they come to places like pacific grove where the conditions are just right.bit of sunlight but not lots of direct sun. they have protection from the wind. so they come to these specific overwintering sites and when they're in these sites, they're much easier. for us to count because they're all just resting in their clusters the butterflies that come here are from idaho, oregon washington state's west of the rockies the ones east of the rockies head to central mexico. they rest here until around valentine's day when they start to find mates. so this is the first time in about six years at the monarchs have been in the interior of the sanctuary even though turquoi is excited to see them here. she's worried. the warm temperatures has them flying around. we need the cool temperatures to keep the monarchs and their resting state. so if the monarchs are using up all that fat reserve right now flying and enjoying all this beautiful weather, they might not survive through the winter so we could potentially lose a lot of monarchs that don't have the food source avail

they come to places like pacific grove where the conditions are just right.t of sunlight but not lots of direct sun they have protection from the wind so they come to these specific overwintering sites and when they're in these sites, they're much easier for us to count because they're all just resting in their clusters the butterflies that come here are from, idaho, oregon washington state's west of the rockies the ones east of the rockies head to central mexico. they rest here until around valentine's day when they start to find mates. so this is the first time in about six years at the monarchs have been in the interior of the sanctuary. even though turquoi is excited to see them here. she's worried. the warm temperatures has them flying around. we need the cool temperatures to keep the monarchs and their resting state. so if the monarchs are using up all that fat reserve right now flying and enjoying all this beautiful weather, they might not survive through the winter so we could potentially lose a lot of monarchs and that don't have the food source avai

per than 12,000 of them in pacific grove. >> researchers of the monarch butterfly sanctuary say it's the most they're seen in five years. they believe factors like climate change and the drought impacted their migration. >> so if it was too dry here, if it didn't have enough nectar sources. if we didn't have the wind protection they needed. they would decide to go elsewhere. >> they are so beautiful. >> get down enjoy the gift of being together. the binaxnow covid-19 antigen self test has the same technology used by doctors and detects multiple variants. so in just 15 minutes, you can test, know, and go. available in stores and online. there's never been a better time to switch to xfinity. you can test, know, and go. get the fast and reliable internet you deserve for only $19.99 a month for 12 months for an epic deal this holiday season. and score 12 times the speed for the same price when you add xfinity mobile. that's more speed and more value for the same price. switch now to xfinity internet to power all your devices and get started for just $19.99 a month. plus, see how you can

per than 12,000 of them in pacific grove. >> researchers of the monarch butterfly sanctuary say it'sn in five years. they believe factors like climate change and the drought impacted their migration. >> so if it was too dry here, if it didn't have enough nectar sources. if we didn't have the wind protection they needed. they would decide to go elsewhere. >> they are so beautiful. >> get down the late show with steven colbert is next. thanks for watching cbsn bay area. we'll see you tomo ow. - hi everyone and welcome to the legal help center. today we have legal professionals standing by to answer your questions and give you a free consultation. so if you've been injured in an accident that was not your fault and you don't have an attorney,

about 100,000 monarchs make up the western population with more than 12,000 in pacific grove.erfly sanctuary say it is the most they have seen in five years. they believe factors like climate change and drought impacted their migration. >> if it was too dry here, if we didn't have enough nectar sources, if we didn't have wind protection they needed, they would decide to go elsewhere. >> we are so happy to see that. they are so beautiful. 5:17. how is it looking outside for us? >>> we are looking at foggy conditions for parts of our region so that sacramento valley fog pushing into solano once again. dense fog advisory for fairfield, vallejo and benicia. there we go with the dense fog advisory in effect highlighted in gray. now let's show you the visibility out there. we are looking at six miles in fairfield though i have seen visibility down to about a tenth of a mile. please use extra caution in fairfield and also watching places like concord. yesterday you know how foggy it was yesterday morning. we could see some of that spill to petaluma, down to a quarter mile. parts of t

about 100,000 monarchs make up the population with more than 12,000 in pacific grove.n five years. they believe factors like climate change and drought impacted their migration. >> if it was too dry here, if we didn't have enough nectar sources, if we didn't have wind protection they needed, they would decide to go elsewhere. >> how did volunteers know there are 12,000? apparently they have been counting them every morning over the past three weeks. the last count down will be saturday. that's a tough job. >> it is a tough job but they are beautiful to look at. i wouldn't mind waking up and doing that. >> absolutely. glad they're back. >>> 6:26. in our next half hour on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> omicron variant detected in the bay area as first confirmed case in the u.s. the plan from the president in the days and weeks ahead. >>> water warning from the state. why this could just be the beginning of our drought crisis. >> it kind of just destroys my confidence in like the law. >> immediate fall out in the bay area ♪give my regards to broadway!♪ ♪remember