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take a look at the san francisco skyline, noticethere's the sale what about this tower right exist quite yet. a planning this new skyscraper at 50 main. there it is. boom, it would be nearly as tall as the salesforce tower, soaring 1,066 feet or 85 storeys tall. it would include 800 apartments, 164 would be lower income. and adding a public outdoor park. here's a map showing where this would all go. the plan still has to be approved by the city, so it's far from a done deal. but the developer is hoping to get the approval by the end of next year. actually the end of this year. >>> also tonight, you might have seen our exclusive report that we just aired on nightly news, a single blood test that looks for more than 50 types of cancer. the menlo park-based company called grail is calling it breakthrough technology. >> reporter: dr. josh hoffman is president of grail, a silicon valley startup that created the gallery test. >> most cancer screenings are happening in tests that are not for cancer at all. >> reporter: 71% of cancer deaths are caused by other cancers. >> we're losing almost 2,0

look at that san francisco skyline this morning. see how clear it is. you can see the moon.it's cold as well. frigid friday across the bay area. not freaky friday, not yet. kari has a look at the forecast. it's a cold one. >> yes, it is. this is that last friday of fall so we will head into winter next week. we are already feeling the winter temperatures, and sunshine, the weekend is looking dry but we will have another storm coming in next week and we are going to be talking all about that. let's get a live look outside right now in walnut creek. our temperatures are only in the upper 30s as you are stepping out the door. then we will see the 30s sticking with us and a very slow warm-up -- actually, not much of a warm-up today and we will see the temperatures only reach into the low 50s, so we be watching that. >>> mike, what are you watching for the commute? >> the cones finally cleared in the last couple of minutes. there were crews there and leftover from some sort of crash or incident on the bridge, and north of there we are looking at the potential of fog there and a s

. >> meantime, san francisco's skyline may be getting a new addition. right now it is a two-story parking garage, but it would be replaced with this building, a tower of 800 apartments, one fifth of them affordable units. and the bottom floor a redwood forest. now the building, the same size that you saw in that rendering but is shorter by four feet. >>> how do we clean up the streets of san francisco? not just the streets but sidewalks and a lot of other places. the latest answer? a new department to clean out the trash and human waste. >> i've worked at the area. i've seen everything. >> reporter: but this isn't exactly what she wanted to see when she got to work recently. >> we were just trying to open the store, and voila. >> reporter: someone had turned the sidewalk into a bathroom right in front of the hayes valley store where she works. >> doesn't really phase me, but it brings concern to other people. >> reporter: enough concern that san francisco voters passed a measure last year creating a new department just to focus on this issue. the measur

. >>> cloudy conditions over the san francisco skyline, and bringing in mr. to tell us what is next. >>> this will not end until about thursday, and it will get noticeably colder on tuesday. i want to try and give you a little bit of review, a big picture idea on why it has been so rainy, and why it is about to get colder. by the time make it to tuesday morning, many locations go down to the low 30s. first, here is the rain from today. there .5 inches through the first half of the day. there is that steady rain, extending, which has really got it in for the santa cruz mountains now. there are flood watches from santa cruz through monterey. very steady rain. that is just clipping the santa clara valley. if anything, we will come back in and watch a few billing showers through the heart of the bay. back to the wide view, look what is out here. all of those scattered showers, that is the way it goes for the next 18 hours or so, before the next system gets here. we will see spotty showers like that. futurecast picks up on them and shows you how they keep coming o

. >>> a live look at cited cloudy conditions over the san francisco skyline. now, the man of the hour, meteorologist at darren peck with what's next. >> the man of the weekend. >>> we aren't done, and probably for the next 3 days, as well. we have more rain tonight, but not as intense as it was this morning. if you look at high-definition doppler, you can see where i may say that. look at the south bay. that is where you see a steady band of rain that has hung up now, focused down in the santa cruz mountains, but it is getting into the santa clara valley and tri-valley. if we come in for a closer look you see the rain coming together going through the heart of san jose, sunnyvale, cupertino, milpitas. we can go across the hill into the tri-valley, and livermore, it has lightened up a bit, but that fits in with this theme that the better widespread organized rain is now concentrated here in the south. that is what the opening round of this storm was, the cold front came in and gave us the most continuous steady rain. now that that is passing, we get into this b

