you can see this fog on the maps for benicia bridge, and the antioch and carquinez bridges. down out of brentwood, slowing. we're now about half an hour for that drive. folks are appropriately slowing where visibility is tough along that area of vasco. more slowing, northbound 101. fog and low visibility may be a factor. highway 1 over the santa cruz mountains, but then the summit drive is smoothly. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> thank you, mike. >>> happening now, college applications are rebounding this year after decreasing the height of the pandemic. the total number of applications is up more than 22% over prepandemic 2019 levels. that's according to data from the common app that does not include applications to community colleges. the data shows a big jump in applications from foreign students, up more than 40% from prepandemic numbers. >>> court resumes for king james. an update on the covid square that forced lebron to leave the lakers. >>> then, another smash and grab theft in the south bay, and details on what authorities are calling the lightning-fast theft and

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the dark yellow, the benicia bridge and carquinez bridge, chp calls those out this morning with denseea there, they are raising the roadway and that's a long-term project and won't help today. we could not see much from the dublin camera creeping into fremont, and lower visibility will be a factor. in the south bay, saw a lot of incidents clustering around 101, and looks like there could be a roadside fire and we're tracking both, of course. no delays here but watching for patchy fog and it could be an issue for folks coming across on 237. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> only on nbc bay area, our investigative unit obtained exclusive information about the los gatos mom accused of throwing alcohol-fueled parties for minors including her son. the first allegation came from a parent back in december of 2020, according to internal school e-mails. that parent wrote o'connor would buy alcohol for teens and her daughter overdosed on edibles, and the interim principal responded they would follow-up and inform police, and other e-mails were sent to the school over the next few months. >> sch

the same with the carquinez bridge with the same latitude. >>> and then the omicron variant. >> inspired by the omicron variant, and it's now available at other airports. >> i felt fairly confident with the testing requirements, and i feel pretty safe with the mask requirements as well, so it didn't stop me from traveling. >> the experts say the variant should not ground people during the holidays. >> the next couple of weeks will tell how much of a problem omicron is going to be. this illustration shows the variant compared to the delta strain. notice how many more mutations it has, and it was on the move earlier than we thought. officials in the netherlands say the strain was already in the country at least a week earlier than previous believed. seems little doubt that the variant is already in the united states. >> with our vaccine rates and boosters go into the arms and the masking that we know of, i am cautiously hopeful we will be in a good place when the variant does get here. >> reporter: everybody coming to the country must be tested one day before getting on a flight regardless

the road weather index indicating that factor will be the antioch bridge and carquinez bridge and beniciamont and the south bay, milpitas, and even towards this area, in fact. >>> coming up next, breaking news on the unemployment and the new strides being made to prepandemic jobless levels. >> plus, after another smash and grab here in the bay area, the attorney general, the state's top cop is going to be in san mateo county. what some law enforcement leaders want to hear him say about no bail. ♪ you're a mean one, mr. grinch ♪♪ >> you could hate or love it entirely. we want to take you inside the cave that inspired the grinch's home and you can actually book a night to stay inside. would you want to stay there? >> i don't know. if you have enough money. >>> checking the dow jones, up right now. s&p 500 expected to make gains on this friday. a lot more news ahead. 6:42 right now. you're watching "today in the bay." this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recordin

the late show on the carquinez bridge. benicia bridge. all of it. looking wet this morning.wers are generally moving in a northeasterly direction. so this line of showers should be making its way on up into solano county and a little bit closer to risk hurting right past mount diablo here within the next few definitely going to be a little cell there that i'm watching pretty closely. little on the lighter side. as far as rain goes over in livermore down through the snow gray dot over to fremont. can't ignore that big spot. a blue sitting above san jose snowfall across areas like mount hamilton and also a little bit of some rain snow mix just above highway 17 as you get across the santa cruz mountains. snow levels. too high to be hitting it on 17 itself. so you're just running into slick rain, mountain view down to sunnyvale all looking at some light to moderate rainfall already showed you that spot there across the east bay a little quieter for the north bay. that is until you head up into lake and mendocino counties where you are also dealing with some snowfall this morning

also slowing down towards the carquinez bridge. rain has been falling there.ain for highway 4 from concord. and over here, that earlier crash still blocking one rain on 24 near fish ranch road. there's the build here. kari is talking about rain active through the diablo range and that build is growing there. typical patterns for 101 here and up through san josÉ. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> happening now santa clara county leaders are looking at a bold step to help bridge the digital divide to help service for underserved areas for east san josÉ and south santa clara county. across the county up to 680,000 customers have limited access to reliable zoom calls and virtual classrooms or remote medical appointments. >>> a chp officer dies after decades on the tpoergs. still ahead here on "today in the bay," the outpouring of sympathy and how his death tied to a wave of deaths impacting law enforcement agencies across the nation. >>> plus, the olympics is usually a young person's sport. >> counting down to the 2022 olympics. >>> downtown san josÉ, christmas in

