also seeing some of the rain around the san mateo area, the santa cruz mountains getting in on showers and a wider view shows we are going to see more of the wet weather rolling in and we are seeing a lot more moisture moving in, and overall the storm system is weak and it will continue to bring us scattered showers in some parts of the bay area throughout the morning and early afternoon. we won't be done with the rain, so we will talk about more about what is in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> mike, what is it looking like for early commuters? >> a light drive. yesterday we did not seat metering lights and light rain, and kari is talk about that light rain and it will be a factor for many drivers as we look at your map. we had a little flooding reported at 980 and 880, and so watch that portion of oakland. the rest of the bay moving smoothly. of course, the san mateo bridge itself, and for right now we will just track this. >>> it's 4:32 right now. happening today, california's department of public health is expected to give an update on the state's reported number of covid cases.

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it's really just this little pool of fog sitting right there where all our bridges are a bridge, san mateote and the richmond center fell are all still in. the fog has is parts of berkeley, oakland, san francisco, parts of the north bay. to a lot of us, though, at this point are holding on to some sunshine and have that for the rest of the day. those of us that are still holding out of the fog. you will be getting rid of it. we're also seeing some fog out into the delta in the central valley to can't forget that dose that you are seeing out there. as for the rest of the day, all that sunshine is going to contribute to today really being one of the nicest of this forecast. high pressure ridge built in is going to keep conditions nice and mild and dry today that same high pressure ridge. tomorrow, though, starts to push in some offshore winds and that results in a change from today's come whether to winds gusting as high as 40 to 50 miles per hour, especially in the north bay come friday and saturday. if you're just a look at the 7 day forecast, you'd say, oh, my gosh, those days look beauti

that's and hey, we're along the san mateo bridge through san leandro. it's currently coming down right now. futurecast shows us it won't be raining for the full day. but in the north bay later on this evening and into tomorrow morning. that's what we're going to see more rain happened there. we're getting a look at our highs for today. as you are getting ready in preparing for your work day. we're all in the 50's. so still pretty cool. i recommend where jacket just to keep that wet weather off of you. >> in the 50's at antioch conquer oakland allay novato mill valley. >> down their mountain view. morgan hill 48 so pretty cool and live a more as well. san jose, you're at about 52 degrees. well, we start off this week with some light rain and we continue. that's until wednesday and then look at that thursday as we start to dry out again friday. another system arrives in the bay area, bringing with it more rainy conditions. so get whatever you need to to do down thursday. maybe or into the weekend. if you can hold off their saturday and sunday. a lot of cl

plus, san mateo county is saying that they're behind on getting covid test. quicker, you know, the results taking a long time. why? and also ahead, a suspect in an attempted carjacking died involved in the san jose police shooting will tell you how it happened in a live report. ♪♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron 4 morning news. at know. >> and so here we are in the finest hour. used to call the flights are now james year. >> we're doing the covid thing. you've probably noticed. kind of like a baton thing. it's covid-safe that way, john, at a nice, far distance doing weather and traffic for us this morning. we've go

have a backup an accident that just popped up moments ago on southbound one. 0, one just south of san mateoounter commute directions right here. so your northbound drive from san jose to menlo park unaffected by this one. but this traffic collision has resulted in a lane south one. 0, one near harbor boulevard over in something to note if you are making that drive, we formerly of 2 accidents that are now both heading northbound 1, 1, to the city and westbound 80 over the bay bridge that did send a residual delay back to the toll plaza in san francisco. and you can see that from the maze to fremont street. it's going to get 22 minutes. this is an improvement from earlier. but a backup indeed, just trying to get there. can't see anything at the san mateo bridge. this is a reminder of how dense that fog is. and if you want to leave a little early, that's not a bad idea. of course, you're going to be rushing through this low visibility. richmond center fell bridge around 19 minutes for that drive. and the golden gate bridge from 37 to the tolls around. 25 minutes. i mean, it's just it's so pret

don't forget and the san mateo bridge. let's check the volume there. that's not too bad.ss the toll plaza looks like you're traveling fairly quickly across the span just keeping it a safe speed given that it's wet out there on the this in the high rise section working your way on to the peninsula. let's check the richmond. sandra fell bridge out a little slow and go to a pause, but nothing more than usual. so expect your normal way time as you make your way from richmond down towards center fell and you're commuters our north bay commuters heading down to the san francisco are also looking just some minor congestion on the on the golden gate bridge. but as you can see, you're still making it through the toll plaza. just fine. no major backups as you work your way southbound on one. oh, one. we'll have another weather traffic check in a minute. but let's get to one of our big stories this morning. the number of covid cases continues to grow across the bay area. many are wondering exactly how long this spike in cases will last proffers amanda hari talk to an infectious dise

