coyotes are species that most people know live in the l.a. area, but people think that they live in the mountains-- mountainous areas or griffith park, where there's more open space, but really don't think of them as animals able to adapt to this type of landscape. [car alarm beeps] back to the ranger station. yeah, so, we're in griffith park, and here is one right here. this park is surrounded by freeway, by urbanization, by some major barriers for wildlife. so, we just saw two, maybe 3 coyotes within this picnic area. so, they know that this resource is here on a regular basis. coyotes are doing pretty well in this urban landscape thanks to their adaptability, but the mountain lions are another story. they really need some help if they're going to have a population here for multiple generations to come. i use camera traps, which are motion-activated cameras that have sensor in front that's triggered by motion or heat that allows me to document wildlife that is using a particular area. and each photo or each image is time- and date-stamped to tel

about one person dies every six minutes in the l.a. area. >>> a live look in l.a., which over the weekend confirmed its first case of the faster spread issing uk covid strain. hospitals across the country are stretched incredibly thin. the number of deaths reported yesterday was noticeably lower. health leaders are stressing a big undercount due to the weekend lag. deaths there are approaching 14,000 and like most bay area counties, vaccine supplies are low. >>> so the counties here in the bay area still trying to work out the kinks and eliminate the could be fusion in this ongoing vaccine rollout. yesterday at santa clara county fairgrounds, some appointments had to be turned away. the county is only allowing people over 75 to get the shot, even though the state allows people over 65. so some people are signing up at the state website, even though they don't qualify at the county level, adding to the confusion and there's a lot of it, health leaders are trying to deal with their own supply, accepting some of them with their own supply are

in the l.a. area, dozens of accidents on rain-slicked roads as the system moved through there. this big rig overturning. the cab going over the guardrail. luckily the driver not seriously hurt. >> incredible that driver is okay. rob joins us now. rob, time out the storm for us. >> reporter: it really did a number on the west coast. now has the eastern half of the country in its crosshairs. look at the areas that are going to be impacted by winter weather. over 20 states, with warnings now in d.c., philly, chicago. that's where you're seeing impacts. that's where the snow is piling up. northern illinois, indiana. roads getting bad there. heavy rains across the southern part of this, but the winter weather gets to indiana, ohio tomorrow. it will weaken somewhat. coastal lows take shape during the day tomorrow. d.c., baltimore, you really get it tomorrow afternoon. philly tomorrow night. new york into monday and tuesday. some rain mixing along the coastline. that will keep some of the numbers down as far as accumulation goes, but high winds and accumulations that could exceed 10 i

army core of engineer to the l.a. area. hospitals are on the brink.y systems. cases are rising at a rapid pace. 47,000 cases recorded today. more heartbreaking, 585 people have died in 24 hours. the most in a single day

army core of engineer to the l.a. area. hospitals are on the brink. evaluate and upgrade oxygen delivery systems. cases are rising at a rapid pace. 47,000 cases recorded today. more heartbreaking, 585 people have died in 24 hours. the most in a single day by far. let's check in. on bed availability around the state. southern california and the valley have run out. the sacramento area at 11% capacity. the bay area dropping to 6% available capacity over night. that is down from the 10% earlier this week. only northern california is above that 15% threshold. >> with cases continuing to climb availability diminishing across the bay area, restrictions won't be easing any time soon. how about businesses that rely so heavily on tourism? >> we expected it. we're disappointed. we'll get through. >> an fran fisherman ward they are serving uptake out food. seating is off limits. >> of course we were disappointed. we would like to open again. we have to stay safe. the hospital surge is ridiculous. we get it. >> they follow state and local leaders and figure the s

connection at the time what you write about in that time, the smallpox in new orleans, one of the l.a. area, 1918 comes through so people are living with a lot of these illnesses. i think having talked about the stigma how frightened people work, you should say what about the people about the daughters of charity and the people who go there to take care of these patients who were sent against their will. ... once you get these people away from the city, right? but they didn't have anyone to care for them because nobody wanted to deal with people who had leprosy and they didn't want to be in such a remote mosquito invested areas so they recruited the daughters of charity sisters which were the only ones that would go into it. they went in the late 1800's and they became nurses and caretakers for these patients and they were abandoned like the occupations were. they will take care of it, let's not worry about it and then when the federal government took over the 1920s again they couldn't find somebody, people who were willing to care for them so they kept the sisters on as public servants and

