vianey is just ahead in a minute with your full forecast. wow, what a gorgeous scene that was. >>> the roads are open if you're heading to tahoe. the snow is epic. five feet gained in two days. this is eastbound 80, soda springs, donner summit. at least check, chains are not required. >>> and we are seeing snow-capped mountains. this week's storm brought several inches of snow. and of course with that comes danger. that car spun off the road. you can see it right there on the left side of your screen. >>> some better news now. an update on the horse and pony from celine tphas who are world famous. they took off and got stuck chest deep in mud. we were told they were there 18 hours before their owner found them. neighbors, local firefighters, fire crews from hayward, fremont, allah mee da all drove down to help free them. take a look. we have new video of the pair this morning. veterinarians say both are doing well. they are now safe and sound. by the way, this local story has gone international. their rescue has been reported in canada, euro

vianey, thanks so much. 7:22. still ahead on "today in the bay". >> it's acknowledging what they have done. and thank you. >> giving back to those who are fighting to give back this pandemic. how this local artist is showing appreciation for front line workers. >>> as we watch our hospitals stretched to their limits to care for covid patients, the doctors and the nurses providing critical care are also being depleted. we owe huge debts of gratitude when things wind down. one artist is showing his appreciation. garvin thomas shows us how in this morning's "bay area proud." >> see, this is the real artist look. >> reporter: when you're an arltist like john decker, working from home is nothing new. >> i'm 72 now. i've been painting since i was 19, 20 years old. >> reporter: so when the pandemic hit, it didn't change how john painted. it has, though, changed what or who he paints. john couldn't help but notice the people around him who didn't have the option of staying at home. >> so, i just started doing all of these

what's going on, vianey? >> girl, not a lot. but there is some construction overnight construction near 237 and sanker road so that means there could be a possible delay. they usually tend to clear these out right before the 5:00/6:00 a.m. hour when traffic builds. bridge drive times nicely, westbound 580 record the richmond bridge, seven minutes, 80 toward the bay bridge seven minutes and westbound 92 toward the san mateo bridge you're looking at 11 minutes. >> 4:31. >>> to the pandemic and ongoing push to vaccinate people across california. contra costa county health leaders will give a progress report today on efforts to distribute vaccine to front line health care workers with the state opening up vaccines up to anyone over 65. the county says people may have wait weeks to get an appointment. >>> people 65 and older learning it's easier said than done. stanford not offing it yet. it will send out appointment knowifications today. ucf is only giving it to people 5 and up because supplies are limited. kaiser is offering appoin

thanks, vianey so much.evision and radio royalty larry king has died. the announcement was posted to king's twitter account at 5:00 this morning. >> do you pinch yourself saying come on, you're one of the most powerful woman in the world. >> larry king was a broadcasting legend. for more than 60 years, his unique style brought celebrities and newsmakers into many homes. >> how did you emotionally hold up through all of that. >> well, i'm here. >> i know. >> reporter: from presidents -- >> as a matter of fact i've never been in the watergate. >> never been in the hotel? >> never been in the hotel, the restaurant. >> reporter: to a machine list entertainers. >> absolutely. ♪ got a date with an angel ♪ >> reporter: he knew how to get people to open it. >> get me out of here. >> reporter: starting in 1985 he hosted cnn's larry king live. at his peak, his show reached 1 million people each night. >> i want to be surprised every night. the best shows are when i go wow. >> reporter: the north trade agreement betwee

vianey, what's going on for the morning commute? >> you know, kari, not much, which is great. whenever i can report not much in the traffic department you know it's pretty good to start. let's get a look at your try valley drive times, westb ten mt bad out there. back to you. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay" is, major league baseball major's move in the wake of the deadly capitol riots. >>> 5:25 before you start up your tesla, a recall? a warning involving some tesla models drivers need to be aware of this morning. >>> plus, back on earth. the drone in outer space that may change the future of the food industry. >> that sounds like a horror movie or the beginning of it. >>> something fun, nbc bay area and telemundo teaming up through projects innovation a grant powered by the comcast/nbc universal foundation. learn more about the program and submit your application for your charity at nbcbayarea.com/projectinnovation . we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's

vianey, any issues for the morning commute? >> no accidents to report but i know you were talking about the fog and actually chp has issued a fog advisory from petaluma through the novato area. the yellow that you see on my map represents the fog near that area, so remember, slow it down, try to keep a safe distance from there, through the afternoon as kari was mentioning there. all right, so as far as your drive times go, let's talk about your east bay drive times, northbound 880 from marina boulevard to broadway only nine minutes. friday light commute throughout the bay area. back to you. >> all right, thanks so much. >>> the big unemployment number 6.7%, doesn't really tell us how income earners are doing. up next, the unemployment rate among that group. >>> i was just checking out the futures this morning, down 200 points on the dow. looks like a lower day than we would expect, despite the suggestion of that huge stimulus coming out of the biden administration this morning. >>> remember the jetsons for those of us cool enou