your highs near the coastline and then pretty solid 60's elsewhere across the bay low 60's from san mateo down through mountain view in a range of low to mid 60's for the south bay with san jose at 64 degrees east bay. daytime highs ranging anywhere from the upper 50's to low 60's with oakland and nice. 61 walnut creek and concord at 60 to vallejo along there with you. well, sonoma and i-65 and look at santa rosa year. the warm spot today at 66 degrees. some light jacket stuff. and that's all you need to worry about today. all you really need to worry about the next few days. aside from cold evening lows. our daytime highs are definitely cooperating for any plans you want to have on getting back outside. >> right john, they even that let you look at the traffic today traveling from the east bay into the city about a 10 minute drive. i do see some pockets of fog along the bay bridge. so take your time as you're traveling san mateo bridge about 13 minutes heading across towards the peninsula. there. the richmond, sandra fell bridge about a 9 minute commute for you and the golden gate bridge

there. >> the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula. it will be about 13 minutes as you're traveling. we'll have a weather and traffic coming up for now. let's get back to some of our top stories in the east bay. elsa reno police department is mourning one of its own this morning. the department confirms officer jared bernstein was killed in a car crash sunday morning on interstate 80. that's near san pablo dam road. authorities say a van in front of officer bernstein lost control collided with that center median bernstein's car and 2 others hit the van and he was pronounced dead at the scene. chp still investigating the cause of that accident. there was a procession yesterday afternoon as the officer's body was exported from the contra costa county coroner's office. in a statement, the department says officer bernstein was, quote, everything a person could hope for in a police officer, citizen teammates and brother and friend. he was just 26 years old. santa rosa. police are looking for the people responsible for vandalizing a holocaus

your san mateo bridge commute tank.a drive right there that i don't want to be making this morning. and if you have to take it, i'm sure you want to give yourself that extra few minutes. richmond center fell bridge pretty empty. we are seeing some fog on it as well as we are at the golden gate bridge, which is also fairly empty this morning. still, james. all right. thank you very much, john. for plans for the a's waterfront. ballpark moved one more. >> incremental step forward. the oakland planning commission is recommending that the city council approved the final environmental impact report. now that report looks at how the stadium could potentially harm the environment in the area. and the commission says that that report didn't raise any significant concerns, at least in their eyes. in a statement, mayor libby schaff calls the move a huge win for the entire region. going on to say, quote, it puts oakland one step closer to building a landmark waterfront ball park district. end quote. anticipation, by the way, build

it is a rough one at the san mateo bridge. not because it's taking you so long, but just look at how poor that view is. you can't see much out there. so good reminder to take a slower traffic. picking up at the richmond center fell bridge still below 10 minutes to get you across it in the golden gate bridge, the 19 minute drive there, james. all right, john, thank you. let's get to the headlines this morning. and breaking news from overnight. san jose police shoot and kill. >> a suspected carjacker kron four's will tran joining us this morning from san jose to explain how this all happened. well. >> james, it actually started in the city of santa clara. so just north of san jose but ended in san jose. no officers are injured. we're not sure how many officers fired their weapon at this particular suspect. but we do know that he was hit at least one time rushed to the hospital and died at the hospital. let me quickly pull up a map for you. it was very close to the san jose police department. only one and a half miles. so i didn'

now, the san mateo foster city school district does offer testing. as i said, that's one of the biggest priorities. now. and they are offering free testing today at sunny brae elementary school. so big update for this school district. it's obviously been an extremely tough time for everyone involved the families, the staff. >> the district officials. so hopefully this clarification helps, especially for those concerned parents who clearly voice their concerns so much that the district made this change. of course. james, back to you. all right, sarah, thank you very much. >> let's get over to the east bay now where the oakland school for the arts will be closed this week. >> in a statement on the school's website, the school says that in part, this is due to a staff shortage as a result of quarantines. they went on to say we are unable to continue to provide person to person, instruction to students and need to institute an emergency school closure for the remainder of this week. the school says that because of these changes because of recent changes

it will take place at the san mateo county event center. it will start at noon and will be open tuesdays through saturdays and also happening today, the west contra costa unified school district is opening 3 new testing sites for students and staff. the district says it's already distributed about 15,000 testing kits to students and their families. but school officials say that these drive-thru pickup stations for tests. well, it's just one step of several that they're taking to try to keep students safe and slow the spread of the disease. you can find all the locations for the new testing sites on our website at kron 4 dot com speaking of covid testing, it still remains limited throughout the bay area with kron four's taylor per second with a closer look now in san francisco is testing requirements. there or appointments there quickly filling up and city leaders are actually blaming it on a lack of supply. >> available covid testing appointments are few and far between in san francisco as families scramble to get tested after the holidays.

