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is chock- full of allegations, but it is not chock-full of evidence. tiktok could go dark across the country as soon as tomorrow after the supreme court upheld a government ban on the popular social media app. while some applaud the decision, others speak out, including a bay area congressman. plus, new developments in the fire along the central coast at a lithium battery storage plant÷÷plant sent potentially toxic smoke into the air in moss landing. and it is a quiet start to our morning, a bit foggy across parts of the bay area and low-hanging stratus here in san francisco. i'll let you know just what you can expect this afternoon coming up. good morning, today is saturday, january 18th. i'm max darrow, alongside meteorologist zoe on this saturday morning. it's pretty quiet out there today. >> yeah, it's quiet. it is calm. temperatures, a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday because of that fog out there, because fog acts like a blanket overnight. it insulates us, and it keeps our temperatures a couple

of degrees warmer, and again, that's exactly what we're seeing early this morning. because of all the calm winds the past couple of days and couple of weeks, we really haven't been seeing all too much fog, but we are dealing with the return of the on- shore winds, the return of the sea breeze. temperatures early this morning, though, still pretty chilly, but not as cold as yesterday. everything's relative this time of year. still sitting in the upper 30s to low 40s, mid- 40s closer to our coastal communities like here in san francisco and pacifica, but again, compared to yesterday, most of us are at least two to three degrees warmer. the only place that is a degree or two cooler is half moon bay because they're dealing with a bit more powerful, that sea breeze, and it is keeping them a bit cooler because of those cooler ocean temperatures. the foggier conditions to start the morning, not going to last much longer than that by this afternoon. we'll be seeing that fog beginning to clear. our high temperatures warming up and that's going to be one of those days that, again, above average temperatures are expected but not going to

last forever. there is a change that's on the way. i'll let you know when you can expect it. that will be coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, zoe. bribery, conspiracy, corruption, a political pay to play and prosecutors say the former mayor of oakland was at the center of it all. hit with a slew of charges, she now finds herself in legal hot water. she turned herself into the federal courthouse on oakland friday. watch. >> do you have anything to say, comments? >> she was silent at the time. her lawyer has adamantly insisted that she is innocent. she and three other defendants all entered not guilty pleas. she, her boyfriend, andre jones, and david and andy dwang were named in the indictment. they are a father- son pair who run cal waste solutions, a recycling company. the indictment spans a period before and after she took office two years ago. oakland voters recalled her two months ago. our wilson walker

looked through the indictment and the allegations against tao. he picks up the story from here. >> we are not just up here. i'm not your traditional politician. >> reporter: the indictment alleges that the illegal conspiracy began around october 22 before the november 2022 oakland mayoral election. weeks before that election, thao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the duongs. >> reporter: from there, first assistant u.s. attorney patrick robins gave a briefbrief of the government's case against the former mayor of oakland that alleges that sheng thao and her partner, andre jones, offered up city hall influence to two members of the politically influential duong family. >> examples of promises allegedly made by tho include her agreement to purchase housing units from a company

owned by the duong family. her agreement to secure a contract for recycling services that the city had with one of david duong's companies. and her agreement to use influence to benefit the duongs' business interests. >> reporter: in return, the prosecutors say they went to work for sheng thao. >> targeting thao's political rivals. >> reporter: as we reported last year, those mailers, targeting two of thao's opponents, were requested by this man, mario juarez. juarez was cofounder of a housing company with andy duong, and while he's not named in the indictment, our reporting and court documents show that juarez would be co- conspirator one, and according to the indictment, following thao's election, co- conspirator one texted andy duong to say, "we may go to jail, but we are

$100 million richer," to which andy is said to have replied, "money buys everything" and as thao's mayorship unfolded, prosecutors say checks started getting mailed to andre jones, some as large as $35,000. >> providing jones and thao with $95,000 in direct payments, disguised as wages for no- show job, for jones, with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both thao and jones. >> reporter: today's indictment and the press conference that was held by the government earlier this morning was successful in grabbing headlines. but what it did not do was serve the ends of justice. >> reporter: thao, jones, and the duongs appeared before a judge in oakland where all four entered not guilty pleas, and following her arraignment, the former mayor appeared with her attorney, who questioned the timing of this action and the indictment itself.

