across the bay area tonight on the first night of hanukkah. >> the power of one candle to transform the world of darkness. sadly this year, we are facing a little more darkness than we have in recent years. the message for hanukkah has added significance. holiday celebrations and almost ruined by burglars in the east bay, but they wouldn't let this grinch stop the show. more shakeups at twitter. boy, that's elon musk, now asking if he should be the next one to get the ax from the social media company, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. communities across the bay area are out celebrating the festival of lights. >> we begin in san francisco's union square, where the bill graham and menorah lighting all across big crowds where they have been organizing the first giant public menorah outside of israel for 40 years. added at

the chase center if san francisco and remoas a part of their winter wonderlands. >> tech was a big part of the hanukkah celebrations tonight as the menorah was lifted into the night sky using a drone. the celebration had a little for everybody, for the whole team for the first team. similar scenes from coast to coast. just some of the ceremonies happening tonight. in new york, washington, d.c., and down in los angeles. the lighting will take an added significance this year in the wake of growing anti-semitism in the country. is we spoke with a local rabbi about how they balance and celebrate the holidays while pushing back against rising hate. >> hanukkah is all about the lights that overcomes the darkness. so many are getting together at this time to

celebrate freedom. well, elon musk continues to face criticism from users and advertisers over anti-semitism on twitter since he took over. it's one of many issues that led him to ask users if he should step down. as the company ceo. somewhat resounding yes, he should step down. we spoke with c net executive about the ongoing shakeups. >> reporter: elon musk's leadership and time at twitter has felt chaotic, erratic, retaliatory, and difficult for even season tick journalists like cnet's executive editor to discern the method in the apparent madness. >> it does seem a little weird how he's been going about running this company. and i'm not alone here. >> twitter announcing a new policy preventing users from sharing links on other media platforms. saying ead solely

for the purpose of promoting other social platforms. >> him deciding i'm not going to allow you to put social links on here is how to get me if your profile. i get it, but it will speak to how he feels. >> musk clarified in a tweet casually sharing occasional links is fine. to add to the confusion, twitter's official account then deleted all posts it had made about nonallowing cross-platform promotion. all of this comes after musk banned more than 25 twitter accounts this week. some for what musk described as doxing. others within journalists. but he lifted the journalists suspension on friday after drafting a poll to his

followers asking if he should reinstate the accounts. majority of respondents said yes. mosque is taking these silicon valley disrupt and e thoughs. >> they have history of brilliant jerks that a lot of people have seen create massive success. with that sate there are a lot of experiences where we have seen this approach to management does not go well. >> reporter: now we need to wait for what musk does once the latest poll closes and where twitter goes from here. >> there is no question that elon musk, himself, as a brand has been impacted bit last few weeks that he's been running twitter. so in a lot of ways, him putting on the poll saying okay, you decide, you all. you know, do you want me to stay or go? and is somewhat at least self-aware. meanwhile dozens of east

indian tech workers protesting in fremont of san jose. congresswoman zoe lofgren's home. the skilled workers were recruited to the silicon valley from india using h1b visas. a huge backlog has left them years of waiting to get one. the protesters want lofgren to make good on a promise to bring an immigration bill to the house floor for a vote. hr3648 would remove national origin as a consideration for green cards. >> what you're fighting for is basic equality. treat us what skills we bring to the nation and not necessarily based on where we were born. >> you do everything right to be here. you are probably in another country with skill sets. when it comes to this, you're stuck. >> the protesters are also concerned because if they lose their jobs for any reason, they only have two months to find a new employer willing to apply

for a new h1b visa on their behalf. in other news tonight, a grinch is trying to ruin christmas for two concord businesses. surveillance video shows a burglar breaking into a kids dance studio and the aquatic pet store over the weekend. the thief has been targeted in six months. someone broke into this aquatic pet store. then police say someone broke into this dance studio next door and turned the place upside down. surveillance video shows the thieves casing the two stores saturday morning around 5:30. he's covered from hat to toe in black clothing and a black mask. he broke a glass window and went into corals. the store sells exotic fish and coral. >> pretty much what he took was a couple of aquarium lights and then the cash in the drawer. other than that it was just him

making a mess of things. >> reporter: owner ben shapiro says he took no more than $800 in cash. the thief then broke a glass door to enter clayton valley dance academy. >> walked into a complete disarray of everything. every supply, every drawer, door, cabinet was open. everything was on the floor. >> reporter: the person ransacked the supply room, stole a lap top, several tablets. some power tools, a suitcase of performance supplies, and christmas gifts meant for students and staff. >> it is just initially sad and scared because this is a place for children. i can't imagine why anyone would want to come into a dance studio. there is nothing of value leer. >> reporter: the student owner and director said it is their first break-in. they've been at the clean valley shopping center for about 15 years. the two businesses are located in the back of the shopping center. and away from the high traffic area. kindge e is justthis lack of