dan is back from san mateo and joins us live with the latest. reporter: this is a step, ending the ppe to people who actually use it. county officials of been hesitant to provide information about how they got into this mess. the i team has learned the department of homeland security office of inspector general is investigating san mateo county cycle handling of personal protective equipment after i found thousands of boxes of it soaking in the rain at the event center. they confirmed it was out there for four months. what should viewers know or take away from the fact that the feds are looking into this? >> we are going to be completely transparent about this and cooperate with them to the full extent. the fact that week certainly did make an error. reporter: san mateo county manager provided in email from the feds at sides my first report and says dhs oig is responsible for investigating waste and abuse regarding the funding and if san mateo purchased the ppe using fema money that was rewarded to california and response of the cares act. he to

the san mateo bridge about 15 minutes as well. with you about 45 minutes ago, it was up around 30 minutes. so this is a much improved situation. still a little bit slow before you get to the tolls there at the richmond center fell, but also an improvement now down to 14 minutes and unaffected by all of it all morning long. the golden gate bridge just chilling under some sunshine. a 23 minute drive from 37 to the tolls, james. all right, john, thank you. let's head to the east bay now where oakland police say they need help finding an elderly woman who was assaulted by someone in chinatown. >> this is a follow-up to a story. we first brought you yesterday after police released this video of the attack. watch the left side of your screen. you'll see the woman in a moment being pushed to the ground by somebody who comes up behind her and there it is. this happened monday was at the corner of 9th and franklin streets just outside the pacific renaissance plaza. by the time police got there, though, the victim had walked off so they cou

dan is back from san mateo and joins us live with the latest.is a step, ending the ppe to people who actually use it. county officials of been hesitant to provide information about how they got into this mess. the i team has learned the department of homeland security office of inspector general is investigating san mateo county cycle handling of personal protective equipment after i found thousands of boxes of it soaking in the rain at the event center. they confirmed it was out there for four months. what should viewers know or take away from the fact that the feds are looking into this?

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dan: san mateo county manager provided an email that sites my first report and says, the dhs about oig is responsible for invest getting fraud, waste, and abuse and is seeking information from your office regarding the funding for the ppe and if san mateo county purchased the ppe using dhs fema disaster money that was awarded to the state of california. he also told me it looks like management at the event center did not make the mistake, moving all that ppe outside in september to make way for a software conference. >> i think it was moved outside at our request at some point in time. dan: at the county's request? >> at the county's request, at some point in time, with the intention of moving it elsewhere or getting it off to other nonprofits like we are doing now. dan: today, the county started giving away the ppe that was salvaged from months in the rain. hospital gowns, face masks, bleach, and other supplies. rebecca jackson is with a nonprofit that houses formerly incarcerated women with children. >> face shields and goggles and bleach and all that stuff, it is not easy to come by

you can see the glow from the lights of the san mateo bridge toll plaza.n i was driving about three hours ago it was very foggy. we're going to checkkari hall i moment, but first let's check in with mike on how that could be affecting the drive. >> it's definitely an issue. we are looking at traffic flowing smoothly at the san mateo bridge. meters lights are on. all lanes are currently blocked northbound 101 heading toward that skyway. there's a crash involving three vehicles. it sounds like there may be other complications. north 101 is jammed up from cesar chavez approaching east 80. the commute is slowing down, definitely foggy through the north bay. a big issue for the golden gate bridge, the richmond bridge and the bay bridge. it's reaching down as far south as palo alto and fremont. use caution. >>> fairfield today reaching 64 degrees. we see more changes in our forecast going into the weekend with high winds tomorrow and a bit of a cooldown in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> a tesla driver charged in a deadly accident. >>> your tax dollars are go

reporter: we brought this to authorities in san mateo county. what is your team doing to look into this? >> san mateo county is actively working with virus geeks to try to improve the test turnaround time. unfortunately, there are set -- staffing disruptions that have affected some a cyst -- sectors. reporter: virus geeks has previously provided testing to several colleges and high schools in san mateo county. what are you doing to ensure this doesn't happen again? >> make sure we keep the volume to what we can -- i'm terribly sorry. reporter: lee says the company is adding a new lab that will increase their testing capacity for processing 10,000 tests per day up to roughly 70,000 tests per day. plans to keep all that testing in house to avoid this in the future. in the meantime, san mateo county's as this backlog persists, they will be looking into other companies to assume the test site at the event center. dan: if you have a story for the i team, let us know. call the number on your screen or go to abc7news.com/dion: i team. dion:dion: more t

