any coordinated efforts on their side to protest trump's victory. there will be no election denying on the part of the democratic caucus. vote

certification is just one of several high profile, high security events happening inn washington this month, with president jimmy carter's state funeral shifting from georgia to the capital tuesday and donald trump's inauguration later this month, congressional leaders feel they're better prepared now. what happened last time where an officer's words haunt me forever on the police line, said, does anyone have a pla does anyone have a plan? and the answer from the leadership back then was no. now we have clear leadership in place. the first test for that plan comes today and vote certification for the 2024 election begins at 1 p.m. eastern time here at the capitol. now, vice president kamala harris will will preside over those proceedings, essentially making official her election loss to donald trump. christian. laura, back to you. part of her job in what she has to do. thank you chris. well, americans are honoring a president and a statesman. here's a live look in atlanta, georgia, where the late

president jimmy carter is lying in repose at the carter presidential center. that's where his family held a private ceremony saturday following his death at the age of 100. carter's casket will remain in atlanta until tomorrow before it is flown to washington. mourners are standing on long lines to pay their final respects. he changed my life and he changed the world. and if any of us can be a fraction of that kind of contribution to mankind, we will be very blessed. carter's body will lie in state in the u.s. capitol building until thursday, and that is when his national funeral service takes place, with all five living presidents expected to attend. his remains then will be returned to plains, georgia, where he wi be laid to rest alongside his wife, rosalyn. new federal data is shining a lightht on just how my people are struggling to make it in the bay. it shows much of the unhoused population is living in the south bay. that end of year federal assessment finds nearly

40,000 people are without housing across the bay area, but about one quarter are in the south bay. across santa clara county. the rate is about 5% higher than one year ago. some advocates are not surprised. it's probably even an undercount. there's been there's a consistent number of people that continually get priced out of san jose, and they end up on the streets. there was a lot of people who ended up getting evicted after covid. after the protections ended, the south bay not alone in a higher rate of homelessness in contra costa county, the rate surged by 20% compared to last year. san mateo county is up 15% and in san francisco it is up 10%. antioch leaders are expected to announce a new acting police chief tomorrow. the current interim chief, brian addington, is retiring once again. you might remember he came out of retirement last year for a

temporary takeover of the department. the choice to replace him on an interim basis is not yet known. but this all follows a recent move for the department to put the racial text messaging scandal behind them. last friday, the city agreed to a settlement with the justice department that included a plan to hire an outside consultant within 90 days, along with a community engagement liaison. the bay area's commercial dungeness crab season is officially underway in san francisco. yesterday, fans lined up to receive their share of the very first catch. this is one of the latest ever recent starts to crab season. migrating whale concerns are commonly pushing it out further these days, but one crab lover calls it worth the wait. it is what it is, you know, as long as the whales are safe, you know. you know, i can wait and get my crab. so coming out here, you know, with everybody else is, you know, a little exciting. would start mid-november before

thanksgiving, but that hasn't happened in more than five years. that is really late. no thanksgiving, no christmas, no new year's. all right. this morning, a powerful winter storm is moving across the plains to the mid-atlantic. and it is bringing snow and sleet and ice and gusty winds. this is what it looks like in manhattan, kansas right now. one of several places where schools are already closed as people try to dig out, i should say that saint louis in kansas city, missouri, crews are still expected to need plenty of time to plow the snow. the storm prompted the kansas department of transportation to issue a statewide advisory urging people to avoid travel unless it's absolutely necessary and an emergency. meteorologist kari hall is tracking that storm. kari. really tough conditions for those folks. yes, and it was a fairly significant storm. now the cold air is blasting in, and we're still seeing the snow now moving across illinois, indiana, ohio and points off towards the

