rain chances improve this weekend, tonight, santa rosa down to 39. daytime highs tomorrow, sunny skies, sunnyvale comes in at 57, morgan hill at 58. over in the east bay, concord at 60, brentwood at 59 degrees and livermore and 57. up in the north bay, rain tonight, sunshine tomorrow, 62 at novato and ukiah will hit 56 degrees. for new year's eve, numbers will be in the mid 40s. and in the extended forecast, we will looking for things to be partly sunny for thursday, and then a little bit of rain is a possibility for friday night, with a better rainmaker coming in on monday. now today's bay area bright spots comes from kenneth in castro valley. these are filipino christmas lanterns. he made them with his six and eight-year-old daughters. and we appreciate you sharing your holiday display with us. and if you'd like to share yours you can send your videos and pictures to bayareabrightspots@kpix.com or tag kpix bright spots on your social media post. speaking of bright spots, here's juliet. >>> state officials pointing to one bay area school district to

it will go north of santa rosa. otherwise, it is just light stuff. >>> the santa clara valley did not get much out of this system. we got caught in the rain shadow. the next wave of rain will go toward us by late in the day on sunday. i will show you that on future cast in a few minutes. we have lingering showers on monday. we have a good chance of rain on new year's eve. tomorrow's rain chances? slight might get some straggling showers to start the day. otherwise, we have dry conditions on saturday. i will show you the full seven- day outlook in just a few minutes. >>> we will see you then. now, let's go to kpix 5 in santa rosa. we have good news and bad news in fire scorched areas. >> reporter: for many here in the north bay, they cannot be happier to see the rain started to come down. in these burned-out areas, there is a danger of flash flooding and much slides. the storm hit the north bay and arrived into san francisco in the afternoon as sideways rain and wind. it was a wet christmas. it was one the people in f

now it just changed in santa rosa, half moon bay at nine miles.utro tower, we can see everywhere this morning the twinkling lights of the early morning. for today, everything is good. a heavy coat this morning. a lighter coat this afternoon. the ferry ride will have some light breezes. jumping ahead to friday and going into next week. there's one storm getting close saturday, but it falls apart. no rain there. maybe slightly cooler temperatures saturday. as it moves into the great basin it will create a higher fire danger for us sunday and monday. storm systems through tuesday get close once again, but again it misses out. tuesday into wednesday we could get a little bit of snow around tahoe. they desperately need it. you can see the best chance of rain from redding northward the next seven days. we'll look at that accuweather 7-day foup. how about traffic? here is sue. >> good morning. it's light. it's wednesday light. look at san rafael, taillights headed southbound past the north gate mall and the civic center into central san rafael, it is mov

kron four's gayle ong is in santa rosa with more on how fire crews are preparing. >>here in santa rosa firefighters are worried about the high winds mixed with the dry conditions. residents are asked to secure or take down their holiday decorations a potential hazard that could turn even the most festive of times into a fast-moving fire. >>i don't think we would ever thought that would be telling people to prepare for a red flag warning and take down their you know their holiday decorations at the same time so. >>what we'll see a red flag warning in december due to diablo winds expected to return to the bay area sunday night. >>coupled with dry conditions and low humidity polo and all assistant fire marshal with the santa rosa fire department knows all too well, how not only here in sonoma county but across the bay area as additional departments continue to ramp up red flag warning that's it was quiet in the east bay hills sunday afternoon. but that is expected to change. the national weather service also issued a wind advisory anticipating gust up to 45 miles per

concord and livermore, 46. 31 in santa rosa. 33 by the delta. good morning, san jose, 44 for you. 45 right here. as we look at our 24 hour temperature change, 14 degrees colder from novato and 8 degrees colder by the delta. so as we go through the next several hours, those northeasterly upper level winds will keep it a bit breezy throughout the afternoon. by 2:00, we have upper 50s to low 60s. another afternoon with that chilled sunshine and we will begin to see a wind shift, that will allow for increasing clouds tomorrow which does lead to that rain we've all been waiting for. kumasi? >> thank you. >>> developing news, a shocking announcement by the president on twitter overnight now putting the covid relief package in limbo. he's asking congress to rework the pandemic aid bill and increase the stimulus payments. faith abubey has more on the president's announcement. >> reporter: in a surprise four-minute twitter video, president trump demanding congress amend a two-in-one covid relief and government spending bill heading to his desk. the legis

half mile in santa rosa. and temperatures are pretty chilly. 50 in mt. diablo, above 3,000 feet to 34 in walnut creek and danville, 30 santa rosa, 48 in pacifica. as we look from your roof camera, the clouds clear, sunny and cool today day today with numbers on the shoreline, low 60s. chilly night ahead, talk about sunday and a glimpse at christmas eve, christmas day and a change in the beert pattern. >>> anger and frustration from parents and san francisco's mayor this morning after news that in person schooling will not be happening as planned next month in san francisco. the district and teachers union failed to come to an agreement on reopening. abc 7 news reporter luz pena explains the major sticking points. >> reporter: roughly 14,000 students between january and march were scheduled to go back to in person classes in san francisco. well, that's not happening anymore. >> this is a sad day for kids in the city. >> reporter: mayor breed said the teacher's union has unrealistic requirements. >> we won't be able to test every student every week, and be