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temporary closure is necessary to protect staff and customers till the surge in covid-19 cases and the l.a. areaport his staff until furlough benefits kick in. >>> the time is now 5:25. the balance of power up for grabs. >> in our next half hour on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the historic election in georgia and how the results will impact the entire country. >>> plus, santa clara county expands their testing sites. this as front line health care workers start to get their second dose of the covid vaccines. >>> and here is a live look outside before we head to break from our exclusive mark hopkins camera on this monday advanced non-small cell lung cancer can take away so much. but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pd-l1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. it's the first and only approved chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works together in different w

i've seen stories of grocery stores having to close in the l.a. area because so many of their workers got sick. i personally have many colleagues who are out right now. we've gotten our first vaccines but not our second. and so people are still getting sick. it is an exponential cycle of badness, if we don't get these vaccines into people's arms across the country quickly. >> and already in terms of that variant out of the uk, we're seeing, you know, a handful of cases in california and colorado. how concerned are you that this vaccine will be equipped -- be able to address this new variant? >> so the first thing is, i'm quite concerned that although we've identified a handful of cases, that there are probably hundreds, if not thousands of cases out there that we just haven't identified. we do such a poor job in this country of doing genomic surveillance. we didn't start looking for this variant until it had been revealed by the uk that it had become dom ghainant in their country. and i am not worried about the vaccine not working for this new variant.

all hospitals in the l.a. area and surveyed three. another issue california is now facing is the quality of care being given to covid-19 patients. not every single hospital worker is trained to deal with patients who are now in the icus. let's listen to the chief medical officer from l.a. county usc. >> you can't just snap your fingers and make an icu doctor, an icu nurse appear. it takes years of training. they're running towards the danger. they are putting on the mask, the face shield, the gown. they're going into the contagious patient's room to deliver critical care. how disrespectful is it while front line workers are putting their lives on the line to go to the mall to shop. >> reporter: as for the hospitalizations in california, right now around 21,000, ana, and that's why these resources are stretched so improbably thin. >> awful situation there. paul vercammen, thank you for bringing us the information they need to hear. the director of the department of health services in los angeles.galli, i wish we were talking under bett

. >> reporter: in february of 2003, actress and restaurant hostess lana clarkson, died in his l.a. areah. spector faced two trials. the first ended in a deadlocked jury. the second in 2009 resulted in spector's conviction. >> guilty of the crime of second-degree murder of lanna clarkson -- >> reporter: after learning of his death over the weekend, clarkson's family released a statement calling her "a warm, compassionate, kind, loving woman." they said her energy, brightness, and love of life have sustained her family since her murder. >> every tribute you see to phil spector you can't get away from his behavior, his instability, and the fact that he murdered somebody. >> reporter: true. and in a social media post, the front woman of the ronettes and former wife called him a brilliant producer but a lousy husband. she said unfortunately phil was not able to litch and function outside the recording studio. darkness set in. many lives were damaged. anthony? >> all right. thank you very much. >>> next, vlad duthiers will bring us "what to watch," the stories you'll be talking about toda thi

in california, the l.a. area, they actually have their own variant. you've heard of the variant from the uk. l.a.'s got its own variant that is spreading like wildfire there. that is spreading like wildfire there. there are so many people dying just in los angeles county, gayle, that they actually relaxed their air quality restrictions so they could do more cremations than they're usually allowed to do. >> boy, david, very sorry to hear that. we're now joined by dr. ashish aja, thank you for joining us. >> good morning, gayle. thanks for having me on. >> glad to have you here. let's pick up where david left off about the vaccine. we can all agree it's been an epic fail but as we move forward the biden administration, of course, wants to correct that. they're saying 100 million shots in the first 100 days. sounds very ambitious. do you think it's doable? >> you know, gayle, i do. i do think it's doable. i think what the biden team has laid out as a plan is somebody described it as maddeningly obvious. it's the federal government helping the states. it'