east. and then farther to the south. they'veve been dealing wh some not only snow, but ice as well. that can be very dangerous for travel. and then we take a look at the temperatures coming in behind this storm system. and we're seeing it in the teens and 20s for the high temperature today, with some of those lows near zero. so this is very dangerously cold weather. and then we're seeing it also spreading over toward denver with some snow that's coming down today. and the high temperature there of 25 degrees. so that's affecting some major airports and some big time travel here locally, we're seeing fog as an issue in spots like santa rosa, where we're starting out with temperatures in the upper 40s. as we go throughout the day, we are going to see that fog linger through at least 9:00, and then we'll get back to our sunshine and mild temperatures for the afternoon. so we'll talk more about that coming up. mike's been tracking where we can fill up for a little bit less. yeah. first full work week of the year. so we'll take out these

gas prices. the south bay tops our list. san jose at 349 reported at arco on north fourth street at taylor. that's right outside of japan, on the edge of japantown. we have another one of those, the 349 and sunol at sunol super stop on andrade. and then in san francisco. the lows aren't far away. it's only 359 there in san francisco at golf on mission street. check out those prices as you head back to work, possibly today. gasbuddy.com will get you what's in your area. meanwhile, as we look at the roadways, we should see more traffic returning. we do see that there is one issue. there may be a traffic break going on upper right. you see the arrow there. westbound highway four slows to 242 where there is a crash at that interchange. reports of a traffic break that may be going on right now. the other issue is on the other side of the screen, all that yellow highlighting. there is definitely fog in the area, but we can see the berkeley curve. we'll check the north bay coming up. back to you. all right. thank you mike. well, major changes coming to united airlines and your next flight. still ahead on today in the bay. the all new way. wi-fi

that you'll be able to access. plus, the new top of the line gadget set to make debuts at this year's consumer electronics show and the all new ai technology consumers can expect to see during the show as well. much more news

are taking a live look outside in dublin. no issues with fog in the tri-valley this morning as

we're getting started though, it is very cold. we're in the upper 30s right now and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the morning with some pee of sunshine later today. we'll look at some more changes with an increasing fire danger in our forecast coming up. dublin looked great. clear their golden gate bridge. that's where some of the fog is. it's creeping up along the western side of the bay, along the coast and well, it makes it a little tough to see as you cross the bay. no surprise here. folks are used to it. we'll check out farther north coming up, but let's see who can see the business world. we'll check in with silvana. good morning. i'm silvana henao from cnbc. wall street is set to open higher as investors gear up for a lot of economic data. and another shortened trading week. now keep in mind the markets will be closed on thursday. that's going to be for the national day of mourning for former president jimmy carter. and stocks are coming off a positive day on friday. but it was a shaky week overall as the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p all ended in the red. now in focus

this week we get data on the services sector, job openings, factory orders, jobless claims, the minutes from last month's federal reserve meeting. and it's all topped off by the december jobs report on friday. united airlines plans to start testing. elon musk's starlink for inflight internet next month. it expects to begin offering the service on commercial on a commercial flight this spring. now, united plans to outfit its entire two cabin regional fleet and have its first starlink enabled plane on major routes by the end of the year. starlink provides broadband i internet service through a network of satellites. the consumer electronics show is being held this week in las vegas, and samsung is leading the way. it's expanding a push into what else? ai, with a suite of enhancements to its premium tvs. the ai powered screens will be able to search online for info about what's being displayed, such as identifying a product or an actor. now they'll also be able to translate in real time and generate custom

background images as well. and this can. what e else it c do is boost colors and optimize audio. that sounds really cool. i'm always looking up actors, so i'm always like, i have to pause and write and who's paying attention? because i'm like, wait, who's this? yeah. who's that? what have they done? what else can i watch? well, remember that show that used to pop up the little bubbles like bloop, bloop bloop. this is laura's, you know. yes. you're on top of video. yes. yeah. 25th. we've gone backwards. yeah. no kidding. thank you so much. yeah. good to see you, silvana. 516 right now, nbc's today begins a week long farewell this morning for co-anchor hoda kotb. the hoda brie jackson, as they're calling it, will run through friday's final show, which will wrap up copy's seven year run alongside savannah guthrie. hoda kotb's impact on the show, both on and off camera, has been indelible, and guthrie calls it the hoda effect. i mean, hoda is loved by every single person on our crew

