right now at 6:00. critical conditions. crews are trying to gain the upper hand on multiple wildfires burning in southern california, but the battle is expected to become much more intense. the changes crews face today as some evacuees get to return home for the first time.

this is today in the bay. at 6:00 on your tueuesday morning. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. windy conditions are picking back up on the front lines of the southern california wildfires. now, crews on the ground, they have a new battle on their hands right now. the auto fire. this is burning just north of los angeles and ventura. that fire is burning along a riverbed not far from a golf course. evacuations are in place along that riverbed, but we are told that no homes or other structures are threatened at this time. cal fire says that it has burned 56 acres and there is no containment. the two largest fires remain the eaton and palisades fires. palisades fire has scorched nearly 24,000 acres. it is 14% contained. in the meantime, the eaton fire in altadena has consumed more than 14,000 acres. it is about a third contained. 24 people are still confirmed to have died due

to the pisades and eaton fires. 23 remain missing. more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed since the first fire started a week ago. also at this hour, investigators are now working to zero in on the cause of these fires. arson investigators have been out at the site of what is believed to be the start of the pacific palisades fire, and that's where we find brittany hope from our sister station in los angeles. the early focus is if this deadly fire that's destroyed thousands of homes was human caused, but investigators say they're not ruling anything out. if this was some kind of accident or if there's power equipment that failed and sparked those flames. but first, let's start with what we do know for sure at this point. news chopper four spotted investigators working along skull rock trail in the pacific palisades yesterday. this area is being looked at as the possible place where the palisades fire ignited. it's a really popular area for hikers and a spot where people do camp even though they shouldn't.

multiple law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation say they are looking into if fireworks could have been involved. this trail is within the topanga state park and is just above homes. those homes are in the highlands at the end of this street called via las palmas. federal and local crews infiltrated the neighborhood monday and closed it off behind crime scene tape, even though it still remains a mandatory evacuation zone. now, this neighborhood is no stranger to fires. in fact, on new year's morning, six days before the palisades fire erupted, i covered this fire behind the same homes along villa las palmas. luckily, weather conditions were in firefighters favor and they were able to do critical water drops, saving these homes. the fire grew to around nine acres as of this morning. investigators not officially linking that new year's day blaze to the palisades fire. but certainly it is being noted in that investigation that is still in its very early stages. and

again, nothing being ruled out at this point. the u.s. attorney saying that he's looking into possible arson for all of the fires that have erupted across la over the past week. and it's important to note these investigations can take a really long time. looking back to maui, that horrible fire in lahaina, it took about a year for that investigation, and at the end of it, they found that downed power lines were the cause. so it could be a really long road ahead here in the palisades. reporting in the pacific palisades. brittany, hope back to you. thank you. brittany. yeah, we know those downed power lines in maui caused it, but what added to it were those high winds. and that's the same problem we've had in southern california. yeah, we've still had some high wind gusts since then, but it hasn't been as strong. so that's the good news. but we're still dealing with some dangerous conditions as we take a look at our current winds around the palisades fire and some of the hills, the winds have been up to about 18mph. not too strong, but we are looking at a forecast that causes those winds to increase once again, as

we take a look at the areas we're really concerned with in those same spots where the eaton fire and even the palisades fire continues. as we are looking at a wind forecast of 55 to 65 mile per hour winds in the late morning to early afternoon hours. still very gusty throughout the day. and then later on this evening we're going to see those winds possibly increasing once again with the santa ana wind event that tends to really dry out that air and makes the relative humidity extremely low, along with those gusts that can make those fires spread very quickly. here at home, we're looking at some mild conditions. we'll be talking more about this. and also if there is any rain in the distant forecast that's coming up in just a few minutes. sounds good. we'll check back with you. well, later today, governor gavin newsom and state lawmakers, they will gather for a special session. the main point is how to pay for southern california's recovery from these devastating wildfires. this is all happening as some federal lawmakers say aid will have some strings attached. today in the

