at all to tame the big tech as big oil once was gonna for correspond to the president posts in san rushes, prison chief last week as reforms get under way. in the wake of damming video that showed widespread abuse in the countries jails. so in the wake of the next, the special for you, we visit the notorious former prison in saint petersburg. there's not been replaced with a more modern facility. the old jail is infamous back in this day in the 1990s, when it was home, then to some of russia's most dangerous criminals. and the chaos that followed. the collapse of the soviet union sees counseling rose coff has been given rare access to it. just warning and so his special report does contain graphic descriptions of violence. me were in saint petersburg and in front of what used to be rushes most infamous prison for more than a century. this was the largest incarceration facility in the whole of europe were the country's most notorious and violent criminals were being kept. now we're going to check out the jails, darkest parts that have been hidden from the general public. for decades. this

what's happening and i've gone to san rushes influence with the taliban and i've got to sort of address india security concerns about any large bond take over the computer, the implications for the region. but also very importantly, even closer to home, it needs brushes, influence the china as military india and chinese military is very much remain in a very tense. the end off on the indo china border. please. thank you very much, elizabeth. thrown them. they're reporting live from new delhi for the news. good talk season. i still fighters have launched attacks on multiple villages in northern iraq, burning down houses and killing 4 members of the kurdish pash mugger forces. the villages surround the city of kear cook. i so briefly claim to have captured one of them before it was taken back by the pash mugger. iraq declared victory over iceland 2017, but it's fighters have continued to loan. sporadic attacks. the death toll from indonesia, his volcanic eruption has risen to steam with dozens more badly injured and many still unaccounted for. more reigns expected in the coming days. abou

. >> kpix 5's max darrow in san mateo with the rush for boosters and what's next. >> so far there hasn't been a confirmed case of the omicron variance in san mateo county, but health officials say they had detected traces of it in the wastewater, which means it is here. the push for booster shots continues, but over the next couple of weeks people won't be able to get there booster shots at one of the busiest vaccination sites in the county, because it's temporarily shutting down. >> reporter: cars lined up throughout the day at the san mateo county events center, filled with people eager to get booster shots. >> it's been a while, so i think i need that booster. >> the latest rush propelled by upcoming holiday celebrations and growing concerns over the omicron variant. >> it just feels like there is more of an urgency now to

would right now, san to saw rushing to adopt the existing vaccines that hooked up the used to find the new strain early. we spoke with melita rena venga, representative of the world. how full conversation here in russia, when a mutation shows a number of her, i would say changes a number of mutations that we can relate to something i that the previous knowledge, for example, be so by this variance has mutations many more mutations on the spike brought a, it is actually nice to need all that the virus is using to get into the salad to make us you fact stage to actually cause infection for spread further. and this is why because it has many more and other of her other variance. it has immediately come into concert. so i think has scientific knowledge, but we don't have, i think m. yeah. all the logic, the knowledge you telling us hadn't been there, that this is a more deadly virus. what do we know from south africa? you said maybe young people at this is where a cluster was detected and we do know that callie's been young. people is lighter. we do not have reports and he's no man that is

frightening moments inside a south bay mall when a shooting happens in the middle of the shopping rush. sane police are updating us on that shooting that happened at oakridge mall last night. nbc bay area's bob redell is live outside san jose police headquarters this morning. any new updates, bob? >> reporter: well, san jose police tell us they have not made any arrests, and they have not found a victim. and the reason why they are putting this word out is they believe there's a victim out there. they want to hear from that person because they received dozens of 911 calls last night that someone was, in fact, shot at the mall. but when they arrived at the mall, they didn't find a victim, didn't find the suspect. the first officer was on the scene within two minutes. police immediately treated this as an active shooter situation. police just told us that many dayside officers going off shift on their way home actually diverted to the mall because they thought this was going to be that serious of a situation. this happened a little before 6:00 last night. a fight between two people inside the

coagliano flips it through the defense and nets his third of the year three two, but san jose had a final rushs and just nothing going here vancouver adds on late the sharks lose 5-2, san jose is lost five of seven. hello, it's adele and jay-z among the stars in la chiefs and chargers two and a half in the fourth. justin herbert finds former cal-star keenan allen chargers up seven la had chances, but just couldn't put kansas city away and ensuing drive patrick mahomes. roland wright finds travis kelsey touchdown in overtime we go tied at 28 chiefs got the ball first in ot mahomes finds kelsey. that's the first down and wait. it's more 34 yards to the house mahomes a season-high. ♪ ♪

