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studios this is kpix 5 news . >> a dramatic rescue in san jose overnight as one man was trapped in a vehicle after crashing over a bridge, how fire crews was able to pull them out. and house speaker nancy pelosi's home was targeted, the message being delivered loud and clear. and a record number of coronavirus deaths in california and doesn't mean that stay-at-home homeowners in the bay area will be extended. in morning, let's get to the top story. breaking out of san jose, firefighters rescued a man overnight after a car he was driving plummeted off a bridge falling around 30 feet and landing in a river below. the crash happened around 1:30 am on willow street near minnesota avenue west of highway 87. rescuers found a small sedan partially submerged in the guadalupe river and they climbed down a rocky and drive embankment to get to the driver

and about a dozen firefighters worked to pull him out of the wreckage.>> we had to use the jaws of life, the spreaders and the cutters and hydraulic tools that were brought by the cruise. he was trapped and they were able to force the door and extricate him safely. >> the driver is now at a local hospital and firefighters say he has mild to moderate injuries been time for check of the weather right now with meteorologist darren peck.>> might rain showers across the bay area, part of the same system started last night a little after sunset in the north bay which has taken its time to get down into san jose. we will look more closely at the rain in a second but while you were sleeping this is how we did. one 10th of an inch of rain around the north bay overnight and it has been 100th of an

inch of rain for most locations, relatively warm as the clouds acted like a blanket and most around 50. now let's look at the south bay where the rain is been pretty much exclusively here from the san mateo bridge southward over the dumbarton bridge now if we just watch the last 45 minutes, slowly moving off to the southeast. it is right out along here were 680 and 880 was the light rain but also not seeing much measurable in san jose. the next few hours we call it light showers from now through noon and then better rain arrives monday and another system after that, all of that coming up in the seven day forecast in just a few minutes. police in san jose are investigating a shooting south of downtown. officers found the victim in a part car on south 10th street around 3:30 am. so far no word

on the person's condition, investigators are talking with witnesses is a piece together what happened vandals targeted the home of house speaker nancy pelosi yesterday spray painting fee on her garage door and even left behind a pig's head. kpix five katie nielsen has more details for this picture of the vandalism and house speaker nancy pelosi's home has gone viral.>> it was obviously a very aggressive and very intimidating message. >> maggie vandenberg said a source took a picture and sent it to her showing a severed pigs had in a pool full of red paint in front of the congressman's garage in pacific heights along with graffiti that says cancel rent and we want everything, possibly a reference to the stalled additional stimulus checks. nancy pelosi is currently in washington dc and wasn't home at the time and is not the only politician whose home has been targeted over this past few months san jose mayor was

demonstrated on and oakland mayor libby schaaf had damage, and pelosi's neighbors say they understand why people are upset it was going on in washington, this type of vandalism doesn't help. >> this isn't a useful way to go about it and a terrible start to this new year when we are hoping for less anger and hatred than we've had to deal with for the past year. >> san francisco police haven't released much information about the case. no one has come forward claiming responsibility for this incident. what is interesting is if it does have something to do with the stimulus checks, nancy pelosi has been pushing for another two, 000 dollar stimulus check payment. >> the majority of the vandalism has been cleaned up and the spray paint covered by garbage bags. the recently closed this house restaurant was also

vandalized him it was closed for just one day before being jagged with graffiti and on thursday workers removed the sign from the store example cisco restaurant and eight spray paint was done over the graffiti. california has 585 deaths from coronavirus the past 24 hours in the state reporting more than 47,000 new cases and the current 14 day positivity rate is 12 point positivity rate is 12.2%. the bay area is down to over 6% icu capacity and many bay area health officials believe the same order set to expire next week will likely be extended as it was in san francisco.>> if you look at travel around christmas it has exceeded thanksgiving which was already the highest travel time for the year.>> we are in life saving mode make no mistake. the actions we take today i really going to make sure that we are protected in the

future.>> and in los angeles county someone is dying from the virus every 10 minutes and the us army corps of engineers is being deployed to half a dozen california hospitals, those hospitals are dealing with oxygen shortages. some hospitals are so backed up they were forced to convert back cafeterias and to triage. covid cases in the united states of top 20 million and a more contagious strain of the virus has been found in a thursday and this time in florida from a man in his 20s with no recent travel history tested positive for the new tytis frame which follows a similar case in san diego county. so far 33 countries of identified infections with a new covid variant which was first detected in the united kingdom a live look at capitol hill where is the senate held a rare new year's day session to override a presidential veto. i knew congress will begin tomorrow with lawmakers bracing for a series of challenges during next week's electoral vote county.