bay's kris sanchez joins us from our newsroom this morning. and, kris, the special session was initially about dealing with the incoming trump administration's policies. right. so as you well know, it's been well documented that governor newsom and president elect trump have a challenging relationship, to say the least. but now it seems trump may accept the governor's invitation to come to california, to go to southern california to see that wildfire devastation firsthand. now, last week, as the fires were erupting and exploding in size, trump criticized newsom's leadership and called for him to resign. and while california's special sessn was refocused to address the la wildfires, newsom originally called that session to so-called trump proof california policies. newsom is proposing about $2.5 billion in emergency response funding, 1 billion of which would come from the state's emergency reserves account and the rest from the climate measures that voters just passed. back in november. the federal government would be

expected to reimburse some of that. that's what usually happens. but with trump entering the white house in one week, that aid could come with a lot of conditions. i mean, he's done it to utah. he's done to michigan native puerto rico. he did it to california back before i was even governor in 2018, until he found out folks in orange county voted for him. and then he decided to give the money. so he's been at this for years and years and years. so that money is needed urgently and swiftly. the housing crisis already intensifying in southern california, with fewer rental properties available, some renters are saying that they're seeing prices that could qualify as price gouging, which is illegal under california law. in an emergency, the state legislature will pick up that funding discussion this morning. according to sources, we could see a vote as early as later this week. laura. all right. something to watch out for. thank you. chris. our coverage of the southern california wildfires continue throughout the morning ahead at 625.

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for a three day visit. this afternoon, she'll be at the westin saint francis, where her speech is expected to focus on a women's health research initiative backed by the white house. she's also scheduled to attend the same conference tomorrow. 608 right now, as we take a live look o in san jose this morning. meteorologist kari hall is tracking those cold tempatures. stepping outside today. make sure you take a coat. right. kari? yes. it is colder this morning compared to yesterday. the wind is calming down and temperatures have really plunged across much more of the bay area. we are under a frost advisory until 9:00, but we are seeing freezing temperatures in much of the north bay. santa rosa, sonoma at 32. it's also 32 in danville and just 1 degrees above freezing in livermore and just above freezing as well in san martin. when we say, oh, it's cold, let's compare it to the rest of the country because it's cold in our standards. but this is cold in everyone's standards. it is nine degrees below zero in minneapolis, and we're also seeing the wind chills running

about 28 degrees below zero. so just really dangerously cold air plunging across much of the country this morning. so we'll be watching that. we'll talk about our recovery coming up in a few minutes. and for you, mike, you've been looking around to find us a little bit more of a savings at the pump. yeah, low, but not that low. kari. we have the best price in the state. it's listed in pleasanton. number one price in the state. 319 a gallon. that's at one station, gulf food mart, garage and gas on first street, again in pleasanton. that's the outlier around our entire area by 40 or $0.50, a more close to the other lows. we have a quick check of san francisco. the low there is 359 at speedway on cesar chavez street. and then we'll check the south bay santa clara with the low of 369. that's at diamond gas and market on warburton avenue. you check your area, find your best deal gasbuddy.com on the roadways. pretty good. deal lighter traffic right now this tuesday showing a nice smooth flow. the

easing up over there in walnut creek. no more slowing for 680 or 24. but the build coming off of highway four. there's more traffic coming, more slowing for richmond, both through richmond and out of richmond, across the bridge over towards san rafael. here's the bridge into san francisco. all lanes filled in now. it was a gradual, but it sure enough got here. 610 we have all lanes packed up. back to you. busy out there. thanks. on the rise from coast to coast. maybe you heard it. felt it. well, you know, does it feel like everyone around you is sick? well, that's because flu is surging. stick around because we're going to tell you what you need to know to protect you and your family. p plus, anoer chinese app, but not tiktok rises to the top of the charts. let's go out to the futures this morning. we just got in key inflation data. looks like wall street likes it plus. spencer lee boca contigo, even baja sol. gotta love it. bad bunny out with some new music and it's got a little salsa flair. the special surprise he just pulled

