napa county officials are reporting that there are no icu beds currently available in that county kron four's. dan thorn has more on the surge and what it might mean for other bay area hospitals. >> an increase in patients and a lack of staffing because of covid-19 infections has brought icu bed capacity in napa county to 0. we've known this is coming. the number of beds are getting taken up by patients with covid because the number cases of covid are just skyrocketing infectious disease specialist doctor john swartzberg acknowledges napa county's hospital system is smaller than most in the bay area. but the lack of beds and the omicron variant's threat to health care workers could be a red flag for the rest of the region. even if you've got plenty of icu beds open. even if you've got plenty of ventilators, if you don't have health care workers to take care of the patients in those beds. you know, care for most infections from the omicron variant have been reported as being less severe. but doctor swartzberg says that does not mean patients will stop coming into hospitals. studies have

the temperatures in the low 50's throughout napa vlade. he'll conquered oakland san francisco a little more. any act in the upper 40's james, back to you. all right, brian, thank you very much. let's get to those traffic cameras. as i said earlier, a lot of folks returning to work today and boy, you sure can see proof of that. >> pretty congested here at the toll. plazas folks make their way westbound on 80 over bay bridge into san francisco. once you get past the toll plaza, though. you're actually moving fairly well across the span itself. let's jump over to san mateo bridge where again, the right on 92 looks. okay after the toll plaza. it's a little backup getting to it. but once you're on the span itself, you're making good time heading out towards the peninsula. we're looking at a wet commute as well for the richmond, sandra fell bridge. so westbound 5 of commuters. you're only stop in for just a brief moment here at the toll plaza and then you're on to the span and zip in your way over to marine county. everything looking fine on one

. >>> the pandemic is impacting every business in the bay area in some way, napa county had thrived as a local get away until now. we show you how the omicron variant is hitting hospitality industry once again. >> this is not just about people feeling comfortable about dining out or traveling. >> reporter: businesses are short staffed and some restaurants are not even getting their deliveries to be able to serve their customers. >> burn out. >> covid-19 burn out. >> reporter: erin owns red rock cafe in napa. it opened in 1976 and it is a well known local spot for burgers and bbq. this week without notice one of her suppliers missed a shipment. >> another meat producer just did not have a delivery. we are just left, if it was not for the other smaller guy i would have been in big trouble. >> reporter: it is a predictment many experienced in the last couple of weeks. >> the supply chain stuff and inflation it is definitely a headache and tough for everybody. >> reporter: downtown napa, this restaurant serves up salads and sandwiches. >> i just ordered salad bowls that used to be between

the temperatures in the low 50's throughout napa vlade. he'll conquered oakland san francisco a little more. any act in the upper 40's james, back to you. all right, brian, thank you very much. let's get to those traffic cameras. as i said earlier, a lot of folks returning to work today and boy, you sure can see proof of that. >> pretty congested here at the toll. plazas folks make their way westbound on 80 over bay bridge into san francisco. once you get past the toll plaza, though. you're actually moving fairly well across the span itself. let's jump over to san mateo bridge where again, the right on 92 looks. okay after the toll plaza. it's a little backup getting to it. but once you're on the span itself, you're making good time heading out towards the peninsula. we're looking at a wet commute as well for the richmond, sandra fell bridge. so westbound 5 of commuters. you're only stop in for just a brief moment here at the toll plaza and then

not quite as cold as yesterday, though, napa. in fact, your 9 degrees warmer than you were 24 hours ago. so even though it is a chilly one, it's not quite has steen cold as what we had for your tuesday morning later on today will be back to those low to mid 60's for your highs. likely not quite as warm as yesterday, but honestly, a very similar field will be breaking down. what else to expect in this forecast? still to come back over to rain john, thank you for that. all right. let's get a look at your traffic this morning. pretty light here at 04:00am traveling from the east bay into the city will take about 10 minutes to make it to that fremont street exit. let's go ahead and get a look at the san mateo bridge as you're heading across towards the peninsula. about a 13 minute drive at this hour. heading out of richmond across towards san rafale. pretty quiet about 9 minutes and the golden gate bridge. >> a 20 minute drive as you're traveling. 37 to the tolls. people in san jose are now required to prove they've been boosted for