>> the indictment itself is chock- full of allegations. the case is built on allegations from an unknown co- conspirator that we believe, when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes. >> both andrew and david duong also issued separate statements on friday denying any wrongdoing. thao's political opponents and a former staffer turned whistle- blower say they feel vindicated. our da lin has been following the pay-to- play allegations for months now. he spoke with thao's former chief of staff, who was one of the first people to ring alarm bells. >> i'll change it here as well. >> reporter: she risked her career to blow the whistle on her former boss. >> i wouldn't sell out oakland for any amount of money. like, i love oakland. we deserve better. >> reporter: when she alerted the city council in early 2023 about pay-to- play allegations involving thao's

boyfriend, andre jones, most city leaders ignored her. some thao supporters even called her crazy. >> most of, i got silence, you know? i sent out a bunch of emails. i made a bunch of calls. it was silence. >> reporter: she worked for thao in 2022 as the chief of staff when thao was a council member. webb also volunteered on thao's mayoral campaign. she says when she found out about jones' pay to play schemes, she told thao about it. >> she told me to ignore andre make close to $200,000, and we could set up our families for life. >> reporter: she says she resigned on new year's eve 2022, not long after thao won the mayoral race. she filed a complaint with the public ethics commission. at the time, the commission was already investigating andy duong, reportedly using straw donors to give money to politicians, including thao, to buy influence. webb and federal prosecutors claim duong paid for attack ads targeting ignacio de la

fuente and laura taylor. >> when we talk about a 677- vote margin, those flyers that were funded through this scheme clearly had a direct impact on the outcome of our election. >> reporter: taylor is once again running for mayor in the special election. >> i'm incensed that democracy was stolen from oaklanders. we installed a mayor who was underqualified and corrupt, putting us on a downward spiral. >> reporter: those who worked to recall thao also feel a sense of vindication. >> we all knew. we all knew. we've been telling you for over a year that sheng thao is corrupt, dishonest, and incompetent. >> reporter: about 60% of oakland voters voted to recall thao in november. >> oakland owes the recall

effort an apology or a thank you, because now we know that we have saved oakland a great deal of time, energy, and heart headache. imagine this happened today, and she was still our mayor. >> reporter: webb doesn't old any anger towards her former boss. she says it's time to look forward and fix a broken city. that's why she's also running for mayor in the special election. >> i'm running because i know oakland has such a bright future ahead of us, and they deserve a leader that's going to stand up for what's right, that's going to serve the people. >> it is official. tiktok will go dark tomorrow unless there is a last-minute reprieve from the biden administration. more than 170 million americans will lose access to the platform. the supreme court ruled the app's ties to china posed a national securitysecurity and urged the app's owners to find an american owner. south bay congressman ro khanna said he's worried about the impact the loss of tiktok could have on thousands of creators. >> these folks, some of

whom were in tears. they were saying, we're not even going to -- sure if we get unemployment. what are we going to do? no one is talking about the real people who are really getting hurt with this ban. >> reporter: khanna called the ban tone- deaf and said the lawmakers supporting it are out of touch. sunday marks the final full day of biden's presidency, meaning president-elect donald trump will likely make a decision on tiktok's future. the app's ceo thanked trump for his support on friday. >> i want to thank president trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps tiktok available in the united states. this is a strong stand for the first amendment and against arbitrary censorship. >> however, it is still unclear what trump can actually do or what he will do, but he's reportedly considering an executive order to suspend tiktok's sale or the law that would ban it for 60 or 90 days. to santa clara county now where matthew muller, the subject of "american

nightmare" has pleaded guilty to new charges. the charges stem from two more home invasions and sexual assaults in mountain view and palo alto dating back to 2009. muller is currently serving a 40- year sentence for the kidnapping of denise hus kins in valejo, a case that police initially called a hoax. in the latest charges, muller faces live in prison. he is scheduled to be sentenced on february 21. the time is 6:12. coming up, the fire at a battery plant in moss landing has some people worried about about long-term effects. their concerns and the company's response coming up. and the search for more than 30 people continues after southern california's devastating wildfires. we'll have the latest on the search and the investigation. and here's a beautiful view of the first light of the weekend, beginning to make its way above the horizon. there's fog below it. just enveloping over the santa clara valley. this is our view from on top