. >>> in san francisco crews rushed to get a warehouse fire under control. the three alarm fire broke out early saturday in the bay view neighborhood. flames tore through the building on barnville avenue causing significant damage. crews were able to save the materials and vehicles inside. they also managed to protect an antique tow truck nearby. >> fire units will be on scene throughout the day if not the weekend to ensure no flare ups. there's no threat to the public. >> here's the good news. nobody was hurt and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> developing now, concord police are looking for the driver in ahit-and-run crash that sent a man to the hospital. early yesterday the victim was walking near monument when he was hit. he reportedly suffered major injuries. so far police have not released any description of the car involved. >>> happening now over bidding on homes has become a norm in the bay area real estate market. usually doesn't mean spending an extra million dollars. kpix 5 shows us where that happened. >> the real estate m

san jose. as for the traffic situation, you might not be going to the mall, but you might be driving by it in this rush hour. this is san jose. the oakridge mall right there at the 8587 interchange, so two notable highways and you can see a lot of red lights in the area. a lot of offramps have been partly closed. let's go to ian cull. he joins us from the oak ridge mall. tell us where you are and what you're seeing. >> i'm right across the street from the cvs, near the bevmo. i tell you, as you're seeing in those pictures outside the target, there are dozens of police officers. i would estimate at least 50 to 75 patrol cars here. i have just arrived a few minutes ago. i'm actually at santa teresa and thornwood because they blocked off the southbound 87 two areas to exit. they also blocked out all exits on 85 towards the mall here, too, because they're trying to get everybody out. they don't want anyone else to come in. they secured the area. but, again, adding to that, too, with what the mayor said, san jose police just said there is no active shooter at the mall currently. we believe this is an isolat

. >>> in san francisco, crews rushed to get this warehouse fire under control. a three alarm fire that broke out this morning in the bayview neighborhood. it did a lot of damage to the warehouse, but crews were able to save a lot of the stuff inside. they were able to save an antique tow truck nearby. >>> fire units will be on scene throughout the day, if not the weekend to ensure there's no flareups. there's no threat to the public. >> nobody was injured and the cause is under investigation. >>> tonight, concord police is looking for a driver of the hit- and-run that sent a man in a hospital. the victim was walking near monument boulevard and eureka lane when he was hit. the victim suffered major injuries. so far, police have not released the description of the suspected vehicle. >>> a police say that a man is dead after a tense standoff that lasted for hours. officers responded to a port of shots fired in the area of james donlon boulevard and hummingbird drive. when they arrived, they found a man armed with a rifle shooting at cars and houses. the suspect bar

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with high vaccination rates in marin county, maths are optional inside gold rush jewelers in san rafael. some customers chose not to wear one you're wearing a mask is not fun. it's hard, not easy to breathe in. the store owner says most of his staff are vaccinated and boosted plexiglass dividers are added protection. we're all healthy. why do we have to do it? we have all these. of the plastic shields up. it's hard, you know, one size doesn't always fit off. and that's the story with this in this light. on wednesday, the state took a universal approach mandating all counties, regardless of vaccination and hospitalization rates to mask up an indoor public settings thanksgiving so over the past 2.5 weeks, we have seen a 47% increase in case rates across the cross, california, the state's health secretary, cites the uncertainty with the omicron variant and its impact on certain populations like the young and old. in addition to the mask rules, attendees of mega events of 1000 people or more that don't require vaccination must show proof of a negative covid test taken within two days. the w

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. >> kpix 5's max darrow in san mateo with the rush for boosters and what's next. >> so far there hasn't been a confirmed case of the omicron variance in san mateo county, but health officials say they had detected traces of it in the wastewater, which means it is here. the push for booster shots continues, but over the next couple of weeks people won't be able to get there booster shots at one of the busiest vaccination sites in the county, because it's temporarily shutting down. >> reporter: cars lined up throughout the day at the san mateo county events center, filled with people eager to get booster shots. >> it's been a while, so i think i need that booster. >> the latest rush propelled by upcoming holiday celebrations and growing concerns over the omicron variant. >> it just feels like there is more of an urgency now to do it. >> reporter: weather through confirmed cases or its presence in the wastewater, health officials say the omicron variant is here in the bay area and it's spreading rapidly. >> i think that omicron been identified in a few cases so far and growing in the bay a