vianey, how is it looking for the commute? >> well it's doing okay, but there is a new crash to tell you about, and this one is in redwood city, southbound 280 at the page mill avenue exit or page mill road exit. it looks like there is a traffic collision and it could be blocking some of the lanes also in the right-hand shoulder. it could be potentially in a ditch. no word on injuries. we hope not but i'll have an update how this affects your drive times coming up in a few minutes. laura? >> perfect, we'll check back with you. >> the goal to vaccinate an additional 1 million californians by the end of the weekend looking less and less likely. bay area health leaders simply can't move fast enough to speed up that vaccine distribution. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is looking at possible solutions. it is taking a while. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. the ten-day plan was announced by governor gavin newsom last week but as of this morning, looks like they'll fall about 500,000 doses short of that ambitious goal. let

vianey, how is the commute? >> i've been checking the chp traffic reports and so far it still looking pretty quiet. there was an issue in the south bay that has been cleared out. and so let's get right to some drive times for the south bay. northbound 101 from highway 85, about 19 minutes. northbound 280 from highway 101 to 85, about 7 minutes. another update in a few minutes. >>> and no doubt another big day is shaping up on capitol hill. we have a live look for the very first time in u.s. history, an american president will face a second impeachment vote. in the next hour or so, house lawmakers will start that process. >> even if the house votes to impeach president trump, it is likely a senate trial will not take place until after inauguration day which legal experts believe falls outside o two-thirds vote for a conviction. tracie potts is live in washington. i don't know how you even get your head around the idea of another impeachment of the same president. >> reporter: right. and impeached but not necessar

vianey, thanks so much. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we first told you this story of a little girl helping a homeless man, after he found and returned her grandmother's wallet. now this story is going worldwide. it will make you bay area proud, next. ♪♪ ♪ oh, this is how it starts ♪ ♪ lightning strikes the heart ♪ ♪ the day has just begun ♪ ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ ♪ oh, we could be the stars ♪ ♪ falling from the sky ♪ ♪ shining how we want ♪ ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ oroweat bread. gathering, baking and delivering the goodness of nature... from one generation to the next and from seed to slice. >>> it's safe to say we could use some goodews n nowadays, that's why we turn to "today in the bay's" garvin thomas. he has an update on a bay area proud story that suck a chord across the world as well as som other notable stories. >> i wanted to start by talngki about a story that we aired just before the new year that has really taken off since then. >> come on. >> the one about michaela gunnard. sean curry found her grandmother's

here is vianey aran with that. >> we got a active weather ahead. the first storm is considered light to moderate. the winds will kick up into the evening. you will notice the shift with that one. live look at san jose, 47 degrees. you can see the pavement just a little wet out there. certainly cloudy to start. hers a look at our storm ranger. light rain passing through san francisco and the pacifica area and fremont as well. we are getting those light showers pushing through and notice by about 10:00, the majority of that rain have made its exit and next is the wind. the wind advisory starts to go into effect at 7:00 p.m. for the entire coastline we'll see the strongest gusts in san francisco. we are talking anywhere from 40 or 30 miles per hour. take a look at monday at 2:00 a.m. definitely something to keep in mind there. the first storm we are talking from a tenth of an inch to under a quarter. not a huge rainmaker, we got a midweek storm that'll give us a good amount of rain and it is going to bring us high rain rates and high chance of seeing

vianey, how is the commute?ely enjoy a cup of coffee without having to rush out the door especially for if you live in tracy. because there is a bit of a hazard driving along westbound 580 because of an earlier crash working to clear out. and i'm noticing more delays through west bound 80, we're talking about the bay bridge. look at that, 15 minutes right now. so far though, no major accidents to report. full update coming up. >>> we're still waiting word for fr the white house as efforts are getting under way to impeach the president trump for a second time. tracie potts will join us with a live report in moments, but first we're talking about this morning these attempts to silence the president and some of his most extreme backers on social media. is it even working. cierra johnson is joining us a the youtube headquarters, the latest tech giant to take action against the president. but you are also finding out extreists are finding other ways to communicate as well. yes, we'll get to the other platforms, but e