the fog is in the north day valley's, specifically in napa. specifically in napa valley, watching the readings from the sensors at the local airports over the last error, hour or so. it has been up and down. heed the advice of a fog advisory. napa, you have been consistently down to .3 of a mile. a pretty view from the top of mount diablo. sunrise having come up at seven, 25. down in the valley you can see the clouds. concord, 38 degrees. we are waking up to a cold start in the diablo valley. you get down into the tri- valley and it is mostly better. santa rosa, 31. 51 in san jose. we got our microclimates and played this morning depending on where the cold air is pulled up. mid-to upper 50s. south bay, your numbers are identical. back into the bay proper, it is all the same today and the numbers don't change. 52 today for clear lake. our next chance for rain is a small one that comes on monday. it will not be a major event. you can watch the storm out across the pacific. it showing up on some of our higher resolution forecast models. light sh

nevada and napa down to zero miles. if you are traveling south on 101 going toward san jose, you will encounter this. the north bay dealing with fog as well. zero to one miles visibility on in spots. there is san rafael. san rafael is out there somewhere. there is just a lot of fog from this vantage point and fog will linger through 10:00 a.m.. that is four and a half hours we are dealing with this. dense fog early on. hazy sunshine in the afternoon and temperatures warmer in the mid-50's to mid 60's this afternoon. reggie: the biden administration is regrouping after the supreme court blocked president biden's vaccine mandate for large employers. that ruling comes as the president announces new resources in the fight against the virus. here is faith abubey. faith: a newly published study found unvaccinated pregnant women with covid and their newborn babies have a higher risk of complications like hospitalizations and death from the virus compared to those who are vaccinated. more than 20% of americans eligible for the

the most expensive gas is a napa county $4.88 a gallon. the cheapest in solano county at $4 and $0.65. president biden met with farmers and ranchers today talking about the efforts to reduce food prices in the meat industry. biden plans to spend a billion dollars from his rescue plan to expand independent meat processing the white house as the top for meat processing companies control. 85 1% of the market. that's the the beef market and 70% of the pork market. >> the big companies are making massive profits. all their profits go up the prices you see the grocery stores go up, commensurate. the prices farmers receive for the products. they are bringing to market go down. >> biden says the increasing and increasing the number of meat processing plants will help boost competition. the money will also be used to support workers through things like training inspections and still ahead tonight, 5 g service is rolling out this week for millions of americans cellphones. but now the aviation industry is raising new concerns. what travelers need to

low to mid 50's from napa to santa rosa. and the shark tank right now in san jose, looking at high clouds and areas of fog overnight tonight. we do have the dry weather pattern persisting through the holiday weekend. i want to show you the computer animation. the fog is going to form right around the delta, spilled on through the central valley. visibility down to a mile in concord, down to zero in fairfield, so that is where the thickest fog will be. it is still pretty dense in those regions at 9:00 a.m. fog once again tomorrow morning coming in around the delta. 39 in fairfield, 40 in antioch. mid to upper 40's from san francisco to oakland, 38 in santa rosa. i think the high clouds will keep us from getting too cold overnight tonight. temperatures mildildildild tomorrow, 66 on the peninsula. you're looking at sunshine, mid 60's. downtown san francisco, 62 degrees. north bay temperatures, you will be anywhere from the low to mid 60's. 63 in santa rosa, napa, 61 in san rafael. if you want to get out, go wash your car, good

a quarter mile in napa. from san carlos to hayward san jose, low cloud cover causing visibility's down toe. by 11:00 a.m., we are still seeing cloud cover. peaks of sunshine later but the afternoon will finish with bright skies. low to mid 60's later on today. tonight, we do expect fog to re-develop. i do not think it will be as thick, but we will have dense fog areas tomorrow morning. afternoon sunshine. we will keep that pattern through the weekend. chance of rain late sunday into early monday. lake show is expected to finish out the weekend. kumasi: the cute furry critter is going to have to wait a few more weeks to get a name. more about this baby occupying or pork you -- porccu analysis to determine the sex. this is the second offspring for beatrix and crober. months before it starts to look like it's mom and dad. reggie: you can see where it is going? kumasi: yeah. reggie: nose. it is cute. do i want a porcupine? kumasi: you do not. reggie: ok. lights, cameras, commercials -- a sneak peek at this year'

