people and you're going to meet a few who are making a difference in their communities and we begin in berkeley with a woman who has been putting the spotlight on our food sources for more than 50 years now. alice waters opened the doors of her now world famous shaping these restaurant in 1971 and help start a movement, dedicated to pulling us away from fast processed foods with a seemingly revolutionary idea of getting back to basics. she calls herself a food activists and so does her daughter each has a new book. i talked with them about waters, groundbreaking work, the future of food and her drive to change the fast food culture. >> the beauty and deliciousness. thanks, lucia. >> seasonal products. >> it's been 5 decades from her world renowned shape a nice restaurant in berkeley and alice waters is still on a fresh food farm to table mission and her daughter singer is on that mission with her. a mission born in shape in east 50 years ago. >> feeling very grateful. maybe for going to be able to pass down values to the next generation. just feel very. >> yes, sentimental and very and also abo

it's unclear for brain injury suffered in the accident contributed to her death berkeley berkeley mayor jesse are gone and tweeted he was saddened to hear of her passing and acknowledged her role in advancing state loss to make sure another tragedy like this would never happen again. san francisco police there are investigating a shooting death on new year's eve. they say it happened on the 200 block of cornwall street officers found a 24 year-old man who'd been shot and later died from his injuries. so far no one has been arrested. anyone with any information. of course, being asked to call the san francisco police departm1nt. in the east bay. 2 people are recovering in the hospital after us and the annual police officer opened fire during a burglary call on sunday night. the call came in from a cannabis dispensary on fairway drive. san leandro. police say an officer caught a masked man running away from the location and shot the suspect when you got away into a getaway car with 2 other people. a 3rd person was arrested. the investigation still going on this morning. bay area, law enfo

so people in berkeley might want to check your vaccination card. see if you are up to date on your vaccines. james, to you. alright, camila, thank you very much. >> 5, 0, 6, on the clock. and happening today, we have cvs pharmacies that are inside target stores. they're going to start distributing free n 95 masks to customers. the drug company says that masks are limited to just 3 per person while supplies last all the stores will be posting signs to indicate that the masks are now available. it's all part of the federal retail pharmacy program. all these masks are being provided free of charge by the federal government. the forty-niners are going have another day of practice today as they prepare to face the rams in the nfc championship game on sunday this morning, we have updates from the players ahead of the game and that's what kron four's will tran is following for us live from levi's stadium morning. will. >> good morning, james. here's what you need to know. it looks like the niners should be at full strength. it's a practice to practice yes

your view outside at berkeley this morning, just as clear as it was yesterday. gorgeous. way to start the day yet again, we are seeing a few clouds passing overhead across the region, but nothing that's going to interrupt things too terribly much for us. a little bit of coastal fog and then fog for this inland. but most of us are also fog free now, livermore and dublin. you're sitting at 38 degrees. some of our coldest temps petaluma and saint helene and not much above that at 39 degrees nap at 38 in fairfield are very spotted. 37 compared to our most mild spots like san francisco, pacifica and berkeley in the low to mid 50's. we do have a pretty wide range of temperatures this morning in some of us are starting up a lot colder than we were yesterday, such as the case in napa down 11 degrees from the same point yesterday. so after a cold start to this morning, we do have some of those most mild of temperatures that i mentioned. daytime highs climbing well into the low to mid 60's later on and keeping that sunshine around in full force just as we will for a lot of this for

university of california berkeley is coming back to campus on monday. so here's a look at the requirements of school is issuing. >> first, all eligible staff and students must have their full vaccines and booster shots to return next. face coverings have to be worn in all indoor settings with staff being required to wear campus approved masks, which include and 95 kn 95 kf 94 or surgical masks. in the school statement tuesday. the university right? we're hopeful that the worst of the omicron surge is behind us. sure plans are in place. should cases rise again. >> still ahead at a daily positive covid case. rates in la county are still at an all-time high just days before that niners go there to play the rams at so fi stadium. what you should know before heading south. if you go into the game and health experts sounding the alarm on to emerging drugs that are contributing to. >> the overdose crisis. we'll explain after the break. >> for your health tonight, emerging reports show too little known drugs are making new deadly contributions to america's drug

oakland berkeley emeryville. you can see pockets of rain along 24 5, 8080, very slick commute for you as you're traveling in half moon, bay along the peninsula as well. so at some point in the day in the afternoon. we're going to get a break in the rain. but later on tonight this evening we'll have another week system arrives in the north bay sticks around santa rosa up there and then tomorrow afternoon we have another try break into thursday until another system makes its way here on friday. trace amounts of rain across the bay area today. so slick not heavy. still pretty light. let's get a look at our highs as you're waking up knowing what to wear today. still all in the 50's. so a cooler day. but warmer than yesterday, napa 52 santa rosa 51 of otto 52 mid to lower 50's new san francisco half moon bay redwood city in the south bay san jose, your 52 morgan hill, 48. same with livermore. any at 51 and conquered 51, look at your seven-day forecast for you. we talked about that rain that we're going to see its like