in the control room, the producers, every person on the plaza, everyone. and it's because she gives so much. she gives so much love. she is a one woman love bomb detonating everywhere she goes. wow. the week long celebration begins later this morning on today at 7:00. right after today in the bay. that's nice. good for her. and it was a very glitzy start to this year's awards season. as the golden globes took over l.a. last night, several bay area stars won big, including ali wong, who took time to thank the bay area in her speech. you know, i come from san francisco and that's where i started doing stand up, and i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all the stage time that i got there. it was nice to see she highlighted the punch line there. well, wong earned the award for best standup comedy performance for her netflix comedy special single lady. this is the second golden globe for the pacific heights native. another bay area artist took home the prize for

director jon chu, accepting the cinematic and box office achievement for wicked. my parents came to this country and loved wizard of oz. they tell us about the golden, a yellow brick road and the rainbow place over the rainbow that all your dreams come true if you dare to dream it. and so when i'm up here looking at you, living the dream and looking at this beautiful, beautiful cast, it's more beautiful than i ever thought it could be. nice nod to his parents. they own schiff chu in los a altos. other big winners include amelia perez, baby reindeer and shogun. it was a fun show to watch. kind of kicks off awards ceremony season, right? yeah, i enjoyed it. i had a good time watching that show. we were watching football. oh, i watched a little of that. i watched some of that. i didn't have such a great time. screen and screen. kari. we traveled over the weekend and it was incredible to see all of the cascading effects of the weather. yes. so now we also see for the bay area, the hills are

green, we have a little bit of rain, and now we're taking a break from all of that wet weather while across much of the rest of the country it is a mess. well, here's what's causing a mess for us this morning. we're taking a live look outside in san rafael, where we are seeing some dense fog this morning. it's been drifting around parts of the north bay and near the coast. so looking at visibility in novato, we're down to zero as far as the current visibility. and it's been fluctuating. so i've been looking at half moon bay at times. it's at zero right now it's at eight. so the fog is moving around. and we're seeing at times some clear visibility than other times. just be careful because you may run into a wall of fog where visibility quickly drops off. but we're also going to be watching the coastline for another reason. the waves will be building today, and we are going to have a beach hazard statement going into effect as we go into later tonight, into the day tomorrow. some of those breakers may build anywhere from 15 to 20ft. we do

have a storm that is well off the coast. that's building up some of those bigger waves, but for us, we are enjoying some quieter weather compared to what we've seen recently. and then we are seeing some rain, as well as a chance of sierra snow with what we call an inside slider. so that's an area of low pressure that doesn't come in from the coast, but is more moving from north to south. and we're seeing that as we look at the rain and snow that's developing over the sierra as we speak. temperature wise today, it's going to be a little bit cooler with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s, and we are going to see high pressure in effect all throughout the week, giving us more dry conditions. but unfortunately for socal that still has yet to see some rain. we're going to see those winds kicking up and increasing the fire danger over the next few days, so we'll be watching that while we are also going to have some breezy winds here and temperatures warming up, in fact, upper 60s on wednesday is well above what's normal for this time of year, so we may

even be close to records in some spots, so we'll be watching out for that. mike, you had lot of fog reported kari. you talked about it before and you mentioned san rafael. i wanted to show folks the visual on our from our camera. we can see the overcrossing here not far, but in the distance. we cannot see those cars going over the hill down toward lincoln. so that is an issue. it's okay for the drive, but again, limited, more limited visibility gives you less reaction time. here's across the bridge over on the richmond side heading towards san rafael. some glow. the volume just starting to build. we'll see more cars, but look at the fog's impact as far as that road weather index shows. vallejo straight down, all the way across the bridge and down toward the east bay and across on the west coast, down in toward half moon bay. we're looking at an easy drive out of the altamont right now, but we should see more traffic starting to show, some slowing, maybe some brake tapping. starting for vasco. we'll check that travel time coming up. back to you. thank you. mike. 522 right now, coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. the gifts were given, but some missed the mark. now tons of merchandise is returning to the

store. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura with a revealing look at the returns by the truckload behind the scenes, and how they might score you a dea