cbs jennifer keiper has more.>>reporter: the bill reconsideration has passed>> united senate deliver the first successful right of president trump's veto of the national fence bill and earlier sent republican leaders of the final attempt on the vote on the hospital to give to, 000 stimulus checks to americans. >> this is the last chance to deliver this before and knew congress is sworn in. >> the new congress could be done sunday and will face his first test three days later with dozens of house republicans and gop senator, josh hawley, expected to contest the counting of the electoral votes. >> this is the only opportunity i have to be heard and to speak up on behalf of of my constituents. >> the president praised holly on twitter thing america's proud of josh and the many others joining him. vice president mike pence will preside over the counting of the votes in late thursday he and the justice department

asked the texas federal judge to draw the case that would empower him to overturn the election results and hours later the judge did that, dismissing the longshot lawsuit. meanwhile the clock is ticking down to george's two crucial senate runoff elections on january 5 and the outcome there will determine each party controls the united states senate and it pits republican comments kelly leffler and david pretty against rafael worn off and jon ossoff, and on monday both president trump and president-elect joe biden will hold rallies in georgia to get out the vote for their party's candidates. jennifer keiper cbs news. a live look at the bay bridge were happening today annual toll collection system will begin on bay area bridges the electronic system only drivers without a fast-track tag or license plate account will get a monthly invoice been cash collection was suspended back in march and since then

individual toll notices were sent out a shaima driver crossed the bridge. seven bridges of the bay area are covered under this new system including the bay bridge, richmond and san rafael the golden gate bridge already has an automated toll system. warriors play their first home game of the seasoning at the portland trail razors last night and the warriors are the only big area pro sports team allowed to host teams at home. andria borba explains why it>>reporter: in a typical year these concourses and corridors should be with vance filling it up but anything is typical. think of it as hoops without the hype this feelfamiliar. steph curry is running shot together the first time since october 30, 2019. >> he brings a competitiveness

and an edge and fire that most teams do not have but he such a dominant personality and an emotional person, he lifts the whole jim up. >> but when you pull out from the tight shot of the hardwood nothing much else feels the same as for starters when the fans allow the seats are tart making feel like an indoor version of mount davis the oakland coliseum just like when the nba bubble there are 90 fans on a giant screen behind the benches and 30 more on screens in the tunnel that players can actually interact with.>> it is a way for fans to engage with the game experience at home and they show up on the board. >> the warriors are the only team currently playing on their home turf in the bay area due to the public health order and with the 49ers and san jose sharks relegated to arizona while others are being asked to quarantine 10 days upon arrival in san francisco. the warriors have been on a road trip with no quarantine requirement. when asked about it the

warriors wanted on this raising in the san francisco quarantine order. any person who is a member of a professional or collegiate sports team including staff that travel solely for away games where there's an existing non-suspended health and safety plan approved by the health officer allowing such travel. art of that approved health and safety plan involves mask wearing during practices and team meetings as well as giving players and coaches isolated from everyone else in san francisco county after road trips. of course this isn't the nba playoff bubble and the question of enforcement over quarantine and isolation remains. at chase center andria borba kpix 5 . spin all the highlights from home opener coming up later in sports. still ahead on kpix 5 , the wildfire destroyed every thing but their spirits and how the new year is motivating a north bay family to rebuild from the

ashes. plus diving into the new year as dozens take a chilly plunge to wash away the 2020 memories.>> i am super excited and i am pumped and it is cold. >> this is a lie look outside us to go

by the time this fire was contained last october 1500 homes and other buildings were gone and many families are looking to rebuild in the new year. one family here who lost