. >> let's head outside right now as we give you a live look at the heart of san francisco skyline overbeautiful. cool friday night. the weekend is. >> ramping up the rain and lawrence is here with us now. boy, if we can open the window a little you know, this is this is a forecast that could be a little tricky. yeah. it's starting to get a little divergent and the different computer models. so you get a little divergent. that's a euphemism for what one unless you have a storm system moved through a little bit faster. the other one is holding steady at having a slowing down. >> and kind of stall over the bay area. that makes a big difference in the amount of rain. we watch the storm system stall like to think it's going to we're talking about maybe 3, maybe 5 inches of rain in many of the urban areas, a move little quicker talking. 2 to 3 inches. so there you go. it's still going to rain no matter what the tonight it's going to be clear it is going to be cold out there freezing temperatures and many of the valleys there. the clouds from that storm system just developing now. no rain jus

there may be a new addition to the san francisco skyline. the developers of the salesforce tower are looking to build a residential high rise similar in size to the salesforce building. that project at 50 main street would be an 85 story apartment building with 808 units, including some affordable housing. if approved, the new building would be just about four ft. shorter. in the salesforce tower, which is the tallest building in san francisco. coming up. mayor breed signs legislation to bring more security to the city how officials hope it will help curb crime. finish writing hard in parts of the bay area. more showers in the next half hour or so. and then it ends. i'll let you know how much longer they last and where they're headed. also ahead tonight, a large conference moves online what that means for the hotels and restaurants, relying on it for in person business. breed signedn today to allow sheriff deputies to help patrol the city amid a rise in retail theft. we need help, and that's what enforcement partners students they helped one

a live look outside at the san francisco skyline. transamerica tower and it looks like a clear night right now. our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is joining us now with how chilly it's going to get tonight. yeah. going to be a cold one out, though, crystal clear skies very dry air that arctic air kind of settling in for the night. the winds calming down. >> that is all going to add toward a very cold night. beautiful skies out there right now looking out toward the golden gate bridge clear. >> and a little chilly around the bay area to highs only in the 50's running below the average. but tonight, yeah. get an extra long on the fire. it is going to be cold 29 for low and santa rosa 32 in the napa valley and freezing them 30's in the concord and the tri valley inside the bay likely to see some 30's as well. maybe couple of patches of frost. even inside the tonight. the likely be the coldest night of the year. then we get ready for a very interesting weekend. i want to show you this. we've got a major storm headed toward the bay

now to the weather and a live look outside at the san francisco skyline, looking toward the bridge, no major rain just yet, but we are expecting another round of showers overnight here to tell us all about it is meteorologist roberta gonzalez. well, we have had the development of some snow falling in the far reaches of the north bay pretty much around humble county and also meant casino county. and napa county as well her life with a camera right now. mostly cloudy skies looking out over oakland, you can see the tribune building all brightly lit up and we can't see it because we do not have the development of any fog. as of yet, with the cloud cover. we are in the forties from 42 degrees in santa rosa 48 in san jose, after a high temperature today of only 50 degrees. okay smattering a rain showers early on again off again throughout the day today, upstream chorus center of low pressure that will be pulling through the bay area. but right now, the zero in you can see clear links still with a mixed bag of precipitation from rain to sleet to snow. we've had cal mountain at 4700 ft. actual

. >>> taking a look at our own san francisco skyline this morning.ld start to our morning. kari has a look at the forecast for today and what is ahead. >> yeah, all the energy over hawaii will head our way by sunday into early next week and tapping into that deep moisture bringing us enhanced rainfall. for right now we are seeing more clouds moving in as well as light showers in the forecast. late this evening, first starting in the north bay by 5:00 or 6:00 we will see the light rain falling and moving into the south bay with light showers and quickly clearing out by tomorrow morning. this looks to bring us 0.1 of an inch of rain or less. mostly cloudy skies in oakland and just a nice warm jacket with a hood in case it's misting. >>> mike, you were saying there's an incident reported for daly city. >> yeah, this is when we see more traffic on 220 and 101, and we are looking at a disabled vehicle that spun around, apparently. no fog, mist or drizzle reported, but this car did spinout so watch your speed, folks. highway 37 is moving smoothly but slowl

taking a look at the san francisco skyline this morning.at least you can make it out there, but in the south bay, a different story as folks there are waking up to fog. kari has a look at our forecast. >> yeah, we are starting out with the dense fog, especially for the south bay where we don't typically see it, but also for the south county, where visibility has dropped down to half a mile. the fog drifting into the tri-valley, visibility there a quarter mile so slow it down. allow extra time to get to work. our temperatures will reach into the mid and upper 60s in some spots it will be cooler today compared to yesterday, but still a great day to get out there and enjoy. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> mike, what are you watching for in the morning commute? >> i am watching a lot of chp notes. the east shore freeway, we can see it building in the foreground. we're looking at the berkeley curb and see the low clouds all over the east bay. a crash may be happening over on the san francisco side, still getting details. just got word