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product back. good monday morning. our teams constantly helping viewers get their money just doesn't work out. but what about the stuff itself to show us? a bay area based company called b-stock shared this warehouse video. it says all this stuff is returned merchandise that it's helping to steer away from landfills. b-stock sean cleland said they help sort merchandise to later be resold as refurbished or in outlets. right now, b-stock is seeing a surge by the truckload. on our platform. we see a 30% spike of inventory coming back in really january, february, march. and we estimate this year it's about $170 billion of returns. cleland says only about 20% of stuff we return goes right back on the shelf as new, unopened merchandise. the remaining 80% ends up in a place like this, and later perhaps in

your cart when you're hunting for a refurbished or gently used deal in that department, protect yourself. ask some questions. see if your refurbished product still carries a manufacturer's warranty. some do. also, check the return policy. can you return what you bought at a discount after someone else returned it to you? sometimes, yes. should those purchases go sideways, you can return to us. snap the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. two oakland fire stations temporarily shutting down today to save the city money. the call by firefighters to not do that.

growing concerns in the oakland hills, with two fire stations set to close due to budget cuts. details in the late push to keep each open by one firefighter taking on a new leadership role, also ushering the new leadership in san francisco. the plans to welcome daniel lowry into office on wednesday, and one neighborhood he is focusing on as he takes office. this is today in the bay. good monday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for marcus washington. we want to get you started on this first monday of 2025 with a look at

your forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. good morning. kari. good morning. and it was such a nice weekend for much of the bay area. it was warm and sunny today. just some minor changes. we are starting out with some patchy fog in some spots in parts of the north bay, as well as san francisco where our temperatures are in the 40s for the most part. we've even made it down to the low 40s in palo alto, but headed up to 60 there today. as we look around the bay area and those high temperatures, it will be just a little bit cooler than it was yesterday. as for some spots, the fog lingers a lot longer and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day, but overall nice and quiet as well as dry. we'll talk about what's ahead for the rest of the week. but mike, you've seen some slowing now in the east bay. yeah. taking a look at the dublin camera. 580 moves fine just here. visibility is great here as far as we see in dublin. but as we look at the travel time traveling down toward 580, look at this middle number. that's vasco road. it has jumped up and we saw those slower sensors just at the tail end

approaching dalton, heading toward 580 out of contra costa county. and maybe some fog. because look at the map. we have a lot of fog that was registered over there, but it's not showing up in richmond anymore. things are starting to clear up a little bit. top of the screen. highway four does still have a crash slowing things down on highway four. approaching six. 242 southbound, where there is that crash just at the interchange, causing congestion. the earlier traffic break has cleared from two lanes but still restricted traffic flow there. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive. we'll talk about what's going on. highway one near pescadero. there's still a closure coming up. i'll give you those details coming up. back to you. sounds good. thank you. mike. 531 right now. later this morning, oakland firefighters will call on the new city council to reopen two fire stations, which are closing down to save money. today in the bay is bob redell joins us live. bob, these fire stations are located in areas with a reputation for deadly fires. we know you've covered them to. correct. good morning to you there, chris and laura. because of the hills, the overall

nsity of the city of oakland and the large amount of vegetation, oakland is already known for having one of the most dangerous urban wildfire conditions in the country. and starting today, the city will be shutting down two stations located in the hill station 28 near the lake chabot golf course and station 25 near joaquin miller park. these closures for the next six months are temporary. that is a savings of about $5 million for the city to help oakland close its $129 million budget gap. this is in addition to a third station closure, station ten, which has been closed for renovations. now, the oakland fire chief told us on friday at his department would have fe other stations cover the calls that would normally be covered by the stations that are temporarily shut down. the union that represents firefighters is against these closures. they say this means some oaklanders could face response times of more than ten minutes. the union writes that brain damage from a loss of