. > >>> and san francisco unified schools rushing to mend a multibillion dollars short fall as deadlineand how the governor is trying to go after assault rifles and ghost guns. >> and the big vote set for today on the january capitol riot. >> we will check weather and traffic and the radar is busy. you will want to keep -- with the unnest saint luised weather. this pressure system moving over us bringing that instant. you can see the locations get that wet start to the day over san francisco. across the bay bridge. the richmond, satisfy rafael bridge. looking at strong cells over oakland through san lea in, dro for the peninsula. right over san mateo. into sunnyvale. you can see from fremont. we had cell move over san jose. its chance for isolated showers or storms. that's a possibility just now instability. we are looking at cold daytime high temperatures only in the upper 40's to low 50's. >>> we have a couple of hot spots. if you are getting ready to head out the door you have wet roadways. that includes the bay bridge as well as the golden gate bridge. san mateo bridge as well. ther

justin andrews is live in san francisco this morning and a lot of people very disappointed rushing to find new last minute plans. >> yeah. as we know this event brings tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people to san francisco's waterfront. for the second year in a row, it won't happen. this is a big bummer for so many people who look forward to this time. even business owners. a big blow to their business's bottom line. it's one of their biggest nights of the year. business and visitors say this decision is absolutely understandable but obviously disappointing. the beautiful san francisco waterfront won't won't look anything like it did for new year's two years ago before the pan temperature i can. the mayor said canceling reduces everybody's exposure and protects our essential frontline workers. about two weeks ago the city reported about 91 average covit cases a day. last week that average jumped to 305 a day. >> most importantly even though we have a high vaccination and increasingly high booster rate and it's outdoors, what i think is potentially scary is that a lot of p

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with high vaccination rates in marin county, maths are optional inside gold rush jewelers in san rafael in some customers chose not to wear one you're wearing a mask is not fun. it's hard, not easy to breathe in. the store owner says most of his staff are vaccinated and boosted plexiglass dividers are added protection. we're all healthy. why do we have to do it? we have all these. of the plastic shields up. it's hard, you know, one side doesn't always fit off. and that's the story with this in this light. on wednesday, the state took a universal approach mandating all counties, regardless of vaccination and hospitalization rates to mask up an indoor public settings since thanksgiving, so over the past 2.5 weeks, we have seen a 47% increase in case rates across the cross, california, the state's health secretary, cites the uncertainty with the omicron variant and its impact on certain populations like the young and old. in addition to the mask rules, attendees of mega events of 1000 people or more that don't require vaccination must show proof of a negative covid test taken within two da

san francisco late second quarter. we're tied at 10 handed to deebo samuel his seventh rushing touchdown of the year. 1710 san franciscoittle has been an absolute beast since returning from the il and early november jimmy g finds kittle fighting for yards. he had six catches for 93 yards nick. bosa has to be my vote. offensive player of the year watch out for 97 his 15th sack matt ryan fumbles fred warner recovers. so the defense leads to offense and that's good news for the niners set up this jeff wilson jr. who missed the early part of the season due to injury rush for 110 yards and scored his first touchdown in nearly a year everything going well and jimmy g continuing to do his thing 235 yards through the air. touchdown and no turnovers joanne jennings caps the scoring 49ers win 31-13. they've won six other last eight with a nice hold to the sixth seat in the nfc standings. you just gotta take advantage when you get the chance. i think guys realize that i think they've you know more and more weekend week out. it's become bigger and bigger and like this thursday coming up. it'll be a big game for us just like this o

. >>> and developing right now in east san jose, a man has been shot, rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. this was the scene the past hour on holly drive. more than a december police cars responding here. police advising people to please avoid that area. they say there are to suspects or a motive known at this time. >>> and minutes ago, able to confirm fremont police are investigating a shooting on martha avenue off of pedro parkway. a man shot once, said to have nonlife-threatening injuries. are talking to a person of some. >>> and a somber scene today. police escort for the body of a security guard and former police officer kevin nishita who was killed while protecting a tv news crew. chopper five was above the procession in the east bay this morning. law enforcement colleagues paid their respects. dozens of motorcycles and patrol caring escorted the hearse to a mortuary. oakland police announced they are looking for a person who may have taken cellphone video of the incident. they are asking anyone with information to call o p.d. >>> well, of course the other big story this e

. >>> a rush for covid vaccines and boosters before the holidays caused one clinic in san mateo to turn away nearly 200 patients. >> maria has more from the event center where she found long lines last night. >> mexico so we are going to visit family. >> the one gift on many wish lists this year. >> i just want to be extra safe. >> is the covid19 vaccine or booster so people can gather with family after the virus nearly canceled everybody's christmas, hanukkah and new year's a year ago. >> i just think i don't want my family to get exposed. >> the holiday rush to get doses in arm is so high that a clinic at the san mateo medical center had to be canceled. a spokesperson concerned that 180 patients were told they would need to reschedule their appointments. the cause was a staffing shortage with the third party vendor hr support. the staffing level just couldn't meet the demand. >> we are seeing a lot of people that we know with double vaccinations that are getting covid. >> with mild symptoms but we still don't want to get it. >> nobody was turned away at the event center. for many that