and the city of berkeley is also ordering all employees at that. he was in the city to be up to date on their vaccinations, starting february 7 workers at these places on your screen. must have their covid vaccinations and their booster shot. if they are eligible. so as you can see, this includes restaurants and gyms, indoor events with 500 people or more adult care facilities, dental offices, pharmacies as well as public and private child care facilities. and this applies to all employees, contractors and volunteers who work at these now, there's a question of what does it mean if you're up to date on your vaccination? well, it's been less than 5 months. and you've got your pfizer and moderna shot. that means you are up to date on your vaccination or if you've got your 3rd at least 5 months after your second shot. you are also up to date on her vaccinations. if you it's been less than 2 months since you've got the johnson and johnson shot or you've got the second dose of any brand, at least 2 months after j and j shot. so be sure to check your vac

a random roggen berkeley lower 50's for you there. sonoma 49 vacaville, 48 fairfield, you're at 49 as well. along stinson beach. pretty cool there. and remember king tides. we're also looking at that today. that's going to be in place throughout the day. you do not want to turn your back on those high tides looking at light rain monday into tuesday and then we're dry for wednesday and thursday. friday is when we could see showers yet again. we'll back to you, brianna. speaking of a light light traffic all over the bay area. i still believe a lot of people are not coming back to work this morning. >> here's the bay bridge toll plaza. usually it's pretty backed up at this time. but no problems. you're looking at i would say 30 minutes from the macarthur maze across the span down into fremont street from there. and the richmond sandra fell the san mateo bridge holding steady. no problem. those roadways are dry. your heaters should be blasting this morning as it is cold richmond sandra fell bridge. now i can talk about this. no problems i

the university of california berkeley is coming back to campus monday. here is a look at the requirements that you need to know. the school is issuing these facts. first, all eligible staff and students must have their full vaccine and booster shots to return next. face coverings must be worn in all indoor settings. staff is being required to wear campus approve mask, which include the n 95 k n 95. okay. 94 kf 94 or a surgical mask in the school statement released tuesday, the university writes, quote, we're hopeful that the worst of the omicron surge is behind us. but want to assure everyone that plans are in place should cases rise again. 2 important announcements today from covid-19 vaccine maker moderna first. the pharmaceutical companies saying that the effectiveness of its booster shot against the omicron variant. well, that begins to diminish after about 6 months. the company says de data shows the decline happens more quickly than against the original strain. moderna also says it is now starting a clinical trial of a booster that specifically tar

your view outside of berkeley hills camera right here does show clear skies overhead. just the faintest layer of marine layer of low cloud cover hanging out there in the distance. radar shows you that we do have dry skies today. and if we zoom out across the region to our north and to our south, we do have passing systems that are resulting in rainfall for southern california as well for the pacific northwest. but we have been in that spot in the middle for well over a week now that is not really tapped into the precipitation so much and that only continues if not heightens through the remainder of this forecast after yesterday's partly cloudy skies and a few coastal sprinkles today is going to bring nice sunshiny conditions, not a trend of weather that continues into tomorrow for your wednesday later on into the week and on into the weekend, too. so no big changes here. we're settle the right into these mild winter temperatures and sunny sf today in a range of 50's - along the coastline to temperatures today are a little bit cooler than they were yesterday and are act

well, 3 months in union city at 65 oakland and berkeley. a nice 63 degrees this afternoon. north bay temperatures not quite as warm, but also you've got the tradeoff there because you're not quite as breezy as you were yesterday. so today's going to feel just as nice now, tomorrow, temperatures right around the same as today and we're going to remain in those low to mid 60's through sunday monday of next week. we day of the month and tuesday, your first day of february. no chance of rainfall just yet. but temperatures getting a little bit cooler. now, as far as we go on our bridges, definitely a foggy impacted again. visibility is fine at the bay bridge toll plaza. but there are spots in the vicinity that aren't so great. as far as visibility goes so slow your roll, give yourself that extra time this morning. san mateo bridge, a 12 minute drive at the limit. definitely an easy commute across the richmond center fell where chp has issued a dense fog advisory and for the golden gate bridge, 20 minutes across at 37 to the tolls anyways and not a lot of traffic, but there is so

berkeley police say they've arrested a 15 year-old boy for carrying a bb gun at berkeley high school. they responded to reports of fights involving students and say that one of the students was threatened with that bb gun officers were able to detain both students and found the gun in one of the students. backpacks, that student who does not attend berkeley high school, by the way, was arrested on suspicion brandishing a replica firearm and having a weapon on campus. also in the east bay livermore man has been arrested out connection with a number of batteries involving female joggers. police say 35 year-old willie richard originally are allegedly groped at least 4 women over the past 2 months. it happened near the running trail on east avenue and vasco road and after investigation, police were able to identify richardson as the sole suspect. he's been arrested. now was arrested on tuesday without incident and booked into the santa rita jail on several charges. investigation obviously still ongoing. well, now to our coronavirus coverage and some promising news cases are, in fact, begi