vianey, as you watch the roads, anything else going on?you know, aside from the fog, kari, we're doing pretty good. just be mindful of a couple slow spots in through san francisco because of overnight construction, but i do want to show you how the fog rolls up on my map. if i push this up as you mentioned san raphael, santa rosa, petaluma, fairfield, you can see the yellow and that's fog according to my map. a quick look at your bridge drive times, westbound towards the richmond bridge 7 minutes and towards the bay bridge 7 minutes, towards the san mateo bridge 12 minutes. back to you. >>> as that push to get vaccinated grows louder, a backup at a super center. one health care worker explained what happened to her and five others that has people nervous. >>> plus, a fast food workers preparing to strike and the demands they plan to make. you're watching "today in the bay." my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it, lowering my

i'm kira klapper and vianey arana is joining us.have taught me that it keeps things a little warmer, but it's pretty chilly out there today, huh? >> yeah. it is. you know, it is chilly. you know what? i didn't know your son was a fan of storm ranger so we have to get him one of these. i'm going to hunt another one down for you for promotion. because i feel like he would love this. >> oh, thank you so much. >> let me look for that. >> thank you, sister. i just learned that this week. >> well, oh, timber. that's awesome. i welcome all weather watcher fans, fans of storm ranger. right now the doppler radar is quiet so temperatures are in the 30s. we will talk about what you can expect for the daytime highs. we have a drying trend for now. full forecast of course coming up in a few minutes. beautiful view. headlines as i mentioned. warmer mid and upper 60s. that's warmer than what we're supposed for this time of the year. i'll have the full forecast in a few minutes. >> all right. see you soon. thanks so much. >>> we begin with a develo

how is the commute rolling, vianey?gh the sunol grade. expect delays until they work to clear the earlier crash. >> all right. that's going to do it for us. >> the "today" show starts right now and we'll see you back here at 11:00. >>> good morning. impeached again. president trump's fate in the hands of the senate after another historic vote on capitol hill. >> he must go. he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. >> every house democrat and ten republicans leading the charge, but 197 gop lawmakers backing the president. >> it's always been about getting the president no matter what. >> all eyes now on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. how will he vote in the trial and will republicans follow his lead?

vianey arana joins us with your first-alert forecast. hey, v, happy last day of january. >> oh, my gosh, you are right. we do have a little shower activity up in the north bay right now, so i want to show you the temperature trends for the afternoon. 45 degrees. notice in the cloud cover, it sort of remains through the the day, and temperatures topping out in the upper 50s. look at san francisco, 51 degrees and by 11:00, 12:00, we will get better peeks of sunshine, and san francisco could hit the 60-degree mark. areas like concord, similar conditions as well, and they will top out in the mid-60s. will be sort of like yesterday but slightly warmer. now, when is increase in cloud cover and also the winds picking up as expecte approach. you can see it on doppler radar and i will talk about the timing for that storm coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you so much. >>> there's promising news this morning as the state gets more people to roll up their lives. right now more than 3.2 million vaccines have been administer in california, and here

vianey, thanks. >>> developing news in san francisco.als used to make explosives found in an rv. this happened on gilman near candle stick point. the person who lives in the rv has been detained. more than 100 people were evacuated. we have home video given to us from the scene. authorities say this appears to be an isolated incident. volunteers from the red cross are taking care of those displaced residents. they're expected to be allowed back into their homes sometime this morning. the fbi has handed the case back over to san francisco police. now, to our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. plenty of political finger pointing all while our local counties are scrambling to get people vaccinated. there is a dwindling supply and growing frustration. santa clara county is administering 6,000 vaccinations per day thanks in part to a new site on berger drive. the county says it is hampered because the federal and state governments supply of vaccines is unpredictable. >>> coming up this morning on "today" in the bay, the calls fr

vianey, how is it looking?now, i think people which sort of take a breather, maybe enjoy a second you cup of coffee because so far the roads are pretty quiet. there are cars out there, but in terms of accidents, we're nothing to report. so let's take you to the tri-valley because it usually starts to build around this hour. westbound 580 from grant line to 680, 21 minutes. southbound 680 to vargas, about 10 minutes. so far so good. scott. >>> authorities in central california have captured one of six inmates who escaped from the merced county jail over the weekend. they used a homemade rope to scale down the side of the jail. authorities captured a 22-year-old escapee west of fresno. one of the other escapees is from vallejo, all considered armed and dangerous. >>> and taking a live look at the l.a. skyline and some staggering new numbers in l.a. county's covid crisis, over the past week, more than 1600 people there actually died including 288 yesterday. some 230 deaths per day equates for one every six minutes