it will end up in urban areas. l.a., detroit.o you think that this money is being doled out successfully? is it going where it should? does the fcc have more to do to close the loopholes that are enabling this to happen? >> i will make two different things. the overwhelming majority of the funding that is going to be distributed is being distributed to areas that most people would consider rural. for those areas, some partisan have activists have argued they are more urban in nature. they are defined as underserved. moreover, we published a list of these areas well in advance of the rural digital opportunity fund auction. there are plenty of people, if anybody had an opportunity to object. i understand that there will be some tiny percentage of the $20 billion that was told out. in the overall picture, it is one of the digital divide closing. here too, you can it pack -- nitpick the determination. we are very transparent. we were very efficient in the way we distributed funds to ensure that everybody had a chance to compete inclu

when research estimated 13% of the 885 million going to spacex is going to end up in purdy urban areas, l.a., detroit, places like that. i want to do think this money is being told that successfully, is going what should? do you think the fcc has more to do to close the loopholes that are enabling this to happen? >> guest: number one, the overwhelming majority of the funding that is going to be distributed is, in fact, been distributed. most people would consider rural. secondly, for those areas as you pointed out some partisan activists have suggested are more urban in nature, those have been defined as unserved. we are focusing on wherever they happen to be. moreover,, we published a list of these various areas what anf the rural digital opportunity fund auction at this plenty people anybody has an opportunity subject and say you need to take more careful look at this. i i understand there will be soe who will pit about a 10% of the twinkling dollars or dollars or nine things in first aid that was doled out. the overall picture is one of the digital divide closing things and the bold init

. >> reporter: it's the start of the day in one of the hardest areas of l.a. hit with covid-19. christian is just beginning his rounds [ speaking foreign language ]. christian grew up in this predominantly-latino neighborhood, what he sees happening to his kmie community is overwhelming. >> that's code blue, a patient is in cardia io pulmonary arrest with his heart stopped five to six times. >> he said two types of conversation rock him to his core, some among nurses themselves. >> sometimes it's like, hey, now he, before we go into this room his wife was on another floor and didn't make it, she just passed, don't say anything about that >> reporter: then patients turn to ask this -- >> the absolute worse is when they verbalize it and say, hey, i'm not going to make it, am i what do you say. >> reporter: across los angeles death rates among latinos are twice as high as the rest of the population, latinos hospitalized three times more than white communities. this dr. seen ten of his patients die from covid many from multi generational households who bring the virus home and sprea

. >>> in los angeles, the county reports 18,000 new covid cases in the area. l.a. county mortuaries are so overwhelmed that state workers are forced to use mobile morgues. how eos workers were seen floating bodies into 10 refrigerator trucks on friday. >>> the sonoma county corner office is preparing for the worst. they had a refrigerated trailer last weekend. >>> the fda says some of the covid saliva test are showing false results. specifically, false negatives are they are less invasive tests . the fda says they need to be administered within 14 days of showing symptoms. the company has several pop-up sites across the bay area. >>> small independent pharmacies say they are being left out of the vaccine supply system in favor of larger chains. cvs has done vaccine distribution. independent pharmacies say they could do it faster because they have direct relationships with the people who need the vaccines the most. a pharmacy in sacramento was approved by the cdc, as well as state and local health departments to receive vaccines weeks ago. the freezers remain empty.

>> reporter: it's the start of the night shift in one of the areas of l.a. hardest hit by covid-19. christian is just beginning his rounds. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: christian grew up in this predominantly latino neighborhood, and what he sees happening to his community every night is overwhelming. >> that is a code blue. that means that a patient is in cardiopulmonary arrest. this patient is now -- has had his heart stopped a total of five to six times. >> reporter: he says there are two types of conversations that happen in these hospital halls that rock him to his core. some among nurses themselves. >> sometimes it's like hey, before we go into this room, his wife was on another floor and she didn't make it a couple days ago, she just passed away. so remember, don't say anything about that. >> reporter: then there are those when patients turn to him and ask this. >> the absolute worst is when they verbalize it, when they say hey, i'm not going to make it, am i? you know, what do you say to that? >> reporter: across los angeles death rates among latinos are tw