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on this tuesday morning and it is a very cold start as we take a look at the tri-valley

livermore. we're at 44 degrees at 9:00 and 1:00, 59 degrees. a nice warm up heading into the afternoon as our high here heads towards 60 degrees with a light wind and lots of sunshine. more of this weather in the forecast. we'll check it out coming up in a few minutes. and we're looking at oakland right now. the nimitz moving well northbound with those taillights up to the bay bridge where the toll plaza is full. slower spots throughout the east bay, as you would expect, but maybe a lighter volume than a typical tuesday. we'll track this as things start to build. well good morning. very happy tuesday to you. we just got new inflation data showing companies paying more than 3% more this year than last. that's the producer price index. we get t the consur price index. how much we pay tomorrow. jp morgan continues its health care conference in san francisco today. it was analysts from jp morgan the downgraded the bay area's joby aviation, saying they were less impressed by green ideas in this new era of

politics. other ev toll companies fell, too. that's electric vertical takeoff and landing. now, incoming president trump has railed against green projects. he did so at his press conference last week, saying, for instance, he wouldn't want any windmills built during his administration. mcdonald's, facing a lawsuit over its popular scholarship program that awards tuition to hispanic americans. the person who brought the suit says it's unfair for people who aren't hispanic. that same person sued harvard over its minority admission plan and won. mcdonald's. a few days ago announced it was ending many of its diversity programs. meta says its ceo, mark zuckerberg, has been invited to monday's inauguration. that's notable because donald trump has been very public about his dislike for zuckerberg, in fact. trump's change of mind on tiktok, he now says he does not support a ban can be traced back to his dislike of facebook. he thinks

ending tiktok would send too much traffic to facebook. tiktok's ban comes sunday. in the meantime, iphone users have made a different chinese app. read note the number one downloaded app in the app store. it's a lot like tiktok, though it's entirely in chinese. it's a bit of a smart aleck move by users. some are calling it d book, like mao tse tung's little red book. users seem to be saying, if you don't want us to use tiktok as it's chinese, well, we'll just use a different chinese app. i have developed a theory as to what's going to happen to tiktok. i think the supreme court is going to allow the ban to go forward. the ban will take place sunday, and then donald trump is going to convince congress to undo that law and look like a hero to tiktok users. interesting. we'll see. right. that's my theory. that's my that's where my money is. okay. that's interesting. all right. thanks. you bet. well, new at six for you. the cdc is reporting a new spike in respiratory illnesses. with all but seven states reporting

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well, bunny, i want it that way. tell me, why ain't nothing but a heartache. tell me why. nothing. initially, bad bunny and tonight show's jimmy fallon were in disguise, performing what's actually a pretty decent cover of i want it that way inside rockefeller center station. but soon the disguises came off. thank you very much. and then the van really got going, and the crowd look at it. when they pull it off, the crowd goes wild. the entire clip is posted on the tonight show's youtube channel. neworkers, by the way, are also buzzing about bad bunny this week, announcing plans for a residency in puerto rico this summer. that should be fun, right? can you imagine? i checked the forecast for puerto rico 79 today, so a lot warmer than here. go. yeah, that's his home state. okay. there you go. home country. it's like you never know what you'll see in new york. you know, it's true.

every day riding the subway. and all of a sudden you get a concert show. let's make this happen on bart. come on. a faulkner random forecast. well, you know, there probably won't be as excited about that, but at least we do have sunshine. it is a cold morning. if you're heading out to the bart station, it's going to be definitely jacket weather, but take a look at this afternoon. the ride home is going to be great. we're talking about highs in the mid 60s for today, up to 64 in morgan hill and 63 in cupertino. we've had a lot of days like this recently where it starts out cold, but then for the afternoon it feels pretty nice for that afternoon walk in danville. expect a high of 63, about the same in hayward and 62 in oakland. it will be in the upper 50s for half moon bay. daly city 60 and a light wind. it's not going to be as windy as it was yesterday. while san francisco will see a high of 61 downtown and the outer sunset, also in the low 60s. mill valley 62 and santa rosa today headed