63 degrees, 65 in morgan hill and mid 60s in walnut creek, oakland reaching 62 degrees and 60 in san mateo. san francisco up to about 55 in the marina district. in napa, that fog may also keep temperatures from warming up so quickly, only reaching about 61 degrees today. if you think that's chilly, compare it to what else is going on across the country. bismarck at 16 below this morning. you can see the cold air that's also pushing into the deep south. so they're dealing with some rain, transitioning over to snow. now, here is a look at our wind gusts for tomorrow. it's going to start to get windy by tomorrow afternoon. we're looking at these diablo winds picking up about possibly 40 miles an hour especially in the north bay in our upper elevations. when we've had a stretch of dry weather and we add in the winds, we have those concerns it's going to dry out the vegetation even more, although at this point we don't look like we'll see a fire danger. high pressure keeps it dry across the region, keeping the storm track well to the north of us. no changes here even as we go toward the end of

the san mateo burton across towards the peninsula about a 40 minute drive for you. there. we're getting a look at the richmond. sandra fell bridge about 14 minutes. we had some major issues over here yesterday on the eastbound side with both eastbound and westbound both open for you this morning in the south bay along one o one. 85 in menlo park about a 33 minute drive for you 17. 82 looking nice. and i'm seeing the most traffic along highway 4. so if you're traveling antioch, one, 60 to conquer to 42, it will take you about 33 minutes. back to you. andrea, i know you have twitter. so, i don't don't let the naysayers get you down. just remember what you think. amy is none of my so that's advice. have the right 7.22. right now, governor newsome was at ford silicon valley innovation center, highlighting part of his climate change related budget. the governor wants the state to spend 10 billion dollars in the next 5 years to invest any electric vehicles, including funds for trucks, buses, charging stations. we need that and money to help low-income buyers purchase the cars. t

dan: san mateo county manager provided an email that sites my first report and says, the dhs about oig is responsible for invest getting fraud, waste, and abuse and is seeking information from your office regarding the funding for the ppe and if san mateo county purchased the ppe using dhs fema disaster money that was awarded to the state of california. he also told me it looks like management at the event center did not make the mistake, moving all that ppe outside in september to make way for a software conference. >> i think it was moved outside at our request at some point in time. dan: at the county's request? >> at the county's request, at some point in time, with the intention of moving it elsewhere or getting it off to other nonprofits like we are doing now. dan: today, the county started giving away the ppe that was salvaged from months in the rain. hospital gowns, face masks, g bleach, and other supplies. rebecca jackson is with a nonprofit that houses formerly incarcerated women with children. >> face shields and goggles and bleach and all that stuff, it is not easy to come

let's go to the san mateo bridge holding steady as well. no problems. plenty of space, especially on the left side of your screen. those cars going from 1 one to the east bay without any collisions, any problems. 15 minutes across that span richmond sandra fell bridge also very light at this particular hour. i don't expect historically that will see the full force of people coming back until next monday of this coming monday. so no problems there. and look at this rain check this out. a little foggy at the golden gate bridge. no problems because traffic is nonexistent. well, there you go. one set of headlights coming into the sea. health experts. they are warning that this latest surge of covid cases still not over yet. it keeps climbing up and up and up. even highly anticipated areas vaccinated, areas like san francisco while their cases have tripled in just a week. and with at least a couple of weeks before the projected peak, san francisco mayor london breed is calling on everyone to take extra steps to protect themselves. >> we're not shutting anyth

here in san mateo, we saw the difference just a couple of blocks can make for one store which still has some test but the other is already sold out. >> my son is home from school and wanted me to run and pick up one. this is my third place i checked and they have it. >> it's slowing down a bit because students are back-to- school. that was the big rush. >> this is the first store you came to? >> yes. >> reporter: this walgreens was the place to be on monday afternoon, to score some coveted take-home tests. the store could only take cash, so customers were quick to find an atm and come back to bite kits up to the limit of four. >> i have family in town and i want to make sure. >> reporter: what you need to covid-19 test today? >> because unpopular. >> i have to go back to work. tested positive and i'm trying to get back. >> reporter: not even a quarter mile away, this cvs was already out of tests with signs warning customers on the hunt. >> just to see him happy people were this weekend and the positive response and folks looking for more, it really compelled us to try to get more out th

