that is a look at your morning ride. >>> i'm emily turner here in san jose. do you remember the deadly outbreak of coronavirus where hospital workers were all infected and one of them at least died? that has now been linked to a new variant of coronavirus. some disturbing news this morning. it is called the 452r variant and was first identified just last year. since november, they have seen a spike in cases. this version is being linked to multiple outbreaks here in santa clara county. it is different than the past spreading variant that is racing across the uk but this is still a past spreading variant as well. researchers are working now to determine whether or not that vaccine is effect for this strain. >> the data so far is very preliminary but it basically does raise the concern that there may be some impact on the vaccine. >> we do not know about transmissibility. we do not know whether it is more infectious yet. >> reporter: in addition to santa clara county, there are other counties that have been affected. that is humboldt, lake, los angeles, mono, m

emily turner has more on that. >>> and i'm emily turner where the windy weather we have experienced allnight has taken its toll here in one neighborhood. specifically on several cars and the side of a house. you can see that makeshift carport is crushed. further back toward the base of the tree you can see the side of that home has been barbed in, pretty significant damage. they will have to repair as this pine tree took a fall and some branches on the car over here. in the meantime the driveway is just covered in debris with all of these pine branches down. that's pretty much been the case with branches down all over the north bay. the drive up here was bumpy because of all the wind that we experienced getting blown around. between that and the debris that is just falling all over the place it's a breezy morning. . >>> sometime for a look at other top stories. fire crews in the east bay providing a full response to a vegetation fire. >> it happened in livermore. one acre of mulch and debris on fire. >>> a search continues for a 12- year-old from fremont. he was overcome by strong waves

live in walnut creek, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> going live now to san francisco. today, mayor london breed will give an update on the city's ongoing efforts to fight covid- 19. she will be joined by director of health dr. grant colfax. you can watch that live on the cbsn bay area at 1:15. today's update will follow the mayor's hopeful tweed on friday saying the city could reopen soon as the rate of transmission drops. she said the city's reproductive rate for the virus is now below 1 so on average, each infected person is passing it along to less than one other person. >>> we are expecting to learn more about the placer county man the conavi urs after getting an auburn woman posted on facebook saying the man was her grandfather's aid, a 60-year- old who got the shot at a senior living facility on thursday. shortly after, he was having trouble breathing and mentioned his legs felt tingly. he died a few hours later. the coroner's office is doing an autopsy. the county is expected to release more details today. >>> today on capitol hill, an article of impeachment aga

emily turner is live from the santa cruz mountains where thousands are leaving town. emily. >> yeah and this is an all too common, especially in the last year or so. this is just one of three evacuation centers. the scotts valley community center. it's the czu fire where people have been evacuated in that burn zone. deputies spent the day yesterday going door to door making sure they got people out, giving those residents a nal warning toet out of wn. burn scar. st concerned out it is a concern in all of the burn scars. we had serious fires last year. that intense heat burns the soil so badly that it doesn't let it absorb the water and causes the big mudslides rather than just letting the water run off. many say that staying in the area is just not worth the risk. >> we are glad to be leaving. this storm, you know will be bad. > staying not worth the risk. >> not worth it. better to. we are getting out. >> and you know what? better safe than sorry. those who decide to stay, a lot of them change their mind later. they only put themselves and others at risk. they say go

emily turner is live from city hall where the battle continues between the mayor and board of supervisors and emily, what are the major sticking points here? >> they are the big question that usually the reporters ask but now it's the board of supervisors. the who, what, where and how the vaccines will be rolled out and they feel like they aren't getting the answers they need from inside that building the mayor's office. those are the questions that the board said they have not received answers and said they say that the mayor has been vague about the specifics. the supervisor said that the city and the county of san francisco is shirking its responsibility by punting it instead -- the distribution to private providersst just yesterday city health said this approach actually will work though because 95% of people have health insurance. they are calling for a more direct to consumer approach, kind of like how the city approached testing or how other parts of the bay area are distributing the vaccine. instead they want to see a website go up, a sign up, mass vaccination sites all round the