for 64 degrees. we are really lacking when it comes to the rainfall south of the golden gate bridge, but santa rosa had so much rainfall early last month that we're still at a pretty good surplus over 11in, but we are now running a deficit from oakland to livermore to san jose and right on target, on par for normal for san francisco. as we take a look at how much rain we've measured since october 1st, it is so important to see these storms every few days in january, because typically this is one of our wetter months of the year. we get 60% of our yearly rainfall between december and february. with january getting the most. then we know that we are still waiting on some rain, and it looks as we go through the long range outlook. still no change to this pattern as high pressure has been very stubborn and driving the storm track well to the north of us. so unfortunately no rain here, but we are enjoying the milder

temperatures with highs in the low to mid 60s. it will get cooler early next week and into the weekend as well, with upper 50s for highs for the inland valleys and our morning stay chilly with upper 30s and also looking at quite a bit of a cooldown for san francisco starting this weekend. mike, you are checking out the crowd gathering in richmond. yeah, gathering in richmond to get out of richmond. across towards center fell this bridge of course. one choke point there out of the east bay, the other here, the bay bridge. both have full toll plaza approaches, but we do see movement on the approach of the bay bridge, which is an important factor. it's not packed solid. there is movement, which means the metering lights are moving. well, there is a new crash reported over on the san francisco side. i'll get more detail that will indicate whether or not they may slow down those metering lights, making the congestion tougher over there. highway 37, highway four progressing as you would expect a little bit of brake tap right around that walnut creek interchange. no major issues, just more slowing out of dublin south on 680. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. 622 right now, coming up next on today in

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i'm laura garcia, and i'm marcus washington. want to get right to that intensifying situation down in southern california, where crews are now still trying to gain control of multiple wildfires. as those winds are intensifying yet again. now the palisades and eden fires have killed at least 24 people, sweeping through 40,000 acres of greater los angeles. cal fire moments ago, releasing updates on the fires. and they're making progress. palisades fire, now 17% contained. and the eden fire, now 35% contained. more than 12,300 structures have burned since that fire began. now, the fire danger only expected to intensify as windy conditions pick back up. we have team coverage with meteorologist kari hall tracking those winds. but first, let's get right to jay gray. live in pacific palisades. how are the winds there right now, jay? yeah. yeah. it's calm right now which is some great news, but we're just ahead of sunrise here. and

laura marcus, that's when we expect to see these winds really start to intensify. the national weather service saying they believe they'll reach their peak sometime mid morning and then stay that way through midday tomorrow. we could see gusts up to 70 miles an hour already with the changing conditions, the back and forth overnight, we've seen several brush fires pop up over the last several hours. the winds and worry growing right now across the fire zone. more than 10 million currently under what's described as an extreme and particularly dangerous red flag warning. we urge the public to stay diligent, to stay ready, as the danger has absolutely not passed. forecasters stressing conditions over the next couple of days could bring rapid growth and explosive fire behavior, fanned by wind gusts over 70 miles an hour. frontline crews digging in as the fight again intensifies. teams ready to respond to the surging, shifting winds. engines strike teams task

forces across the city to make sure that we have ability to rapidly respond. while investigators continue to search for answers to what may have sparked the fires, they're identifying cause and origin for each of these separate fires. there's so many of them there, none have been ruled out of arson. members of a task force led by the atf spotted in topanga state park, an area near the suspected ignition point of the palisades blaze. how and why it happened. important, but right now, preventing things from getting worse is the primary focus here. yeah. and look, investigators very quick to point out that they likely won't know where or how these flames started. have any definitive answer for several months, if not a full year of investigating. and again, they are more focused, more concerned about what could be coming next.