about what is happening. >> reporter: in the 70s and migration of people from tonga settled in the san mateo area. when yesterday's volcano erupted near the island nation turning the sky black , the reports from families and friends were terrified. according to the pastor of the first tonga assembly of god in san carlos. >> they said they never saw anything like that. black rain coming from the sky. little rock's. you can grab them from the car and hold them.>> reporter: early this morning the eruption called the sea to rise. sending tsunami waves near the island. the images showed people being driven from homes. after a few hours, everything went blank. >> we tried to get hold of family. there is no connection.>> reporter: he has said no one has heard anything. he has worked at the church. his mind and heart are with his country women and men. >> we are watching the tv, facebook. everyone is trying to find out.>> reporter: they say there's not high grounds on the island. he says he is thankful that the king was relocated. he says he heard some smaller islands may be completely submerged. he

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but light at this hour along the peninsula, half moon bay san mateo and in south san francisco, you are seeing some showers this morning. we do get a break from the rain that comes down today and then tonight another week system makes its way into the north bay that santa rosa up there and that comes down until early hours of tomorrow morning. we get another little break and then it starts to rain again on friday, our totals this rainfall. you can see very light. so just trace amounts of rain to san francisco oakland really nothing to write home about. but you want to take your time driving along highs for today. we're in the 50's here. daly city pacifica as you're traveling along half moon, bay, burlingame millbrae san bruno all mid to lower 50's redwood city. san carlos upper 50's for you and the south bay campbell 57 san jose. you're at about 58 today. fremont union city and hey, we're all mid 50's for you. moraga san leandro low to mid 50's. the late hone napa. pretty cool. 49 yacht. the lynn 61. so the warmest of the temperatures. stinson beach at 49 petaluma at 50 our 7 day foreca

san mateo con mÁs de 64,000 contagios. cuÁles son las pruebas.eocupaciÓn por haberse contagiado. se hizo la prueba. estamos viendo que el contagio estÁ creciendo. yo ya tengo el refuerzo. necesitamos estar mÁs seguros para reunirnos. estÁn teniendo una gran demanda >> es un incremento excepcional. estaremos haciendo 250 . quÉ pruebas existen y cuÁles son mÁs eficaces >> son pruebas muy sensibles. >> existen pruebas mucho mÁs prÁcticas. uno los puede hacer desde casa. estas pruebas pueden detectar una nueva variante. >> la mayor parte de pruebas estÁn disponibles y funcionan bastante bien contra todas las variantes. >> en estos momentos hay mÁs de 1,000,000 de casos por dÍa. es difÍcil que haya dificultades. >> la oficina del gobernador publica un vÍdeo en el que se anunciaba la llegada de miles de pruebas. mire usted, el condado de napa es una de las regiones con menos cantidad de camas. >> horita los hospitales estÁn operando con la capacidad que tiene. ramÓn: los encargados de los hospitales van a asignar al personal necesario para evaluar los

the san mateo bridge. also moving smoothly, traffic flowing fairly well in both the east and westbound directions here of a highway 92 as it connects hayward to foster city across the san mateo bridge will have more weather and traffic checks coming up in just a little bit. now let's get back to the headlines and for your money this morning, google will pay top executives a million dollars each. after declining the after dick's climbing to boost workers pay. so the covid rapid test prices are going up as well. we've got jane king live in new york to explain more about all of this. boy, that's got to be some unsettling news about executive pay there. james. >> yes, and what are the google how they feel about that. but let's start with the covid at-home tests because if you can find one at all the way are going up in price in some places. so kroger and walgreens of raise the prices of the covid test. now this follows the expiration of an agreement with the biden administration that the retailers have that th

san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula. you can make that commute in about 13 minutes. there are pockets of fog out there this morning. there are some along the bay bridge looks like there's some along the san mateo bridge. take your time as you're driving. richmond center fell commute, traveling averaged about 9 minutes there and the golden gate bridge 20 minute traveling into the city this morning. now to a big development in our drought emergency. after weeks of winter storms, the entire state of california is now out of the exceptional

also low 60's from san mateo down through mountain view in a few mid 60's for the south bay campbell and san jose. our warmest of spots in the bay today at 65 degrees. each fremont and union city at 63 while oakland nice. 61. a few upper 50's mixed in both the east and north bay vacaville and mill valley. munger spots at 59 today. tomorrow's highs right around the same as today. and you guessed it week after that looks just to be the same. some low 60's for your highs evening. lows will flirt with the upper 30's. most of us holding on to the 40's, though. lots of sunshine holding steady and no chance of rain just yet in this forecast. no chance of any backups of the bay bridge because even if there was an incident, there's not enough cars to back things up. you're looking at a smooth sail right there through the toll plaza on this holiday monday. as for the san mateo bridge also pretty empty. we do have a decent amount of cars, but everyone is moving at the limit. certainly no slow down. the richmond center fell was to this morning. 8 still remains that way. not seeing a car out there