emily turner is live from city hall now where the battle continues between the mayor and board of supervisors. emily, let's talk about the major sticking points here. >> yeah. it's all about the roll out. the saga continues and it's all about plans here at city hall for how we are getting vaccinated. it's the who, the when, the where it'll happen. those are all question that the board of supervisors has also. so far they say that the mayor has been vague about the specifics. the supervisor said that the city and county of san francisco is shirking its responsibility by punting the distributions to private providers instead of rolling it out. in fact just yesterday city health officials said this is the approach that will work though because 95% of people have health insurance. they are calling for more direct approach. much like how the city approached testing and how other parts of the bay area are distributing the vaccine. kind of a direct consumer type thing. they want to see a website where you can sign up and mass vaccination sites all over the city. >> we took a different approach when

emily turner. >> a lot going on for sure. power lines across the bay area left thousands in the dark. more than 77,000 customers were without power at last check. the area's most affected, abouta clara and santa cruz. remember you can keep up with the changing weather by downloading the news app. you can also sign up for > san francisco mayor and director of health say progress in the fight against coronavirus is coming but right now they are focused on wrapping up vaccinations. >> the road will begin to lighten. i can see it. it's not tomorrow but it's soon. right now we need to continue to focus on doing the hard work each and every day to get through this. >> in the past 24 hours the city has reported 333 new cases of the virus. hospitalizations are still up. the city is hoping to receive nearly 1800 doses of the vaccine this week. with demand so high if they tonight get a new shipment the city could run out by thursday. starting today, people can sign up to be told when they will be next in line for the vaccine. that's at

kpix 5's emily turner shows us to celebrate. >> reporter: there are no big parades or crowds lining the street but that will not stop people from celebrating the memory and the message of dr. martin luther king. it is not quite the radeof years past thanks to the coronavirus but today celebrations for martin luther king day are just as important. >> it is important for us to keep the spirit of dr. king alive along with his philosophy. now it is a little different. we will be in our car but we are still here. pokainrt joed acrowin el ceito for a crowd, spaced appropriately apart. ny but all of them agreeing this year it is particularly important to preach mlk's message of peace inclusion, and equality. >> right now there is so much negativity. we want to let people know, everybody as one. >> reporter: faith leaders also held a rally at the mlk freedom center today. this year's theme, keeping the dream alive. the northern california mlk foundation also went virtual for this year's celebration, offering a wide range of on- demand content including services, videos, and an art festival. whe

first, kpix 5's emily turner the te is out. the tables and chairs and heaters maybe not quite out yet but they will be close to follow . >> i am so excited. i'm thrilled. >> reporter: it is a new day with a brighter business outlook . as of this morning, the bay area is out of the shadow of shelter in place. the governor lifted the mandatory shelter in place order and is now on track to reopen. that means salons can start seeing clients again. this time, hopefully they will stay open. >> i am hoping this was the last shutdown. from now on, we can just operate at the normal, steady pace. >> reporter: after what has been a tough 12 months, insignia hair salon has been closedofth. regina hopes we are turning a corner and her clients do too. >> everyone in the bay area has been pretty onboard with social distancing and doing what we are supposed to do but, my god. we need to get back to business. i hope that things return to normal really quickly. >> reporter: out of shelter in place means we move back to the colored tiers, startin

emily turner. >> almost 5,000 people have been told to evacuate. same people who have had to evacuate for fires, faced several power outages, now face the threat of wet weather. >> we want to get people out of the way. that's the only way to prevent this. >> in the calm before the storm, deputies finished up their door to door knocks, evacuating people in the burn zone. with blue bird skies and calm winds the county said there are still plenty of people staying. >> we are having some success. there are some people still up in the valley. this is kind of a diy culture. >> there are three evacuation centers set up. they were all quiet this morning. once the rain starts though they are expected to pick up. officials say that the time to leave is now. >> if you hear something coming down the hill at you it's too late. the only thing to do is just get out of the way right now, especially in a low lying area, 30 feet from a creek bed. >> the national weather service said the evacuation zone will loose power due to wind, flooding and the risk of falling t