everything.>>reporter: 80 acres of land the family has lived on for decades. the august wildfires burned them all. >> the fire was coming up over the hill. it just roared this way.>> this was the kitchen area that would be the living room. my bedroom would have been right here.>> it is heartbreaking. this was my dream house because it was paradise.>> the nightmare that destroyed the family home left their memories untouched, sullivan, souza and his data ready for a new chapter starts with a rebuilding from the ashes.>> it will be a long process but i want to start fresh.>> despite the threat of worsening fire seasons.>> it would be easier to start running away and start new somewhere else but there is so much here that happened and it is in my heart.>> 2021,

their new year's resolution looks different than most, they will not be at a gym or traveling but the will be right here building back with a have lost.>> this is where want to continue my life because it is our ranch.>> lightning most sparked desires in mid august, it became the fourth largest wildfire in state history. nothing quite like diving into freezing cold water to start the new year. dozens of brave people took a chili dip at ocean beach as part of an annual polar plunge a lot of people told us that they felt like the cold water washed away many of the lousy memories from 2020. the water was around 52 but according to some russian natives it wasn't all that bad as they do a very different type of polar plunge.>> you know real cold water plunge.>>

it's crazy.>> they dive in the water three times.>> a frozen river.>> this year i got a new hip and it looks like the thing to do, come out and celebrate 2021 is 2020 was horrible. >> there are no official organizers of the polar plunge, it is a spontaneous annual event.>> it is not quite as wet as walking into the surf but we did get rain overnight and things will be slick as you step outside. so have a live view from a camera on treasure island looking back at the city. the clouds of most of the buildings above the embarcadero center. now this is the last of the rain, these are the stragglers that have taken their sweet time getting down to the south bay and i have watched a few light showers around fremont and hayward, working the way

across 680, and 880, and it is light at this point. now look at the rest of the south bay and santa clara valley will not get much. it will stay like this for the next three hours. we're not entirely done but any rain between now and noon will be barely measurable. so far 1/10 of an inch of rain overnight. thousand get the temperatures pretty warm, 50 in santa rosa right now, 49 to be technical but everyone feels the same, the cool spot is livermore 46 is not quite as much of a blanket from the clouds being further and led. looking at daytime highs right back up to the upper 50s under a cloudy sky. the rain might be coming to an end but we do keep the clouds around for the day. in addition to that, having shown you the pretty pictures, there is a high surf advisory so it is probably not the wisest time to be starting any

new annual traditions. be really careful near the water until we get to 9 am in the morning tomorrow to see where that surf advisory extends with the mendocino coast line all the way towards monterey. just be aware when you get near the water. look at the pacific. a lot of energy streaming across it. when you look at the actual rain here this is where the next storm is coming from. that is monday morning and here comes a widespread rainmaker for the bay area as a whole. if we look at how much rain we will likely get on monday we picked up just a little under half an inch of rain from this. that will be more noticeable than last night but also what is more noticeable is the timing. right now looks like a late morning arrival after about sunrise. then it will rain into the early afternoon. the first part of the day on monday it should be done by late in the day on monday it

will not rain all day but there's rain early monday with it must have an inch of rain. looking at the sierra that will deliver more snow, that monday storm will deliver preps closed within a half of new cell into the mountains. as a winter storm watch for anyone who plans to travel in the mounds on monday. be aware of that if you're going that way. this is the seven day forecast. after monday's rain we cleared out for two. in of the system will try to get in on wednesday and were done after that going to thursday and friday with just clouds. still ahead. a family demanding justice. was information on the hit-and- run crash that killed two women and why the suspect was still on the streets. >> coming up in sports ohio state leaves no doubt they belong in the college football's final four. and could there be a

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the war years in a home opener get their vocal leader back on the floor, dream on green making his season opener last, lillard and the blazers in town for back-to-back games in portland jumped out in early 20 point lead cj mccall scored 16 of his 20 points in the first quarter, trying to go coast-to-coast and behind the back to get lillard but runs over robert covington for the charge the rookie was about trouble again last night and he finished with eight points and 19 minutes. this is a familiar sight. green vines steph curry for the three and golden state got within nine and curry led the warriors with 26. the oakland native scored 15 1/4, 30 the whole game and portland knocked down 23 compared to seven for the war years and they went 123-108.