you can see from the berkeley hills. we have clear skies, but we're anticipating a little rain in the forecast over the next 24 hours into tomorrow. looking at our radar right now. you see the rain is not made its way into the bay area. yet still situated along the pacific northwest. it will arrive around 11:00am this morning in the north bay santa rosa, as we're going to see the heaviest totals of rain. san francisco and the east bay and south bay. you're also going to see some rain there. but we're really seeing is situated the most along the n rth bay. if you are in that santa rosa area. we're looking at our rain totals here, half an inch of rain here in santa rosa. you can see trace amounts of rain in the south bay expected to make its way. our highs for today. so jacket where the day all in the mid to lower 50's here along montero, you've got 5455 in san bruno foster city 56 and carlos upper 50's here in the south bay mid to upper 50's milpitas 54 out in sonoma. 54 here in the east bay oakland, a rhythm raga all or

a reminder we all need to be prepared for anything in berkeley. believe also the beaches in san francisco closed today. watch here as waves pound on the rocks. >> and spilled out onto the sidewalks and on the streets, people living in or near marinas were told to go to higher ground. but so far there have been little reports of any damage because of the tsunami advisory. meanwhile, in santa cruz, the beaches there just reopening within the last few minutes, like so many up and down the west coast. >> they were closed this afternoon to prevent anyone from getting swept out to sea from those strong currents. >> meanwhile, closer to home in the north bay, county saw 2 to 3 foot surges. one dog damaged in richardson bay. the county, though, did not issue any evacuation warnings or orders. but emergency officials say that this tsunami advisory should serve as a reminder for folks to be prepared. kron four's gayle ong continuing our team coverage tonight. >> in county. emergency crews spent the day monitoring the surges that richardson bay, the strong c

a young woman who survived a balcony collapse in berkeley back in 2015 has died. barry was one of a group of students visiting from ireland for the summer who was severely injured in the accident while celebrating her 21st birthday. 6 others were killed in the collapse. according to the irish times, barry died of a stroke on saturday. it's unclear if her brain injury suffered in the accident contributed to her death. berkeley's mayor tweeting out that he was saddened to hear of her passing and acknowledged her role in advancing state law to make sure this tragedy never happens again. in san francisco. police are investigating a shooting death on new year's eve. they say it happened on the 200 block of cornwall street officers when they arrived, they found a 24 year-old man had been shot. he later died from his injuries. so far they have not made any arrests in the case and they have no motive behind the shooting. in the east bay 2 people are recovering in the hospital after a san leandro police officer opened fire during a burglary call on sunday night. the call c

berkeley's now enforcing a new covid vaccine and booster mandate for students. certain businesses will tell you what that could mean for locals and the forty-niners, as we've been saying, are preparing to face the rams in the nfc championship game this weekend. we'll have more details on that coming up in a live report. we'll be right back. any parent will tell you the second you have a kid, it's like your heart is living outside of your body, which means you never, ever stop worrying. that's why we got health insurance and for way less than we thought was possible. the kids' doctor and dental check-ups are free, and i get screenings for my cholesterol and my blood pressure. don't get me wrong, i still worry. just a little less. covered california. this way to health insurance. enrollment ends january 31st at coveredca.com covered california. this way to health insurance. ccident, i wondered what my case was worth. covered california. this way to health insurance. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called th

health officer in a berkeley is requiring 2 things from businesses. now, the first one is for employees at certain. >> businesses in berkeley to be up to date on their vaccinations. and the second order is asking businesses to ask their customers to show proof that they're fully vaccinated and these orders are going to take effect starting feb. that in mind thendbusinesses, nonprofits and other organizations are going to be asking people if they are fully vaccinated. and this includes far your team and venues, james, at any large indoor event with 500 or more people. so this means if you are 5 years or older, you have to show proof that you're fully vaccinated to go inside those places. and the city's officer says that these are public places where the virus can spread easily. and by staying up to date on the vaccine's, people are are less likely to get infected. now, also next month, any employee who works at a store in venue in the city needs to be up to date on their vaecinations. so if you work in any of these places on your screen, take a look. y

businesses in berkeley. employees will be required to be up to date on their vaccinations. and businesses are now going to require their customers to show proof of vaccination. these orders go into effect, starting february, 7th applies to anyone. 5 years old and older. the new mandate includes bars. entertainment venues, gyms, and any large indoor event with 500 or more people. a big national story tonight. it's official justice steven briar is retiring from the u.s. supreme court. >> president biden made that announcement at the white house event this morning and renewed his campaign pledge to nominate a black woman to the high court. >> i will nominee we some of the extraordinary qualifications, character experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to united states supreme court. it's long overdue in mind. i made that commitment during the campaign for president. i will keep. >> the president said he has not yet made a decision but he plans to announce his nomine

. >> also in the east bay, the berkeley unified school district says almost 2 dozen staff members did not return to to work today after testing positive for covid in a message to parents. the superintendent says it of the 12,000 covid tests given out to students and staff just over 5,000 results have been reported of those results 71 students reported testing positive and 21 staff members as of friday, 23 teachers have reported it. it would not be at work today. the school says anyone who has tested positive since december. 24th is in isolation and not allowed to return to work and the west contra costa unified school district says it has distributed about 15,000 testing kits to students and their families over the weekend. but the district says the drive-thru pickup stations for test is just one step of several that they're taking to try to keep students safe and slow the spread tomorrow they'll be opening 3 new testing sites to students and staff district-wide you can find all those locations for testing on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> and right now on kron 4 dot com. you can get