. >> in response to recent incidents at valley fair santana row and downtown san jose where large groups of thieves rushed in and ransacked those stores. kron four's. rob fladeboe has reaction from police who say those devices will also help them fight other crimes. >> summer is committed $250,000 in american rescue plan funding to expand the city's deployment of automatic license plate, readers, not unlike these traffic cameras mounted on fixed locations near santana row. it's hoped the alp ours as they are known will deter the mobs of thieves targeting retail stores, but they will also help solve other crimes as well. so san jose police officer steven upon days. >> they're used very commonly to track down stolen vehicles. look after vehicles that are wanted for felonies like kidnappings. amber alerts or perhaps other situations where there are violent felonies that have occurred in or so seems to be a cult. police have had some success using similar devices mounted on vehicles and a reader help them track down burglary suspects at the grand century mall. >> critics of the plan. however, cite privacy iss

is falling north of the golden gate but some heavy rain is about to move into san francisco, just in time for evening rush which will continue making its way across the rest of the bay area as we head through the next few hours. pockets of heavy rain right now over napa county and some parts of sonoma county as well. there is a burst of heavy rain moving into the headlands right now around cisco at the moment, still waiting on the rain in san jose. you're likely to pick up rain through the rest of the evening and into tonight. warm moisture surging in from the west and it is windy. sustained wind at over 20 miles per hour for much of the bay area and the guests are over 30 miles per hour in spots. wet roads and windy conditions. keep both hands on the wheel if you're going out and about this evening. it will be treacherous on the roads. we will hopefully avoid flooding issues but that is something we will have to monitor carefully as we go through the rest of tonight. i will have a look at future cast, we will track where the rain will go from here coming up. >> thank you. >>> we continue the storm watch

she saw the fireball on tv and rushed to their san bruno neighborhood.n she got there. it took pg&e more than an hour and a half to turn the gas off. >> i suffered ptsd from it. i can't be by fire. i can't be by candles. the flame triggers me. >> over the san francisco of 95 minutes, the san bruno disaster burned so much gas it. caned the amount of energy found in a nuclear bomb. >> they actually never were able to identify will, my son. reporter: prosecutors didn't charge pg&e with headlines for the eight people who died but a jury did find them guilty of willfully breaking pipeline safety law and is falsifying documents. corporations can't go to bron so instead of facing 30 years behind bars, pg&e automatically got a lighter sentence. five years' probation. the first rule of that probation is simple. while on probation, name name shall not commit amount federal, state or local crime. on year one of probation, name name's power lines sparked several fires that pushed -- burned homes and killed people. no charges. pg&e paid civil damages. here too, pg&e

why has the block still remains san antonio proposals cross? they will rush or tolerate this way and will the west, except russia's proposals for peaceful coexistence, not the love of stock, but thus bessy boat. bruce, who she thank you. this is probably one of the most pertinent issue of today's little. i wouldn't say our initiatives are being ignored. president putin spoke about this at length yesterday at the extended defense ministry board meeting there . he said that they discussed this issue in the last video conference with which i wasn't biden to reform. president biden expressed his willingness to look at russia's concern life while we presented our ideas from possible agreements are one of the draft blueprints focuses on jewish russian relations, years of which holds the treaty between the united states of america and the russian federation of the security guarantees was pathetic control treaty aims to address the security issues between russia and nato russia. mr. stilton burg nato secretary general tends to make outlandish statements for, for his

san jose foothills. a man was shot. paramedics rushed him to the hospital with riefz injuries. it's unclear what led to the shooting. no word on a suspect or motive. >>> more police officers, more cameras and high-tech drones. this is how the city of walnut creek plans to spend $2 million of federal stimulus money in the wake of the sacking of nordstrom. more today's emergency public safety meeting. >> reporter: walnut creek police admitted during the city council meeting on the night that this nordstrom was targeted by a mob of up to 90 people police officers were simply outnumbered and that is why the city council voted to use american rescue plan dollars from the feds to hire more police officers and upgrade their surveillance cameras. in the next coming months you could be seeing one of these, a tethered drone, soaring over the city of walnut creek. >> it's a drone that will allow us to have a bird's-eye view of what's happening in the shopping district which doesn't have to be manned. >> reporter: the city council voted to spend $2 million of american rescue plan funding.