yeah very concerning. so, jay, i know you've been in some areas. are they still blocked off? are they letting people back into some of the places that you've been to? yeah. in the areas where i've been, no they're not letting anyone back in at this point. what we're seeing just ahead of sunrise is a lot of these crews really assembling and beginning to be on the move and getting into areas where they need to be. you know, they're working in 12 to 18 hour shifts. a lot of these guys refuse to leave. they want to keep working. and so we're seeing what amounts to a bit of a shift change with the new firefighters coming in, new police coming in and that going on right now, but no residents, they just say it's really not safe enough right now. and especially with these winds picking up. yeah, i would imagine it's dangerous and exhausting, but it is. jay, thank you very much. all right. meteorologist kari hall, of course, tracking what's happening down there. and as we heard jay say, those winds are expected to get stronger. how

strong are we talking about here? yeah, as you mentioned, about 70 mile per hour winds by late morning. so that's a very dangerous situation. and we still have that highest level of a red flag warning the pds red flag warning, where we are looking at all of those areas shaded in red, including around the fire zones, dealing with some dangerously high winds. here's a look at the forecast and the timeline. so here we are at 9:00. santa clarita 57 mile per hour win. and you can see in those corridors where that wind will be funneling through, where those winds are expected to gust to close to 70mph before noon. even as we go into late in the day, the wind, the sustained winds and those gusts remain very high. and into this evening. here we are at tomorrow afternoon and it's still pretty gusty with the peak of those winds happening between now and about noon tomorrow before eventually calming down. so still several more hours of some ry dangerous situation with

those high winds and extremely low humidity all across southern california. laura, thank you very much. ki and our team and sister station in los angeles are working together to get you up to the minute details when we're not on the air. our website is a great resource. we post updates around the clock. just head to nbcbayarea.com. you can also download our free app. well, in just a few hours, a vote impacting the future of governor gavin newsom's controversial underground water tunnel in the central valley is set to happen today in the bay's bob redell. joining us live from the altamont in livermore this morning. and, bob, we know that tunnel. it needs help from several local agencies in order for it to be built. you are correct. good morning. marcus. a dozen local water agencies, including zone seven here in livermore, have already approved the funding for the planning and design of this 45 mile long underground tunnel that would connect with the aqueduct behind me. when you're going over five evy the altamont, and you go

into tracy and you see that aqueduct above ground water canal, it would be connecting with that from sacramento later this morning, a 13th agency will vote another local water agency during its 11 a.m. board meeting. we're talking about the santa clara valley water district. they'll decide whether or not to contribute $9.7 million towards the planning and design of this massive infrastructure project that will cost an estimated $20 billion to complete, complete, complete. excuse me. the idea is to build a concrete tunnel that is 36ft in diameter that, as you can see on this map, would take fresh water from the sacramento river and divert it underground to large water pumps already located in tracy. again, a 45 mile long journey, and from there it would be diverted to other parts of the state. and the roughly 27 million people who rely on this water that comes from the delta. now. for years, former california governor jerry brown, he pushed for two tunnels. governor gavin newsom changed it to one tunnel. the state says the tunnel is

badly needed to capture more water during the big rains, and to protect our water supply from major earthquakes. the current delivery system relies on levees that could crumble in a big shake and allow salt water to intrude. environmental groups and counties along the delta, including contra costa. they oppose the water tunnel, arguing that the diversion of fresh water would make the delta water saltier, lead to more algae blooms, and hurt the fish who swim in it. reporting live here in livermore, bob redell today in the bay. all right, bob, thank you. it's 637 on your tuesday morning taking a live look outside. whoa. look at all the folks out there at the bay bridge toll plaza. looks kind of packed to me, but let's check in with the expert. mike inouye. you are correct. it is packed over there. pretty traditional critical factor would be how quickly traffic is moving across the span, and it is maintaining a pretty smooth drive. despite having heard about a crash over on the san francisco side. so laura was watching that back because i talked about it perhaps getting worse, as that crash might have caused them to slow down the metering lights. i