college football's clemson's dabo swinney created play material he promoted the buckeyes 11th and the final coaches poll. trevor lawrence is expected to be the number one pick in the draft was buckeyes quarterback justin fields who stole the show, or quarter of 35-21 and field let it fly over 60 yards in the air and he hits crystal loving in the stride, ohio state beat clemson 49-28 to advance to the title game and maybe crack sweeney's top 10. in the other semifinal the rose bowl was moved to the cowboys stadium so fans could attend against third-quarter and alabama's harris was outside and then the signature moves, the leap over the defendant. the former antioch high star is with 125 yards, alabama beats irish 31-14 and advanced to the title game for the fifth time

in six years. a new year and same result for the top-ranked stanford women and tucson ranking the sixth rain vanderbilt. hailey jones leather kernels with 18 points and 10 written balance or 10 rebounds. they remain unbeaten this year and the warrior save the blazers again on sunday.>> coming up on kpix 5 , another vaccine trial being tested in northern california, the outreach efforts to some minority groups. and the terrifying moments that one man will never forget. how did this woman escape a mauling by

welcome back it is 6:29 am, thank you for joining us i am devin fehely. now let's check the weather with meteorologist darren peck. >> still have left there were showers, light rain moving through the south bay and coming for a closer look in a second. but if you just waking up it will be damp out as we picked up one 10th of an inch of rain for the north a and 107 inch of rain south. one place with no measurable rain is san jose but when we look at the high death doppler

it shows 50 thanks to all the clouds. the latest check in a closer inspection shows that san jose it could be a chance that it will not be a lot. the rain is falling mainly in the hills and not on the planes. if they get up into the diablo mountains to find any rain being forced out of these clouds there we saw light rain move across fremont and milpitas. now this is what to expect, we will keep a few lingering showers until noon. anything we have that would barely be noticeable but i don't want to be taken off guard. if you notice light rain between now and noon. there are more storms on wednesday next week. we will look at all that a much more detail coming up in the complete forecast coming up. new details about the victim of a deadly hit-and-run on new year's eve in san francisco.

john ramos fort moved to san francisco last year to meet a real estate firm and on thursday she and a woman she did not know were both killed while walking in a crosswalk. a car ran a red light and plowed into them on mission street at second and the alleged driver, troy mcallister, was on parole for robbery and have been arrested twice recently with the da said each time a state parole officer allowed him to go free. the das office said there can be no question that every justice agency involved in this including our office must take responsibility for preventing tragedies like this from happening. we are carefully reviewing what happened and thinking critically about what could have been done differently in this case. police said inside the car the 45-year-old suspect was driving, they found a handgun with an extended magazine and also found drugs believed to be and methamphetamine. they say the suspect tried to run from the scene but was ultimately arrested. then coronavirus numbers

are getting so bad that there are now concerns stayed home orders which expire tomorrow night could be extended. health officials of the outbreak will get worse before it gets better which is bad news for many businesses. kpix 5 reports from union city >>reporter: the owner here invested thousands of dollars on his outdoor set up and he limps and hoped to use them again next week the shelton place order was supposed to expire a but now health officials they likely will not happen.>> all the restaurants in this area are affected.>> ricardo says extending the ban on outdoor dining needs he may have to lay off more workers in many restaurants say they are not surprised about the possibility of an extended eight home order. eric nielsen is a business partner at two san jose restaurants. is is feeling indefinite and even if were open at the end of february what does it look

like? are we open for outdoor dining again? if we are i'm hoping the public will come out again. the san jose county supervisor says he feels for the small businesses but the icu situation looks dire.>> right now we are in life saving mode make no mistake so the actions we take today will really sure we are protected in the future. >> the supervisor says around 5% of the counties icu beds are currently available and doctor peter chen hong is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf and he said hospitals will see more covid patients in the coming days because of holiday gatherings.>> if you look at the travel around dismiss it exceeded thanksgiving which was already the highest travel time for the year.>> doctor chen hong believes covid cases will start to drop around the end of this month and he hopes the restrictions will ease starting