oxygen can start in six minutes. if there's an emergency, and a house fire can become life threatening within two minutes. i don't want to miss the misconception that there's no impact here because there is an impact. there's a gre amount of impact. what our job is, is to figure out how we can lessen that impact to the public. i'm concerned because, you know, the fire department is a vital resource to have, especially with all of the forests that are around here. and we're having a lot more fires, you know, that that i think is really important to make sure that we can be safe. i just made some phone calls about it and we're going to fight to get this back open. so if a senior is need some help in emergency, we have to wait for another fire station to come up to heal and go through. what if it's something where they can't get by? that was ken houston, who will be sworn in later today as the new city council member in the city of oakland representing grass valley. he says his priority is

to get station 28 reopened as soon as possible. that's one of the stations that's going to be temporarily shut down, but that might be unlikely, given that the city is already scheduled to announce another four fire station closures by the middle of next month. the new city council will be sworn in later this morning, but beforehand, at 10 a.m. on the steps of city hall, the oakland firefighters union, they're going to hold a press conference to ask the city council to reconsider these closures. reporting live. bob redell today in the bay. all right. thank you very much, bob. also today, another change in leadership for the city of oakland. the city is, of course, without a permanent mayor. ever since the recall of former mayor sheng thao out today, newly elected council members will be seated. and also recent interim mayor nikki fortunato bas will start her term as a county supervisor. following today's council swearing in, members will select a council president

and that person will take over as interim mayor until the april 15th special election. across the bay in san francisco, mayor elect daniel lurie is gearing up for inauguration day. he'll be sworn in on wednesday at civic center plaza. he then plans to attend celebrations in chinatown that includes a banquet dinner, a special night market and outdoor performances. supporters say it's important for him to focus on the asian american community, which has struggled in recent years. the fact that in a community where a lot of times we don't necessarily feel heard or we don't, we may feel othered or outside of the actual conversation. this mayor is placing our community front and center. this is the first time that a mayor that's on inauguration day has made it a point to come to chinatown. i think it's also significant. that shows the power of the asian american voter. vip guests at wednesday's banquet are expected to include governor newsom, renowned chef martin yan

and olympic gold medal figure skater kristi yamaguchi. the night market on grant street opens at 5:30 p.m. at the same time, san franciscans are given a proper sendoff to outgoing mayor london breed in san francisco. so members of the glide memorial gospel choir gave her a thundering tribute yesterday as part of a special celebration. a steady stream of speakers also shared their praise, memories and well wishes for transition age youth. for folks struggling with substance use and all of that work, mayor breed originates from your care for the people, the love that you have for this city, and the friendship that you have in glide, and your foresight as a leader and your legacy will continue as we continue this work. breed also took to the podium herself and thanked glide for its tireless work. her last day in office is tomorrow. the

nation continues to honor and remember jimmy carter. this morning. this is a live look at the carter center in atlanta, where the 39th u.s. president is lying in repose. six days of funeral observances began this weekend. and today in the bay's jay gray is in atlanta with more on how the nation is paying tribute to president carter's life and his legacy carried by the secret service agents who protected him for so long. president carter's final trip mirrors his life's journey, beginning in rural georgia, where he spent 80 of his 100 years passing the methodist church, where he married his beloved rosalind, and the house the couple built in 1962, where they lived until their passing, leaving only twice for four years in the governor's mansion and four more in the white house. hundreds lining the path of the motorcade to atlanta. we lost a great american and a great person today t that honor