. >> reporter: within hours of the crash, the area outside of l.a.es center began transform scomboog transforming into a massive memorial. countless memorials from across the country. one year later, bryant's lakers family is still grappling with the void left behind. >> a lot of things are dying in the world, but legends never die. and he's exactly that. >> reporter: in the days after kobe's death, tributes in the form of murals like this one began appearing across los angeles. more than 240 kobe murals have since been painted across the city. but beyond the tributes and memorials questions remain about the crash and its cause. there was thick fog at the crash site. the ntsb immediately started its investigation. the faa currently does not require helicopters like the one bryant was aboard to have a terrain awareness and warning system or t.a.w.s. it's a device to keeps helicopters from crashing. bryant's helicopter was also not required to have a black box. >> more safety equipment we can have on helicopters and aircraft, the more information we ca

l.a. dodgers and nemesis for bay area baseball fans has died. he suffered a heart attack last night at his home in fullerton in southern california. he started his career as a pitcher in the 1940s and '50s but had much more success as a coach. he won two world series as dodgers managers. he won four national league pen abilities, was inducted into hall of fame in 1997. he was 93 years old. >>> still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, new rules before you board that plane. >> some international travelers will face mandatory testing for covid-19. i am tina krause with which countries will make people prove they don't have the virus. >> plus where this sink hole swallowed up cars and affected patients dealing with covid. >>> morning showers are pretty much wrapping up for us. through the afternoon, we're going to catch clearing as we go through the day. highs are mid to upper 50s, upper by harnessing california's abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golde

what more do we know about the area -- about the l.a. variant. >> that when you have a significant amount, and we certainly have that now, and we have had that over the last couple of months, the virus will continue to mutate and will mutate for its own selective advantage. if you have a lot of cases in los angeles, you can be almost certain that as long as there is a lot of virus circulating in the community, there will be evidence of mutants because that is what viruses do. particularly rna viruses because that is what i was referring to a moment ago. you give the virus opportunity to adapt. so when people get an immune response -- get a -- it gives the virus a chance to adapt to the forces, in this case the immune response, that is trying to get rid of it, and that is where you get mutations. he question that you are asking, which is relevant, is what d think is happening in other cities? i think the underlying issues that is going on in california and los angeles, very likely are taking place throughout the country, which is one of t

that includes locations in the bay area, l.a., new york city, and kirkland, washington, which is outsidettle. one medical is helping facilitate the conversion and the google ceo took to twitter to announce this is part of the company's new pledge to promote vaccine education. it's revamping its search pages to make it easy for people to find when and where to get the shot and google will spend $150 million to support groups that are distributing the vaccine. >>> sir francis drake high school is getting a new name and there are quite a few choices. so when an online poll starts next week there are 85 names on the list that is going to be like march madness in basketball. you use the brackets to determine the winner. officials hope to determine the new name by the middle of march. they voted to change the school's name last year. the school is named after 16th century english explorer who had ties to the slave trade. >>> happening right now, parts of the san lorenzo valley in the davenport area are under an evacuation warning. cal trans put up signs to alert drivings. cal fire is getting t

right now is with all of the news of different variants of the virus, there's one in l.a., there's one in the bay area, there's one in the u.k., and of course, south africa. this is causing concern for everyone. is the shot that i'm lining up to get, is that going to protect me? >> so, so far, we have no reason to believe that the vaccines are not going to be efficacious against the different variants that we're seeing. epidemiologists, some of them have argued that if we have limited contact tracing resources, which we absolutely do right now in the us, that they should prioritize any cases that are the u.k. variant. we have found a few in the country. so we should prioritize those cases because they will spread faster. and then, of course, there is now more than ever the argument that you should not be a case, any type of case. viruses just mutate. that's what they do. and every time they mutate, which means you're a case, you're giving it a chance to mutate, you're giving it more chances to mutate away from the type of coronavirus that we know that the vaccine works against. so our job as individua