of black mountain. i'll let you know what you can expect this weekend as that sun rises higher in the sky. that will be coming up in just a bit. i'm johnny mosley, and the mountains are calling. the toyota is packed up and ready to go. before we get out there, let's take a look at what the conditions are like. the toyota tahoe report is ready to go. let's head to the map. >> we're looking at a beautiful weekend, plenty of sunshine if you want to head to the mountains and hit the slopes, but no new fresh powder to report from places like kirkwood, sierra, tahoe and heavenly. still, very solid base totals, though. that's great news if you do want to head up to the mountains and enjoy some skiing or snowboarding. northern parts of lake tahoe also not picking up any additional snowfall this weekend or today. we aren't going to see anything extra. diamond peak, mt. rose, northstar and palisades all solid base totals but the highest numbers heading over to sugar bowl, 73- inch base in

parts. great week to head to the mountains. i hope you can enjoy yourself, and that was your toyota tahoe report.

welcome back. here's a live look from the top of the mark on this saturday morning. beautiful day in san francisco. the time is 6:16. evacuation orders were lifted friday night for around 1,200 people in the moss landing area and the surrounding area after a fire broke out at a power plant earlier this week. however, a stretch of highway 1 still is shut down this morning. the plant is one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities. the monterrey

county sheriff says the epa did monitor the air quality and they say there is no public health threat at this time. they're asking people who live and work near the plant, however, to stay inside out of an abundance of caution. listen. >> so, we're just worried in terms of what's going to happen in the future, because it seems like it's more dangerous this time around because the air is more toxic. >> vistra energy says they have not been able to get back on site to see exactly what went wrong, and the process of doing so will take weeks. so, zoe, when these kinds of things happen, one of the things i always think about is can the weather help clear up these situations and expedite getting that smoke out of there? what are we dealing with? >> it's the best- case scenario. we're not dealing with a high-wind event and the directions of the wind are still slightly off- shore, so it's pushing the smoke away from the human population out to the ocean. we're talking about the otters. not great for the otters out there but good for humans, take the best that you can get. either way, though, it is a quiet start to our morning,

and when it comes to the winds, hopefully not making the situation any worse. i don't know if they can necessarily make it better, but they can definitely help lighten the worst case scenario situations down near half moon bay and down near the peninsula, we are seeing those quieter, those calmer winds and again, look at the direction of them. any smoke that does form is getting pushed off and away. we're not going to have to deal with it. we're not going to have to deal with sitting in that intense particulate matter, that nasty smoke, so that is some sense of good news, if there is any, when it comes to that fire early this morning. as well as the fact that we're dealing with fog early this morning. fog means that there is moisture in the air. moisture is always good news when it comes to having to deal with wildfire danger. that moisture, though, quickly clearing into the afternoon. we're going to be seeing plenty of sunshine today, definitely more sunshine compared to yesterday, but there is a bit of a tricky scenario when it comes to how much clouds could potentially arrive overnight tonight and into

early tomorrow. there is the case that we could be seeing that foggier scenario where we could be seeing a bit more of those thicker clouds, especially lower in the sky, and that could keep our temperatures warmer, waking up early tomorrow morning. so, it's still a little bit uncertain exactly how much of that cloud coverage we'll get and that cloud coverage really determines how cold our temperatures get. the more cloud coverage, the warmer the temperatures are, so early this morning, we're seeing our temperatures likely warmer than yesterday, anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer because of that low- hanging stratus cloud. it's not necessarily still fog but it's still acting like that blanket. temperatures are in the upper 30s to lower 40s, kind of depending on where you're located, how much that blanket is actually insulating you. in san jose in the santa clara valley, you're seeing the thickest of the clouds and the fog so that's why you're seeing the warmest temperatures. normally, you see the warmest temperatures early this morning, though. we're also going to continue to

see, as high pressure sits overhead, it's acting like a cap on the atmosphere, and it's keeping the particulate matter overhead, and unfortunately, we are going to continue to see that moderate health air quality, so we are going to be seeing, if you do have a bit more sensitivities, you're going to want to mask up. even though it's not going to be anything crazy, better be safe than sorry because high pressure, again, is going to continue to dominate throughout the next several days, but there is going to be the potential for even more off- shore winds to develop by early next week as this low- pressure system, a very similar set- up to what we saw the past couple of weeks, moves across the rockies, and as it does so, you see the shift in those we inds. the biggest question, though, is it going to be a strong wind event? that is what we don't know. models are very back and forth at how strong this off- shore wind event is going to be in southern california. fingers crossed it leans toward that weaker event case scenario. either way it is going to be drier, and off- shore winds allow our temperatures to warm