kron four's gayle ong is in santa rosa right now with more on how fire crews are preparing. >>here in santa rosa firefighters are worried about the high winds mixed with the dry conditions. residents are asked to secure or take down their holiday decorations a potential hazard that could turn even the most festive of times into a fast-moving fire. >>i don't think we would ever thought that would be telling people to prepare for a red flag warning and take down their you know their holiday decorations at the same time so. >>what we'll see a red flag warning in december due to diablo winds expected to return to the bay area sunday night. >>coupled with dry conditions and low humidity polo and all assistant fire marshal with the santa rosa fire department knows all too well, how dangerous conditions can be after the devastating 2017 north bay fires and most recently the glass fire both burned down homes in santa rosa will have additional firefighters on staff. >>for the duration of the red flag warning and that's something you're going to see not only here in sonoma county but

we had a 29 degree temperature in santa rosa.xcept if you're closest to the bay shoreline. there's that delta fog and tule fog through fairfield, the southern sacramento valley and this expires, this dense fog add sizery, in the next hour. so the fog will continue to lift, and visibilities will improve. a weak system, we should just say some high clouds move through earlier. it's high pressure building in, and this is going to make a return performance for the fog again tonight. so we will see some patchy dense fog but the afternoons remain dry, and sunny. here's a look at alcatraz where temperatures are ranging from 44 in san francisco, low 40s in oakland. 45 in mountain view. good recovery for you, in the mid-30s, 39 san jose with 37 in morgan hill. half moon bay was in the 30s. it was 13 degrees colder this morning along the coast and as we look at the south bay, you'll notice that temperatures on this panel all in the 30s from 31 santa rosa, 39 in novato, mid-30s concord, livermore, you still have that fog and looking at uppe

livermore, 45. 44 for santa rosa. as we take you through the afternoon, we will's see things wrap up. as we look along the coast, in the mid-50s, partly cloudy skies. partly cloudy skies around the bay and inland with highs in the upper 50s. it is all because of this high cutoff system bringing showers for us. that will exit the region later on today and that is why we are expecting clearing later on today. that ridge of high pressure will be building and for the rest of the day into tomorrow. taking you hour by hour, as we head through the rest of our morning, things start to wrap up for us. you can see we are even catching some clearing. for tomorrow morning, with cold conditions and clear skies, we will see the temperatures plummet for tomorrow morning and then sunshine in the afternoon for tuesday. tracking our next weather system that roles and wednesday night into thursday for more rain for the bay area. with that weather system by the middle part of the week, that will bring snow to the sierra. daytime highs to

it is a degrees cooler in santa rosa than it was yesterday at this time. kenny just mentioned the beach hazard statement for sneaker waves, but on top of that is a high surf advisory posted until 3 am on friday. so have a care if you go to the beach. low pressure moves in over the pacific northwest, and as it does, there is that little trail of the cold front that will be moving over us today. the next chance is coming in late friday. and by tomorrow, it is pretty much gone. it will be sunny again for thursday, so another fairly convenient system and then it will be out of here in time for the morning commute. after that, watch way up here, this is the next one that is somewhat on the way for friday. again, another system that rushes us with a few light showers friday night. the future cast shows not a heckuva lot. and it is not going to soak any chickens that i know of. so for tomorrow we go to sunshine, dry new year's eve day and then the next system coming in friday night and perhaps more on saturday and sunday, but not much more. we will just go to clo

, he was wanted in connection with a stabbing near olive park in santa rosa just before 11:00 on friday night, the victims name has not yet been released . >>> in santa rosa, a traffic stop of three men in a cadillac led to a concealed weapons bus. the sheriff's deputies stop the car on bellevue avenue, the driver didn't have a valid drivers license, and the car smelled of marijuana. it turned up 2 loaded and concealed handguns, ammunition and a semiautomatic rifle, none of the men had permits for the guns, which also did not have serial numbers. deputies arrested mario sanchez, edgar lugo, on several weapons charges, and each of them it had prior arrests for weapons. >>> the average price of regular grade gasoline rose four cents up to $2.22, it is still $.43 less a gallon than it was a year ago. the survey says that demand for gasoline remains low in the united states due to the coronavirus pandemic, the highest average prices right here in the bay area, $3.35 per gallon, the lowest average is $1.75 in houston.>>> the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for m