impact of low visibility in areas like conquered highway for portions of 6 ad benicia bridge carquinez bridge as well as on up into solano county. so be mindful of this couple pockets of fog right along the bay shore too. our current temperatures anywhere from the 30's in dublin in the north bay to the upper 50's out and we're starting things out under some sunshine. so quite a wide range of numbers. but we are all jacket where the come the afternoon like yesterday, you may be able to get away with just the shorts and t-shirt. i know i did. for a bit. i'll be talking the rest of your forecast still to come, rain thank you, john it as well. all right. we have issues to tell you about in the south bay, if you're traveling northbound, 2.80, just north of matt avenue. we've got an accident there. >> but another one southbound, 6.80, south of east capitol expressway. so we are seeing delays also has long one. oh, one as you're traveling as well. there heading into the city from the east bay little under 90 minutes. we had a traffic accident right near the tolls in the last hour. traffic has been r

also some pretty good rain richmond up to the across the carquinez bridge also coming down pretty goode core of that rainfall is across the core of the bay right now but will spread further southward through the morning. so for areas further south of the peninsula down to fremont eventually down into the south bay. you will be getting in the mix with heavy rain yourselves here in just a matter of time. rainfall will be at its heaviest through the morning by noontime today. we're already seeing signs of clearing and into the afternoon, some peeks of sunshine, but also the possibility of a few rolls of thunder this afternoon. chance of an isolated thunderstorm later on tomorrow morning starts with some more showers before tomorrow during daytime hours for christmas eve brings our longest break from the rain. tomorrow is the best day for last minute shopping for any sort of travels you need to get done even though this year at this point, it's just going to be wet and slick and especially snowy come this weekend, most of our current temperatures are actually very mild in the 50's fremont

impact of low visibility in areas like conquered highway for portions of 6 ad benicia bridge carquinez bridgeful of this couple pockets of fog right along the bay

no fog on the bay bridge or the golden gate bridge, but this band around here, novato, across the carquineznd benicia bridge, and that's further south than we typically see. highway 4 getting enveloped through concord. that's where we see that shout-out. that may slow things down a little extra, but so far we are seeing lighter traffic like we have all week, and that tends to be the case throughout december. no major incidents through the tri-valley. no slowing, but around marsh and 101 there could be debris getting kicked over to the shoulder. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> still ahead here on "today in the bay," new water restrictions for some customers in the north bay and the potential fines if you don't follow. >>> kari hall posted pictures on instagram and recently visited van gogh. keep up with kari on instagram, twitter and facebook. you're watching "today in the bay." the xfinity black friday sales event is happening now on xfinity mobile. now new and existing customers can get our best wireless deal of the year - up to $1,000 in savings - for a limited time only. on the most re

again, this impacts the following bridges, the antioch, the bay bridge, benicia, carquinez, dumbartonere i am at, richmond and san mateo, but does not impact the golden gate bridge toll. >> i find it strange, and i don't remember them talking about it and it goes up all of a sudden, seems strange, but it must have been approved. >> he's correct. three toll increases with senate bill 595, and the voters approved the toll hikes. there's a legal challenge senate bill 595 and regional measure 3 is pending before the california supreme court, so the toll increase collected will be put into a trust and will be managed by a trustee until the litigation is resolved. >> but you are paying one way or the other. thanks, bob. >>> new this morning, the fda planning to expand eligibility for pfizer covid-19 booster shots. the person with knowledge of the plan tells nbc news the agency will expanded eligibility to children ages 12 to 15 in the coming days. currently that age group can get the first two doses but not the booster. the news is the pending apraofl first reported by "the new york times."

it includes the bridges antioch, bay bridge, benicia, martinez, carquinez, dumbarton, richmond, san mateo. not the golden gate because that's not state owned. another toll rate goes into effect in 2025. find all the changes for 2022 on nbcbayarea.com. head to our main page and the link is right on the trending bar. >>> taking a live look at palisades tahoe. their live cam on top of the mountain. a lot of snow. man, a lot of snow over the past week. let's check in with meteorologist vianey arana for the very latest. >> that was a really pretty shot. but it's still unsafe to drive up there right now. hold off on that. look how beautiful it is in san francisco. i'm going to get out of the way so you can enjoy this shot of the golden gate bridge. sunshine but it has been cold all morning long. started out in the 30s. now about 48 degrees in san jose. some areas of cloud cover. walnut creek also at about 48 degrees and a live look right now, but heading into the afternoon we're going to see slight warm-up. take a look at this throughout the entire bay area. and the trending tab right now shows