don't think it has. we'll still follow that crash at fremont street as folks are getting off approaching in towards san francisco for westbound 80. the bay bridge west 80 through richmond holds pretty steady, with the slower drive developing out of san pablo and slow across toward the north bay on westbound 580. but things are holding pretty nicely throughout the rest of contra costa county, so this is not your typical tuesday, maybe a little bit lighter traffic flow. we're looking at the south bay, which is starting to kick in for northbound 101. the build here, as well as in spots for 680 coming south out of livermore, but still just under a half hour for vasco road down to 580. back to you. thanks so much, mike. a major sense of relief for south bay community. next, the big reversal for san jose hospital, which could end up saving lives. there are two new special counsel reports. one about trump, one about a biden will go over both. let's go out to the big board as well. we've got fairly good news about inflation. investors seem to like it. plus, i'm bringing sexy back. yeah, the mother boys

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all fire in the tenderloin at hotel essex. this is near ellis and larkin. crews say they put out the fire. it happened in a room of the hotel. we're told they rescued one man from the flames. they're still working to clean up some of the damage there. the cause is not yet clear, but initial reports say it happened as the man was charging his scooter. the department of justice releasing the special counsel's report about donald trump's attempts to interfere in the 2020 election. scott mcgrew joins us now. jack smith says he would have been able to get a guilty verdict for sure. yeah. had trump not run for reelection and then won, that's what stopped him, says smith. now that's the special counsel's opinion. but he backs it up with more than 130 pages of evidence and testimony. the case against trump will not go forward. there was a separate investigation by smith into trump taking classified documents out of the white house. the report into that will not be released yet, because

it's still an active investigation into two others trump's aides at mar-a-lago. as for the report released last night, it says the prosecution was certain it would have prevailed had trump not run for reelection. there's nothing shockingly new in the report. trump's attempts to overturn the election were pretty public and obvious sometimes on tv, like encouraging supporters to march on the capitol. sometimes caught on tape in the case of him pressuring georgia officials to find thousands of new votes. trump, for his part, reacted on his truth social network, saying jack is a lame brained prosecutor who was unable to get his case tried before the election, which i won in a landslide. the voters have spoken. the special counsel that looked into hunter biden's misbehavior also released a report about his investigation. david weiss took issue with president joe biden's behavior during the investigation into his son, taking the president to

task for criticizing the prosecution. weiss's report says president biden damaged the justice system's credibility. that case became moot after president biden pardoned his son, something he said he wasn't going to do. there is progress to report in the search for a cease fire in israel. negotiators meeting in doha say they're close. here's the secretary of state with more. the first six weeks, the conflict stops. israel pulls back its forces. a lot of hostages come out. some prisoners are released by israel. we surge humanitarian assistance. and we also use that time to try to finalize an agreement on an enduring cease fire. we've done a lot of work on that. we haven't waited to get to the cease fire itself. president biden made his last foreign policy address monday. he, too, talked about the peace deal, which may come before he leaves office. i have learned in many years of public service to

never, never, never, ever give up. president biden also claimed success with america's support of ukraine, saying america had two goals one rally the world and defend ukraine to keep america out of the war. and he says, we were successful at both. a reminder that trump's choice for defense secretary. pete hegseth starts his senate confirmation process right now. nbc has confirmed his background checks did not include either of his ex-wives or the woman who made sexual allegations against him. laura will have much more on that confirmation process coming up in the midday news. we sure will. thank you very much, scott. well, happening today. menlo park leaders debate a controversial plan to convert some of the city's parking lots to affordable housing. the plan may include up to three lots. city leaders have already deemed surplus land, but opponents fear it may negatively impact businesses. the goal would be to add more than 300 housing units. supporters and opponents both plan to gather ahead of tonight's city council meeting.