santa rosa 34 degrees., with clear skies and light when jake spent we have that radiation cooling. pictures are really plummeting once again this morning. other locations, 38 in napa, as we start off our day. looking at 44 for red wing city. 39 for fremont. as we take a three or afternoon, enjoy the sunshine. it was so great to have that ring yesterday morning and now high pressure is building in for us. mostly sunny skies, mid to upper 50s along the coast. upper 50s along the bay and upper 50s to low 60s inland this afternoon. so with that ridge of high pressure, we are looking at a quiet weather pattern setting up for us and that will be the case as we head through our weekend. so dry conditions for our weekend with that weather pattern of chilly mornings and afternoons for us as we look to our weekend. so on the future cash you can see all that sunshine as we had through our day today and that will be the case for our weekend. looking at temperatures just a little warmer as we look to our weekend. checki

a spectacular view of that event from just outside of santa rosa.aturn and jupiter appeared closer to each other than they've been for centuries. the great conjunction is any time two celestial objects line up in the sky. it happens with these planets every 20 years, but the last time they were this close was the year 1623. >> so beautiful. >> i love looking at this. >>> san jose's stayed football team could find itself in trouble for playing a bowl game in arizona. the team won the conference championship over the weekend in las vegas and came back to the bay area. santa clara county's health order requires the spartans to quarantine for ten days. now the team is planning go to the arizona bowl in tucson before that time is up. san jose's state head coach says many of the players have not seen their families since july. >> the biggest thing was having a schedule in place for them that gave them a chance to see their families. giving them a chance to go home and be with their people was the right thing to do. >> the bowl game is scheduled for next t

a bell state park in santa rosa. the sonoma county sheriff says that the biker was suffering from a a severe knee injury when they found him crews airlifted the rider to safety and taken to the hospital. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, thousands of dollars of wine stolen from the south a wine store, we'll hear from the owner about the burglary coming up next. >>welcome back everyone to the south bay, san jose police are looking for thieves who broke into a wine store over the weekend. they stole about $35,000 worth of wine kron four's jonathan mccall has more. >>bird george is on the hunt to put a cork in a pinot pill for drunk with greed. this was. >>absolutely targeted. they knew exactly what to do early saturday morning. he says someone held an unplanned one tasting party. >>inside of the juice of george fun, one store in san jose. take a look at this crooks smashing the windows to get inside. but the guests not leaving empty handed. he says they took off with thousands of dollars and collectible cabern

well the north bay our coldest of spots yet again napa and santa rosa down to 33 degrees. i'm expecting you to fall at to freezing right below freezing at points this morning now it is a much colder morning for napa down 18 degrees from yesterday half moon bay santa rosa fairfield conquered in livermore are also checking in with numbers at least 10 degrees cooler than at the same time 24 hours ago, so definitely want to get that extra layer on don't worry so much about staying dry as just staying warm from the 30's and 40's to start to sunny 60's by the afternoon just a touch warmer than yesterday was an overall pretty comfortable. one of her last days of 20 20 talk in your forecast through the new year still to come rob i am ready for 2021. thank you john checking in on the traffic it is looking good so far on 80 we're taking a live look. >>at the pay gates rolling into san francisco here on the bay bridge. no problems, let's keep it that way folks it's nice and quiet all the way across upper deck, the skyway right on through downtown san francisco. i don't see any major

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santa rosa 74. we have 60s reported in and around san francisco. that number is not correct 75 in oakland, 60 to linn-mar in san jose at 70 what. take a look at the temperature change. oakland is 70 degrees warmer right now than 24 hours ago. napa by 19. the south bay, 18 degrees warmer over san jose. everybody feeling the warmth with the wind out there, better air quality on the flipside for you there on a positive no. good air quality reported in the north bay, the central be reporting good air quality. as we shifted to the south bay towards the city crews mountains, moderate air quality over san jose but the santa cruz area reporting good air quality as well. so, he went helping to clean out the air just a little bit. you do not have to be in the hills to have the winds. santa rosa reporting 23 miles per hour sustained gusting to 30, the napper airport gusting to 38. towards concorde the airport gusting to 23, fairfield showing a 33 mile-per-hour gusts shifting south just a little bit. half moon bay reporting a wind gust of 33. winds generally l

numbers will be down to below freezing in santa rosa. this low pressure will drag out weak cold front across the area and tomorrow night and early thursday morning. the rain begins at about 9:00 and spreads out over the bay area and will be done by about sunrise on thursday morning. and we will get a chance to dry out for new year's eve. between now and then it will be fair and chilly tonight, tomorrow night we will increase the clouds that will lead to a few showers and then new year's eased is dry. but there are changes for the weekend, we will discuss that in the forecast in just a few minutes.>>> new at 11, nine months after the shooting of breonna taylor, louisville police are looking to fire two of the officers involved. 26-year-old taylor was shot and killed by police back in march during a raid on her apartment. police say detective joshua james violated department procedures by preparing search warrant and truthfulness. detective miles cosgrove the shot that killed taylor. there is a pretermination hearing for the officers on th