this affects the antioch, the bay bridge, the dumbarton, the carquinez, and it does not impact the goldenemember them talking about it, it just goes up, but i guess we voted on it and it's >> he's correct. in 2017, central bill 595, and then the regional measure 3 in 2018. the first hike happened in 2019, the second one tomorrow and the third will go into effect in 2025. there's a legal challenge for senate bill 595 and regional measure 3, so the toll increases that they will collect and have collected, they will be placed into an escrow account managed by a trustee until the litigation is settled, so it's going up to $7 tomorrow. >> good to have that warning. thanks, bob. >>> happening now, police are looking for a north bay mother who left her baby in a car as she ran from police. it all started before 1:30 this morning on rose street and winter haven avenue in santa rosa. police found a woman sleeping in our minivan with her baby inside. police believe she was intoxicated. when she did not comply with officers, she sped off. doyle ran off but left the child alone inside the car. the ch

the carquinez including both the benicia incur king is bridges richmond all these areas are looking at light to moderate showers right now in some of the heaviest is right around oakland airport towards san leandro and the south end of oakland itself. now, if we zoom out across the region. there are some showers from morgan hill down to gilroy as well as along highway 17 from santa cruz up to san jose. so pretty active morning still pretty wet out there. slow your role as reyna said, leave a little bit early. and hey, if you get to work early, that just means you get some extra loan time 40's and 50's for current temperatures double in europe. 49 degrees petaluma 45 oakland nevado hayward and livermore each sitting right at 50 degrees. all born your forecast still to come, tom, thank you for that. right. that's smart idea to get to work a little earlier. you can just kind of sit and get some extra things done. >> hey, it's us looking wet one out there like traveling from the east bay into the city, especially it's a little under 30 minutes. once you make it to the maze, but you definit

to dangerous levels, especially on some interstates. 680, 80, 780, going across the carquinez or even the venetia bridge, it will be difficult. highway 4 will be a difficult commute. 242 and 680 as some of that fog slips south. around petaluma also, and some of this fog might make it all the way to san francisco by the time we get through the morning commute. a look at walnut creek that is the biggest issue, that fog. as far as temperatures, low to mid-40's in the tri-valley. martinez, 49 to 51 for milder spots porta 41 in santa rosa and san francisco. pacifica, 64 euros 46 in san jose. back to san francisco, average high is 60. we will be there by 10:00 in the morning, with mid-60's most of the afternoon. hopefully you get out to a park or get out somewhere and enjoy. jobina: thank you. i will be talking about that fog, as whelp chp has issued fog advisories for the venetia bridge in antioch bridge. walnut creek here and 680, a heads up on the low visibility. thankfully we have not had any issues in terms of your commute, but that will be a problem for you. emeryville, 80 here, headl traveling westboun

the golden gate bridge also the east bay shoreline on a pub of richmond. and then as a mentioned up through the carquinez up to the some heavier showers oakland over to san francisco that spot of yellow pretty easy to spot they're also looking at some heavier rainfall just west of the airport currently lighter showers generally down south on the peninsula and right across the south bay, you're still in the rain shadow of wpat is the heavier rainfall up in the santa cruz mountains really fizzles out before it reaches the south bay. but there are some light showers down around san jose this low pressure area drying in with it this deep moisture plume as well as some cold air. so tomorrow gets even colder and that's when snow level falls even further. our first round of moisture. we're currently in the midst will start to see a lot between waves of rainfall right around 09:00am and then rainfall picks back up into early afternoon could see a few rolls of thunder this afternoon as this round of storms push is right on through the day, another little and rain before a 3rd wave of moisture pushes on in around

carquinez. so watch your travels, especially along highway 4 this morning. now, as far as our roadways go, it's still very empty out there. they bridge this morning. well, not looking at a whole lot of cars just yet. you can see skies out there clear enough and will soar those roads toll plaza. metering lights have yet to be turned on. so it's still a very smooth ago on across the bay bridge. as for the san mateo bridge conditions are also nice and light but starting to pick up heading westbound as noel and i were talking about. this is one of those first bridges that start to see traffic picking up and a few more cars starting to make that commute. the richmond center fell bridge did have some construction. you can see that they are cleaning up there in the center between the east and westbound spans. but nothing holding you back. now we had formerly seen our left lanes closed but now that those are cleared out. you should have a very easy commute, at least for early risers across this bridge. and as far as the golden gate bridge goes still pretty empty. nothing hold yet as you make that crossing james noel. thank you very much, joh