thick fog from napa to santa rosa. here is the dense fog basically the valleys of the north bay were that cloud cover gets stock until the sun comes up and brings it off later on this morning and we will see a fair amount of sunshine. just be aware we will have some issues early on this morning in the north bay. here is the san rafael camera. low cloud cover and as we go through the morning commute, this is the area with the biggest issue with the fog. right now temperatures are mainly in the 30's and 40's. 43 in santa rosa. let's go hour-by-hour and show you that cloud cover later this morning. it is still impacting us around the shoreline but into the afternoon, the fog will live and we will see a lot of sunshine and temperatures warmer today compared yesterday. the big headline today, that dense fog in spots early on this morning. 60 in oakland, 59 in the city. 64 in santa rosa. 62 in concord. that is the weather. let's see how we are doing on the roads. jobina: yes, i'm going to be talking about fog. drew just show

and napa, 30s. areas south of downtown, san jose, also expected to see low 30s for tomorrow morning. so the cold pattern is locked in on this holiday weekend. we're going to see a big change in our temperatures. lows in the 50s, highs in the 60s. eventually more rain coming back next week. the timing on that coming up in our full forecast in about ten minutes. >> see you soon. thank you. >>> this chilly weather has many people in the bay area scrambling for ways to stay warm, and this some cases to survive. nbc bay area has more from south santa clara county. as you heard, one of the coldest areas in the bay area now where you are. >> reporter: that's right. it is already pretty cold here in san martin, and it's going to get into the low 30s. for some, that will be a major inconvenience, but for others, literally a matter of life and death. alberto lives in san martin and knows what's coming tonight -- close to freezing temperatures. he spent the morning at his local hardware store looking at space

santa rosa, 37, nevada and napa with 38 fairfield concords at 39. the visibility certainly been moving around a bit in her inland east bay, but it's down to a quarter of a mile in napa, 3 to 4 miles up in santa rosa and nevado and elsewhere looking pretty good, so 24 hour temperature change. brought in the much much colder air couple degrees cooler in hayward. but how about that? 17 degrees colder up in the north bay? another view of the city here from our roof camera where you can see the blue sky. we've got plenty of that on the way today north and east bay fog, but then we'll look at the son of your day today if you high clouds into your sunday and there could be a few areas of mist and drizzle into monday, but this is today. so we are bright high pressure it has built in by tomorrow. we've got a few high clouds with us and then a weak system. it's going to fall apart as the pushes through on monday, so you can see just a few returns here early monday, most of its offshore and it's going to fizzle out. we will see more sun by the afternoon early

three force of while in napa. -- half a mile in santa rosa. three fourths of a mile in napa. fog lingering through 8:00 a.m. this morning. southern california got a little bit of rain yesterday. the storm is pushing out to the east. it brought us high clouds yesterday. today, the same. a stubborn area of high pressure in control and remained in control and this is why we cannot get any storms in northern california but we will get mild temperatures today. where in the 30's and 40's. 34 -- we are in the 30's and 40's. 34 in hayward. it is cooler compared to yesterday. 62 in san jose. 61 in santa rosa. across the state, it is cooler. it turns dry in southern california. 64 in l.a.. 64 in fresno. we will see upper 30's to mid 40's with some coastal fog developing in the overnight hours. the storm track is not moving so the next 10 days, northern california does remain dry. if we are looking for rain, we are looking the first or second of february. here is a seven day forecast. a quiet pattern the next seven days and temperatures bouncing jobina: here are the seven things to know