. >> in berkeley. the berkeley unified school district says almost 2 dozen staff members did not return to work today after testing positive for covid in a message to parents. the superintendent says that of the 12,000 covid tests given out to students and staff just over 5,000 results have been reported. and of those 71 students reported testing positive and 21 staff members did as well as of last friday 23 teachers had reported it. they would not be at work today. the school says anyone who has tested positive since december. 24th is in isolation and not allowed to return to work. the west contra costa unified school district says it distributed about 15,000 testing kits to students and their families over the weekend. but the district says the drive-thru pickup stations for tests. it's just one step of several that they're taking to try to keep students safe and slow the spread tomorrow. they say they'll be opening 3 new testing sites to students and staff district-wide you can find all the location

you're look outside this morning at your berkeley hills camera. he's looking really clear just a few clouds overhead and a colder start to the morning than what we had yesterday. so the jacket is certainly the thing and stressing the most this morning, livermore and dublin in the upper 30's as you are across the entirety of the north bay. almost berkeley, san francisco among are more mild spots, egypt. 48 degrees regardless of where europe just keep cozy. the start and then enjoy some sunshine later on reyna. john, thank you for that. all right. let's get a look at your traffic. conditions are pretty light out there as you're heading from the east bay into the city. >> to that fremont street exit, it will be about a 10 minute drive for you. there. san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula about 13 as traffic starts to pick up this morning, heading out of richmond across the war. sandra fell about a nine-minute drive still pretty like there and the golden gate bridge traveling. 37 to the tolls. it will be about 20 minutes. the omicron c

and new this morning, the city of berkeley announcing new covid vaccines. they have a little vaccine mandates and also booster mandates. it applies to certain businesses. so let's see who applies to travelers. camila barco has that live this morning. good morning, kayla. >> good morning. joya. cnn city's health officer is requiring 2 things that businesses the first one is requiring employees at certain berkeley to be up to date on their vaccinations and the second order says that businesses are now going to require their customers to show proof of vaccination. so these orders go into effect starting february 7. and by then businesses, nonprofits and other organizations are going to be asking people if they're fully vaccinated. this goes for bars. entertainment venues, gyms and any large indoor event with 500 or more people. so this means if you are 5 years or older, you have to show proof that you're fully vaccinated to go inside those places. the state officer says that these are public places where the virus can spread easily by stay up to date on the va

berkeley hills cam looking good. we are going to be seeing a beautiful, clear weekend ahead of fog free day today and lots of sunshine and temperatures actually a little bit warmer than they have been. so what's the catch here? because it's a little too perfect. what we are sitting in the middle of a high pressure ridge to our west in a low pressure descending to our east and right between these 2, we do have some strong offshore winds that will be kicking into gear today. just look at where wind speeds are heading this afternoon. in fact, for areas like petaluma, we could be looking at 40 miles per hour. peak wind gusts today, 30 miles per hour. peak wind gusts near the coastline. a little bit calmer along the bay shore on the peninsula side of things along one o one down to san jose. so if you're looking to enjoy the solid 60's without worrying about the wind so much, he either had a little further south in the bay where you can just wait till sunday because wind speeds will be calming down a whole lot by then toda

the city of berkeley is also ordering all employees at the news in the city to be up to date on their vaccinations. starting february 7 workers. these places on your screen must happen. covid vaccinations and their booster shot. if they are eligible. so this includes restaurants, gyms, indoor events of 500 or more people, adult care dental offices, pharmacies and childcare facilities, whether they're public and for private. and this applies to all employees, contractors and volunteers who work these news. now you're up to date on your vaccination. if it's been a lesson 5 months since you got your second pfizer or moderna shot or if you got your 3rd dose, at least 5 months after your second shot, the month since you've got the johnson and johnson vaccine or if you got your second dose of any brand, at least 2 months after that j and j shot. so if you want to know if you're i'm backs a nation's, just check your your vaccination card. and if you are, you're good to go to visit any one of those places that i mentioned earlier. jace to you. alright, camila, thank you very much. >> happenin

. >> a live look outside, though, at the berkeley hills. and you can see visibility is better today than it was yesterday because we can't even see the city lights yesterday. so we're seeing a little improvement. no heavy rain today. but we are going to see some scattered showers throughout the morning. it's the north bay specifically. that's going to get that and then around noon that'll, stop. you have cloudy cover fall throughout the day. roll into the bay area will get a break into wednesday. thursday and then friday and another system arrives which could potentially bring with it some snow into the sierras rain totals from this recent system we're seeing just trace amounts of rain across the bay area. so not much of anything out there. current temperatures outside right now. like we'll just mention warmer than we have been still in the low 50's. so san carlos 50 hayward 50 conquered oakland san francisco half moon bay all in the low 50's. we'll have a look at your 7 day forecast coming up. but for now, we'll send it back to you. let's