it looks like a lot of you been doing that actually, san mateo bridge, a 13 minute drive and can hardly even see the tail lights of people heading on to the bridge. that fog is so dense. richmond center fell bridge pretty empty this morning. at least there's that. but please do take it slower as we do see visibility so affected and a look at the foggy golden gate bridge below 20 minutes to get you from 37 to the tolls. want to make it 25 minutes, though. just a slow yourselves down and not be russian through the low visibility. james, thank you very much, john. for 31. the time it's been dry for a couple of weeks now, as we know, but the rainfall that we did witness earlier in this winter season, still. >> set several records. it did a lot actually to replenish local reservoirs to authorities in marin county, for instance, doing so much better now that they've lifted some of their harshest water restrictions, including those fines, proffers gayle ong takes a look. >> historic rainfall in october and december helped eased water restrictions in marine county. now we're currently at 95% of

the san mateo bridge holding steady. no problem. those roadways are dry. your heaters should be blasting this morning as it is cold richmond sandra fell bridge. now i can talk about this. no problems in either direction. you're looking at approximately 13 minutes. if you're going from richmond down across the span into marion county and then the golden gate bridge you're looking at about 20 minutes from nevado into the city. now to bay area sports both the niners and the raiders. they control their own destiny as they head into the final week of the regular season. both teams pulled off big wins yesterday to keep their playoff hopes alive. kron four's sports director james jason dumas has the highlights. >> big, big day for the niners not only could they clinch a playoff berth. but rookie trey lance made his home starting debut. he started back in week 5 on the road in arizona. but this is really the first time in front of the faithful in that they get to see him up close and personal and of course

a mild day on the peninsula viewed 61 in san mateo. se offshore wind will not be a strong, temperatures will dial back a couple of degrees. nice in downtown san francisco. 64 in santa rosa. 60 in vallejo. in the east bay, 62 oakland. inland areas in the low 60's. 61 in san ramon. 60 in livermore. a little hazy. as you take out the extended forecast, looking at everything going over the top of us, there will be showers south of us on monday, which is martin luther king jr. day. other than that, we don't have anything in the forecast, at least not through next friday. it looks like some computer models want to bring in some rain at the end of january or beginning of february. we need it and hope it materializes. mild the next couple of afternoons. temperatures will be hovering mid-60's. a little cooler for martin luther king jr. day. we bump up the temperatures again for the end of the workweek. ama: thank you so much. a jeopardy contestant from oakland is working her way up the ranks in the shows record books. next, look at the milestone

it is foggy at the san mateo bridge as well. the dublin interchange, i will talk about your altamont pass commute in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> a carjacking suspect is dead after a shoot out with police in san jose. this ended with a crash and two others injured. >> justin andrews is following this for us this morning. where does the investigation stand now? >> reporter: in the last half hour we have learned the scene in san jose's rose garden neighborhood is still very active at this hour. detectives are still working to uncover all the details and there are a lot. witnesses tell us they heard a lot of gun shots, at least 20. san jose police tell us its chopper pilot started tracking the suspect after notified that the car had been stolen. police say the suspect got in the stolen car, got out of the stolen car, excuse me, and tried to carjack another vehicle. that failed and the suspect got back into the stolen car and ended up in the rose garden neighborhood where people in their homes heard a large crash. the suspect sla

let's go to the san mateo bridge. look at that very light at this hour. i do expect traffic to pick up a little bit more than yesterday as we're getting closer and closer to the heart of the week, which means a lot of people will be heading back after their christmas and new year's celebrations. so today should be a little bit thicker from there. let's go to the richmond sandra fell bridge. look at that. look at paddling on the roadway as the cars. the highlights excuse me, the headlights really show all that paddling. so take it easy. as you cross that spans you looking at probably 13 minutes from richmond down to a marine county on one. oh, one and from there, the golden gate bridge. you should have no problems as well. not foggy 22 minutes from nevado into the city. our top story this morning. covid cases are surging and the number of available icu beds is shrinking in the bay area. napa county officials are reporting that there are no icu beds currently available in that county kron four's. dan thorn has more on the surge and what it might mean for ot