let's get right to kpix 5's emily turner live in walnut creek with all of the details on this. what are we expecting in the days ahead? >> reporter: some good news, thankfully. people are really excited about this. later this morning, governor newsom will be lifting the shelter in place orders. that means break out the tarps, the tents, the heaters because things can hope fully get back closer to normal. now, moving counties back into the reopening framework based on the colored tiers and stay- at-home order had shut down high risk activities. it was extended indefinitely at the end of the month but last night, members of california restaurant association received this email stating that senior members of the newsom administration had informed the association that the governor would be lifting the stay-at- home order todaywo give rtaurants the all clear to resume outdoor dining. so far, the state has refused to release data that proved outdoor dining contributed to transmission. >> without anybody else being able to look at this data, whether it is local officials or doctors or

emily turner. >>> a similar sight in alameda. check out these new images oakland where powerful wind gusts knocked down a tree in front of a home. you can see it's made quite a mess with the large branches just scattered around the home. >>> new video from san francisco this morning where heavy rain water caused flooding across some of the city's highways. check it out. cars on southbound i-80 driving through the high water covering the roadways. >>> taking a live look at the bay bridge where all lanes have now reopened after a jackknifed big rig accident. this was the scene last night shortly before ten near the eastbound direction at the treasure island off ramp. the chp said the strong winds are to blame. no word on any injuries. let's get over to gianna. this is just the first jackknifed big rig overnight. >> yeah. what a mess that was. in fact we are dealing with two separate traffic alerts both involving jackknifed big rigs. the first on 580 as you work through that castro valley area. we have this -- its been out there for

mayor and whose bible she will use for the ceremony, good morning it is sunny day january 17 i'm emily turner, let's check with meteorologist darren peck, a little chilly.>> temperatures dipping into the low to mid 40s in places and we have been getting off easy the last few mornings, but these are pretty typical morning temperatures. and the afternoons are still staying way above average, we will be back in the mid-70s again today for inland spots. two other items besides how warm am the dangerous surf on the coast, another surf advisory for today and tomorrow, a advisory primarily focused on monday even though it has already gotten windy in the mountains, we will fuel them on monday and i will show you that more detail coming up. look how pretty it is from our cameras on the salesforce tower and looking over downtown san jose. current numbers here, low 40s are the cold spots, santa rosa 41 and napa is at 42, most spots in the area, upper 40s in the 50s, and there may be a little bit of fog through marin county. also through sonoma along the boundary. look at the daytime highs, low 70s aroun

good morning, it's sunday, january 31, i'm emily turner. let's start with a check of our weather with

we have emily turner live. the north bay where we have already see some of the strong gusts and she has the damage to share with us. what have you found? >> i will tell you what. driving up we were getting blown around on the roads. it was a mess on the roadways. debris everywhere. here there was debris all over the ground. specifically a tree has fallen down, taken out a corner of the house. you can see it basically took out the entire side and collapsed it as it fell down. it's this pine, part is on the car, on the -- looks like a truck over here. all of this down and it'll be a mess as folks wake up. this is a similar story. not necessarily trees of this side all down but definitely debris all over the roadway in pretty much most of the bay area. a lot of power lines will be affected in this -- but for the most part we are seeing quite a bit of damage, especially here in santa rosa. >>> the live news desk and wanted to let you know about a new fire that's broken out. this is in the south bay. this is at high

i'm emily turner. let's start with a check of our weather. >> we are not out of the rain business. we'll have to wait until monday for most of us to really notice it. we could see rain in the bay. sunday would be the more likely day of the two if we were actually going to see it. so, if we watch the way this plays out, headlines, the first one talks about that small chance of north bay showers today and tomorrow. bay area-wide rain returns monday and it will be windy on monday as. we another good system coming our way to start off this next week. the cloudy out there this morning. those clouds have helped to keep the temperatures relatively warm. if we look at the current numbers right now as we check out the scene over the tri- valley. a lot of places here in the upper 40s. mid-40s if you are inland, san jose, santa rosa. we are going to warm up into the mid- and upper 50s today for highs today. >>> santa clara county's brush with death in an ambush attack on a checker country road may never have happ