and respect. following mr. carter to his presidential library, where he lies in state, an honor guard standing watch around the clock as crowds continue to gather. president carter represented a lot of people, and we were very proud of him. we respected him. respect earned, his family says, not only for his political career and amazing humanitarian efforts across the globe, but by the way, he lived his life every day for a century. he not only cared about the nation and the good that he did, he cared about his neighbors next door. he always checked in on anybody in town. he'd send letters. so just how from all the work he had to do, how personable he stayed with everybody. jimmy carter, a man who stayed true to his faith and his georgia roots while changing the world. jay gray, nbc news, atlanta. a big boost to social security for millions of public workers, including teachers, firefighters and

police officers. as president, biden signed the social security fairness act. it paves the way for nearly 3 million public workers to boost their social security benefits. the bipartisan bill repeals two provisions that reduce those benefits for certain workers who also get pension income. president biden says more than 2.5 million americans will now receive a lump sum of thousands of dollars to make up for the shortfall in benefits they should have received in 2024. 539 on your monday morning. taking a live look outside. nice look at downtown san jose right now. another cold start to our morning kari got a look at our forecast. sun's going to shine later. yes. and we are going to see a few more clouds in the mix compared to yesterday. but still overall a very nice day. we are starting out with some fog drifting around parts of the north bay valleys, napa and santa rosa down to a quarter mile visibility, and it's at zero in novato and also quarter mile visibility in san francisco. we've also seen the

fog moving along the coastline as well. looking at that live view in san francisco right now, we are seeing the fog that will continue through 8:00, and then we will see some clouds throughout the rest of the morning, and some peeks of sunshine for the afternoon. our high temperatures right at about 60 degrees all acrosshe bay area. and, mike, you've been tracking one highway closure. in fact, i want to tell you about two highway closures, potentially over here. highway one is the one we've been focusing on. i do want you to see all the green sensors for most of our commute here. taking you south to highway one, south of san gregorio and pescadero beach. there's modesto, pescadero creek road right there as a marker. there was a deadly crh about four hours ago this morning on the coast. car went into a polole. single vehicle reported involved. deadly crash still being addressed here. so we expect it to open over the next hour. we'll continue to follow that one section of highway one. as we look at the rest of your commute. we do see some more cars coming in on the roadway, the volume showing up.

this slowing is starting to recover, actually, for highway four, the e earlier cshes finally cleared all lanes at the transition to south. 242 it affected folks coming into concord. shouldn't be a problem now. everything should be out of lanes over here. highway 37 westbound does show the morning commute, but this evening, no. all week from 9 p.m. till five. the next work day, we'll have the closure for eastbound 37. that's away from sears point and heading over toward vallejo. so you have to go up and over adding more time. any time after about 8:00, avoid that stretch of the roadway. but the morning commute still relatively light. we see more traffic. i expect the metering lights in the next ten 15 minutes over at the bay bridge. back to you. all right. we'll keep checking with you. thanks, mike. well, a disappointing season ends with a thud. still ahead on today in the bay. how the niners are turningg the pag after one last sunday. gut punch. you're tchingwa

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bridge toll plaza no backup just yet, but we see all this traffic coming down the east shore freeway off the berkeley curve with those tail lights. that's the reason why the watch is activated. those metering lights, we'll see the build coming up. let's take a live look at the state capitol this morning, where lawmakers today will get a first look at governor newsom's new state budget proposal. but today, the governor plans to provide a sneak peek at some of the highlights from that proposal. joining me this morning to talk about what we can expect for our schools is toy flint, chief communications officer for the california school boards association. thank you so much for joining us this morning. a lot of us have kids in our public schools. we know it's a big chunk of the budget. so what do you think the governor is going to focus on? there is going to focus on. and what he should focus on is consolidating the efforts that we have going on now at california schools. a lot of new programs have been introduced in recent years