within hours of the crash, the area outside staples center in l.a. transformed into a massive memorial. as you can see, the mambo mentality still lives on today, strong as ever. >> it's an inspiration just because, he never gave up. he was always pushing himself 110%. always inspiring others to never give up. >> this isn't the only mural meant to inspire fans. there are more than 400 of them around the world. >>> coming up. it's a sign there is still a tremendous need during the pandemic. long lines for food in the county. >>> a local food bank is giving back to its community members in need during the pandemic. the food bank of contra costa and solano held a free drive- through distribution event. it happened this afternoon at the immaculate heart of mary church in brentwood. see the cars lined up. getting boxes of including fresh fruit and vegetables. >> we continue to help. people are still out of work. we still, people need us right now more than ever. especially now as we look at benefits asserting to expire. >> the food bank serves 122 140 fami

." >> reporter: it's the start of the night shift in one of the areas of l.a. covid-19 and christian diance is just beginning his rounds. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: christian grew up in this predominantly latino neighborhood. and what he sees happening to his community every night is overwhelming. >> that is a code blue. that means that a patient is in cardiopulmonary arrest. this patient has had his heart stopped a total of five to six times. >> reporter: he says there are two types of conversations that happen in these hospital halls that rock him to his core. some among nurses themselves. >> sometimes it's like hey, before we go into this room his wife was on another floor and she didn't make it a couple days ago. she just passed away. so remember, don't say anything about that. >> reporter: then there are those when patients turn to him and ask this. >> the absolutely worst is when they verbalize it, when they say hey, i'm not going to make it, am i? what do you say to that? >> reporter: across los angeles death rates among latinos are t

l.a. county more than 10,000 died in this area alone. peter, all of this on the backdrop of 20 million americans that have been infected by the virus. peter? >> miguel almaguer in los angeles tonight, thank you. >>> with federal officials admitting th vaccine rollout has been far slower than promised and dr. anthony fauci joining the chorus of criticism, many americans spent their new year's eve waiting in hours-long lines to be vaccinated. nbc' kerry sanders has that part of the story. >> reporter: in florida, those 65 and olde and health care workers exasperated by the vaccine rollout. those eligible for the first round of shots waiting up to eight hours in first come first serve lines. >> i blame our whole government i totally blame our government that this is not what it should be. >> i did not expect to be sitting here since 3:45 this morning. >> reporter: in florida, one in five of the state residents is 65 or older demand for vaccines overwhelming officials in ft. myers toda defending the plan of first come, first served. >> could

area. the variant is tied to an outbreak at l.a. cedar sinai hospital and tied to the variant recently linked to the christmas day outbreak at san jose kaiser. the strain was first observed in denmark. it is not the same one that's been identified in the uk, but researchers are calling it a major contributor to the surge in cases over the past two months, across southern california. >>> if you need more information about how to get vaccinated, we can help. if you take out your phone, you can use your camera to scan that qr code on the left-hand side of your screen. it will take you right to our vaccination guide. scroll down to your county, get information on how to sign up, and where to go once it's your turn. you can head to nbcbayarea.com and click on "covid-19 vaccination guide" as well. that will be on the top of your computer screen. >>> it's 4:43. we continue to track the microclimate weather alert, powerful winds causing widespread damage across the bay area. the overnight battle in the north bay we'll tell you about. you're

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l.a. alone. like most bay area counties, vaccine supplies are low. >>> the chp will reveal more today about what bridge. it started about 2:00 p.m. yesterday, started several hours, hundreds of motorcycles and dirt bikes and atvs went the wrong way at times, weaving in and out of traffic. starting at about 2:00 p.m. and lasting for several hours. the chp also made multiple arrests. >> they were wheeling, popping hands, arms in the air looking behind them as they were moving at high speeds passing cars, and you know, it was unusual enough to have just a few of these but there were like i said, it was hundreds. >> the chp was able to make some arrests and unfortunately, some of those officers were injured as well. >>> the weekend included the latest reminder for everyone in the bay area to be preparedearthquakes at a moment's notice. did you feel the one on saturday, 4.2 quake centered in aromas in monterey county. one store owner in gilroy says he ran outside when he realized what was going on. >> suddenl bang, you know, the noise came up like a bang, and then i thought some truck, accident happe