. >>> i'm emily turner in santa clara county where there is another more contagious variant as well .could be putting more and more people in the hospital here in the south bay. basically, it is variant number 450 2r. it was first identified last year. this version of the coronavirus is being linked now to multiple outbreaks here in santa clara county. it is different than the fast spreading variant racing across the uk but it is still a fast spreading variant, highly contagious. researchers are working to determine whether or not the vaccine is effective for that strain. >> the data so far is very preliminary but it basically does raise the concern that there may be some impact on the vaccine. >> we do not know about transmissibility. we do not know whether it is more infectious yet. >> reporter: in addition to santa clara county, the variant has been detected in humboldt, lake, los angeles, monaco, monterey, orange, riverside, san francisco, san bernardino, and san diego as well as san luis obispo counties. another concerning factor here is that out of 88 cases detected in the u.s.,

emily turner was sit in protest in berkeley today. >> the gates to the school may be open but the classrooms, the school itself, those are still closed. that is exactly why parents are here in berkeley protesting. this is the closest thing to in person learning exercises these kids have gotten in the last year. they are writing letters to the school district and staging a sit in outside an empty campus. it's all to try to bring back in person learning. 't en have live not going bais instruction math at first grade. >> this as health professionals called for schools to reopen on february 1st saying that california schools should be the first sector of our economy to reopen and the very last to close, arguing the risk to education is far worse than the risks of coronavirus. >> if was in class i would learn way more because i'm there and it's -- i have the book right in front of me. on school half the time i can't find what i'm supposed to be looking at. >> distance learning is working better but it's not meeting all the needs of our students. the entire school community wants to see the school

mayor and whose bible she will use for the ceremony, good morning it is sunny day january 17 i'm emily turner, let's check with meteorologist darren peck, a

emily turner is live with more on this. >> reporter: i am at the rancho verde mobile park. a tree came down last night leaving some pretty significant damage. basically this mobile home has been red tagged. around 9:00 p.m. last night the storm was picking up. that is when a 100 foot tree came crashing down right onto the mobile home crushing it. to people were home. apparently one woman was inside in bed and the tree came crashing through the roof and it was feet away. nobody was injured luckily but the home has been red tagged due to major damage. fire officials say they still dodged a bullet. >> we definitely don't want to let our guard down. we anticipate we will get isolated showers over the next day or so and it could bring significant rainfall. although we essentially weathered the storm pretty well we are not going to let our guard down. we need our community to remain vigilant and continue to be prepared. >> in total thanks to all the wind, rain and trees down there are about 10,000 people down without power in the north bay. it has been a pretty wild night as far

in the north bay some say they dodged the worst of the storm, emily turner is in santa rosa. >> there's a lot of anticipation about the storm. they needed to restock the sand pile here in santa rosa. it didn't quite live up to the expectation. that's a good thing for several reasons. cloudy but mostly blue skies and an almost empty public works parking lot are the lingering signs of the storm. snow, rain and trees fell but it could have been worse. >> i know there was a lot of concern. there was a lot of messaging and information coming out in a relatively short period of time based on what we were hearing. it really does feel like we dodged one this time. >> there was some damage because of several toppled trees. this one fell on a car taking power lines with it. this one crushed a mobile home, missing the people inside by feet and red tagging the building. smaller debris filled the beds of city trucks as they worked to clear the storm drains and roadways ahead of another round of rain. >> we were able to get through this first significant rain storm without any major issues it doesn't

let's go up to the north bay, emily turner has her eye on storm damage. >> good morning. i'm here in roanoke park where a tree came down last night. take a look at the damage it's done to this mobile home. it is red tagged and the people who live here are very, very lucky. it all happened around 9:00 last night when the storm was really picking up and the wind was blowing, the rain was coming down. when this tree just came crashing down into the mobile home, crushing it. two people were home. neither one of them was hurt but we found out that one of the people who was home was in the bed. this came crashing down through the bedroom keeling was just feet from her face. they were very lucky. no injuries there. the home has been red tagged due to the major damage and the folk who live here were picked up by family to shelter tonight. overall when it comes to the north bay they really dodged a bullet. >> we understand there is the potential that it'll likely stall out over them and that's the fear we are here. we are fortunate it looked like the -- the river that we had here