up. warmer temperatures will arrive early next week but seasonable conditions this weekend. no chance for rain over the next seven days. more of the people who were forced to evacuate during the southern california fires will be allowed to go home today, but for a lot of them, there's no home to go back to. at least 12,000 structures have been destroyed. governor newsom did issue an executive order that stops landlords from evicting tenants who might be sheltering fire survivors. the order expires in early march. crews are still searching for 31 people still reported missing. seven people from the palisades fire and 24 from the eaton fire. friends and family are waiting and hoping for good news. >> it is a horrific tragedy that i don't think we've ever seen before. and it's going to take a long time to sort all of this out and for everyone to process everything. >> search crews are posting flyers for missing

people to try and get information on them. l.a. sheriff and police departments say that many of the missing are older. 27 people confirmed dead as a result of the fires. a short time ago, cal fire said containment of the eaton fire is at 73%. the palisades fire at 43%. a house in the pacific palisades survived the fire, but as you can see right here, it has now split into two after a landslide. debris from damaged homes and property on the hillside above may have caused this to happen. >> it's safe to say that the infrastructure under thousands of homes have been compromised. and with that can come challenges like this if it's on a steep hillside. landslides will be more of a concern when the rain comes. >> officials from the u.s. geological survey say the threat of landslides and debris flows in these areas will persist for years. ahead in sports, there is no place like home, and for the warriors,

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. >> announcer: from have been news bay area, this is the morning edition. welcome back. the time is 6:32 on this saturday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm max darrow. president-elect donald trump will once again become commander in chief when he is inaugurated on monday, but of course, he can not control the winter weather. so, ceremonies are being moved indoors because of extreme cold and dangerous winds. cbs's bradley blackburn joins us live this morning with more on the late changes and what that mean for the expected crowds. bradley, good morning. how cold are we talking it's going to be? >> reporter: yeah, max, good morning. the forecast calls for windchills in the single digits right at noon when the swearing-in is set to take place. this move means the outdoor inaugural parade is canceled too, but the transfer of power to president-elect trump will march on. preparations for an inauguration on the steps of the capitol are now being scrapped as washington braces for a polar

plunge monday. forecast with windchills in the single digits are forcing the ceremonies inside. on truth social, president- elect donald trump said he ordered the move, writing, "there is an arctic blast sweeping the country. i don't want to see people hurt or injured in my way. " some trump supporters who have traveled to d.c. say they would have braved the cold. >> i would stand in the five- degree weather in order to support what he's going to do. >> reporter: the capitol rotunda is ready as a backup location every four years. the last president to take the oath indoors was ronald reagan 40 years ago. the temperature that day was 7 degrees. inside, tv cameras and a few hundred dignitaries will be able to watch the swearing- in in- person, but not the crowds that were expected outdoors n the national mall. >> i was really excited for my kids to witness it. >> reporter: katie, from new york, attended trump's first inauguration and brought her children this time. they had tickets to the

ceremony. >> i don't know what's happening. the tickets that we just picked up, the office said that they would let us know any updates. >> reporter: late friday, president- elect trump said some supporters will be able to gather in washington's capital one arena to view the swearing-in on screens and the newly inaugurated president trump will then visit in- person for a modified indoor parade. >> now, that capital one arena can seat roughly 20,000 people but some 250,000 had tickets to the outdoor ceremony on the mall. of course, that's been canceled and other indoor spaces may be opened up for viewing parties, but all of this is going to force a major reworking of some intense security plans. >> bradley, obviously, a really big change for the crowd but also for the performers who were traveling for these inaugural ceremonies, including marching bands, musicians there in d.c. any word on what's going to happen for them? >> reporter: yeah, no question, this is a disappointment for some of these groups that have been preparing for months. some version of this

parade will take place in that arena, max, including those performers. the three inaugural balls will also go forward as planned. but if past is prologue, max, it's interesting to look back to what president reagan did after his inauguration when the parade was canceled then, several o. marching bands apparently gathered to perform at walt disney world's epcot center later in the year, and president reagan joined in, so we'll have to see what happens with president trump. >> we'll be watching closely. former vice president mike pence plans to attend monday's inauguration, though a source says his plans are still in flux since he is traveling in asia right now. pence did not endorse trump after he dropped out of the presidential race last year. two men had a falling out over the events of january 6th in 2021. and you can watch donald trump's inauguration right here on cbs news bay area, coverage starts at 6:00 a. m. , our time, on monday morning. the irs commissioner will end his term early and resign on monday as president- elect