to livermore. 59 in santa rosa as well.pared to 24 hours ago down nine degrees in palo alto, six degrees cooler san jose and santa rosa. this is going to carry over the next couple of days. so the clouds are stacked up as you see on live doppler 7 and this weekend there will be some rain showing up as well finally. a live look from our mount tam cam, just a nice view post-sunset sky. mix of clouds and coastal fog tonight. breezy and the cooling continues. tomorrow we're looking at the rain to return this weekend. temperatures first thing in the morning 30s, 40s. we'll have some fog around and some higher clouds around. so the coldest morning is expected to be on friday when there will be fewer clouds in the morning. tomorrow afternoon 56 degrees in half moon bay. that will feel more like december. 59 in san francisco. fremont 62 in san jose. san rafael. 64 in santa rosa. 66 fairfield. 64 degrees in concord. you'll see more sun in the inland areas than along the coast. then a level 1 system. yes, the storm impact scale is ba

it's freezing in novato at 32. 33 in santa rosa. good morning to you. look at that, 30 in the san ramon valley and 33 over in livermore. so another very cold start out there. 37 in san jose, and once again, the fog up in the north bay with quarter-mile visibility, three to four miles from the delta and concord and this is where the national weather service is issued the dense fog advisory through 11:00 this morning. eight miles in livermore and yesterday got awfully foggy by about 9:00 so we could see a similar situation, a live look outside, exploratorium camera, cold with fog in spots mainly sunny today, as winter arrives tomorrow, there is a system that's going to move into northern california so we'll offer up some clouds through the bay area, not until monday night, though, and we'll pick up on that in a moment. as we look at your sunday forecast, we've got the clear conditions. you can see some of the fog right through 11:00, lingering there by fairfield and as we get to the evening hours we're cold again. here is your monday in the morning, we're

>>here in santa rosa firefighters are worried about the high winds mixed with the dry conditions. residents are asked to secure or take down their holiday decorations a potential hazard that could turn even the most festive of times into a fast-moving fire. >>i don't think we would ever thought that would be telling people to prepare for a red flag warning and take down their you know their holiday decorations at the same time so. >>we'll see a red flag warning in december due to diablo winds expected to return to the bay area sunday night. >>coupled with dry conditions and low humidity polo and all assistant fire marshal with the santa rosa fire department knows all too well, how dangerous conditions can be after the devastating 2017 north bay fires and most recently the glass fire both burned down homes in santa rosa will have additional firefighters on staff. >>for the duration of the red flag warning and that's something you're going to see not only here in sonoma county but across the bay area as additional departments continue to ramp up red flag warning that's it was quiet

the 33 in san ramon and santa rosa. novato has the thickest fog, visibility down to a quarter mile right now. here's sutro tower, it's 47. be careful if you're out in ar levels for the dryness of the vegetation out there. that's what's going to be bringing us the heightened fire danger this weekend. earlier sunshine on the bay and dangerous waves at the beaches. all these storms passing us to the west, whether kicking up a few high clouds and dangerous surf. that will be a 30-hour period from 10:00 this morning to 4:00 tomorrow afternoon with high to extreme risk of sneaker waves and also a risk of rip currents. more on that fire threat coming up. here's sue with a look at the traffic. hi, sue. >> good morning. we have a solid stream of headlights on the east shore freeway coming down from richmond through albany and berkeley and on into the macarthur maze. it's moving a little bit slower than the limit. it's pretty bunched up there. as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza, all packed. the metering lights were turned

that's few in santa rosa at 39 degrees. i'm talking exactly what we've got the rest of the day rest of the year 2 for that matter still ahead well, okay, thank you so much, let's talk about our top story at 7 o'clock this morning covid-19 we talked about the earthquake. but the biggest story in the country still remains coming and again on the final day of the new year our of the old year twenty-twenty what happens. >>that new strain of covid is found in california san diego man was confirmed to have it and it's even worse. he wasn't even traveling so jacqueline suh caesium with our sister station in san diego with all the details. >>i can confirm that that case is in fact in a patient in san diego county. >>a new more contagious variant of covid-19 now was first detected in the united kingdom has been found in san diego county. this is now the second confirmed case in the united states with the first one found tuesday in colorado. >>a 30 year-old man with no travel history. started developing covid related symptoms on the

windy pains, mom lives at santa rosa post-acute she came here after suffering a stroke. in the past few days when he says that her father has found out her mother's roommate contract is sars covid-19 when she left for a party. >>and then came back they have not contacted anyone in my family to let us know what's going on we found this all out through her roommate who has to the covid right now we have no idea whether she has covid whether she's been tested with the results of that test or kron 4 news reached out multiple times to santa rosa post-acute on the phone and assisted mentioned that covid was happening at the center. >>and take a message for the administrator to contact us for clarification on how bad it is another person who has a loved one that they facility who didn't want to go on camera for fear of retribution from staff called what she saw at the facility a horror show that the outbreak was horrific leaving patients in dire medical need. sonoma county public health officials tell kron 4 news on wednesday, they are seeing an increase in cases at skilled nur