before, during and since the pandemic. and what we really need to do is streamline and really concentrate on the basics and making sure that schools are being as effective as possible at implementing ongoing programs. so hopefully any new funding will be focused on base funding for schools, not on new pet programs, which specifies funding go into certain sources or certain supports for students that may not make sense for all different types of school districts around the state. we want an increase in the base funding so local school districts can allocate those funds in a way that make the most sense for their specific communities that they know best, as opposed to sacramento trying to dictate where the money goes for every little school district in a way that may not be the most effective for those communities, right? our teachers and educators on the ground really kind of have the best sense of what their kids need. one of the things, though, that

the school board association is advocating for is universal transitional kindergarten. you specifically, you're talking about the ratio of the student to teacher ratio. so explain why that would be good for all districts across the board. so several years ago, california began the implementation of what's essentially a new grade transitional kindergarten, which is a bridge between preschool and kindergarten, so that when kids start kindergarten, which is a lot more academic than it was when most adults were entering that grade, they have more of the skills, both social and academic, needed to get off to a fast start, and it provides more of a leveling effect, more of a. for those kids that haven't had as much structure in their early years before age 4 or 5, this is a great idea, which we think will pay dividends throughout a kid's career as they move through elementary, middle, and high school. but again, in order to do it well, schools need proper

funding and they need time to build out the infrastructure related to transitional kindergarten, particularly because it's a whole new grade, which generally means that they're going to be facilities demands. and because of the age of the kids, there are some specific requirements for facilities in terms of an en suite bathroom, the way that the room has to be structured. and now the state has added an additional mandate, which is that the student teacher ratio has to be lower. it's being lowered from 12 to 1 to 10 to 1. and so of course that means you're going to have more teachers as well. and employee compensation is the highest expense for school districts and county offices of education. so what we want is for the state to make sure, since the state has created this mandate, that schools have the proper funding and resources needed to implement the grade to the fullest extent and to serve our kids as well as possible. so another way that the association of school boards wants to help

districts hold on to their money is by limiting the liability in terms of what school districts pay out when they are hit with lawsuits. do you think this is going to limit the rights of victims? however, so as background, there was new legislation which was passed a few years ago, which extended the statute of limitations on filing a claim for an incident that occurred at a school. it extended up to 40 years, and it also allowed for treble damages in these cases, which we understand because certain crimes that have unfortunately occurred on schools are heinous and victims absolutelyeserve compensation. no way would we contest that. but we are also looking at, in certain cases how these claims, because they are in some cases very large, the damages, and also because these

claims are often uninsurable, because insurers will often not recognize claims or pay out on claims from decades ago. and some of those insurers are no longer even in business. and many insurers have left the state of california. schools are vulnerable and do not have the financial means in some cases, to pay out these damages, especially the very small school districts. it may surprise some people to know that over 10% of all districts in california have fewer than 100 students. so a district like that, even one big settlement or one big judgment could bankrupt the district. so what we're asking the state to do is provide some sort of fund, some sort of pool to help backstop the districts. so their financial solvency is not threatened. the district doesn't go bankrupt and needed resources that today's students require are not diverted. so it's not that we are opposing victims

compensation. quite the opposite. we just want to make sure that doesn't jeopardize the school district and the education that today's kids receive. understood. okay. troy flint, thank you so much for joining us. and we are interested to hear what t governor has to say and see if it's in line with what you're what you're hoping for as well. take care. it's 551 right now. i'm going to switch gears and talk a little sports this morning for the faithful. it's time to look to the next season. the 49ers wrapping up a challenging year yesterday in arizona, where they got blown out by the cardinals and injured quarterback brock purdy was among those watching as the niners ended on kind of an ugly note. backup quarterback josh dobbs threw two touchdowns, but the defense fell apart, especially late in the game. afterwards, star linebacker fred warner talked about his commitment to righting the ship. to be a part of that, knowing that i'm out there every game and it still isn't good enough, it obviously is a gut punch to my own pride. and yeah, i mean,