trump takes office. the move by daniel comescomes years before the end of his five- year term. he said in a message to employees this was the best way to support the next administration. trump wants former republican congressman billy long to be the next commissioner. switching gears, bringing it a little bit closer to home, we were just talking about the cold, cold weather in washington, d.c. , ahead of monday, but here at home, it's pretty mild. pretty nice. >> we live in california, and we are dealing with the quiet conditions in the bay area because, yeah, the arctic chill is settling in. my hometown of chicago, they're dealing with -- >> wow. >> yeah. >> we're going to get back to that in just a minute. we'll head to an update on the middle east right now. people in gaza woke up with the news that the israeli cabinet signed off on a ceasefire agreement. under this deal, hamas will free some hostages and israel

will release prisoners within the first six weeks. the ceasefire now set to start at 12:30 a.m. sunday morning, our time. that will be 8:30 a.m. in gaza. cbs's erica brown has more details. >> reporter: israel's government has approved the long- awaited ceasefire and hostage agreement following several hours of intense talks friday. the first phase of the agreement is set to begin sunday with the release of the first israeli hostages held by hamas. >> they don't know where they are. they were scattered around the gaza strip, in houses, and in tunnels, all around gaza. >> reporter: she hopes her 84-year-old father will be among the first to be freed. >> we wait. hold our nails. we keep calm. we embrace those that are returning. >> reporter: american eden alexander was only 19 when he was captured by hamas on october 7th of 2023. >> only when i'll see him, i'll know exactly that this is done.

he's not the first one to come out. hopefully, not the last one. >> reporter: during the first phase, israel is expected to free 95 imprisoned palestinians in exchange for 33 israeli hostages. women, the elderly, the sick, and children. despite the announcement of a ceasefire, israel's military has ramped up bombing since wednesday. gaza's health ministry says approximately 100 people have died since then. israel says targets militants. >> when the israeli public sees the condition of the hostages, see how badly they're off both mentally and physically, it's going to increase the pressure on the government to make sure every hostage comes home. >> reporter: for now, hospitals across israel are being prepared for the hostages to receive care for extreme trauma. erica brown, cbs news, washington. the time is 6:39 on this saturday morning. when we come back, as president-elect donald

trump prepares to take office on monday, california may be in for a fight over its coastline. >> we will frack, frack, frack and drill, baby, drill. president biden banned new off- shore drilling, but there is still concern about some existing rigs potentially coming back online.

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it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds] welcome back. here is a live look at the downtown oakland skyline on

this saturday morning. the time is 6:42. president-elect donald trump has promised to unleash american energy by maximizing u.s. oil and gas production. our ann mac vick takes a look at how this directive could set california up for a battle over off- shore drilling. >> reporter: oil and gas drilling off the california coast. >> not your beaches. >> reporter: it's a politically explosive issue marked with of decision. opposition. >> what you've got to do is fight it every step of the way. >> reporter: leon panetta says the coastline is a national treasure that needs protection. >> you don't have oil drilling in yosemite. you don't have oil drilling in yellowstone, and frankly, we shouldn't have oil drilling off the california coast. >> reporter: after ronald reagan took office in 1981, his interior secretary, james

watt, announced plans to sell oil and gas rights off the california coast to the highest bidder. the plan failed due to widespread opposition. it also mobilized a bipartisan effort under panetta to create the monterrey bay national marine sanctuary where oil drilling is forbidden. today, there are five such sanctuaries along the coast. >> thank god we had broad support here in the community. >> reporter: since the santa barbara oil spill in 1969, california has prohibited new off- shore oil and gas drilling in state waters. three miles off the coast in federal waters, president biden just took action to ban any new off- shore drilling. that said -- >> we will frack, frack, frack, and drill, baby, drill. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump has a plan to undo biden's ban. >> it will be done immediately. and we will drill, baby, drill. >> reporter: it's not clear how the president- elect can do this. he might need help from the courts or