san francisco downtown is 50, 43 san jose, 36 santa rosa. as we head through the afternoon, it's going to be another mild day. if you have been loving this weather, we're going to keep it going. 63 in san francisco, 64 oakland, 65 in san jose and later today, 66 in concord. four to nine degrees above average for this time of year. we'll have the forecast as we take you through the rest of the week into the weekend. let's check with gianna for a look at traffic on this thursday morning. >> good morning. as we hit the roadways, you are off to a great start. if you are out early, plan on taking bay bridge, no brake lights, no issues. upper deck, lower deck, into san francisco, traffic is at the limit. a look at the toll plaza. san mateo bridge, same story here with no brake lights between 880 to 101. traffic is clear along 101 to the peninsula, 880, nimitz freeway good from oakland to fremont. >>> new, a harrowing rescue overnight. a woman is in the hospital after she survived falling off the devil fly trail cliff in pacifica. the woman and her

santa rosa, you should have gotten 10 inches, 10 1/4 so far.san francisco on average should have only had 6 inches and san jose should have had 4 inches, so now that we can see this is not an equal playing field let's see how we have actually done. santa rosa, how much of that tenant of order have you gone so far? 3 1/4. do the math at that, you at 31% if we should be. san francisco a similar story, 2 inches, places, 30% and for san jose, it is not even as good as that. 21% of average so far so let's talk about this next chance, the pacific looks good right now, there is a long stretch of crowds or, rather, cloud streaming our way. the only problem with that is most of that is going into the pacific northwest this weekend. going to be very rainy up there in fact that is their story. let's get to us. we will play this all the way through until we get past to the last day. one day past the seven-day forecast. we start looking at neck saturday and there is our chance for rain. it is too early to start looking at that as a specific forecast, this i

the fog an issue from santa rosa. a lot of sunshine with mid-50s inland, 60 along the bay shoreline. and we'll talk about the first day of winter in detail with the christmas forecast, coming up. >>> developing news, moderna's covid-19 vaccine is on the move this morning. dosages left two distribution centers in kentucky and mississippi and are headed to 38 sites across the country including here in the bay area. kentucky state troopers, as you can see, escorted this ups truck carrying the vaccine to the company's air cargo hub in louisville. this fedex truck left an mckesson distribution facility in mississippi also carrying the precious vaccine cargo. armed u.s. marshals accompanied the truck to the airport. inside one of the distribution centers, teams rushed to package and load boxes of the vaccine. the warehouse is kept at minus 4 degrees fahrenheit. distribution of the moderna vaccine is somewhat easier than the pfizer one, it needs to be kept cold but not as cold as pfizer's vaccine. the fda gave emergency use

visibility near zero for sfo and and three quarters of a mile in santa rosa. sports. >> the 49ers, went into scramble mode when santa clara announced a ban on all contact sports because coronavirus cases are on the rise. say hello to glendale arizona. >>> cardinals won't host the next two home games. they will reportedly practice inside the dome facility until at least december 21st. the last time they played -- relocated home game was 1989 when candlestick was damaged by the earthquake. they went 20 minutes south to stanford. all this, they still have a shot at making the playoffs. probably won't be catching seattle. last night against the eagles russell wilson sent a moon ball for 52 just short of the end zone but couple plays later, pay dirt on a pass to david moore. hawks win 23-17. they go to 8-3. metcalf, 177 yards receiving. >>> stanford's first game of the season, a debut of the freshman, williams. supposed to be stanford's best recruit ever, showed why against alabama. the shot certainly looks nba reddy. 19 points on three of five from downtown. eight

look at santa rosa -- 74. that is a, 71. san francisco goes to 70. how close are these numbers to records? close enough that it is worth looking at it, but we are not going to be shattering records tomorrow. concord may do it, but the think that concord is that the record only goes back to the 90s. the record is not that long. it is kind of easy to break records in concord. everybody else is going to miss it by a few. santa rosa might tie it. 74 tomorrow. that could tie the record there. review, the red flag warning until 5:00 monday. six mile-per-hour gas in the mountains. the wind advisory on here includes is all. that is why i am pulling out all of the committees here up and down all the major thoroughfares. you will notice this tomorrow and we heard this, juliet mentioned it earlier that we could get some broken branches and maybe some flying debris. that could lead to some localized power outages. more likely than not that would be northbay issue because the winds will be stronger there than most locations. as we look headed to the 70 two it wil

that just was a little downpour that rolled through santa rosa. you heard that on your rooftop, heading towards you in napa as wonderful right now. it is going to be light showers for the most part for this. a pretty quick hit. we are getting the tail end of a system that is delivering more rain to places like portland and seattle, and a little snow up to the cabreras. for us, it's just going to be light rain. here is futurecast to show you how this plays out. it's scattered, light, and rolls through. i think for the most par, most of us will get a 10th of an inch. there is thursday, your last day of the year. look at the sunshine, clear skies and beautiful through christmas eve. once this rain is out of here, we're good for the next 24 hours. again, that downpour, think we might get a little more in santa rosa than anticipated. taking a live look at san francisco. starting to see a little moisture in the air as well there, and possibly a few sprinkles making their way into san francisco, as well. temperatures now in the 50s, in oakland, but 40s,