the san francisco skyline won't be nearly as bright as people had hoped for new year's eve. the city canceling this year's fireworks show to reduce people's exposure to the omicron variant. just one of the many events in the bay area, not happening this year, including the new year's eve balloon drop at the schultz museum in santa rosa is the biggest day of the year for us use director gina hunt singer was expecting around 400 people at each of her to schedule balloon drops until omicron the new variant canceling this year's celebration. given this new situation is just not prudent anymore. >> to have people that close to each other in our great hall waiting for balloons to drop. others are following >> the san francisco chamber orchestra announced this week that they're postponing their new year's eve in oakland. the new parkway theater will have their last movie showings on thursday until covid numbers improve. i guess you can call it a definite carlos day is in charge of community outreach at the theater and says the venue will still offer takeout delivery and private par

there will not be any fireworks from above the san francisco skyline, this new year's eve. to fears over the omicron variant, as katie's tom baker explains tonight, while many people including business owners are disappointed , others understand the move. despite having 84% of eligible san franciscans vaccinated and 55% boosted as well. the city by the bay has called off friday nights new year's eve celebration. we ran into longtime sports marketing professional pat gallagher. maybe it's overkill, but i sort of understand what the mentality is, and i think they get people. are just afraid to make a mistake and it sort of air on the on the side of maybe being too conservative. i'm bummed. to be honest, because i feel like in san francisco. we are so cautious and everybody is taking the proper precautions. one key factors has laurie thomas of the golden gate restaurant association is that many restaurant and bar employees are quarantining. after having tested positive for covid. but i understand the reasons given that there's a lack of workers that are going to be able to wor

weather as we head out looking at the transamerica building in a number of buildings in the san francisco skylineexcited. yeah. you know, the boy. got to have to do something feel that i might actually work. it looks like we'll be doing a lot of that coming up as we're going to see some rain really developing outside. >> i'm not tonight. you're going to the remnants of the raindrops, though some of that patchy fog outside right now and some thick fog, some of that ground fog developing overnight tonight and it's tomorrow morning temperatures outside little chilly 40's and some 50's out there right now. tomorrow morning, kind of a cold start the morning. you've got the cloud cover moving in. you'll see here. some patchy dense fog early in the morning and then as we head through the day tomorrow. we're going to see some mid to high level clouds rolling on by and we'll get ready for a chance. a few more rain drops coming our way. but i'm not too much for this next storm system rolling on in temperatures are going to be noticeably cooler plan on 50's and some low 60's. but this is like a piece. our l

san francisco skyline beautiful night.t that cold really temperatures have been generally in the forties because of this big ridge of high pressure. look at that thing. i showed it to you last night, but it's stunning. cause that's it. i mean, that's that, mr gruber. it's extending past the dateline and going straight, and that's why i don't have my little deal on me. but i'll bet that's. 2500 miles, almost 3000 miles. that's an atmospheric river right there to going up into northern canada , north dakota, nebraska. um, yeah, she was missing us. lots of weather going on. that's why there's surf along the coast. that's why there's an atmospheric river out there. but it's just way north of austin. so we're missing out. that's funny. i got all excited about something going on 1000 miles away. just be great. if we had that honest, we're not going to have to have that. we're going to continue to have some nice. nice weather. so, like i said on thanksgiving, maybe you got people in town if you have folks in town. it's the kind o

a live look outside at the transamerica building in the san francisco skyline.d out of the santa con people are going to get drenched least they'll be been love. cold out there. but they something to see all the centers around much of the bay area. hey, you're going to be very cool of the next few days that we're heading to some very cold air. now. >> and a series of storms out there tonight. we do have that rain that is moving into the north bay right now. that's going to be sliding across the entire bay area overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. it's not a big storm system. you're talking maybe about 500's, maybe about a 10th of an inch of rain. that's about it. it's what's behind it that werre really watching is we're going to see not only cold air. we're going to see that goal us river return temperatures tomorrow going to be in the 50's outside, but it is going to be windy at times brisk and breezy or 1010, looking very, very impressive. i think we're dry things out tomorrow and then on friday, saturday and look bad sunday that storm really comes i