congress. but as that battle shapes up, another one is already under way. >> unfortunately, the threat is not over. >> reporter: alex katz explained biden's ban does not cover any existing lease, and in federal waters, just north of santa barbara, three off- shore oil platforms just cleared a major hurdle to come back online. >> now, this company's trying to restart these platforms, which would significantly increase fossil fuel production in california, a state that's supposed to be leading the rest of the country on climate change. >> reporter: the platforms are part of what's called the santa inez unit. it was shut down in 2015 after a badly corroded pipeline ruptured and caused the second most damaging oil spill in santa barbara history. >> it killed, you know, countless marine animals, including marine mammals, shut down businesses,

shut down beaches, destroyed habitats all up and down the coast of central and southern california. >> reporter: in 2020, a new company called sable out of texas took over the unit. sable says it continues to look closely with state regulatory agencies. it just received a waiver from the state fire marshal regarding its pipeline and says the unit will produce a million barrels of crude oil a month. >> drill, baby, drill. >> reporter: as for trump, he wants to accelerate drilling in federal waters and lands and speed up lease sales, but some environmentalists are counting on regulatory roadblocks. >> this process of itself of opening up new oil- drilling platforms is very lengthy, time-consuming. >> reporter: katie thompson is executive director for save our shores in santa cruz. she says every year, california's coast, the tourism, fishing, and shipping contributes roughly $46 billion to the state's economy. >> when we think about economy, we just need to shift our perspective away from fossil fuels and more forward- thinking, more thinking about

the sustainable economy and with a coastal state like california, that depends on the health of the coasts and the marine life. >> reporter: as california dives into the second presidency of donald trump. so, we'll pick this first alert weather conversation where we left off. this is one of those days, zoe, that makes you grateful to be living in california in the wintertime. >> it's so nice. i was talking to my mom yesterday, and she was like, oh, what's the weather there? it's freezing here. and i was like, it's 60 degrees, and sunny. >> and this is chilly for us. >> i was about to say, she said, that sounds like the exact same as it was in summertime. i said, you know what? you're right. we have the same temperatures year-round. it's really, really nice. it definitely makes you appreciate not having to deal with an arctic chill. the coldest temperatures of the entire season are settling in across the central parts of thethe united states, but again, for us here in the bay area, definitely not the coldest air of the season early this morning. we'll be seeing our clouds from early this morning beginning to

filter out by the afternoon. we'll be seeing a lot more sunshine today and with more sunshine, we'll be seeing temperatures warming up a couple of degrees higher than what we felt yesterday. yesterday, we were in the mid to upper 50s across most of the baybay area, seasonable. today, we'll be in the upper 50s to low 60s depending on where you're located, low 60s down into the santa clara valley, mid to upper 50s closer to our coastal communities that are going to be dealing with more of that sea breeze, especially for farther closer to the coast like point reyes. the fact that you're basically in the ocean, you're dealing with a stronger on- shore flow and it's keeping your temperatures cooler. you can see how much cooler those ocean temperatures are compared to our more inland temperatures. so, being affected by the ocean air this afternoon is definitely going to be an impact in our weather today. but what is going to be a bigger issue when it comes to having to forecast is the temperatures overnight, because we don't know exactly how much more fog is going to develop overnight. if more fog does develop, our

temperatures are likely going to be a couple of degrees warmer. right now, we're going to be seeing them sitting in the upper 30s to lower 40s but if the fog does become thicker, i would not be surprised if our temperatures did stay a little bit warmer. so, that's something to keep your eye on. more fog, more cloud coverage, means warmer temperatures. so, if more fog does develop early tomorrow like this case scenario, our temperatures, don't be surprised, likely going to be a degree or two warmer than what you're seeing here. but either way, the bigger impact that we're going to be looking forward to -- not looking forward to but i should say looking upcoming to is the off- shore winds redeveloping. quiet winds will continue today as we're looking at kind of the battle of two storm systems. high pressure to our north, low pressure to our south. we saw a bit more of a cloud coverage from the low pressure system yesterday. that will quickly depart, pushing off and away from the west coast and high pressure will begin to develop. but you'll also notice an area of low pressure, similar to the past couple of weeks