uc berkeley, infectious disease specialist. thank you. have a goo >> new tonight at 6 oscar meyer may be known for its baloney, but now it's breaking into the beauty business. the product is described as >> bologna bologna hydro jail. she face mask. the kraft heinz brand partnered with a korean beauty and skincare company too. launch it. >> well, it may look like something out of helmand for school cafeteria. these things actually don't contain any meat and so therefore should not be eaten the face masks are made with witch. hazel botanicals and college and the company claimed to these masks, protect hydrate, lock in moisture and promote skin elasticity. apparently these are real heightened because they sold out online. when they were in stock, they went for 5 bucks. oscar meyer says he's working to restock as we speak. >> i will. >> defer to you because you have the healthiest looking on the screen. are you are you buying the baloney mass? i think it's a bunch of baloney. but, you know, i guess if you put a layer of the mustard mayonnais

does our camera in the east bay's own on top of the berkeley hills there showing us a nice clear shot all the way to the golden gate bridge towers there behind me that you can see. and yeah, it's been a gorgeous, sunny day around the bay area. very mild conditions. in fact, outside right now 50's and 60's. that's what we're seeing around the bay area. 59 degrees currently in downtown san jose. 58 along the east bay shoreline and alameda. 56 in downtown oakland, currently 60 degrees right here in downtown san francisco are seeing mostly 50's in the north bay right now, temperatures are going to hold pretty steady over the next couple of days. and the future cast for showing us all. so the dry conditions are going to be with us, though. we would be some of that rainfall. we saw just few tiny pop-up showers and some spots today, but mostly dry conditions. and you can see all those high clouds will be sticking with us throughout the overnight hours as we wake up into tomorrow, we will wake up to some fog around the bay area. so not going to be greatest, but things should clear out into th

another you outside from our berkeley hills camera. this has been consistently clear this past week. >> continues to remain true. today you'll see some more passing clouds and he did yesterday, some hazy sunshine this morning. a couple of spots of fog inland. current temperatures range anywhere from the 40's to 50's for most areas, not seeing any 30's on the map this morning. although fairfield, you're very ceose to that of 41 degrees petaluma allay each up. 43 definitely still bundle up cough to come. a comparable temperatures to where we were yesterday later on today. daytime highs, a little cooler than yesterday's little on the cloudier side, too. but still plenty bright. i'll be breaking down what to expect this weekend. still ahead, back to rain. all right, john, thanks for that list to get a look at a traffic this morning from the east bay into the city. >> about 10 minutes to the fremont street exit, the san mateo bridge as you're heading across towards the peninsula about 12 minute drive for you right now. get a look at the ric

the berkeley city health officers now announcing new covid vaccine mandates there as well. so for certain businesses in berkeley employees will be required to be up to date on their vaccines. and businesses are now going to require their customers to show proof of vaccination to come inside. these orders go into effect, starting february 7th and it applies to anyone 5 years old and older. the new mandate includes bars and entertainment venues, gyms, any large indoor event with 500 people or more. well, how to keep kids safe during the pandemic was the topic of a statewide discussion. california senator alex padilla met with some of the state's top health care officers or providers to get a better picture of how children are fairing, especially with the more infectious omicron variant and as kron four's theresa stasi reports, covid is still a real threat to children's health all throughout the golden state. >> just since january, 8th of this year, the number of confirmed covid-19 cases among children in california moved by over half a million. >> top pediatric health care of

oakland joins contra costa county berkeley and san francisco, which have similar mandates. all right. let's talk some football right now. we're less than 48 hours away until kickoff of the nfc championship game on sunday. the forty-niners, of course, taking on the rams at so-fi stadium in la. >> kron 4 sports reporter kate rooney is there in los angeles for the game. she has the latest on the team as they get ready for this huge game. kate. >> hey, can. yeah, we're getting pretty close to one of the biggest games this season. the second biggest game of the season. i'd go so far as to say the nfc championship game. now the forty-niners are getting ready to pack their bags and meet me down here at sofi stadium in la. but they held a final practice at levi stadium this afternoon. heading on the road is pretty much the new normal for the forty-niners they have played 3 straight games on the road. this will be their 4th. and if they were to win it well, that would be the first team to win 4 road games in a row since the 19 60's. so they're definitely still helping on a plane at

the same throughout berkeley richmond or or august. so if you're traveling along highway 24. 80 one, 23 take your 13 were seen rain there as well. future cast. we will get a break at some point today in terms of rain early tomorrow morning. looks like we could see more showers, but situated in the north bay. so santa rosa overnight into the early morning hours as what we're going to be looking at. we're going to look at your full forecast. coming up, make sure today's the day you leave your house just a little earlier but for now we'll send it back to you. let's take a look at some of the bridges in the bay area. you're talking about leaving a little bit earlier. a look at the raindrops on our camera there. so yes, you will be hitting wet roads. the good part is even if you might hydroplaning little bit. you have plenty of room to compensate. >> look at all that space as you are heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems into san francisco. i crossed it out a little earlier, not windy. so that's a good news right there from