l.a. votes were cast in areas that would be democratically favored organized by groups that are democratically inclined so they really have to get a big turnout and they'll have done will trump on monday at a get out the vote in northeast georgia some of the rural areas is where they think there is some potential to try and get more votes there but of course they've got donald trump who's already tweeted out over the weekend that he thinks the election in georgia is illegal standing up saying that he wants to make sure that people get out and vote so that the senate does not become republican eyes for the democrats well they are quietly confident that they're doing ok come the hottest will be in town in the next couple of others she is going to savannah in georgia for a rally there and then joe biden will be in georgia on monday again all about driving out tonneau they want to make sure as many people as vote as possible know if you look at the polls that suggest this is a very tight race but just a couple of days ago there was a very interesting poll which tends to skew towards the republican

l.a. rams. this one plenty of bay area guys making plays all over the field.dams for the touchdown but just before the half, jared goff fires a strike to van jefferson for the score. it's a seven-point game in the fourth, then rodgers with the home run ball to alan lazard, 58 yards for the touchdown. rodgers three total t.d.s in the game. the packers beat the rams 32-18. the packers will host the nfc championship game for the first time in the rodgers era. >> it will be exciting to enjoy this tonight, to the third quarter, the ravens nd looking to tie the game, lamar jackson throws for the end zone but picked off by johnson, from sacramento, takes it back to the house. it's a 101-yard pick six. the bills beat the ravens 17-3. the bills are headed to the afc championship game for the first time since 1993. >>> in arizona, the sharks hitting the ice against the coyotes for the second time in three days. san jose skating out to the early lead on the power play goal by timo meyer, but arizona would score two in the first and two more in the second. they'd add anot

rain some very heavy rain into a good part of california northern and central areas of california maybe even as far south as l.a. some heavy downpours that could lead to some flooding could also latest. mudslides and notice the fabulous notes say coming in across the sierra nevada mountains and it continues more the site as we go on into thursday so that could cause some problems by this stage the least it will douse the fires that are going on here for the south we do have a fine dry weather across the caribbean list lovely i have the next dial cyprus and places a plan yet to be wanted see showers mainly into the western side of the reason you might catch a shower would say over towards the wind which in lee was but for the most part is fine dry and sunny. but. to make a change. change your life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth if you want to create something you push to break it continually mold it up to turn the status quo and fight injustice down the whole month iraq get done it. will sound good just to. pull witness personal documentaries not photo deception on al-jazeera. pool or for

announcement to lift stay-at-home orders is a huge relief for people here in the bay area and in southern california. in l.aty, restaurants can reopen outdoor dining on friday. for the first time since thanksgiving. the curfews will be lifted friday, as well. other businesses like hair and nail salons can also reopen immediately. southern california has been a covid epicenter with more than three million cases and 37,000 deaths. >>> the state is implementing some changes aimed at helping businesses survive the pandemic. california is extending its income tax deadline by three months for small businesses what file less than a million dollars this sales tax. in the meantime, companies filing up to $5 million will have access to existing interest and penalty-free payment agreements. governor newsom says the move will save small businesses billions of dollars during the pandemic. small businesses who qualify can get up to $25,000 in relief to keep their doors open through the state's half a billion dollar covid relief program, as well. >>> it is 6:47 now. live look at the oakland skyline right now. small busine

this is the area in l.a. county with a significant, much higher number of positive cases than we do here. the strict measures that we have put in place and keeping the mask on not only in the firehouse and also when we go outside and of course going into calls and the combination of the vaccine, we are seeing the effects of this on our members. it is good to see that. our investigative bureau continues to do random testing. and assisting the doctor's office and new class to come in to have to do the medicals, promotional, and alcohol and drug testing. those are all negative, which is good. and members are able to renew for the year 2021. because of the members we have in quarantine and covid, we have to make an eye on them through the d.h.r. process around are monitoring when they are off. we have new hires and they assist with that. and able to accommodate that as well. support services, i went to sacramento to take possession of five new mini pumpers. ore they are actually oes, but they are all hazard vehic