the late hone napa. pretty cool. 49 yacht. the lynn 61. so the warmest of the temperatures. stinson beach at 49 petaluma at 50 our 7 day forecast today. we're starting with tuesday. so, look, we're in those light showers this morning. those are going to stick around for most of the morning here and then come wednesday scattered showers there in the earlier part of the morning friday's that second system we see a lot more sunshine over the weekend. still cloudy conditions. but much drier and then our inland lows. look at that were in the 40's 30's on saturday and then along the coasts. your you hovering around the low 50's to upper 40's will. back to you, ok, serino want to quickly update on what's going on with bart. there was a problem at the 5 o'clock hour. bird bart is recovering from that problem on the richmond lying in the berryessa millbrae. >> richmond direction because of a fire near the tracks. the problem, the fire is out, but there are still some problems that they have to work out. so do expect delays and the bus bridges. they are gone at this time. speaking of

the bay where it's resulting in the most visibility issues right now is for the tri valley up into napa and sonoma counties where we're seeing some really low visibility because that fog settling right into the bay area. it's going to stay with us over the next few hours. well, to your morning commute on into late morning. so do expect a grey start. what will eventually be some increasingly clear skies for the remainder of the day after that. now, current temperatures are mostly in the 40's with alameda oakland, san mateo and san francisco, just below the 50 degree, mark are more mild spots. fairfield right now sitting at 37 degrees now. roadways. pretty easy unless you are considering the fog, which is really the bay bridge is still sitting below 10 minutes to make your commute there. a few more cars. the commute is going to pick up a little bit likely to see a bit of a backup at the toll plaza. san mateo bridge just above 10 minutes to make your drive across their richmond center fell bridge. there is some fog in the vicinity. they're still below 10 minutes to make your crossing of th

up through san francisco. 61 in downtown to marin napa and sonoma. 63 in napa. 62 novato. coastline, low 60s. bodega bay to point reyes. the 7-day forecast no rainfall. we stay dry next seven days in san francisco. 50s to low 60s for highs. 40s for the mornings and inland valleys also looking at very similar daytime highs and also those morning lows. not many adjustments as we move through the next couple days. i think sunday is the best day to hopefully get some more sun moving in. i managed to see the blue sky this morning. did you guys see any? it was amazing. >> i missed it. i was in the building the entire day. >> jeff, i've been jealous about the sunset pictures on my time line. this is my -- this is going to be my sunset picture. >> you got to post that on social media. >> that's who my view of the sunset tonight. >> enjoying it. thanks, jeff. >> you got it. >>> up next, it could be the latest feature coming to delivery planes late. no smoke why fedex is asking for permission to add the text to the shipping planes. >>> some shocking images tonight of a car that got

even up through santa rosa and napa. it's pretty clear, but we are seeing areas of patchy, dense fog up through parts of novato and santa rosa, and also up through napa as well. so be mindful of that. san francisco's temperature forecast will bump up into the 50s. we've got sunshine in store. full game day forecast coming up. >> love it. we'll see you in about 15. thanks so much. >>> it will be a sea of red and gold today here in the bay area and down in los angeles, as we are eight and a half hours away from the nfc championship game. the san francisco 49ers, of course, taking on the los angeles rams. the winner punches their ticket to the super bowl. the 49ers faithful are known for following their team all over the country, creating what they call a redout. and as we told you yesterday morning, some lucky 9ers fans flying to l.a. for the game got a special sendoff yesterday at sfo. the 49ers drum line was there for a pep rally, along with team mascot sourdough sam. "today in the bay's" anthony flores is there for more

petaluma, napa, zero miles of visibility. if you are crossing the bay bridge, you will encounter this. zero miles in the southbay as well. that fog lifts after 10:00 a.m. the afternoon features hazy sunshine and moderate air quality. 61 oakland, 63 san jose, 65 santa rosa. the weekend, we continue that drive pattern. monday, mostly sunny, 60's. let's see how traffic is doing. good morning. >> good morning. this crash is where drew mentioned zero mile visibility. so in the napa, be careful. it is an overturned big rig on 121 near hare lane. use your low beams. there is slowing. this is emeryville. it has been socked in. i wanted to use it now because we can see some traffic, moving toward the bay bridge toll plaza. you will find thick fog into san francisco across the bridge. another live shot, the freeway, highway 87 almost disappearing in the distance, so you can get 90 idea of the difficulty you will experience, so be careful and give yourself some time. jobina, reggie? >> a san francisco home turning heads for all the wron