san francisco is still seeing an average gallon of $4.87 a gallon. >>> oakland a little cheaper at $4.46 and san jose two cents more. the average price is 3.36. >>> one look at the skylinesan francisco this morning, and you can see a difference between today and yesterday. it is foggier out there. tech delay not foggy in the city, because the clouds are not on the ground and visibility is fine as you drive around. there are plenty of other places across the bay area where the fog is an issue. current numbers range in the mid-40s in many locations and hoe 50s for others. but let's get back to the fog. i want to show you what that looks like on a map. visibility readings are telling you how far down the road you can see in miles when it's clear, numbers say 10. look at san jose and san francisco both at 7. but when you get into fog, the 0.5 for livermore, 0.8 concord and 0.# in santa rosa is showing .30 of a mile down the road enough to cause issues while driving. the national weather service issued a dense fog advisory for solana county, which is where it was yesterday. but the conditions are virtually just as foggy along 101 through sonoma or up and down 580 right now.

we've got a live look outside at the skyline in san francisco, which we can see pretty clearly at thisnce karnow, we need some clouds and then we need some rain. yeah. that's the way it's got to go, right. you got the clouds first before we get the rain and we just haven't had much in the way of cloud cover out there. clear skies. >> around the bay area today made for some record breaking temperatures tomorrow. i was going to start to see some changes. those numbers going to start to cool down a little bit likely going to see return few clouds least in parts of the bay area. but tonight so far skies stay mostly clear out there right now. temperatures fairly mild in spots in dry air out there up toward the golden gate bridge still a bit on the breezy side. but nice and clear temperatures today, pretty amazing record set in san francisco at 73 degrees. 75 degrees in san jose 73 in oakland, 70 degrees in canfield tied a record at sfo. 70 degrees. and 80 degrees in gilroy. the warm wherever you went man went in a generally these temperatures records were set before those records broken bac

on the peninsula, skyline boulevard getting moderate rain. light to moderate in san francisco. winding out the picture of this level to storm. living up to its name into the wind. even higher winds in the hills. 47 at spring valley. a wind advisory tomorrow morning. gusts 45 to 55 could topple some more trees, take down power lines. be careful. i will have the timeline, coming up. >> keep an eye on the weather, including live doppler 7 any time. download the abc 7 bay area news app on roku, amazon fire, and apple tv. >> a major blow to san francisco's economy as j.p. morgan chase has canceled its in person health conference in the city and replaced it with a virtual one. citing covert concerns. thousands expected to attend the conference scheduled for less than a month from now. j.r. stone spoke with businesses and hotels affected by this decision. >> my first reaction this morning was here we go again. >> manwell torres of alpha graphics reacting to news j.p. morgan chase's health care conference will be held virtually instead of in person in san francisco. a move said to equa

on the peninsula, skyline boulevard getting moderate rain. light to moderate in san francisco.inding out the picture of this level to storm. living up to its name into the wind. even higher winds in the hills. 47 at spring valley. a wind advisory tomorrow morning. gusts 45 to 55 could topple some more trees, take down power lines. be careful. i will have the timeline, coming up. >> keep an eye on the weather, including live doppler 7 any time. download the abc 7 bay area news app on roku, amazon fire, and apple tv. >> a major blow to san francisco's economy as j.p. morgan chase has canceled its in person health conference in the city and replaced it with a virtual one. citing covert concerns. thousands expected to attend the conference scheduled for less than a month from now. j.r. stone spoke with businesses and hotels affected by this decision. >> my first reaction this morning was here we go again. >> manwell torres of alpha graphics reacting to news j.p. morgan chase's health care conference will be held virtually instead of in person in san francisco. a move said to equate

around hamilton and skyline boulevard around the santa cruz mountains, just isolated showers around west san francisco, but like we saw today, another batch of showers will come down, but with that cold air in place, snow levels are likely to be lower tomorrow morning for parts of sonoma county. the diablo range included in that. that will begin to taper off so the area most likely to have the snow stick to the ground south of hamilton, some of the higher peaks of the north bay. one more round to get through as we get into wednesday and thursday. snow levels coming up a little bit closer to 3,000 feet. good news for new year's eve plans, but it's going to be cold friday into saturday, clearing skies, nighttime temperatures in the 20s and 30s. next chance of rain comes in toward the end of next weekend. so the 7-day forecast, we catch a bit of a break before the temperatures are just going to stay cold throughout. in fact, the coldest temperatures of the week will be as the skies clear thursday into saturday. valley temperatures 20s and 30s. i caught my breath, too. the new year 11:00 to midnight frida