vianey arana joins us this morning with your microclimate forecast. yesterday turned out to be quite a beautiful day. what can we expect for today? >> a little bit of a repeat of that but just with more breeze around the coastline and also a new high surf advisory. san jose right now, 40 degrees waking up as you saw. beautiful skies this morning. we will be dry once again. we had a little bit of drizzle to the north, current temperatures, napa, 39 degrees. livermore, 37 degrees. morgan hill, 38 degrees. it's definitely still cold right now. by the afternoon we'll warm up once again into the upper 50s, low 60s, here's the high surf warnings. we have strong winds and large waves in effect until 9:00 p.m. tonight because of those strong winds and the swell. that will make for dangerous wave heights, 16 to 20 feet breakers. that could bring dangerous conditions for the coastline. i'll go over that and what to expect in the week ahead. >> thank you very much. >>> at least seven staff members of the trump administration have resigned following the riot at t

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vianey arana is joining us now. >>> here is a live look over san jose. 50 degrees right now.bigger storm ahead. before i get to that, i want to show you a look at our storm ranger. our mobile radar is scanning that rain and it is moving from north to south. you can see san francisco a couple of pockets through there. at the north bay a little bit of a break in the petaluma area. check out the south bay though, definitely getting some heavier pockets for santa cruz and san jose light to moderate and same with gilroy area and morgan hill. we do have these showers pushing through the over night hours. it is going to remain light to moderate. our next area for concerns is going to be the wind as this cool front passes through, we are expecting gusty conditions especially for the coastal areas and of course the san francisco area. that wind advisory is expected to take in effect at 7:00 p.m., strongest gusts of 45 to 50. 60 plus miles per hour, the national weather service advising. please keep in mind as we head into the over night hours. look at san francisco into the over night

meteorologist rob mayeda is in for vianey. in fact, he's been filling in a lot lately. so, rob, i want to remind you, it is sunday morning. and you have our microclimate forecast. >>> thank you. i need more coffee and to check the calendar, too. it's tough to see outside. it's not just that you're having trouble waking up, if you're waking up with us this morning, a foggy start to the day. visibility at time down to a quarter mile in concord, livermore and look at walnut creek. 47 degrees and some heavy drizzle and mist with the fog we're seeing to start off your sunday morning. san jose, near 51 degrees. temperatures by 2:00, close to 60. probably one of the warmer spots around the bay area today as we're still in and out of the clouds. you'll see a chance of misty skies and patchy fog probably through late morning and then mostly cloudy conditions for the afternoon. speaking of clouds, that spin just off to the west. that is the storm gathering itself up with tropical moisture that will pack the one-two punch of rain and wind for monday. we'll show you the timing on t

that plus vianey's full forecast at 7:00.n the meantime, we'll send you back to "today". >>> peloton, is the wig on? oh, the wig is on, baby! is your wig on? fix it if it fell lopsided. get her back together. fix those edges. >> if that doesn't get you going on a saturday morning, i don't know what does. we are back, january 30th, 2021. and that is cody rigsby, a popular peloton instructor, one of mine and peter's favorites, with more than 500,000 followers on instagram, and we just love him. coming up, we're going to show you what happened when he surprised me and peter. it was a lot of fun, and a good workout. >> they like to call themselves the boo crew. he says, "hey, boo!" >> hey, boo. >> we'll welcome you into our boo crew later on, on "today." that's some of what's coming up. >>> first the headlines this half hour. let's start there. we begin with the latest. let's start with what's the latest in terms of the hope as it relates to covid-19. johnson & johnson announcing friday that it's close to seeking fda approval of

>> vianey, we will see you at 7:00 for the rest.g news right now. talk show legend larry king has died. the announcement was posted to his twitter account just before 5:00 this morning. over his nearly 60-year career it's been radio, cable, television, and the internet, king estimated he conducted more than 50,000 interviews, none of which he prepared for in advance. his off-the-cuff style, rafpy baritone, trademark suspenders made larry king live a popular draw on cnn through 2010. he died at cedar-sinai in los angeles. he was 87 years old. >> there are many questions how teachers got a chance can to jump the line and get their covid vaccination right away. good samaritan hospital invited teachers and staff at the los gatos school district to make appointments to get vaccinated. the state adjusted its tiers this week and made senior citizens the next priority for the coveted vaccine after health care workers. according to an email first obtained by the san jose spotlight, los gatos told staff members they got the invitation from go