. >>> coastal areas around san mateo were hit hard by the storm. water rushed over highway 1, a neighborhood saw knee deep flood water and section of crystal springs regional train was shut down due to flooding. >>> in the sierra drivers along interstate 80 hit the brakes because of rain and snow. one driver had his car over heat after being stuck in traffic for six hours. a tire service worker says it is a mess our there. >> i am putting my entires on semis and they're running over chains, blowing tires left and right and i am stuck in the traffic half the time. that gets to be a mess. >> chp announced visibility on i-80 was getting worse as winds picked up. >>> jury deliberations in elizabeth holmes fraud trial will resume monday. jurors wanted to review evidence once again as they try to reach a verdict. >> reporter: the jury did not reach a verdict and there is a variable at play that could lengthen the process even longer. theranos founder elizabeth holmes was back in a federal court room in san jose on day three in jury deliberations in her fraud trial. s

. >>> elsewhere in san mateo county, coastal areas were hit hard. floodwaters rushed over highway 1 in my speech and left a neighborhood knee-deep in water. the storm also shut down a section of crystal springs regional trail. in contra costa county, this is what is left of a big rig that plunged off of a highway 24 overpass after being rear-ended in lafayette. incredibly, no one was hurt. in sonoma county, mn on his way to catch a flight at sfo had to bail out along with his uber driver when they got stuck in floodwaters on highway 1. >> we had the windows down and were thinking about bailing out, and then the fire department showed up and here we are. >>> for now we are enjoying a bit of a break in the rain. >> chief meteorologist paul heggen has how long it will last. >>> it won't last too much longer. another wave of rain coming in tonight. it will be as heavy as last night. last night's rain wasn't heavy enough to trip any flash flood warnings. anytime drainage gets blocked it can cause big problems in a hurry. don't try to cross any flooded roadways, especially

the sound of rushing water became the soundtrack of the morning rush hour in san mateo county. heavy rain and flooding on highway one in moss beach produced water wheel well deep seven miles south along that roadway, encroaching floodwaters slow the flow of traffic coral reef avenue in el granada was inundated with water thursday. flooding produced knee high water which clogged and close this intersection. soaking rains loosen the earth in marin county . the resulting mudslides blocked access to mere woods from the north. motorists were forced to enter from the south along near beach and frank valley road. chp officers advised motorists to use extreme caution over the next few days of rain or possible, just stay home. in san jose jesse gary ktvu, fox two news. alright as we know this is not a sprint. it's a marathon. we talked about this last week and the last four or five days that this thing is just kind of keep spreading. storms are way so i had a big kind of a burst go through this morning. that's what we got the heavy rainfall rates that's when we got the urban small strea

shopping rush is on under tight security in san francisco. and quiet radar now, but that will change by christmas morning. reporter: shoppers are back in union square, grabbing last-minute items before christmas, but holiday gifts are not the only things on their minds. anchor: thousands of flights canceled. what you can expect at sfo. holidays happy despite the pandemic. the sights and sounds from downtown san jose. >> the area could see a white christmas. abc 7 news starts right now. announcer: building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. anchor: silent night so far on live doppler 7 radar, but not problem. rain will arrive for christmas. you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00, live on abc seven, hulu live coming in wherever you stream. wet roads in a tricky travel in the sierra. we are on stormwatch tonight to make sure you get home safely this holiday weekend. it is a white christmas in the sierra. snow is falling right now at zephyr cove on the southeastern edge of lake tahoe. the chp says heavy rain c

inside gold rush jewelers in san rafael. some customers chose not to wear one you're wearing a mask is not fun. it's hard, not easy to breathe in. the store owner says most of his staff are vaccinated and boosted plexiglass dividers are added protection. we're all healthy. why do we have to do it? we have all these. of the plastic shields up. it's hard, you know, one size doesn't always fit off. and that's the story with this in this light. on wednesday, the state took a universal approach mandating all counties, regardless of vaccination and hospitalization rates to mask up an indoor public settings since thanksgiving, so over the past 2.5 weeks, we have seen a 47% increase in case rates across the cross, california, the state's health secretary, cites the uncertainty with the omicron variant and its impact on certain populations like the young and old. in addition to the mask rules, attendees of mega events of 1000 people or more that don't require vaccination must show proof of a negative covid test taken within two days.