esally ke advantage >> repo: the dance studio has 350 students. the youngest is 2.5 years old. >> the >> reporter: as for a band he just finished his insurance claim from a july burglary. they had only been here for two years. >> it is definitely a little demoralizing that it's happening frequently. r financially it can be a strain and it will be a strain on us as a business. >> reporter: concord police say burglary is up. in all of last year, police responded to 418 burglaries. this year they responded to 455 burglaries from january to december 7. sarah says the students did not let the burglars dampen their spirits as they cleaned up the mess and performed a year long dance for their parents after the break-in. >> we're just going to rally together and support each other

and move forward. >> they will have year-end performances for the remaining students. concord police say no one has been arrested. still trying to identify the suspect. in concord i'm , kp stil ho expanding healthcare access for asian american and pacific islanders. the latest push from the state to give more people access to easy charging stations. but first the early reports are more hopeful for this year's monarch butterfly counts. we're seeing the fog fill in. those are the lights of concord right now actually. and that's fog. this stuff came in from the central valley with a fog advisory tomorrow morning. we'll show you how cold we're going to

welcome back on this sunday night. california continues to push for electric vehicle accessibility. approving $52 million for pg&e to beef up the state's charging stations. more than 2,800 new charging stations will be installed at workplaces, housing complexes, and public spaces. the commission requires a majority of the funds be used in underserved communities.

bay area air quality issues issued a spare the alert air this morning. officials are warning we'll have pretty unhealthy air quality tomorrow because of the high pressure weather system in the region. that will trap smoke at ground level. finding particular matter will reduce harmful impacts. >> you notice it's a lot hazier. >> yeah, it will look that way tomorrow. they're not pretty days when it looks like this. on top of that, now we know it's not healthy to be breathing it in. there is something else. the fog coming to the bay area. take a look at the camera on top of mount diablo. that bright light is concord. so we've already seen the fog move in from the central valley and overtake much of inland contra costa county. there is a dense fog advisory. for any though the

locations. you can see bay area here and lake tahoe in that area and the sierra. this is all fog, which will develop in the winter. it did not dissipate all day. some of it you can see here by sunset, creeping over towards inland contra costa county. that's where we've got the dense fog advisory. for tomorrow morning until 11:00 a.m., basically 680, setting your drive going out 80 and through the trihave a l lee. those bay valley, you're not off the. here in the north bay valley, we will do it tomorrow. you can see how the fog has been creeping in. high resolution forecast model can see it filling in the valley already and then some higher clouds though up later tonight. these visibilities are already

low down there about a mile. and so forget tomorrow morning. if you're in petaluma, you already need extra time on the road. cover the fog. the other issue is how cold it's going to get even if it is already 33 in santa rosa. these are current numbers. we still have many hours to go where the temperatures could drop overnight. if you look at morning lows, you really want to pull out more details from the north bay community, where the numbers are going to be the lowest. sonoma depose to 30. concord 31. we will manage to stay in the mid-30s through much of the immediate bay. even in san francisco, they're going to the upper 30s, cold enough. we'll get into the afternoon tomorrow and you'll notice some high clouds increasing by the afternoon. but other than that, the day will be fine. it will be mid-50s for the daytime highs tomorrow. we don't have any rain, but the system will clip by to the north on tuesday. we'll get some clouds and a drop of rain on tuesday from that system, tuesday morning, but it wouldn't be much. i don't think it will be

measurable stuff. and look at the warmup would t wards the end the week, it's going to be in the mid-60s for some of those warmer locations, so christmas looks great. tonight is the first night of hanukkah. for the next several nights it will be progressively warmer and nicer going forward from here. that'll cover the forecast. i just want to share what is an uplifting update from the count of the monarch butterflies this year. anyone who has been paying attention to the story. you know it got dire two years ago and it looked like they were on the brink of extinction. last year they started to rebound. i went down to pacific grove this week to see how they're doing this year. take a look at what i saw. >> if you're here long enough, you can see it. there she goes. >> and so you've had them land on you like that before? >> oh yeah. >> oh sure he made thatmoment emno big deal. but they