napa visibility down to three tenths of a mile. here is a good clue. we don't have fog on the road but you can see how low the clouds are. that low stratus deck. when we look from the top of mount diablo we are looking over concord where there is not a major issue with fog on the road at this point either. you can see plenty of low clouds out here. let's go to the map. the temperatures are fine. they are warm. it's near 50 degrees in san jose right now. low to mid-40s's in the north bay. that's how you know we have a thick blanket of cloud. the temperatures haven't dropped all that much. when we put the visibility readings on here we can pick out the trouble spots. we already know the north bay valleys got an issue. this goes out to fairfield. on 80 as well through the delta and into the valley through solano be aware of this. look at livermore. tri valley. have you reduced visibility and i know gianna has been watch that. we will hear more from her in the traffic report. this all goes away by late morning. it'll be blue sky, you will have a beautiful

novato, santa rosa, in through napa, about a half a mile visibility. th

we're also looking based on the napa report at a number of al -- alternatives. the merger requires careful consideration of operational responsibilities. you may want to take a look at that. we try to clarify what we are doing consistent with the law. >> the authority of the office of space commerce resides with the secretary of commerce, not with noaa. i hope we can sew some expedition happening there. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. >> a much better understanding is needed of the composition and chemistry, the gerks o xo constellation is expected to launch in the early 2030s. will this satellite as planned help build a baseline understanding of the aerosoles? >> yes. >> how would it contribute to climate science? >> a lot of people think it's about temperature but a lot of initial conditions that set off what's going to happen are driven by atmospheric chemistry. they either reflect sunlight resulting in local cooling or they may absorb sunlight. >> how can noaa improve its molding of the composition in the short term with the tools and equipme

up through napa to about two miles in santa rosa, three miles. oh, no, my map is not mopping-- popping up. westbound 84, 31 minutes. i will check and see what the traffic delay is on westbound 84 according to chp reports, because that's not normal at this hour. >> maybe it's the fog. thank you. >>> one of the bay area's longest tenured sheriffs go to court. laurie smith is accused of willful misconduct. they were trading weapon permits for contributions. that case is likely going to trial if she denies the allegations. >> i suspect it will go to trial because there's little room for plea bargains, and sheriff smith could be removed from office. >> this is a case that is that not being heard in this countryn santa clara county, but by a san mateo county judge. we'll explain why in a live report in our next half hour. >>> now to the omicron surge in bay area hospitals which are seeing a record number of infections. doctors and nurses are feeling the impact of more patients, and less staffing because frontline workers are also getting sick. >> and a

napa county thrived as a local getaway until now. andrea nacabo shows us how the -- nacano shows us how it's hitting the industry again. >> reporter: this is in the just people feeling comfortable about dining out and traveling. businesses are short staffed and restaurants are not getting their deliveries to be able to serve customers. >> burnout. covid burnout. >> reporter: she opens red rock cafe in napa. yet opened in 1976 and is a well-known loll spot for burgers and barbecue. this week without notice, one of her suppliers messed a shipment. >> ort meat producer just didn't have a -- another meat producer didn't have a delivery and left us in the lurch. if it was not for the other small fire, i would have been trouble. >> reporter: many have experienced this in the last few weeks in the restaurant industry. >> it's definitely a headache and tough for everyone. >> reporter: in downtown napa, they serve of sandwiches and salads. the cost to do business has more than tripled in most cases. >> i order combustible salad bowls that use

even downtown san francisco and napa warming up into the mid-fifties. but taking a look ahead at your next 7 day outlook going to remain seasonal little change within the next 7 day forecast and our rain outlook, unfortunately looking grim. back to you, jonathan and justine risa. thank you. sports is up next. and after more than 2 seasons away. >> dubbed fans get ready. klay thompson set to return to the court tomorrow against the cavs. mills has the details on the way. everyone remembers the moment they heard... “you have cancer.” how their world stopped and when they found a way to face it. for some, this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda - a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat certain cancers. one of those cancers is advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer where keytruda is approved to be used with certain chemotherapies as your first treatment if you do not have an abnormal “egfr” or “alk” gene. keytruda helps your immune system fight cancer but can also cause your immune system to attack healthy parts of your