we have rebounded nicely. 49 degrees in santa rosa.. 50 degrees in san francisco. 52 in livermore and san jose. here is look at the storm tracker 2. clouds early on. they were thicker and they have thinned out some. we have some blue sky mixed in there was some of the white sky and filtered sunshine. hosiery the system that will bring us the scattered showers tonight. they are not expected to bring us a lot, unfortunately, but, we do have more on the way. for tonight, looks like right around sunset, again, over areas like leake county and maybe the north bay, a few sprinkles. a ghost of the evening hours before it moves into the north bay and then later than that for the central and south bay. back to ramana, there's the time stamp of 6:00 a.m. new year's eve and we are drying out. this will be a quick hitting storm. here is look at friday night. we have passed with new year's eve and celebrated new year's day and now into new year's night. there is a system that moves to northern california and clips the bay area. we will see a little

high temperatures today will be the mix of upper 50s and low to mid 60s 65 in santa rosa and 61 and santa 63 in san jose. the seven day forecast shows temperatures pretty much the same moving into tomorrow with a few clouds here and there thanks to low-pressure which starts to climb before dropping back down over christmas eve into christmas day. that is when the second low- pressure system in the rain could be moving in my fingers crossed, i'm not just putting it on yet because it is too far out to sea. for the most part we will be dry, mild and clear all the way to the holiday. >>> take a look at this with crowds of holiday shoppers turning out, this is russia and authorities in moscow have canceled large-scale public celebrations but it isn't stopping people from coming out to buy gifts or decorations that the city moscow reports 6500 new grunt of rice cases on saturday. >>> part of the united kingdom going into lockdown over christmas because of a newly identified strain of covid officials say the variant is around 70% more transmissible than earlier versions. the prime minister annou

>>here in santa rosa firefighters are worried about the high winds mixed with the dry conditions. residents are asked to secure or take down their holiday decorations a potential hazard that could turn even the most festive of times into a fast-moving fire. >>i don't think we would ever thought that would be telling people to prepare for a red flag warning and take down their you know their holiday decorations at the same time so. >>what we'll see a red flag warning in december due to diablo winds expected to return to the bay area sunday night. >>coupled with dry conditions and low humidity polo and all assistant fire marshal with the santa rosa fire department knows all too well, how dangerous conditions can be after that devastating 2017 north bay fires and most recently the glass fire both burned down homes in santa rosa will have additional firefighters on staff. >>for the duration of the red flag warning and that's something you're going to see not only here in sonoma county but across the bay area as additional departments continue to ramp up red flag warning that's it was

still in the 30's in for santa rosa, you're actually just a touch below freezing currently santa rosa, nevada, livermore half moon bay, each 11 degrees cooler than at the same time yesterday napa down 12 degrees. so definitely bundle up to start i'm talk in the afternoon and new year's forecast still to come robin hey the morning commute is looking good john we don't have any hot spots of the trip. >>into san francisco remain smooth and delay free so come on in while you have the chance to beat the rush if there's going to be a rush. i doubt it we haven't had any traffic all morning still on vacation so we're doing fine into san francisco checking in on 92, you just never know what's going to pop up. checking in on 92 the trip across the san mateo bridge much much better compared to the last hour. it continues to fan out so it's a nice drive here between hayward and san mateo with no problems or crashes and we have one more the trip across the golden gate bridge beautiful shot lots of sunshine and smooth traffic. that's a nice combination 25 minutes rolling south novato to the toll pl

down to 35 with foggy conditions in santa rosa. we do have a high surf advisory in effect until 7:00 p.m. today due to large swells. large breaking waves, 15 to 20 feet. strong rip currents and dangerous sneaker waves. we also have the return of our king tide. looking at the coastal flood advisory today into tomorrow. high tide today in the morning at 10:15 and tuesday at 11:00 a.m. as we go through the day today, high pressure is building in. that low pressure system that brought the rain for us in the bay area and the snow up in the sierra has moved out. with that ridge of high pressure building in, we will see mostly sunny skies as we look to our afternoon. for tomorrow, more clouds stream in ahead of our next weather system that will bring the return of rain for the middle part of the week. as we look to our daytime highs, mid to upper 50s to about 60 degrees. 60 in santa rosa for a high temperature. san rafael, 57. 58 in san francisco 59 in oakland. 58 for you in concord and t7 for livermore. mid-50s right along the coast. her