mid-february. >> there is a special called out for specific participants at uc davis, researchers say they want to prioritize those hit hardest by the pandemic as they test the vaccine and they are recruiting latinos, african- americans and native americans to roll up your sleeves.>>reporter: virginia hedrick with the consortium for indian health made it her mission to raise awareness about the covid 19 impact on the native american community inside since the beginning of the pandemic. and now with the new vaccine in the works uc davis health was to prioritize minority groups hit hardest to put it to the test.>> we have seen deaths of our elders and knowledge lost will never get back to when was the vaccine trial including our community's only want to know how effective it will be. >> purchase with have to make

several visits over this study and some getting the actual vaccine in others a placebo and their calling in the latino and african-american hard-hit communities to participate.>> it is a good thing since someone is out there trying to help these different communities, you know healthcare is not so affordable for everybody so we fall through the cracks. >> as we hear about uc davis prioritizing latinos and people of color it is in china will be important given the vulnerability of farmworkers.>> will getting native americans to get the vaccine be a problem?>> it already is a challenge.>> i have relatives fighting in the hospital now to overcome so have to make sure our voices being heard.>> assembly member james ramos, the first california native american legislator, said getting people to participate will be a challenge something

already seen in the latino community. >> uc davis health plans on enrolling around 300 participants in the overall research effort hopes to enroll about 30,000 people in the united states and mexico. is central valley woman is recovering after being mauled by three dogs. this evident oakdale, a rural area near modesto and the 62- year-old woman was out or a walk when three german shepherds attacked her and a witness says he rushed over to help as the woman's husband struggle to save his wife's life. >> when the guy opened the gate to put his car in and they got out and the lady was walking across the street and they attacked her with i ran over there and helped to get them away until the sheriff and the ambulance arrived.>> the victim is in the hospital with injuries to her arm and leg and local say the dogs are often noisy and restless at it is the first time reportedly have attacked someone. with 20/20 now over, it is

a good time to start planning your finances for this new year. cbs reporter michelle medina said there are steps you can take right now to avoid a big tax bill later.>>reporter: the pandemic forced millions of americans to leave the office. a recent survey 53% people working in the house say they plan to take a home office tax deduction but they may not qualify. only if you're self-employed or you have a home business are you allowed to deduct the home office and if you're just working at home from the convenience of your employer that is not a home office deduction but many think it is. >> jackson hewitt says there is a lot of confusion around the stimulus checks.>> you do not have to pay taxes on it. >> while stimulus checks are not taxable, unemployment benefits are, experts say that people who collected unemployment need to plan out how that will impact their tax bill this spring.>> especially for those who received unemployment benefits and did

not withhold. >> cbs news business analyst joe's lessons are said those americans working remotely outside of the usual city or state may face a different tax rate.>> compile the number of years and days you work in the primary location and the days that you work elsewhere so compile those days, then check where the primary residence is, see what the rules are.>> some workers need to prepare for smaller paycheck, payroll taxes that were relaxed for many employees during the pandemic are returning in 2021 which will mean less take-home pay. michelle medina, cbs news san diego. coming up how entertainers are changing how they deliver their shows during the pandemic, the new bag of tricks up one entertainers leaf. also why educators are worried about kindergartners next year, where have they all gone?>>reporter: i'm peter van

sant with 48 hours, a beloved teacher and former beauty queen went missing from her home here in osceola georgia more than a decade ago. then a

new revelations are coming to light the disappearance of a woman in georgia. tonight 48 hours peter van sant reports on some new important leads which authorities may have missed.>>reporter: from the day that tara grinstead despair from her home in 2005 the small town of ocilla georgia has been consumed with one question, what really happened to tara grinstead? neighbor janice pope.>> she was a well-liked high school teacher.>> she went to a cookout and then went home and nobody has seen her since.>> for years the case remained a mystery, but this man, john mccullough, said back in 2007 he tried to share with authorities information that he believed could have solved the case. he said a buddy he met in the army named bo dukes told him he knew who killed tara.