we're looking locally at the san mateo bridge. beautiful sunset shot there. >> going to call one of arctic plunge is there in the middle of the country. everybody wishes lives here. right now. it is beautiful here in the bay chiefmeteorologist large cargo is with us large. we ice bowl 2 point. oh, yeah. just about i think they're going to get some snow overnight and early in that morning. and this is going to be a very cold weather game here. the bay area, people will be sitting outside their backyards, get the barbecue going and enjoying the game. but it is going to be bitter cold. we're talking game time temperature of about 16 degrees. just throwing the wind's blowing. probably about 11, about 14 miles per hour. that's going to get a wind chill right about one degree for the game. so it is going to be a very cold game out there and it's going to be breezy to let's go niners. let's see if we can get this one and move along out there tonight. we've got some mostly clear skies around the bay area so far. so good winds are going to

the building will be built in palo alto and it will create housing in some parts of san mateo county. it will be completed by 2024. >> a live look at san francisco, the city by the bay. >> which bay, the galveston bay? >> i don't know, i'm a californian. vianey with a look at our temperatures. start out. d ahead. we are going to continue to see the dry weather. we're not forecasting any rain. 65 degrees in san jose this afternoon. 67 in morgan hill. 62 for concord. in through san francisco, 61 degrees and santa rosa in the mid-60s. we'll keep the high pressure dominating in the forecast the next several days keeping us in the mid-60s but waking up to some fog. if you live in the santa rosa, novato or napa area you're seeing limited visibility through parts of the bay area at least for the first half hour of our morning. a quick check of how your traffic is doing. this accident, there is one lane blocking. you can see we're starting to notice some slowing as well because of that earlier crash. a quick look at how your east bay drive times are doing. things have slowed down from 238 to

the san mateo bridge is an alternate for you as well. no word from the chp has to -- as to when they will reopen the lanes, but this is a bad place to be this morning. you do not want to get stuck and at last checked, it is taking at least an hour to get across the bay bridge. petering lights are on, they are just not moving at all, but we will toss it to jobina right now. jobina: it is a parking lot right now, and i understand amy hollyfield is out there in the backup too. amy, where are you exactly? ? amy: hi, we are at the toll plaza. let me show you where we are -- we got in line at 6:03, 6:11 now, so we are eight to nine minutes into this and i can barely see the toll plaza head, -- toll plaza head, toll plaza ahead, so we have a ways to go. there are not a lot of people out this morning, so if you are going to be out, expect trouble at the toll plaza. the approach was not bad for us. let's take a look at sky seven, just so you can see what is happening and what is causing this. this is on the bay bridge, an accident that happened a

san mateo county has one of the largest populations from the island, about 60,000 people. and today in the bay's, thom jensen, reports. >> we were not able to reach any of the tongan consulate, but with tens of thousands of people in the community living in this area, with a blackout across all of the islands they are likely going to be very busy in the coming days. at the store here, they are hearing only bits of news coming. her grandmother is safe in fiji but worries about the people of tonga. there's no communications at all right now. >> the internet connection is out. i read that there's also no way to radio in either. >> there are a few videos circulating showing water rushing through town and this church and the community can tell by the satellite descriptions that the devastation will likely be widespread. >> sad. >> a sad conversation yesterday for this man who was able to talk to family on the main island before the eruption and the tsunami hit. >> you have been in communication with anybody over here today? >> only yesterday before it hit. >> they already knew

half moon bay san mateo. safe as you're traveling along 2.81, on one. our futurecast shows us. we do at some point in the day. get a break from the rain. however, later on another week system arrives that's in the north bay santa rosa, you're going to see some pockets of water and some rain there overnight into the early morning hours. we get another break and then friday, another week system arrives yet again, rain totals. nothing. the trace amounts of rain throughout the bay area. that's the good news. but still conditions are slick fear taking your time as you're driving today and san francisco 54 degrees mission district 56 as you're traveling along half moon, bay 54 mid-fifties san bruno and south san francisco redwood city woodside all mid to upper 50's for you. there. santa clara 57 morgan hill 57 pleasanton and livermore. all of the mid 50's along dublin. we're looking go rent a berkeley and oakland all lower to mid 50's today. john billiards 61. so the warmest of it 49 out in napa petaluma about 50 d

reporter to pallets and pallets of personal protective equipment sitting in the rain at the san mateohat has happened since the report aired last night. reporter: more than 20,000 square feet of boxes soaking in the rain. personal protective equipment worth more than $10 million. this is your federal tax dollars. hospital gowns, face shields, goggles and more outside the san mateo events in her since last september. the story i broke yesterday getting reaction across the country. >> it has to be investigated. reporter: congresswoman jackie speier came to san mateo to talk about transportation but we talked about the ppe mystically uncovered. she called it troubling but said to remember that the county has been a leader in drive-through testing, vaccines and boosters. >> we need to keep in mind that san mateo county has been at the forefront and we have one of the highest voles