napa, 6. and san francisco, which right now has only 3 problematic bridges. the list includes some big bridges, however, like two bridges on i-80 in solano county that carry an average of 202,000 cars a day on each one of those bridges. two more bridges on i-580 in alameda county that carry an average of 200,000 cars a day. two bridges on i-680 in contra costa county. and a bridge on highway u.s. 101 in san mateo county. while the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that was mentioned in alice's piece, that was just passed by congress and signed into law by president biden late-last year will help, the experts tell me we will need to spend three times more than that just to fix all these problems with our infrastructure. we will stay on this story. >> wow. that is a lot of money. >> that is a lot of money. >> uh-huh. all right. steven, thanks so much. >> today, the large covid-19 testing company at the center of an nbc bay area investigation announced that it will wind down its operations. center for covid control operated more than 300 test sites around the co

you see the winds from sonoma to napa, 36 miles an hour. it has been lightening up a little bit but it will take several hours for the wood advisors to expire and the winds to come down. along the coast, half moon bay, 31 miles an hour. we have 60 downtown, 61 in oakland. half moon bay at 61 degrees. good visibility here. you can see the wind has cleared out the atmosphere, 65 in santa rosa, 60 by the delta where it is windy. pretty for in livermore. the -- as we look at the wind gusts is staying pretty windy through calistoga and napa, over towards oakland. the south bay is much less to windy. -- less windy. the winds will dial back in the north bay. the wind gusts in mount diablo, 71 miles an hour. pine flat road, 93 mile an hour wind gusts. oakland hills, high wind gusts. half moon bay was at 55 degrees. moderate air quality tomorrow. you can see the shaking camera, gusty winds through the afternoon. winds east, the dry pattern texas almost through the entire week. let almost through the entire week. we have a little bit of rain friday,

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now we do have a dense fog advisory for portions of marine sonoma and napa counties in effect until 10:00am this morning. it's going to take a while for this to burn off. so do expect these low visibility conditions to be hanging out with us. >> really until late morning, something that we're going to see through the bulk of this morning commute. now 40's, our current temperatures, palo alto, alameda, oakland, san mateo. among those spots in the upper 40's at 48 degrees. one lone 30 out there. that's for you. in fairfield, the cold spot this morning at 37 degrees. bridges easy. go. if it wasn't for the fog and really be a perfect morning. as you can see, the bay bridge is still sitting, just area back up there at the toll plaza just a little bit now forming in the center lanes around a 13 minute drive under that foggy span, the san mateo bridge also starting to see a little bit more of that fog evident there and a lot of tail lights, a few more of us on the roads this morning. looking at that backup forming there at the richmond center fell bridge. once you get through a couple minutes

. >> reporter: a busy night in downtown napa with many restaurants fully booked for restaurant week. >> it has been extremely difficult to hang on and stay alive. >> they announce their closure on facebook. they gave it their best for as long as they could. it was the pandemic that finally forced them to close their doors. >> we were open and then we close we had to close again for indoor . it has been so complicated to understand the path forward. >> starting tonight, for the next 10 days an event to try to get diners back into restaurants again. >> restaurant week is when all of downtown napa springs back to life. >> reporter: these restaurants are taking part in the event. restaurant owner say that through costs and staffing shortages remain a huge issue. restaurant week gives businesses a big boost. we can reservations are hard to find as restaurants offer special menus at a time when some diners may be hesitant to dine out. they have had to find ways to entice customers. >> it became an opportunity to take our passion for food and wine and find a different way to express it. >>

but napa home a bottle knaw valley. 52 respectively. mid 50's for san francisco in the east bay freemont oakland, concord, low 50's and up in santa rosa. 51 52. that's where we saw that storm and that rain on wednesday. let's get a look at your seven-day forecast for you, ok? so we get a break. dry conditions today. that doesn't last long friday rain arrives yet again. we talked about the potential for snow and the sierra and the weekend you're seen partially cloudy conditions with sunshine. nonetheless, we make it into the weekend. and then next week, rain again, looking at our inland lows, 40's, upper 30's, a little chilly there along the coast. just have a jacket with. you are looking at mid 40's. james. okay, rana, thank you very much. we are checking some nice conditions here at the bay bridge. >> which been like this all morning long. so good for you. if the bay bridge was part of your morning commute odds are you made it to to your destination in san francisco without too much of a slowdown at all. as you can see, there's a lot o