san francisco. get ready for an uptick in your intensity. skyline boulevard heading towards 280 you have the possibility of ponding on the roadways, moderate to heavy downpours. it will hit los altos hills in less than three minutes. sunnyvale at 5:24 and santa clara at 5:35. look for more areas of standing water here and rain coming down heavily. our best chance of thunderstorms remains across the north bay today. now, let's take a look at future radar. this storm unlike yesterday has ack exit st. it is t hereaneesunshine breaking outs you scramble those last-minute details for today. by 3:30, broken clouds and sunshine. if you're heading out around 8:00 -- if you are out later on for a different service, or whatever you may be doing you can see scattered showers but not a whole lot. rainfall potential for the rest of today is best in the southern half, up to a third of an inch possible. stronger storms tonight and inches of snow on our mountains is possible. >> thanks. got some new drone video showing a sweet moment between two whales. >> taking c

san francisco now demanding changes from the school district. why they say that the district is coming up short and the new response this morning from district leaders. >>> plus, a live look at the skylinemeteorologist, kari hall, tracking when the latest system is planning to hit. this is "today in the bay." of course we broadcast to your television, but we also stream live on nbcbayarea.com. check it out. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. let's get your hour start with traffic and weather. we will get a look at some snow? i know there will be snow in the sierra. is that coming anytime soon -- i was trying to think if it's a rain or snow, a lot of stuff going on out there. >> it's cold out there. >> yeah, we are starting out with cold temperatures this morning and this is our live view in san josÉ. in some spots we have frosty conditions and then we will see sunshine today. for the weekend we will be preparing for the storm set to move in early on sunday. yes, we will have heavy rain and snow in the forecast for early next week. let me show you what you will feel as you are stepping out the door on friday

skyline. >> it is bad and troubling, since there is no forest fires going on. why is it so bad? you can barely see past treasure island. >> reporter: a look across the san francisco bay is about as clear as cream of mushroom soup, with the air quality index pushing above 150 in parts of san francisco and the bay area. >> i wish it would clear up a bit. >> reporter: if you are wondering why a spare the air there alert hasn't been issued at here is your answer, it all has to do with time. >> we are not expecting federal air quality standards to be exceeded. >> reporter: that said, if you have asthma, you may want to think about ditching your outdoor run today. >> i've had a dry cough the last day or two, and it's not from a virus. it is from the air. >> reporter: while the hills are blotted out of the skyline, remember this -- >> it is better than l.a.. >> reporter: today was not a spare the air day here in the bay area. that could happen this weekend, according to bay area air quality management district, in which case putting a fire in your fireplace would be illegal, and they would ask you to drive less to bring some particulate matter down the rate of course, w

skyline. and we're also seeing cool temperatures on account of that lack of blanket of cloud cover widespread low to mid and upper 40's 41 degrees for livermore. but check out downtown san francisco barely in the low 50's 50 degrees as you step outside. so bundle up yet again. fortunately tracking calm wind speeds out there but radar for going to see changes in the extended forecast. several storm set to arrive going to remain dry, though, for this weekend could see some showers trying to clip the bay area coastline sunday night overall looking like a dry day as his monday. but then storm after storm arriving tuesday morning and we're going to see the heaviest rain thursday. but those storms are going to continue for christmas eve and christmas day. we're going to get inches of rain. 3 to 5 inches for north bay valleys and around the bay area shoreline and your from 2 to 3 inches of wet weather. your full weekend forecast. coming up after the break. just seen in. jonathan, back to you. risa. thank you so much. new tonight at 6 o'clock. a developing story tonight of oakland. police say they need your help. >> trying to find the person you see right there on your screen. investigat

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skyline, you can see that crescent moon. rainfall totals lower than we expected with this quick moving storm earlier this morning. san franciscosan jose a few hundreds of an inch of rain. along the coast, more of a half moon bay the 10th of an inch of moisture. the storm is in southern california. we are drawing out -- drying out our skies. while clouding up over the next 12 hours. we managed to make it into the 60's for most of us earlier today. probably felt the warmer weather compared to yesterday. right now we are falling to the 50's and tonight we will find increasing cloud cover, areas of fog developing. likely in the north and east bay valleys. overnight tonight we are falling into the mid to upper 40's first thing on wednesday. future weather, a lot of cloud cover tomorrow. it is not as bright as today. some isolated pockets of drizzle as well. there was a ripple of energy passing by northern california. not enough to bring a steady beneficial rainfall over the next couple days but even on thursday, we will keep that cloud cover first thing. that chance of some drizzle by thursday afternoon, the system is clearing out