areas over the north bay, santa rosa, more than an inch there. canfield reported an inch and three quarters, even more than that. the santa cruz mountains picked up an inch and a third. san francisco did well, a third of an inch. we have 4/10 of an inch in orinda. oakland international airport, a 10th of an inch. redwood city, 11 107 inch. point reyes, half of an inch, half moon bay a quarter inch or so. here is a look at the satellite and radar. we will go back in and look at where we may experience scatter shower activity right now. point reyes, toward stinson beach, a lien is in your mount valley, san rafael, novato, closer to the richmond, san rafael bridge, a few scattered showers along the east bayshore . in and out of the east bay over towards the peninsula. daly city, pacific, and half moon bay scattered showers for you in the inland east bay clan 580, 680, a few scattered showers. 's had to the sierra to look at what is going on. we have snow levels right around 4500, 5000 feet at the moment. some snow lines, just on the east side of high

look at santa rosa with over an inch of rain. oakland picked up a tenth of an inch and san francisco four tenths. and then everybody else, especially east bay, inland east bay and south bay less than a 10th. so a hugely different story depending on where you were and how the rain fell yesterday. but it is fairly typical for the north bay to really see a noticeably large amount of rain than just about everywhere else as these storms tend to come in from the north and fall apart as they move south across the bay area. low 50s out there now. 49 for santa crosa. you can see the temperatures are comfortable outside now thanks to the clouds. look at the next storm. see it parked out here. already getting pretty well organized. that is our next one. we'll watch that work its way across the pacific throughout the day today and most of under sunday, in fact. it is not until the second half of sunday that we start looking at that rain. let's play that forward. any the time we have gotten until 6:00 in the evening, now we have showers that

but about a 10th of an inch of rain or less for everyone else in santa rosa, unfortunately, you're not going to possibly see any rain from this storm but could see some stray showers with that storm that's inching closer to the coastline. so stay tuned for that let's take a look at what you can expect for the santa cruz mountains anywhere from half an inch to upwards of 3 quarters of an inch of rain but for us in the bay area we're going to continue the drying trend with another shot of wet weather, arriving by the middle of this upcoming week even continuing through thursday morning more coming up in my full forecast in just a few minutes back to you jonathan and justine thank you so much other big story. we're following tonight as travelers returning home to the bay area after visits with their friends and families. >>this is video right now from san francisco's international airport earlier today was a busy place to be health officials have warned that christmas travel saying that gatherings could lead to get another surge. >>and new covid cases across the country tsa agents say the

you can see the fog reported in santa rosa.up and give yourself extra time so you can slow down on the roads when you hit this stuff. it all goes away but i let it morning and then we warm-up into the mid 60s for daytime highs. i want to draw your attention to friday. it happens to be christmas day. that is also when the rain is getting here. we are on track. we have a decent rainmaker throughout the day on friday. christmas day with a few showers left over, lingering into saturday. there you go. merry christmas, find your umbrella. >>> it was a long weekend for the san francisco 49ers as they turned dallas into turnover territory. sports director dennis o'donnell has the highlights. >> good morning, everybody. despite suffering the most injuries in the entire nfl, the 49ers still held out hope for a playoff berth but sunday's game in dallas ended that dream for good. cowboys running back zeke elliott with all mask, no helmet , sat on the sideline and watched nick mullens become a turnover machine. this one was not on mullins.

napa sonoma fairfield all at 61 santa rosa novato each right at 60 degrees. so let's get you a look ahead obviously today last one in 2020, but by 2020 not going ship 2021 looking to be a wet start to the year if you don't like the rainy conditions of course stay inside as we should be anyways. tomorrow we stay dry before friday night into early saturday that first taste of showers off and on showers saturday and sunday and more widespread into especially monday and wednesday john i wish i could inside. but i'm looking at monday tuesday wednesday and i'll be back outside reporting out that rain. >>but it's ok we need the weather we need the rain right because it's been so dry that's head outside before we get back to the news in the head outside and show you the conditions as far as the bridge is a concern you can clearly see there there's the bay bridge toll plaza. not a problem as far as traffic but you will be dealing with gusty conditions and i have proof look at those flags on the right side of your screen. some both hands on the wheel. if you are crossi

livermore 38, 49 san francisco, 41 san jose, 38 santa rosa.ainly clear skies though looking at patchy dense fog in some locations. as we head through afternoon, we'll catch sunshine and mild temperatures, upper 50s and low 60s along the coast, mid 60s inland. we'll talk about the rest of the week coming up. let's check with gianna. i know you are tracking a new crash on the altamont pass. >> i am. this just in, an accident involving a big rig and another vehicle. it looks like the car is facing sideways in the number four lane. this is west bound 480 at grant line in the thick of the busy ride into altamont pass. we will see extra brake lights. you are already backed up out of tracy getting on 580. delays were as far as mountain house. give yourself extra minutes. we have the trouble spot on the east bound side. everything is to the shoulder but after north flynn, you have brake lights in those directions. michelle. >> thank you. >>> another grim milestone with the u.s. seeing most deaths from coronavirus in a single day. more than 3100 people

well the north bay our coldest of spots yet again napa and santa rosa down to 33 degrees. i'm expecting you to fall at to freezing right below freezing at points this morning now it is a much colder morning for napa down 18 degrees from yesterday half moon bay santa rosa fairfield conquered in livermore are also checking in with numbers at least 10 degrees cooler than at the same time 24 hours ago, so definitely want to get that extra layer on don't worry so much about staying dry as just staying warm from the 30's and 40's to start to sunny 60's by the afternoon just a touch warmer than yesterday was an overall pretty comfortable.