the sound of rushing water became the soundtrack of the morning rush hour in san mateo county, heavy rain and flooding on highway one in moss beach produced water wheel well deep seven miles south along that roadway, encroaching floodwaters slow the flow of traffic coral reef avenue in el granada was inundated with water thursday. flooding produced knee high water which clogged and close this intersection. soaking rains loosen the earth in marin county . the resulting mudslides blocked access to mere woods from the north. motorists were forced to enter from the south along near beach and frank valley road. chp officers advised motorists to use extreme caution over the next few days of rain or possible, just stay home. in san jose jesse gary ktvu, fox two news san francisco is offering sandbags to businesses and residents in need their intended for properties prone to flooding just head to the public works operations yard at marin and kansas streets. turning our attention now to the roadways, and this is a live look tonight at the golden gate bridge. you can see the roads clearly wet

san francisco. >> thank you. >>> right now people rushing to get tested amid the surge of omicron trying to see if they are going to add to any of the numbers justin just said. supply of test is not keeping up with demand the. at home testing are getting difficult to find. drop in tests, are last minute options for a lot of people. the lines and the waits can belong. some cars even being turned away. >> right now they only accepting those who made the appointment online. >> try to make at pointment. i didn't see anything available. >> it's not more crowded toe today as you can see. >> the half of the city associated sites in san francisco are allowing drop ins right now. if one site can't offer you to a test they will redirect you to another site that can. >>> new this morning, dr. f, uci is encourage the use of at home covid19 tests. even after the fda said the test may be less sensitive at detecting the omicron variant. >> the test is still worthwhile. don't let anyone think that the fda was saying the tests no longer good. they say they are less sensitive now. they never were 100% sensitive. th

still, you don't want to rush this morning because of the conditions, san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula about a 40 minute drive. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up now let's talk about sports right here in the bay area. the warriors are getting ready to host the grizzlies tonight at the chase center. forty-niners have a thursday night showdown against the tennessee titans kron 4 sports director jason dumas has more for us. the forty-niners are playing their best stretch of football this season. so it seems fitting that on wednesday. 5 of them were honored with pro bowl selections offensive tackle trent williams fullback. kyle use check. >> tight end. george kittle wideout deebo. samuel, as you see right behind me and defensive end. nick bosa will all start for the nfc squad. this is devos first pro bowl selection. the niners are currently in nashville prepping for a thursday night matchup with the titans that is going to be a huge now like every team in pro sports. the warriors are trying to navigate through a winter covid spike can see step and them the team no

few hours and spreading across the rest of the bay area right as the morning rush is getting going. pockets of rain over san francisco, across the bay into oakland and east bay and light to moderate rain in the north bay. one version of one forecast model. does not mean it will look exactly like this. we know it will be a wet, sloppy commute. watch out for standing water and keep both hands on the wheel. it will be wet and windy and the wind moving you around. the heaviest rain will shift east, wet for the tail end of the thursday morning commute. then, we get into more of a break. hit or misshowers here and there through the rest of the day on thursday. fewer and farther between. another round of rain will move in tomorrow night. it will be after midnight in all likelihood. not as widespread, not as heavy with thunder like tonight's round of rain. do not be startled. we catch a break. christmas eve on friday is the best chance of staying dry. it will not be a dry day. it will be dryish. showers few and far between once again. another round of rain will be moving in as we head into early christmas morning m

. >> reporter: came a rush of smash and grab retail robberies from san francisco to san jose to walnut creek. >> this is organized crime. >> walk around and you lit leil see an officer on every corner. >> reporter: the vaccination age dropped to 5 years old and older. and for adults, one or two shots were no longer enough as we looked to booster shots to protect this from covid. >> start something and finish it. >> reporter: just as the holidays marched in, so did warnings about another new variant with a strange name, omicron. >> we have discovered our first case. >> it could be much more transmissible than delta. >> i was really hoping we'd be done with all of this by now. >> reporter: so this year ends where it began with hopes a new year will get us back to our regular lives without the shadow of pandemics and without feeling like we're riding a -- with hopes of a 2022. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >> joe always does such a good job. >>> you can get a free ride on various bay area transit services tonight. muni offering free service tonight from 8:00 to 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. b.