now to a follow up and a lifeline at last for struggling south bay hospital. santa clara county leaders yesterday finalized the plan to purchase san jose's regional medical center at the cost of $150 million. the hospital and its operator, hca healthcare, have endured drastic cutbacks over the last years, and they say to stay afloat, they have to do so, and recently downgraded the hospital's trauma care level. and leaders say once the deal closes, trauma care service will be among the first things they do to fully restore. it's a very densely populated community, and the downgrading of the level two trauma center at regional medical center, i've said it before, would have been a death sentence for the residents of east san jose. the deal is expected to close april 1st. the county leaders expected it to be a smooth transition. new this morning, we've all spent more time on social media than intended, and that's true of our kids as well. well, now, a ucsf

study shows a lot of young teenagers are showing true signs of addiction. two thirds of kids under 13 use social media, disregarding the age limits for platforms. tiktok is the most common social media platform, and of the nearly 11,000 teens surveyed, 23% say they use social media to avoid problems. 17% tried to use less but can't. 11% say they use social media so much it's impacting their schoolwork. one of the researchers says parents need to do more than, say, put the phone down. the american academy of pediatrics recommends having these conversations as a household to try to agree upon, you know, certain rules like maybe screen free times like before bedtime or during family meals that you can all kind of agree on. that's doctor nagata, who says the biggest predictor of kids social media use is their parents use. so when you come up with that family plan,

make sure that you abide by it as well. you can find some tips on how to make a media plan on the american academy of pediatrics website. so let's talk about it with your kids. don't text them about it. it reminds me of that commercial and that kid back in the late 80s when he was like, i learned by watching you. and he was an anti-drug commercial. but yeah, i remember that. there you go. all right. is that a good example? all right. 648 for you right now. trending for you this morning. okay. music lovers out there, i know a lot of you are counting down like tik tik tik to snap up some tickets to what will no doubt be one of this year's top concerts. do you have the time to listen to me whine about nothing and everything all at once? there you go. bay area's very own green day will be among the headliners at this year's bottlerock festival in napa. the event takes place may 23rd through the 25th and today at 10 a.m. general admission passes go on sale. three day pass will cost you $456. one day

passes are $233. as for the lineup, the entire list includes justin timberlake, noah korn headlining along with acts like cage the elephant, ice cube, and sublime. not to mention the wine, the craft beer, the food. in all, more than 80 acts will perform. and as you mentioned, there's some tickets that look like they were already sold. the vip, the platform areas because they had a presale. people jumped on them. apparently there are suites that are available though. laura, if you wanted to bring your friends, that would be nice. yes. wouldn't it be friends? and i was like, today in the bay on the road. we should do that. all right. yeah. you know, it would be even better as the monday morning show. oh, that would be great fun to watch. i hope people are listening. all right, well, we have a little time to get in front of the computer, but if you take a look out the window, this is your view. this is the

full moon that we have. it's so cool looking as we're waking up and heading out on this tuesday morning. and the sky is all clear. so nice little view there. also was trying to snap some pictures of the moonrise yesterday evening, and we are seeing the sunrise as we speak in dublin coming up with a clear sky, but it's also very chilly. take a look at these the where we have the frost advisories in effect across the bay area until 9:00. patchy frost that may be on some of those elevated surfaces, like your windshield before you head off for work. a look at the current temperatures. we are below freezing in danville right now 31 degrees. all of these numbers much lower than what we saw yesterday at this time. now that the wind has calmed down, it's freezing in santa rosa, sonoma, and just 1 degrees above freezing in napa. and we're also seeing freezing temperatures in the south county to the santa cruz mountains. if we've been saying, oh my goodness, it's so cold, well, how about nine

degrees below zero in minneapolis right now? wind chills in the 20 to 30 degree below zero range. so call your family and check on them. it's been bitterly cold there. and then you can tell them we'll be in the 60s today for our afternoon highs. it will be 60 in napa and novato and 60 in san francisco, 64 in hayward, as well as san jose. and a touch warmer tomorrow in the south bay. while we're seeing those temperatures holding steady in the north bay with some low 60s, more of this weather. but it's been so dry as we check in on our water year and how much rain we've measured since october 1st. santa rosa still doing very well after all of the big storms that we had last month in oakland, we are now running a deficit. we need more than three inches of rainfall to catch up to normal. in livermore. we need over two inches to get our normal amount of rainfall, and we know it's been dry here recently. with more dry weather ahead. january is so important