>> he told me that his friend evidently strangled her and he needed help getting rid of the body so he called the police department. this is john mccullough, i know who killed tara grinstead. >> did anyone tell you to call back? >> no. >> bo dukes said to her that his friend ryan duke murdered tara during a robbery and the two men had similar names but were not related.>> he said i cannot handle anymore started told me everything.>> see peter's story tonight on 48 hours at 10 right here on kpix 5 . many businesses have pivoted to find a way to profit during the pandemic of some entertainers and magicians were forced to pull out a whole new bag of tricks to survive. michelle griego spoke to robert strong, a magician from palo alto, and asked him what kind of adjustments he's had to make use of covid

19.>>reporter: i had to build this whole studio and my guest bedroom so i can entertain people all over the world and the best thing is we have invented a magic using this frame is out tableau or screen to perform. i'm doing things here i cannot do live in the things i can do live i can no longer do it had to start from the ground up and adapt. >> i am here and we are engaged in real time and i'm very excited because he will shows a couple of tricks.>> i am and to be absolutely clear we have not set up anything ahead of time have we?>> know we have not talked.>> okay check it out, i have a deck of cards and nothing else, not even any sleeves, shall name a playing card out loud. >> queen of hearts.>> i'm very slowly so you can see there's no sleight-of-hand or misdirection, real magic, queen of hearts is the second car

down and the only card upside down in the deck, michelle just get ready, your card the queen of hearts.>> weight, how did you do that?>> i don't want you to think i just got lucky so michelle name a completely different card.>> okay five clubs.>> your card the five of clubs is the only card upside down in the deck, watch closely, all other cars are face up with the five of clubs, i will tell you the secret of how i did it. five of clubs.>> you did that i had to tell me.>> the secret is simple, i'm using technology of course because i'm in palo alto, bluetooth technology and voice recognition, block chain crypto currency and the flux capacitor for time travel.>> robert strong currently blocking and building.

now this is one of the airports were holiday travel may be tapering off of the tsa is reporting a drop off in screenings around the nation. on new year's eve the number of people passing through security checkpoints opt below 1 million for the first time since christmas day. roughly 875,000 passengers were screened on thursday. that is well below the previous daily numbers.>> tracking the light rain that has moved across the bay area over the course of the evening and are so light showers, mainly the south bay but for most of the rest of us from the bay bridge northward it is just clouds. look at the view from treasure island. the clouds are obscuring the tops of the buildings. you can see it is cloudy and it will also be a bit damp. looking at the doppler you see light showers in the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains.

not a lot is falling in the valley but there is a chance we could see light rain. better chance of looking at this would be to watch it on future costs. we will keep the possibility of a few isolated hit and miss sprinkles between now and noon. and into the early afternoon it will turn off but it will say cloudy with the system as it persists with the clouds. any rain we get from here on out it will be really light and done by noon. currently it is warm, relatively, the coldest number i have here is the 49 for santa rosa. six in livermore and fairfield. 46 a warm morning by comparison thanks to the clouds. upper 50s today with all the clouds around and there is a high surf advisor at the coast, expiring tomorrow morning at nine, the entire coastline down to monterey. so be careful at the waters

edge. a lot of energy streaming across the pacific and the next chance of rain is mixed in with all of that. this is the big view on monday morning with a widespread band of rain, this will give us the next chance of widespread rain and it basically covers the first half of monday monday morning into the afternoon and if we get lucky we will get close to half an inch of rain in some spots. that is monday the first half of the day, and watch in the sierra. it will snow likely the remainder of the weekend but monday storm is the one that comes with a bigger punch and will give us close to and a half of new snow in the mountains that it does me travel will be difficult. sunday night into monday night, anyone traveling over the passes you will need extra time as it will be a bit of a slowdown in chains are required. in the seven day forecast we have monday's storm, the timing

for monday appears to be the first half of the day we clear things out for tuesday with another system coming on wednesday and that looks like it has the potential to get more widespread rain. we'll see how these things develop as we get closer. the trend for the past several weeks has been for these storms look pretty good in the long range models about five or six days out. as we get closer we get less and less impressive. last night was a good example. we will take these as they come.>> as i was driving up this morning there was pretty heavy rain south of the airport. had to slow down quite a bit. was one of those tricky things where you do not want to hydroplane and sometimes you cannot see where the lanes are as long as the rain is out there the drivers need to slow down.>> good example of that is from now until noon. is remote learning continues into