obviously i'm gonna do everything to make it right. the niners lost the game 4527. they hold the 11th overall pick in the nfl draft donation, meanwhile also dealing with some injury news, the warriors just learned that their young star, jonathan kuminga, will miss the rest of january with a high ankle sprain. last night, they played the second of back to back games at chase center and they came out flat against the kings, falling behind by 15 after one quarter. by the fourth quarter, the kings were in complete control and won that game by 30 points. afterwards, steph curry admitted there's something missing right now. nobody likes to get embarrassed like that, especially the way we started the first quarter. i don't want to overreact to , but you also have to address, you know, the execution that, you know, we didn't we didn't do. all right. no need to panic. at this point, though, the warriors are still one game above 500 with the miami heat coming into town tomorrow, the

miami heat probably not bringing the heat to the bay area. i don't think so. no, not temperature wise. yeah, we're going to have some cool weather throughout the week, but it's actually a little bit warmer than what we typically see for the beginning of january. and as we take a look at the bigger picture, we are seeing some clouds and a storm system off the coast. but this is going to stay away as we're also going to see some showers and even some snow just off to our east. this is what we call an inside slider, where instead of coming in from the west, it kind of goes from north to south and will be missing the bay area today. but we will see some of the clouds as we go throughout the afternoon, some peeks of sunshine and temperatures slightly cooler. after starting out with some fog. it's going to be a fairly pleasant day with highs near 60 degrees and tomorrow just a little bit warmer as we get more sunshine and highs in the mid 60s as this high pressure continues. but as this low dips in, it's going to be quite windy. that pressure gradient between the high

pressure that's to our west, to the low pressure that's developing to the east is going to create those santa ana winds. very dry conditions for socal. and it may be a little bit breezy as well for the bay area, but we're looking good here in terms of our fire danger because of all of the rain we've had recently. even though it's going to be dry throughout the week and temperatures going from low 60s today to upper 60s for wednesday, that's going to be well above normal. and we'll have to watch out for the possibility of even some record highs in some spots nearby. and then going into the weekend still looks pretty nice with highs in the lower 60s. mike, how's it looking now at the bay bridge toll plaza? yeah, well, we do have those metering lights on and we aree startin to see these cars slow down and start to stack up as they approach the toll plaza. so we do have that commute volume returning. we haven't seen this for a couple of weeks. do note it is there. there's also fog throughout the north bay which may impede and slow your drive. highway 37 shows a good amount of slowing highway four actually recovering from the earlier crash at 242, and now the buildup coming in

out of pittsburgh and bay point, and some slowing down toward walnut creek on southbound 680. that corridor right there, 24. no problem for the caldecott. you do slow a bit approaching the maze and then across the span, as we showed you the buildup at the toll plaza, there's been slowing from early on at vasco road and now quite a bit of slowing. we're at just about the half hour mark from brentwood down toward 580. still steady, smooth flow out of the altamont pass. and the south bay does show that a little bit of slowing for san jose. that crash did clear from highway one, though. that's all clear. back to you. thank you very much, mike. happening now. santa clara county increasing funding for children and family services. according to the san jose spotlight, the county is increasing its children's budget by more than 9%. the nearly $1.3 billion is expected to focus on needed services, including counseling, health care for kids facing homelessness and child welfare. nearly $8 million of that money will also help a program for families under threat of becoming unhoused and

help them transition into permanent homes. a tesla set on fire in the east bay. now, investigators think someone did it on purpose. ahead at 6:00,0, th new video showing the moment those flames sparked. plus, getting charged to sit in traffic. the fees new yorkers are now facing this morning while driving into manhattan, and how the city hopes it can cut down on congestion. you're watching

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will be on the united states capitol to see what happens here on january 6th. right now at 6:00, marking four years since the january 6th capitol attack, congress, hours away from certifying trump's presidential win. and we're live in washington with the heightened security in place for that and the new threat being posed by the weather. plus, daunting new data shining a light on just how many people are living in the streets here in the bay area. we're breaking down the new federal report and the issues advocates say are contributing to the problem. and what a weekend kickoff