the berkeley hills. you can see clear skies. that's what we're seeing at the moment. our satellite and radar shows us a very similar picture across the map throughout the bay area. it's later on in the day around 1130, 1140. and we're supposed to see those first showers make their way to the north bay. so santa rosa, i'm looking at you around 1130, 1140, as the day goes on. that's when you start to see scattered showers across the east bay san francisco throughout the bay area. and in santa rosa, it's the same story for tomorrow. we're going to see overnight showers as well. into early morning hours tomorrow and then later on in the afternoon as we start to get a break in the rain were expected to see a whole nother system make its way into the bay area around friday. we're looking at future rain total. so this is what we're expected to see over the next few days. you're looking at half of an inch of rain in santa rosa. that's predominantly. we're seeing that rain. hey, we're a san francisco. you've got less than a 3rd of an inch and a less than a 10th of an inch in m

you can see outside your berkeley hills camera right here. >> looking down at the east bay, some pretty inviting looking conditions. a couple of sprinkles to the north of the bay area. but really all in all for us here locally, it's just some low clouds kept cloud cover and some conditions out there that are going prove to be too much of an issue. as you do venture out 40's and 50's for current temperatures your at 52 right now. oakland at 49 degrees. santa rosa, one of our cooler spots at 45? definitely nothing too terribly chilly and nothing too rainy either. so really easy morning. a little warmer than yesterday even was as we do kick this monday off, staying dry in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies highs well into the low 60's today. all of updates on any chance of rainfall we may have in this forecast. all still ahead, back over to irena. john, thank you for that, right. let's go look at your traffic this morning. we're looking at a 10 minute drive into the city to that fremont street exit. >> san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula. you're looking at a 13 minute

tonight, no exception as the sun has finally set this evening for those of you in the east bay over berkeley and temperatures out there right now, widespread low to mid 50's upper 50's for those of you in fremont and san jose. so still 40 with 60's even at the 6 o'clock hour. but overnight lows tonight going to remain in the low to mid 40's slightly cooler than last night. but very similar nonetheless. thanks to that blanket of cloud cover and high temperatures tomorrow. we're going to notice mid 60's for hayward fremont and san jose. that's going to continue there as well as santa rosa. everyo e else, though, remaining or cooling down in the low 60. so it is a long holiday weekend. martin luther king junior day on monday. hopefully you're able to have the day off work and head out and enjoy it with the dry weather. great barbecue or outdoor plans. if you plan a nice run or a hike. and also we are going to see, though, unfortunately, that dry spell continuing for the next 7 days. but hopefully will notice a pattern change. let the end of the month through early february with rain returning.

sunshine, clear skies above your east bay hills camera this morning, you've got a clear view down to berkeley and oakland in the distance. radar does show some low cloud cover hanging out across the region. the couple of sprinkles there across eastern portions of the coastal ranges like up into western valley, areas of yolo and colusa counties just to our north and east. most of the bay area, though, just sitting under some of those low clouds and conditions out there actually pretty favorable for your drive into work 40's and 50's for your current temperatures. billy, how you're at. 52 conquered at 44 degrees in dublin, sitting at 41 and some 40's across the north bay except nevada, where you're sitting at a nice 50 degrees currently temperatures compared to yesterday are actually pretty mild starting off this morning, up 10 rosa compared to where we were 24 hours ago. now, as far as temperatures go later on today, we are in for a very nice one. some upper 50's to low 60's make their return under mostly sunny and dry skies back to thank you for that, right. let's get a look at your traffic a

. >> we're viewing outside this morning at your berkeley hills camera right here. little bit. a little cloud cover scene there in the distance. but fog has not been much of an issue so far this morning. not mention stay true throughout the course of this morning. yesterday we saw a few sprinkles near the coastline. we're not going to tap into that today with mostly clear skies to our south. we do see a storm system that is spinning just south of la. now and also to our north, a few showers up in the pacific northwest. our trend of weather recently in the bay area has been just sit right in the middle of those with are dry weather that we've seen for well over a week now in today into the rest of the week. we're really only heightening that with clear skies. king lear compared to yesterday and keeping that around into tomorrow thursday, friday, so on and so forth until the start of next week's and not a lot of changes to talk about here today is going to be a big clear, just a little cooler than yesterday. highs near the coastline in the 50's. in fact, you'll see a few more 50'

your view outside of her berkeley hills camera showing you clear skies up above. we aren't seeing much in the way of fog until you head to our for list of inland valleys. that's where we will have a couple of visibility issues, especially out towards the central valley this morning. now, temperatures right now are in the 30's and 40's with livermore and dublin each at 38 degrees. our warmer spots, pacifica, san francisco and berkeley to name a few are in the 50's compared to those 30's across the north bay. so pretty wide range of temperatures to be taking up this morning for the north bay like novato in fairfield is a much colder start than where we were sitting yesterday. so certainly do not forget your jackets. as you venture out there. today's going to be most mild day of the forecast with plentiful sunshine and highs climbing well into the low to mid 60's. so one certainly to enjoy it. no, you liked yesterday. rain at today's another one. i think you're going joy. >> thank you, john. looking forward to all that sunshine. all right. get a look at your traffic