so as we head over to vianey, you've been tracking how much additional rain we could seal as well asow much sierra snow may be measured. >> that's right, kari. it's already very blizzard-like. so much so in the sierra that there is in fact a blizzard warning in effect, so we do want to show you the live conditions right now along i-80. you can see the snow coming down and we are expecting even more snow over the next couple of days. so something to keep in mind here. that blizzard warning will be in effect through friday. definitely not a time to travel out there. you can see how dangerous it is. let's take a look how much we're tracking in terms of additional snowfall. this is taking it through friday. you can see up through kirkwood, several more inches of snow expected. this is probably one of the strongest storms the sierra has seen so far this season, so definitely going to see snowy conditions. along with those gusty winds as well. now, as far as those rainfall totals, you see sort of the red highlighted areas is the section where the burn scars are. the czu fire, which has bee

meteorologist rob mayeda is in for vianey with a look at our microclimate forecast. hey, rob, happy new year to you. >> likewise. socially distant of course. work from home weather center, busy this saturday morning as we see the light rain showers around the bay area right now. again, it's heavy drizzle or briefly some lighter showers. as we go to the santa cruz mountains, east bay hills, san francisco, a lot of cloud cover. this moisture, by the way, originates back to the north of hawaii so it's forced to climb over the hill tops of the bay area. that's good enough i think to keep showers ongoing even into the afternoon, especially around the peninsula and the higher hills. the rain totals aren't going to be that impressive. we won't fill up any rain buckets or rain gauges but what's to come after today could bring a lot more rain with three storms on the way. a closer look at the timing on that in more significant rain to follow in our forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. see you in about 15. thanks so much. >>> we begin this newscast right now with

meteorologist rob mayeda is in for vianey with a look at our microclimate forecast.down to less than a quarter mile. so patchy fog to start things off. temperatures right now mostly 40s and 50s. upper 50s by 1:00 in the afternoon hanging on to the cloud cover and at times some mis it t and drizzle once again. as we see on our storm ranger, a few sprinkles outside. more clouds offshore. not impacting us that much today but monday get ready for some big changes with a lot more rain and wind. today's highs upper 50s. the seven-day forecast highlights that big change coming this time tomorrow morning. wind and rain as the storm door opens up. another midweek storm coming in wednesday and the third in the series due in on friday. more rain at times, more sierra snow. we'll add up the expected snowpack information coming up today at 7:00 a.m. >> rob, we'll see you at 7:00. thanks so much. >>> an outbreak of covid cases reported at a bay area hospital. kaiser permanente in san jose it's 43 staff members tested positive for covid-19 between december 27 and january 1st. the i

vianey arana joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. we had wet weather behind us.sounds like wet weather ahead. today will be the day to get out. >> that's the perfect way to put it. we're going to get a little break today. we're going to be dry. we are seeing a couple of showers mainly

for more on that, let's head over to vianey arana. >> there is a blizzard warning in effect for the sierra because of the dangerous whiteout conditions. several spinouts near the area. i want to show you a look at how much snow we are tracking. this is possibly one of the strongest winter storms they have seen in the sierra. take a look at the snow totals. this is pushing this all the way through today and into friday. several feet of snow, especially for the higher elevation areas. now, i want you to keep something in mind. definitely a welcome sight. the reason for that, take a look at the sierra snowpack. about 41% of average. the sierra snowpack makes up 30% of california's water supply. so this is good news but it's very dangerous so please be careful. kari, i'll send it back to you. >> it's hard to imagine that much snow happening all at once, but we are going to see some additional rainfall totals on top of the 1 to 2 inches that we've already had. another inch or two as we go into the next several days. so in our seven-day forecast, a lot more rain headed our way. we will take a br

vianey arana joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. >> hey, girl, i'm back, i missed youst weekend. >> happy new year. >> let's get to our forecast. happy new year to you too. it is a good morning and it is cold, you're absolutely right. a beautiful view

vianey arana has a look at the forecast.ar. i was out last week and it's nice to be back. this is sort of going to be the layout as high pressure rolls in and our temperatures today will be quite comfortable. once we get the patchy fog and it starts to clear out for the afternoon, we're talking upper 50s, low 60s. santa rosa is 61. something to keep in mind, we're still talking about the high surf advisory that will remain in effect through 6:00 a.m. today because of the really strong waves in addition to sneaker waves. we are talking about some some, you know, pretty strong rip currents. please be careful. full forecast at 7:00. >> thanks so much. >>> we begin with twitter suspending president trump's personal account for good. in a statement the social media giant says it is because of the risk of further incitement of violence. when the president used the government owned account to condemn the ban, twitter removed those tweets. experts say it's within the company's right to remove content this move will be debated. >> th

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vianey arana joins us this morning with your microclimate forecast.oday? >> a little bit of a repeat of that but just with more breeze around the coastline and also a ne