rush of a different kind this christmas. it's a race to get tested. drone video over san juan shows a line of cars snaking around a parking lot where people got tested for covid. it's experiencing a record breaking rise in covid-19 cases. the positivity rate has jumped from 2.5% to nearly 17% in just 11 days. even though puerto rico has a high vaccination rate, nearly 80% of its people are fully vaccinated. >>> that explains why one of the hottest items this christmas is an at-home rapid covid test. the makers are scrambling to meet the demands. representatives for roughly a dozen companies that make the tests say they are running at full tilt and producing tens of millions of tests each month. now they plan to ramp up further by hiring more workers and adding shifts to increase production even more. one of the companies is abbott labs which has offices in the bay area. it's increasing production from 50 million to 70 million tests a month. >>> a covid outbreak on an american military base in japan is revealing testing shortfalls. officials say 250 u.s. marines tested pos

south bay where shots were believed to been fired tonight at a popular mall in san jose sending diners and shoppers rushing furcron a cover tonight. >> welcome to kron. 4 news at 8 o'clock. i'm ken wayne. and i'm pam moore. police are still searching for a gunman and a possible victim. they say a shooting was reported at the oakridge mall just before 6 o'clock tonight. >> we're working to find out of this happened inside or outside the shopping center. but people in and around the oakridge mall in san jose were told to shelter in place. and now those who are leaving them are being told to meet at the home depot parking lot on blossom, hill. road, which is now serving as reunification center. kron four's, also the moni and live for us in the newsroom with what's going on with the very latest l a pam and ken, this is of course, unsettling for a lot of people tonight to say the least. with holiday shoppers and people just trying to catch a movie. >> or finish up their work day. but as you mentioned, san jose, police have not yet found a suspect or a victim, but they are investigating an unconfirmed report of

rainwater rushing downhill in downtown san rafael causing some streets to quickly flood brenda gaiden'sand so the rain was a welcome sight. i'm really bring the same flooding the last one did back in october streets into lakes. san francisco francisco franciso churning high surf pounded the seawall along the embarcadero. check it out in slow motion. the fire department asking verse to slow down this week the faster. years was the longer it? was worse were grabbing free sandbags the public works yard and the bayview thomas is just trying to keep his house dry. we don't get too much rain here. so the flash floods and stuff that happens, but i want our house to get flooded. so just put these in front of our garage we had flooding when there was heavy rain before like last year like this year. we would kind of put like rugs under the door so we decided to go with sandbags instead. we give out up to 10 stand bags for san francisco residents. it's really for folks whose properties homes and businesses are prone to flooding public works tree crews are on standby just in case officials say duri

rush is in full swing. people lined up for hours at this cvs in san ramon to get tested for that in time for christmas celebrations. one customer told kpix 5 that this cvs was expected to get a fresh shipment of tests today. because of the high demand for the testing, contra costa county is now requiring appointments, which includes testing locations in richmond in san ramon. previously, contra costa health services offered testing without appointments as capacity permitted. >>> the fda has announced the emergency authorization of a second antiviral pill, specifically designed for high risk patients to treat themselves as soon as symptoms are diagnosed. pharmaceutical company merck comes the second antiviral pill approved this week. pfizer had theirs approved on wednesday. >> all tools are on the table, including the use of the defense production act to get pfizer the things they need to produce the antiviral as quickly as possible. >>> new york city has scaled back on attendance for the times square new year's celebration. it will be a smaller crowd, and everyone will be required to show proof of vaccination, and

. >> reporter: came a rush of smash-and-grab retail robberies from san francisco to san jose to walnutek. >> this is organized crime. >> walk around union square, you literally see an officer on every corner. >> reporter: the vaccination age dropped to 5 years old and older, and for adults one or two shots were no longer enough as we look to booster shots to protect us from covid. >> you started something, you finish it. >> reporter: just as the holidays marched in, so did warning about another new variant with a strange name, omicron. >> we have discovered our first case. >> it could be much, much more transmissible than delta. >> i was hoping we would be done with all of this by now. >> reporter: and so this year ends where it began, with hopes a new year will get us back to our regular lives without the shadow of pandemic and without feeling like we are riding a -- with hopes for a happy 2022. joe rosado jr, "nbc bay area news". >>> i nominate for quote of the year, i hope we would have been done with this by now. nice job, joe. >>> the new year brings new pay hikes for hundreds of

san francisco, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> robert, thank you. the last minute maid rushing sites too busy. contra costa county is switching those testing sites to appointment only. you can't just drop in. the county announced two sites in richmond and san ramon. the county says it has distributed about 14,000 free rapid tests this week alone with many sites closed on holidays, the county says it plans on giving out more at-home test kits. >>> a former minnesota police officer is back in custody and likely facing prison time. a jury today found kim potter guilty on two counts of manslaughter, rejecting she miss took her gun instead of a taser in the struggle against daunte wright. >> we, the jury in manslaughter in the first degree while committing a misdemeanor find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: tonight the jury finding kimberly potter guilty of first and second degree manslaughter in the death of daunte wright. potter supported by her attorneys as the verdicts were read. outside the courthouse, cheers for justice. prosecutors argued potter made rash and reckless choices when the forme