the napa valley register reports napa county council approved retail cannabis sales there. anyone over 21 can purchase products without a medical use card. the measure still has to get a second reading before it can get the green light. >>> a big step for the oakland a's and the plans for a new baseball stadium near jack london square. last night oakland planners unanimously approved the environmental impact report for the proposed stadium at howard terminal. the city council will vote in the next month. the mayor released a statement saying the recommendation is a huge win for our entire region and puts oakland one step closer to building a landmark waterfront ballpark district with the highest environmental standards. >>> this is a live look in san francisco. it really could be anywhere. the fog is so thick this morning. let's check in with meteorologist cara hall to see and/or when it will burn off. >> we are going to have dense fog out there for the next several hours, but i'm also looking ahead to what's going on as you hit the roads this weekend. for weekend weather,

that's where you'll find a few 30's santa rosa petaluma and napa. each sitting at 37 degrees right now. now, as we work our way through this last day of the month, in first day of the week, we are going to be in the midst of some low 60's for most of our daytime highs. where will the rest of the week? take us, though, will all be answering that. still to come in your forecast. first of all, let's get a look at these early morning roads for your monday morning with john. good morning. that's right. traffic. >> moving along outside on this monday morning. it's still pretty early out there. we're looking at live conditions. hopefully that sticks around as you're heading from the east bay into the city right now to take you about 7 minutes to make that drive the meteor lights are still off the air at the bay bridge. san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula. you can make that drive and a little under 13 minutes this morning headed out of richmond across towards sandra fell about 7 minutes as you're traveling and a look at the golden gate bri

napa 42. and in through concord, 43 degrees. so fog and visibility is also down to about a quarter of a mile up through santa rosa, novato, napa, and it's moving into san jose, creeping into hayward and in concord and livermore as well. it's getting pretty dense down through oakland, down to 5 miles visibility. when is this going to clear out? it's going to be slow to clear but we're going to get some slight warming today and a little bit of afternoon sunshine as well. oakland, a high of 57. san jose a high of 63. 56 in san francisco. napa 61. santa rosa 62. now, your air quality forecast is also going to remain moderate. we're keeping a close eye on this because thanks to that high pressure there's not much of this air mixing out, so it's keeping our conditions moderate but at times maybe unhealthy for sensitive groups because we just got this dry air mass sitting over the bay area. as far as your long range outlook goes, we have this dry pattern through the end of january, so no real rain in sight. we'll see the wind pick up h

we're looking at low 40's and into what your north bay, 33 degrees for the overnight low in napa. but the days are going to be beautiful. have those temperatures coming up in just a bit. pam, back to you. all right, rebecca, thank you. >> many mornings, of course, start with a cup of coffee. in fact, it is the drink of choice for 150 million americans every day. but besides waking you up, coffee might also hold the key to creating a more sustainable future. in fact, this was the basis for a masters project pittsburg state university in kansas, a project which now has opened a number of possibilities to help potentially reduce the 2 billion tons of waste. the world sees every year. reporter reels reports. >> the land deeper ocean. they can cause us again by the politicians to that's a researcher who tried to find way to treat the something as simple as a cup of coffee could be the answer. at least according to the scientists at the cannes palmer research center. most people like coffee. so fees that kind of the so we with idea of how do we use the the ground? >> to convert >> once

santa rosa down to a quarter mile, napa down to half a mile. the north bay valley is highest hit, livermore dealing with fog at a quarter of a mile visibility. if you are not dealing with fog, overcast skies first thing this morning. 10:00 a.m., still checking the fog but it does break down. i've afternoon it is out of here and it is bright and warmer compared to this time yesterday. high pressure in control, the storm track is well north of us and remains there through the weekend. so a quiet pattern setting up again today. the big headline on your wednesday, 60 in oakland, 59 in the city. after the fog lifts, we hit 64. 63 in san jose. overnight tonight, we expect fog to redevelop in the north bay. two butchers in the low end mid-40's as we head into thursday. rainfall potential, the storm track is well north. -- temperatures. california will remain dry over the next seven days. it is all about the fog this morning. a brighter afternoon on the way. feeling your 70 in the warmest cities, a little bit breezy in the hills. the drive pattern cont