looking at moraga orinda berkeley, all lower 50's there. so a little cooler vacaville sonoma and napa. all upper 40's in terms of your highs for today. if you're out at stinson beach, make sure you bring a jacket with you. 49. okay. so light showers in the north bay situated. there and then mostly sunny for the rest of the day after we get to that thursday. we'll have a nice break in sunshine. rain returns to the forecast again on friday. we're also looking to our sierra so we could potentially get some more snow friday morning. so if you're traveling up, i recommend later on today or thursday would be your best bet. also inland lows are in the 40's here and then along the coast. you're looking at 50's to start the week here on hump day and then mid 40's throughout the rest of the week will. right now. let's take a quick look at traffic conditions on bay area bridges. no problems. if you're crossing the bay bridge, typically about 250,000 people across the span. prepandemic. >> not this morning. you probably won't even scratch outlook of ho

san leandro oakland mid-fifties and berkeley over. and am i wrong to lower 50's up in sonoma, vacaville and napa. all upper 40's. so a little cooler in that area. petaluma santa rosa low 50's. alright wednesday early morning rain up in the north bay and again, thursday we dry out friday that second week system returns to the bay area. again and can potentially bring with it some snow up in the sierras. so if you're traveling up there definitely want to leave today or tomorrow. the knot on friday saturday and sunday into the weekend, drier conditions still partly cloudy bill inland lows. you're looking at mid to upper 40's of the upper 30's there friday and saturday and then along the coast 50's at the start of the week into the mid 40's throughout the rest chains. all right. rain a thank you very much. quick check of the bridges. final check for you here. the bay bridge has been. >> beautiful here for the last couple of hours and that continues to be the case here. hardly any traffic making its way westbound on interstate 80 through t

a young woman who survived a balcony collapse in berkeley back in 2015 has died. a was one of a group of students visiting from ireland for the summer. she was severely injured in that accident while celebrating her 21st birthday. 6 others died as well. and according to the irish times, barry died of a stroke on saturday and at this point it's unclear if the brain injury that she suffered in that original about collapse contributed to her recent death. they're still looking into that berkeley mayor jesse are going are going tweeted. he was saddened to hear of her passing and acknowledged her role in advancing state law to make sure the tragedies like this never happen again. in the east bay. 2 people are recovering in the hospital after a san leandro police officer opened fire during a burglary call sunday night. the call came in from a cannabis dispensary on fairway drive. san leandro. police say that an officer caught a masked man running away from the dispensary and shot at the suspect as he was getting into a getaway car with 2 people inside a 3rd person was a

if you're headed out to berkeley next month, be sure to have that physical or digital vaccination card on hand. for now, back to you. health care workers across half of the country have until today to get the first dose of the covid vaccine. this is part of a mandate that was set up by the biden administration. >> it is first taking effect in states that did not challenge the rule from the biden administration. so this does apply here in california, health care workers. and 25 other states that sued have until late february. the mandate ultimately will cover. 10.4 million health care workers at 76,000 facilities. the cdc is now saying that the omicron variant is now the dominant variant among covid-19 cases across the country. it accounts for 99.9% of all covid-19 cases. this is coming right now as new cases being reported in the united states from last week. that's where the date is coming from. the delta variant is accounting for one 10th of one percent of cases. the cdc data also says case numbers are down from a peak and hospitalizations have started to decline. it is official. jus

similar ordinances have already been implemented in san francisco, berkeley and los angeles. in oakland, the city council is considering a new proposal now to and the competitive bidding for minority owned contractors. but 2 council members are signaling their strong opposition to that idea. kron four's haaziq has the story. >> hazardous roadways and potholes are major problem in the city of oakland. it's going to take a lot of work to safely restore the streets, sidewalks and the pavement and a lot of money that's up for grabs for contractors bidding for the job. oakland city councilmember loren taylor. we have 60 million dollars of paving contracts that are being awarded. >> and unfortunately, a proposal is that we reward them too 3 large. corporations instead of creating opportunities for small local businesses. >> the open department of transportation is behind the proposal asking for a waiver that would end the competitive bidding and participation for small businesses in oakland. however, a city ordinance requires that 50% of the work is awarded to local businesses. and

a reminder we all need to be prepared for anything in berkeley. believe >> this afternoon at sandburg oreo state beach in san mateo county. just after noon, deputies responded to the beach after a call that 2 men were seen drowning. deputies say that one of them inward knee deep in the water trying to pull the second man who was unconscious out of the water. one of the deputies got into the water to help pull the man to safety. medics took that second man to the hospital to get treated. >> a similar scene in san francisco beaches close there today. waves are pounding the rocks and spilling on to sidewalks and streets. people living in or near marinas were told to go to higher ground. but so far there have been little reports of any damage. >> meanwhile, in santa cruz, police there say that the beaches are back open tonight. they were close throughout the day like so many other areas because of that tsunami threat. but once again, the beaches in santa cruz once again back open. they reopened this evening at 6 o'clock. other news tonight from the no

still to come on kron, 4 news at 6.30, uc berkeley infectious disease specialist doctor john schwartz berg, a friend of the program will be joining us live. we have a lot of questions will be talking about a new study in particular. the claims vaccinations protect against covid hospitalization significantly more then do prior infections, protect you against severe disease. >> in the south bay, san jose police shot and killed a suspected carjacker. this happened last night in the area of heading street and park avenue. police say the man was driving a stolen car, attempted a carjacking in santa clara, the suspect who was armed with a gun was not able to car jacked that car. officers say that he drove the original stolen car back to san jose when he caused a major accident at the intersection and injured other drivers. when police arrived, they say that the suspect began shooting at officers. suspect was hit at least one time by police and was taken to a hospital where he later died. the police officers involved were not injured. francisco international airport to the scene of an office