. >>> out to the north bay, emily turner is live. >> it was a close call for one family here in the mobile home park. you can see what's left of the tree that fell on this mobile home. it happened about 9:00 last night. that's when the winds were really whipping and the rain was just coming down and this tree -- it's a 100-foot plus poplar tree that came down and fell on the back side of this mobil, home which i'm told is the bedroom. two people were inside but one of them -- specifically the woman was in the bedroom at the time the tree fell. she was lying down in the bed when it burst through the roof and then stopped just feet from her face which you can only imagine how terrifying that must have been. the mobile home has been red tagged. i'm sure it's getting a lot of water damage as a result of that hole from the tree. the family is safe and now spending the night with other family members. there isn't any major damage in the north bay. >> we understand there's the potential of the river is likely going to staal out over them and that's the kind of fear we have here. we are fortunate

emily turner is live from the santa cruz mountains where thousands of people are leaving town. >> yeahr it's fires are nowmudslides. one of three different evacuation centers for folks to go to. santa cruz county residents have about 12 hours until the first heavy rains are here. folks are ready again. this is after the czu lightning complex fire that they are worried about that burn scar specifically. deputies spent the day going door to door giving residents a final warning to get out of town. fire crews most concerned about mudslides in the czu burn scar. there were a lot of fires this last year. heat burned the soil so badly it doesn't hold water. >> these flows tend to be very quick. there is no outrunning them. >> i think they heed the orders and remove themselves from the area to lessen the amount of rescues thr own risks they change their minds later. they only put themselves at risk and also first responders because they want to be able to protect homes and focus on saving lives but that will be their first priority. they say people, go head and get out. we are talking about 5

good morning, it's sunday, january 31, i'm emily turner. let's start with a check of our weather with meterologist darren peck. >> light rain out there this morning but pretty much confined to the north bay, it looks good if you look at high death doppler but let's come in for a tighter view. you can see the showers that are working their way on shore. we've already picked up about 307 inch rain in sonoma county over the last three hours. it's not heavy stuff but it is light rain and we can watch it on the futurecast from 6:00 it sticks around to the early hour morning and then by 9:00, 10:00, the most depressive of this will be done but there's a chance you get a shower in sonoma county. so that's our top headline. north bay, shower today but rain bay area wide, tomorrow, much more impressive, in fact. we could pick up half an inch or more from the rain coming our way tomorrow. i will show you that in the complete forecast. it'll also be witty tomorrow, particularly in the afternoon as the system comes on shore. we are not dealing with any

the organisers — michael and emily eavis — said that despite moving "heaven and earth" the event cannot take place this year. jon kay is in glastonbury frank turnerce festival, i do not think you will be possible to do that in a social distance capacity. but it does seem unlikely given everything else that is going on. nevertheless, it is shocking and terrible news part of the in of itself, it's amazing, it's a wonderful time, itself, it's amazing, it's a wonderfultime, magicaltime. but also because it's indicative of the state of confidence in the state of regulations as far as the live music and she goes. it requires a large number of people coming together, but that is undoable during a pandemic. nevertheless, the fact that we are still talking about this injune that we are still talking about this in june 2021 that we are still talking about this injune 2021 given that the industry shutdown in march 2020, that's over a year with no activity in the entire economy and ecosystem around such festivals in life music in general is absolutely crushed by what is going on. speaking personally as an artist, my income is dropped by 95% of last year and