area. the variant is tied to an outbreak at l.a.e variant recently linked to the christmas day outbreak at san jose kaiser. the strain was first observed in denmark. it is not the same one that's been identified in the uk, but researchers are calling it a major contributor to the surge in cases over the past two months particularly in southern california. >>> the bay area as we've been telling you waking up to downed trees and power lines, even some wind-whipped fires overnight. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in the south bay with a look at some of the damage there. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. fortunately the small number of wildfires are small in size an acre or two in contained. downtown los gatos the american flag still wind-whipped, sustained winds, national weather service has a high wind advisory in effect until 10:00 this morning. i think could you see why and an actual advisory goes on until 6:00 tonight. they recorded gusts from anywhere from 54 miles an hour that was in san francisco overnight to

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l.a. as luz pena found out it was a bay area doctor who discovered the mutation and he says more researchnext. >> reporter: it was december 31st, 2020, when inside this lab, dr. charles chu and his colleagues found what they're calling the l-452r, a california variant of covid-19. >> we discovered this variant incidentally while doing surveillance specifically looking for the variant that's now circulating that emerged from the united kingdom. >> reporter: immediately after his discovery, dr. chu alerted the state's health department. by then, multiple cases had been spotted across california. >> from the end of november to the end of the year, we saw that the cases at least in northern california, the variant, had increased from a portion of less than 5% to more than 25%, more than a quarter of cases. >> reporter: the variant found in the uk is spreading between 30% and 70% faster than others. dr. chu says they're tracking the transmission rate of the california variant. he hopes his findings push for more scientific collaboration to catch these variants faster. >> we do not have an orga

l.a. county has covid. that's a staggering number. one person dies every six minutes there from covid. what is your sense of why that arean you listen to epidemiologists from california and from l.a. in particular, a couple of things come together. it's a picture we are seeing in the country. we fell behind the eight ball. numbers are high to begin with and l.a. before the holidays and those added cases to the point we never could catch up. at-home restrictions were put into place, but the pandemic fatigue after one year of being in the crisis has been an issue to get people to follow up. of course, we don't know about what variant may be involved. >> it's great to have your expertise on the show. thank you very much. >>> turning back to the white house where president trump is capping off the week and his presidency, five days before he officially becomes a former president, he is mostly out of the view of the public, increasingly isolated based on many sources, and he is leaving the white house with the lowest job approval rating of his presidency. down to 29% in a brand-new poll just out this hour. that's down nine po

area's next mass vaccination site. alameda leaders will consider a request to hold a drive thru site in the parking lot. they're expected to discuss the plan in three hours. >>> dodger stadium in l.a. turn nothing a mass vaccination center. the site is the biggest in the country with the capacity to vaccinate 12,000 people a day. a whole workforce has been deployed to administer vaccines. >>> in the bay area the mayor and director of health are expected to give an update on san francisco's response to covid-19. we will carry that live on cbsn bay area at 12:30 streaming on kpix.com. >>> older bay area residents are getting first dose of the vaccine like these folks at suter health in san francisco. others are finding out just because you are eligible doesn't mean it is easy to get a shot. a bay area resident we spoke to called kaiser to schedule appointment for his 66-year-old mother. he tells us when he first got on the phone a recording told him to be prepared for a four hour long wait. some patients say they were on hold for more than five hours. >> when they knew this was going to be happening so fast, you would think they would start planning. like once it's ready, what will

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l.a. and padres stadium in san diego are ramping up and vaccinating thousands of people. kris sanchez, "nbc bay area news." >>> a candidate vaccine from johnson & johnson's shows a sign of promise, in early trials, it would require one injection, not two. so there's a lot of new information every day, we're posting links on our wsite nbcbayarea.com. you can find what you need. you can find it there on the trending bar. we're always adding more information from counties to health care providers as we get it. >>> a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning. it is a glorious day, nbc bay area's kari hall tracking some spring-like weather. it's january and i am just delighted. kari? >> i know, isn't this great? even though we've still seen some fog in parts of the north bay, i wanted to show you the current visibility where it lingers in napa, as well as in santa rosa. it's cleared out there, but novato visibility is improving as well so once the fog clears out all across the bay area, we'll see more scenes like this, what we're seeing in san francisco with a lot of sunshine right now. now as we