to our water year because between the months of december and february, we typically get 60% of our yearly rainfall. january is usually our wettest month of the year, and we are on an average year getting storms every 2 to 3 days. we don't see that. and in fact, it's been a long time since we've had rain. and as we run the computer models out, still no rain on the way. we have this large area of high pressure that's causing it to be clear, and it's also steering the storm track up around the pacific northwest and away from the bay area. so unfortunately, still very dry even as we go into our long holiday weekend. but you will notice the afternoon high temperatures getting a little bit cooler starting on saturday and continuing into the martin luther king holiday. and for san francisco low 60s for highs. and then we'll bring it back to the mid 50s next week. mike, you're seeing a second slowdown hitting san jose. traditional pattern no reason for alarm folks, but it was pretty focused right here.

north 101 just north of that. six x 8280 overcrossing you seen that beautiful sunrise, the silhouette there. so we see things starting to smooth out once again. but the slowing starts back here. capital expressway. same thing for north 87. but 8 is really seeing the build over the last ten minutes. so the south bay commute really feeding in off of 101 the split. and it distributes to the rest of silicon valley peninsula still clear slower getting there across the san mateo bridge and of course across the bay bridge. we still have that crash and a game tonight at c chase cenr, a double header. so watch for crowds there. back to you. thanks very much mike. well happening now alameda county leaders may approve a term sheet green lighting of the coliseum property to the african american sports entertainment groroup. oe that happens, the deal would likely be finalized within 30 days. the a's purchased the county share several years ago, but oakland leaders finalized their deal last year. oakland's budget is now hinging on payments that will only come through once the deal becomes finalized, and we're back in minutes with a look at our top stories this morning, including

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657 for you this morning. welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at our top stories here on today in the bay. starting with developments in southern california and conditions once again to intensify. just a short time ago, cal fire updated efforts to knock down those massive wildfires. the palisades fire is now 17% contained. the eaton fire in altadena is now 35% contained at this time. 24 deaths are confirmed. about the same number are missing. more than 12,000 strtures have been destroyed. in the meantime, firefighters overnight managed to quickly get a handle on a relatively small fire that popped up in ventura, north of

la. that fire burned 50 acres. nowhere near homes or businesses. today, california lawmakers will refocus their speciall sessi on wildfire recovery. governor gavin newsom has a $2.5 billion plan on the table. now he is proposing about $2.5 billion in emergency response funding. usually, the federal government would reimburse some of that. but with president elect donald trump entering the white house in one week, the aid could come with conditions. it appears mr. trump may accept governor newsom's invitation to come to california to see the l.a. firestorm devastation firsthand. also today, a vote which could impact the future of governor newsom's controversial underground water tunnel in the central valley, the santa clara valley water district will decide whether or not to contribute $9.7 million towards the planning and design of the massive infrastructure project. the idea is to build a

concrete tunnel, which would take fresh water from the sacramento river and divert it already located in tracy, andmps from there the water would be diverted to other parts of the state. so important there. all right. so is that forecast for us today? how is it looking? looking very dry as we've been mentioning. and we're still going to have some cold temperatures to start. but warming up nicely for the afternoon. and we're staying in this pattern through at least the holiday weekend. and we'll look over here. a live look at dublin shows you 580 with these headlights westbound. that's your commute direction. beautiful sunrise and also pretty good times. if you look at the bottom number for 580, we've only just now broken a half hour coming out of contra costa county. for vazquez. we've only just begun. only just begun. well, that's what's happening today in the bay. stick around, because the da show starts now. but first, a live look good tuesday morning