know better than just about anybody else. having the monarch butterfly land on you has become an extodayly this was 1.2 million in 2020. there were less than 2000. >> reporter: if you just do the math on the numbers paul gave us, that is more than a 99% decline. it had a lot of experts concerned that by 2021, the western monarch would be extinct. >> and now how do you go from zero here in 2020 to 13,000 last year? >> please tell us. >> a lot of work. >> reporter: that is one obvious part of it, but it's not the whole story. turns out the last two years the weather has been very favorable for these guys. because of climate change, it is either way too warm when they are not expecting it or way too cold when they're not prepared for it. in addition to that, we have destroyed most of their habitat. >> they're sort of a poster

child for everything that's going on in the insect world. >> the bottom line is if you can't find enough to eat because the wildfires you rely on are gone because we put so much there, you won't be able to survive the winter. >> what do you think did that one in? >> starvation. >> starvation? >> here. >> the rumble from the people who are doing the counting, the state numbers may be as high as $300,000. it would be a 50,000 plus improvement over last year. so another good year. but they're not out of the woods. >> reporter: if we just look at that grove and this is the one that sits at pacific grove. the lation going ing records back to 1997. in that year in just that grove, there were

50,000 monarchs. this is back when we had millions of them in the state. you can clearly see the pattern. even though it's good news and we have rebounded this year, which is great considering we thought we were losing them forever. it's great for the last two years, a very hopeful sign, but we need to keep perspective. these numbers are still way down. and the loss of their habitat isn't changing and climate change is throwing more extremes their way. if this is something you're interested or concerned about, the organization you should know about is called the society, which they are spear for tear business. if there is anything for us to do. back to you. >> thanks. after the break, white state is ending its guaranteed covid sick pay policy. that's next. straight ahead on game day. one of the nfl's all-time biggest bund blunders benefits

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well, as we all know, inflation is making it hard for a lot of bay area families to buy groceries. >> but as lisa gaglioti tells us, they could use the help. >> reporter: my friend leslie here. and inflation hit so many people so hard and it imaccount pad your operations as well? >> that's right. we're seeing a huge uptick in need and still searching almost double the number of people we were serving before the pandemic. our budget has increased. now with inflation, he has the cost of food and also the cost of transportation really hits us hard. >> yeah, we think about it. you're at home, filling up your gas tank. you're seeing the expense, you know, of putting gas in your car and getting it down the road. >> even though all the fresh produce is donated to us, we pay a handling fee and the transportation to get it here. but those costs have really increased. >> and so that also should motivate people to know there

is a mistake. >> for every food bank donated, question provide enough food for two healthy meals. community support is critical for us. 95% of our support comes from individuals and the private sectors. so if people can give, we really appreciate it. if you can volunteer, we are very dependent on volunteers. >> another way to look at it, the side effects of inflation and its impact on getting this food to where they need to go. if you want to be the wheels, sort to speak, to get this food onto tables, here is how you do it. go to our website on kpix.com/give or you can use the qr code right there on your screen. that gets you to a place that you can actually be a part of this great effort. it takes the whole community as leslie just said. and hey, you're a part of this community. when you're a part of the community, you're a part of the family. back to you. and be sure to tune inbay a

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[ cheering ] >> sorry. >> some very excited fans there. celebrations all across argentina this morning after their mennest' national soccer team secured their third world cup title. fans cheered, hugged, and cried and waived their flags. now the game came some very excited fans, celebrations across argentina after the men's national soccer team secured their 3rd world cup title. stands chaired, cried, hugged and waived their flags. the game came down to

penalty kicks between argentina and france. la >> the people that know what they are talking about when it comes to soccer say the game will go down as one of the most exciting world cup finals of all time. today was his 26th world cup game. the most ever in the men's tournament and this is expected to be his final world cup appearance. >> let's take a look at his hometown reveling in the big moment. it is a massive celebration going on. argentina taking in the victory. >> did you watch this? >> a little bit. i did play soccer when i was a kid. i know the basics of the game.

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>> welcome in two game day, i am charlie here to navigate you through a insane day. the 49ers had the weekend off after clinching the west so it is the raiders to kick off the show after they provided a loony finish in sin city. the raiders head coach going up against his mentor bill and the patriots. we pick it up in the 3rd. the raiders quarterback tries to squeeze the peace and and it came crashing down. new england's deficit is cut to seven. under 4 minutes to play. stephenson, what a season the running back has had. the vegas native just hold on. a 34 yard touchdown run. new england up 24-17. 4th and 10. car hits collins for a 1st down. 40 seconds, now at the patriots 30. deep. call.