the san mateo bridge. our check of highway 92 here. certainly picking up here at the 7 o'clock hour. but

san mateo bridge. 13 minute drive there. sitting right there, mid span and the richmond center fell bridge. you've got nothing but sunshine. 8 minutes to make that drive. also, sunny, across the golden gate bridge, santa clara valley. as we've noted, has had some dense fog this morning. you are traveling at the limit for most of our highways. so you're going to slow yourself down if you do encounter those lower visibility pockets. i'm from san one. 0, one to mountain view at one o one right there on highway. 85. that's a 21 minute drive. that's actually really nice considering its commute time. a san jose to menlo park along one o one lot. so we're going to take you 33 minutes and also pretty foggy drive right now. james. all right, john, thank you very much. let's talk sports here at 7.47, the forty-niners are getting ready for. >> the final prep work done as they're getting ready to face the cowboys in the playoffs. the warriors are also hoping to bounce back after losing some back-to-back road games in this last one was.

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we've got foggy conditions at the san mateo bridge. you can see one head light on the east bound side. be extra careful there. richmond san rafael bridge, seven minutes. 12 minutes from 880 to 101. out of marin into the city via golden gate from highway 37, 19 minutes to make that ride into san francisco. checking similar traffic conditions, an overview of freeways. looking at 101 where it is foggy, 280, through the peninsula, be careful. speeds are okay for the most part as well as along 880. we are not seeing major issues on the nimitz. we are tracking brake lights from the altamont pass. we'll have a look at that in my next report. >>> good morning everybody. straight ahead in sports, city bragging rights. we've got a first for you and i to enjoy for 2022 and jimmy garoppolo, perhaps the most beat up starting quarterback left in this nfc tournament having >>> good morning everybody. i want to talk about this guy, jimmy garoppolo. 49ers, nearly every player was on the stadium field yesterday for practice including this fella reportedl

let's take a look at the san mateo bridge, shall we?t accident cleared up only so that's why it looks we're yeah, westbound right hand side. there was an ex. but, you know, volume is so light that even accidents aren't that much of a problem today, which is a silver lining. and let's take a look at richmond center fell bridge, which, you know, you can tell the cars 1, 2, 3 little parade. there was all in the same lane. >> and then let's go to the golden gate. this been the messiest. look at look at that. yeah. as solute they drive times are about 25 minutes because it's pretty slow, ok on to. yeah. they careful out there. you want to go slower. you do. i don't mind doing errands as long as you get. you know, i'd rather do errands along to dogs and that's 32 and okay to get back to covid because that's the big story. 2022 covid still. yeah. and a surge in covid cases. hospitals are seeing the rise. kron four's amanda hari has more. >> well, we have our been seen going up just like every other county after more positive covid cases comes

but back down to 13 minutes at the san mateo bridge. little backup as you're getting to the toll plaza at the richmond, sandra fell bridge. but once you hit the tolls, it's only going to take you 11 minutes to get to one o one. speaking of one, 0 one, the golden gate bridge from 37 to the tolls. that's only 20 minutes this morning. james, thank you very much, john. now 2 bay area sports. we have the forty-niners getting ready for their showdown with the dallas cowboys this weekend. >> and as for the raiders, derek carr excited about making his playoff debut. we have kron 4 sports director jason dumas, us with the story. >> well, folks, it is dallas week on wednesday, the niners had their first full practice ahead of their wild card matchup at jerry's world. jimmy g was limited at practice, but he still threw the ball. all signs point to him being back under center on sunday. this is the niners team that, in my opinion, has all the ingredients for a run. they are battle tested. they just need to put it all together. what better stage to

san mateo, you're at 49 degrees right now. oakland hayward, palo alto in the upper 40's at 48 degrees. fairfield, the obvious cold spot on this map sitting at 38 right now. now, as far as bridges go the bay bridge. well, it hasn't been the easiest for you this morning. we do have a bit of a backup at the toll plaza. that's not much of an issue and it's actually decreasing as you're heading eastbound. there is another backup forming that is sending traffic back into the city a little bit because of an accident on one of the off-ramps. again, that's eastbound on the bay bridge itself. now the san mateo bridge, things are moving just fine. there's definitely more of you on the roads this morning, though. and that's pretty evident right here at the san mateo bridge. a bit of a back up there at the richmond center fell toll plaza. and even once you're past the backup, it's going to be a bit slower until about mid span because we have dew. could we have construction work westbound on the richmond center fell bridge. that's got the r