rush nears. welcome to san jose in the heart of silicon valley, silicon valley's airport.'s the heartbeat of south bay travel. we're very excited about this year. a lot of people will be traveling for the first time since the pandemic began, and so we're expecting to see numbers back up from when covid began. california health officials say levels of covid hospitalizations are on the rise to state officials recommending travelers take a covid test 24 hours after arriving in or returning to the golden state with public health measures. we have to go with what data we have, so it makes sense to implement some proactive approach driven by delta and macron variants. the state reinstituted mask mandates for one month beginning wednesday, protect myself too, as well. and fully vaccinated and i take my precautions. the new protocols aren't expected to impact public k through 12 education. the sf usd says it already adheres to local and state mask guidelines and officials with oakland unified say they're already sending covid test home with students and have done so since the begi

san mateo county. the front of this home turned into a rushing, muddy river. forcing fire crews to rescue a resident. lanes of highway 92 were underwater. this was outside half moon bay. only high-profile vehicles could get through. another par of 92, two people got trapped inside their water and needed firefighters help to get out. >>> and opens his, floods prompting road closures. a huge stream of water blocking the intersection near sheppard canyon road. strong winds also causing some trouble in oakland. this large tree came down near desmond treat and glendale avenue. >> in san mateo, a large part of scaffolding came down broking el camino royale for about six hours. in the santa cruz mountains, residents are seeing a lot of everything. this swelling with the brief rose. one family's kitchen flooded after the broad off over warmed the coverts. one of them closed a rain near sugarloaf. one crashing into a home near felton. >> in north bay, wind and rain came back this afternoon. the upper mountains are closed. traffic on the lower roads slowed to a crawl. we spoke to residents from the north to th

san jose at center and burke. two cars were involved. paramedics rushing one person to the hospital. unfortunately, they died. other driver is cooperating with police and at this point, unclear what led to that crash. >>> if you stepped outside tonight, you might have noticed it is downright cold. already in the 30s and 40s across the bay area and it will get even older in some spots. sonoma county has issued a freeze warning because of it and they are opening emergency shelters for people who need a place to sleep. jeff ranieri is tracking the temperatures. more cold and rain? >> certainly. we're getting hit by a bunch of weather. tomorrow morning, paxy frost, 34 many santa rosa, upper 30s through san jose and morgan hill. as we roll through saturday morning, we'll see another blast of cold air. 33 in santa rosa. friday, saturday morning, we are very chilly. so make sure to dress in layers, wear a hat, bring your pets inside. cold air makes air contract so check your tires. next week, the system will bring rainfall from monday to thursday. i'll let you know what those rain totals are, coming up in about 15 m

. >>> coastal areas around san mateo were also hit hard. water rushed over highway 1. one neighborhood saw knee deep water and a section of the regional trail was shut down due to flooding. >>> a huge tree also came down on california drive in burling game blocking all four lanes of traffic. we can see more scenes like this in the coming days with the ground saturated. >>> in the sierra, drivers along interstate 80 have hit the brakes because of the rain and snow. one driver had his car over heat after being stuck in traffic for six hours. a reminder to download the kpix5 news app, your source for breaking news and weather stories. >>> with the unsettled conditions through the holiday weekend, stay with kpix5 weather team for full coverage on storms that could impact plans. >>> aaa says be on the road before 1:00 today if you want to avoid the worst traffic. if you are flying, beware, some airlines are canceling flights because of staffing issues caused by covid-19. i can confirm, it's happened to me. our cbs reporter has more on how the omicron variant is up ending ho

this happened in san jose on capitol expressway and quimby road just before 2:00 this afternoon. paramedics did rush three people to the hospital, including one person unfortunately in critical condition. that intersection is closed while officers figure out exactly what happened. >>> nearly two years after he was viciously attacked in san francisco, an elderly asian man faces his alleged attacker in court and speaks out. nbc bay area's audrey asistio was inside the courtroom. >> reporter: this 84-year-old getting emotional moments before walking into the san francisco hall of justice. >> he's very appreciative of everyone coming out and supporting and he feels very grateful for that. >> reporter: an interpreter telling us he is overwhelmed and thankful to everyone who came out to rally and support him before reading an impact statement at the hearing for his accused attacker, 24-year-old eric ramos hernandez. cameras were not allowed inside the courtroom. but his supporters were, all seeing hernandez in person. february 2020 surveillance video captured the moment hernandez is accused of viciously a