a reminder we all need to be prepared for anything in berkeley. believe >> we first told you about the tsunami advisory through the crowd. 4 and kron on app and that's where you can get the latest information on the advisories as well as status on bay area beach closures and reopenings as well as the current weather forecast in your neighborhood, you can download those apps for free right now. we'll talk about our forecast right now as we take a live look outside here in downtown san francisco. the top of the sales force tower lit up in red and gold for the niners game tomorrow. let's get you ready for it. along with still tracking the areas still under that tsunami advisory tonight, kron 4 meteorologists. >> recent rodriguez here with all of it. >> yeah, that's right, jonathan. and just dean, we're seeing that red and gold making its presence known at city hall out there tonight. in addition touthat, some changes for your bay area forecast today we were noticeably mild, widespread low to mid and yes, even upper 60's with san jose trying to flirt

let's take a look at current conditions out there right now in the east bay over berkeley. we are seeing clear conditions out there right now, but we are going to notice increasing clouds with an approaching storm, going to be more of a wind maker than actual rain. so offshore winds going to be an issue in the coming days in the bay area. moderate air particles as well. tomorrow from coastal valleys. but we are going to see an improvement in air quality by tuesday. thanks to those offshore winds. believe it or not. so we do have some better air quality heading our way. don't worry radar for though, tracking a thin layer of high clouds, only going to get thicker throughout tonight. and even for your monday afternoon. that's going to be that weak storm passing through. but unfortunately, no rain in the forecast. definitely shifting into a drier pattern, at least for the time being in the bay area with temperatures out there right now, widespread 40's and 50's a little bit milder out there. thanks to that thin layer of high clouds nap 41 degrees downtown san francisco at 51 de

a bb gun and berkeley high school. the police got calls of a fight involving students. and so when they showed up there isn't one student who had a bb gun apparently had threatened to use it and officers detain both students. then they found this bb gun in one of the students, backpacks. and that student who doesn't attend berkeley high school was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a replica firearm and having a weapon on campus. cal osha is investigating how a tesla worker died on the job in the factory. the tesla factory in fremont. 47 year-old rodrigo via nueva of tracy was working when he collapsed wednesday morning was working on the power train line. cal osha says they were notified by tesla. what happened in so now cal osha is working to determine whether that death was work related or not. in the east bay. a sad and report to the search for a missing stanford nurse. the alameda county sheriff's office confirms they recovered the body of 27 year-old michael dell. the body was found in the marsh area near the d

. >> and people living in the berkeley marina were forced to evacuate earlier this morning because of that tsunami advisory folks were allowed to return back this afternoon. but asthma breezes said that tsunami advisory will be in effect for at least a while. >> kron forcefully to call brings us the latest following the tsunami advisory early saturday morning. 3 foot waves and strong currents were expected along the berkeley shoreline very interesting phenomenon. >> beautiful actually, this resident lives on higher ground. so he was not impacted. but about 115 people living in the marina were forced to evacuate. >> police cleared out the boats and docks the waves never became dangerous, that the swells were stronger all said and all water went out for just a few minutes. very fast. >> and then within the next 2 or 3 minutes, it all came back in again. not quite as fast, but that was that was at least at this particular search police officers. caution, people against getting too close to the water, but visitors were still allowed to use the trails and walkways. it's not something that

in berkeley. now, employees will be required to be up to date on their vaccinations. and businesses are now going to require their customers to show proof of vaccination. the orders go into effect on february, 7th. they apply to everyone. 5 years old and older. the new mandate includes bars. entertainment venues, gyms, and any large indoor event with 500 or more people. >> how to keep kids safe during this was a topic of a statewide discussion today, california senator alex padilla met with some of the state's top health care providers to get a better picture of how children are fairing, especially are more infectious omicron variant as kron four's terisa stasio reports. some experts say covid is still a real threat to children's health in california. >> just since january, 8th of this year, the number of confirmed covid-19 cases among children in california grew by over half a million. >> top pediatric health care officials in california laying it out when it comes to how the pandemic continues t

berkeley police say they arrested a 15 year-old boy for carrying a bb gun at berkeley high school. this happened yesterday. police say they responded to reports of a fight involving student said that one of the students was threatened with a bb gun. officers were able to detain both students and found the gun in one of their backpacks. that student who does not attend berkeley high school was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a replica firearm and having a weapon on campus. also in the east livermore man has been arrested in connection with a number of batteries involving female joggers. police say 35 year-old willie richardson allegedly grnped at least 4 women over the past 2 months. it happened near the running trail on east avenue and vasco road after an investigation. police were able to identify richardson as the sole suspect. he was arrested tuesday without incident booked into the santa rita jail on a number of charges. the investigation is ongoing. now to our coronavirus coverage. some promising news cases are beginning to decline. >> although experts say we do have a lo