set-ups where we saw that inside slider storm. we're kind of going to see a similar set- up early next week. i have a question mark, though, you notice, after the word, "strong," because there's kind of two case scenarios. the worst case scenario is the fact that these could potentially bring very strong off- shore winds to southern california. but we don't know exactly how strong. the best case scenario is that they're not nearly as strong as what we originally anticipate, similar to what we saw a couple of days ago. again, though, we'll be noticing here in san francisco and here in the bay area, the off- shore winds likely developing early monday morning. southern california, not seeing the stronger off-shore winds until later monday afternoon and evening and into the overnight hours while we begin to see our winds backing off. kind of depends on location across california, who's going to be dealing with the most of the off-shore winds, but everybody likely going to be seeing drier than normal conditions over the next 6 to 10 days. but there's good news. finally, our long- range models are pointing out some

sort of transition from these very, very dry conditions to slightly wetter conditions because this is normally our wettest time of the year and the fact that we haven't seen anything basically at all to kick off the year is not good news, but again, at the end of our 14-day window, hopefully we see something. over the next seven days, though, all you'll need are the sunglasses. well be on the lookout for that. still ahead, more than 11,000 computers combining to form the world's fastest supercomputer. when we come back, we'll take a look inside groundbreaking research happening right here at home in the bay area.

deep breath. cancer is a journey you don't take alone. you did it! our cancer care team works together to care for all that is you. welcome back. livermore is home to the world's fastest supercomputer. officials say it is being used at the forefront of

national security, and we got a rare look inside. >> reporter: meet el capitan, the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputer, housed in livermore national laboratory. >> when people talk about running on high- performance computers, this is the main thing. you put two computers in what's known as a blade here, and then you can pack 64 of those into a whole big cabinet here, so that gets you 128 nodes, and then you buy 87 of those racks, and you get to 11,136 individual computers. >> reporter: more than 11,000 individual computers that come together to help lead the way in all types of research, including national security. >> we can simulate climate.

we can simulate gene folding, so all the way up through, eventually, the simulation of nuclear weapons. >> reporter: el capitan is in the early access mode, meaning more testing and calculations to eventually process classified information. the $600 million supercomputer will soon run sophisticated calculations that simulate nuclear detonations from the u.s.'s aging stockpile. >> because we stopped doing underground nuclear testing, we needed to replace that with something, replace that with simulating on these very large computers to be able to understand how they age. >> reporter: livermore's mayor says he's proud of the researchers here that have been leading the way to enhance national security measures. >> it's about ensuring that these -- the weapons that we have, that when we need them, after they have been sitting there for 40 years, are they going to work? >> reporter: as for computing power, at its peak, el

capitan can make 2. 79 quintillion calculations per second. let's say you went back in time 2.79 quintillion seconds. you'd arrive more than 70 billion years before the big bang. >> actually have results that match our real experiments. >> reporter: watson has been at lawrence livermore for 24 years, spending the last eight years dropping el capitan. >> i really love the fact that this is actually something that really helps the country and the world, ultimately, in doing this research. >> reporter: doing research based in the bay area, helping protect the nation. >> i never thought about measuring anything with quintillion as a measuring stick. to add some perspective, the el capitan supercomputer is so large, it requires five to nine million gallons of water every day to help keep it cool. it also uses about 30 megawatts of electricity, about three times the amount of power used by the entire city of livermore.

another beautiful day is in store all across the bay area. it's a little foggier start to our morning but still a beautiful sunrise if you're not underneath the thicker clouds. but either way, this afternoon, clouds will clear. expect more sunshine today compared to yesterday. those clouds will continue to clear into early next weekweek the off- shore winds begin to pick up, starting monday.

as the off-shore winds develop, the diablo winds in the bay area, that also brings us warmer temperatures. so, yes, today was -- yesterday was slightly cooler. cooler is all relative, though, because it wasn't cold by any means. it's not the arctic chill that they're feeling in the central parts of the united states. we're just dealing with upper 50s instead of mid to upper 60s, and hey, you know, it's january. it's winter. this is our normal temperatures. they should be warming up by early next week, though, with those drier off-shore winds, something to keep your eye on. we'll keep you updated on fire threats, though. luckily, they are at a low right now, at a minimal, but keep you updated as the week progresses. back to you. thank you, zoe. coming up, oakland's former mayor, indicted in a federal corruption investigation into her dealings before and afterafter took office two years ago. we'll dive into the bribery case against sheng thao and three other people. plus the immediate future of tiktok in jeopardy after the supreme court upheld a ban across the united states.

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