in santa rosa and 6 # for windsor. we are going to stay good-bye to 2020 and bring in the new year with dry conditions. could see a few more showers in the morning for thursday but things wrap up quickly by the afternoon. catching a little bit of sun and then chilly -- as we bring in the new year at midnight. here is that extended forecast as we are looking at light rain wednesday night into thursday morning. dry the rest of thursday and for new year's day and for rain chances for the weekend and early next week. >> thank you. >>> on the storm watch in southern california, check out all the snow they have been getting this is from the mountain around la. streets, trees, everything is covered with snow. they have more than a foot yesterday and you can see snow boarders and skiers taking advantage of that fresh powder. >>> can the 49ers stay healthy for one week this year, here is the growing injury list. >>> it couldn't he wouldn't be a 49ers game week without the week. trent williams has a strained elbow. both will mis

santa rosa is the cold spot at 37.here's las bit of an issue with visibility on the roadways especially in the north bay. there's fog out here. so if you are driving 101, visibility is down to 0 in petaluma and at a quarter mile in santa rosa. the rest of today, while it is going to be cloudy morning, we will get back into the sunshine by the afternoon for most spotsp, a we will be spots. i will see you in the complete forecast in a bit. for now back over to you. >>> looking at the east bay, live, new restrictions kick in tonight in contra costa county as well as in san francisco and santa clara counties. alameda county will follow up on monday with marin following on tuesday. at that point, restaurants restaurant dining will be off the table and salons and other personal services must close. indoor retail capacity will be cut to 20% at the height of the holiday shopping rush. as kpix5 john ramos reports, many small businesses are racing against the clock to come up with new ysstto stay afloat. >> reporter: for months,

right now it is cold in the north bay, 36 santa rosa. how about concord and livermore 3

but a little bit cooler for santa rosa and napa because of that lack a blanket of cloud cover. santa rosa will be the coolest city above freezing at 35 degrees and tomorrow's daytime highs right about where we should be for this time of year remember we're in mid december, even though we have been spoiled recently with the mild weather things to but today we did notice, rain and also temperatures slightly cooler and tomorrow few degrees of cooling for downtown san francisco 58 degrees upper 50's for oakland at 59 degrees with fremont and san jose at 57 degrees as his livermore but santa rosa and avato 61 degrees so we're going to have a very dry and seasonal outlook for your monday and tuesday of this upcoming week by wednesday though we are tracking some showers arriving later into the evening, first for those of you in the north bay becoming more widespread for everyone else in the bay area by thursday morning. so this is going to be an overnight storm but we could see up to half an inch of rain for those of you in the north bay, lesser amounts as we start to shift southward

heavy downpours around santa rosa and anglin, keeping in on the burn scars but not causing issues. have your pores over marin county, it is still wet this evening. the of road spray if you're will be driving around. some showers are starting to wait through the sound mcclary valley. at least a few hundreds of an inch of rain through the rest of this evening. this is round one of several in the seven-day forecast it is breezy, 15 to 20 mile an hour sustained winds with gusts to 30 miles an hour. keep both hands on the wheel if you're driving around. coming up in just a few minutes. >>> the rain not stopping some people from getting outside today, braving the wind and the rain tonight. in ocean beach, ondrea. >> reporter: merry christmas, juliet. i am out here at ocean beach, and the wind is still with us. it is very chilly blowing up my back from the pacific ocean right now. but the rain has let up, but it has not stopped people from coming out and trying to celebrate at christmas that is a little different even in the rain. the storm began blowing in midafternoon, the sharp wind of

the sonoma county dropoff is at railroad scare in santa rosa from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. dropoff in marin is hamilton from 3:00 to 5:00. lisa, already december. >> santa is getting busy. >>> good morning, everyone, we look live outside, santa cruz, 44 degrees right now, yesterday upper 60s, coming down about six degrees today, and the clouds increase towards about 4:00 this afternoon. so we'll time it out for you, talk about if there's any rain, or sprinkles, and we've got an offshore wind tomorrow to detail for you, in just a few minutes. >> thanks, lisa. >>> also next the mea releases a schedule for the first half of the regular season, we'll highlight some of the big warriors matchups that you will see right here on abc 7 coming up in sports. health insurance shouldn't be one of them. at covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from preventive care to mental health. covered california is the only place that offers financial help for health insurance, and now, there's more help for more people. and free assistance from experts to get more cali