2021 educators are noticing a large number of kindergartners are missing from the roster this year. as cbs explains many families are opting for so-called a kindergarten gap year.>>reporter: they were decided that their three daughters will be in the same school with their youngest making the cut off before kindergarten but they chose to hold her back in part because of the pandemic. >> kindergarten is sitting in a plexiglas cube with a mask on and hit me like oh my gosh this is not in the best interest of riley. >> it is a trend in many school district around the country, a recent survey of nearly 500 district leaders and principles found more than half are seeing a decline in kindergarten enrollment. >> kindergarten is a really big step. >> the president and ceo of the present parent institute for quality education says many young learners are feeling behind because schools had to close last spring and they missed out on far more than

academics when not in the classroom.>> things that we think are so important as educators are around creating retains and habits, things in their soothing. >> kindergarten is not required in some parts of the country so some are opting for kids to skip it altogether. >> we were at the impact that not having children purchasing these educational opportunities will have, in the short term and the long term. >> rebecca chose to send riley to preschool again to avoid virtual learning.>> just forcing her to do the remote learning can do and i've seen a huge improvement with her academically and she's excited to show her letters and numbers. >> she thinks her daughter will be more than ready for kindergarten next year and hope things will be more normal by then.>> school leaders are worried about a drop in enrollment and the impact that will have on state funding.

hope is state lawmakers will step in to help discuss the need. coming up on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn . >> comes from people sitting at home and saying time is all i really have so i will use it wisely. >> the pandemic success story for world-famous bay area instrument maker. we will be

most of us know santa cruz words beaches or the boardwalk but it is also known for world- class acoustic guitars the santa cruz guitar company is been making custom guitars for legendary musicians since the mid-70s they cost thousands of dollars in the owners say the early success came after making a guitar for bluegrass legend tony rice and rice died on

christmas day at the age of 69 but now the owner says the pandemic has given him another round of success. the business in indiana is offering a unique way to relieve stress through rage therapy. the idea is to let loose physically and mentally by smashing bottles and other leftover household items. the owner says it is a chance for customers to be destructive without any consequences.>> we wanted to bring a source of entertainment to our small town. i don't know where stupid or stubborn but were not willing to give up yet.>> come to the rage room and smash all of 2020, bring a fresh start and if nothing else you will laugh at yourself.>> the owners say they been taking calls from companies interested in holding corporate teambuilding events. remember that kpix 5 wants to bring good news happening in

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>> it is a time for a look at this morning's top stories been a challenging rescue overnight in san jose. firefighters used hydraulic equipment to pull this driver from a small sedan and fire crews say he has mild to moderate injuries.

fan dual targeted the san francisco home nancy pelosi, spraying graffiti and leaving a severed pin set up of a garage, and it is believed the message was in reference to a stalled stimulus check. california just broke its own from earlier in the week from the number of coronavirus steps in a single day, 585 people died in the past 24 hours estate is reporting morning 47,000 new cases. and a 27-year-old woman from japan was one of two people killed in a hit-and-run accident this week in san francisco. police say she was in a crosswalk when she was hit. a suspect on parole for robbery is under arrest. the senate pushed back against president trump and they overrode his veto of the spending bill is the first time since he took office and senators voted by a two thirds majority to enact a defense policy bill. the house did the same earlier in the week.

>> we're keeping an eye on high death doppler this morning as are still light showers, mainly focused in the south bay but looking at future cast there's a possibility from now until early afternoon today we could still see a few pop up light showers and these would be sprinkles the best it will stay cloudy and damp and there could even be a few light showers still to fall from this week pattern before it finally gives us a brace by late afternoon today. >> that is it for today and thank you for watching kpix 5 news , we will be back tomorrow morning at six.

narrator: today on "lucky dog", a young pointer mix rescued from the shelter auditions to become the mascot for a family's band. but in order for leo to earn his place in the spotlight, he'll need to gain the approval of all the family members. or say goodbye to his rock and roll dreams. kelly: i was a little bit apprehensive about their first meeting just because sketch could be sketchy. [music] eric: i'm eric wiese and this is my wife rashi. we've dedicated our lives to saving the lonely, unwanted dogs