in the north bay, napa at 32 and 43 in san carlos. it is five to 11 degrees colder in the north bay with cloud cover helping san jose be milder. cloudy with a chilly morning through 9:00. then, it is sunny but on the cool side to start out but by the afternoon, we will be above average. low to mid 60's bayside and inland. 5:30, sunsets with fog and a cooler sunday. we will talk about those highs for tomorrow near average and then what the last few days of january look like in the first week of february coming up. liz: thank you. the 49ers are in los angeles i ahead of tomorrow's huge nfc championship game, the third time the niners take on the rams this season. night as the 49ers took off for l.a. reporter: the sweet sound of the 49er faithful. fans waited hours to catch a second other the team as they started their trek to l.a.. outside levi's stadium, hundreds lined the sidewalk showing support. fans weighed flights, held sides, and screamed. >> i wanted the niners to see we are faithful, here, supporting them, setting them with goo

that's having a big impact on the temperatures right now, you can see napa still in the forties san francisco 54 in san jose right now checking in 54 degrees this afternoon when the speech now on the higher elevations. you can see that mount diablo site winds are gusting at 37 miles an hour. we will have some breezy conditions in the berry hill's today with the winds accelerating now the northeast, probably by friday, a couple days from now we could actually have some stronger winds, and there's a chance even closer to sea level. we can have winds from around 22 with 30 miles an hour so friday could be a breezy to windy day around portions of the bay area. our live camera, looking out toward oakland with the fog has been clearing out with some hazy sunshine this afternoon. high pressure still in charge of our weather pattern, keeping that storm track focused up to our north whenever you to highlight this, though that stability it's kind of like a lid on the atmosphere kind of traps the moisture. that's why we had the dense fog this morning and we could have a few patches return. som

napa petaluma santa rosa and fairfield also down in the 30's. the meantime, a few mild spots notable a san francisco and pacific at each in the low 50's later on today. look for to daytime highs will climb into the low 60's. as i mentioned, a war on what else to expect in this friday forecast. still to come back over to rain. all right, john, thanks for that. let's get a look at your traffic today traveling from the east bay into the city right now. >> to that fremont street exit about a 10 minute drive for you. there. the san mateo bridge in across towards the peninsula about 13 minutes. let's go ahead and get a look at the richmond center fell bridge about a nine-minute drive heading across and the golden gate bridge. 20 minutes as you're traveling. 37 to the tolls. happening today. at least 3 schools in sonoma county are going to be close due to rising number of covid cases. there both grab and stun elementary and hillcrest schools in the gravest in union school district as well as reach charter school in sebastopol. they're all going to be c

tam has had over an inch of rain, but napa, just .015. top totals in red. and the santa cruz mountains may see another half inch or more. but inland locations looking at .10 of an inch or less. highs tomorrow all the way up to 60 in san jose. upper 50s closer to oakland. it's the north bay that will see the ongoing best chances of rain, probably going to be the case all the way through wednesday. then comes the next chance for bay area wide rain. 2:00 on friday, from friday afternoon to saturday, snow for the sierra, one to two feet of snow. then skies clear, just in time for the weekend. friday has the best potential for rain around the bay area. if you liked last weekend and the skies clear, got another one. rain shutting down just in time for saturday. >> i liked last weekend. it was nice. >> we're not complaining. >> happy monday. happy monday, the first monday. >> i'm going to be happy on the monday, then i won't be complaining. thanks, rob. >> happy new year. >>> up next here at 5:30, your barista could be facing a vaccine deadline this month. the new

three miles in napa. less than two miles in concord and also keep in mind that once the fog clears out we'll see sunshine but because of the high pressure expect moderate air quality. the bay, the east bay and the south bay. we're going to see sunshine but the air quality will be moderate. that's depending on where you live. back to you. >> thank you, vianey. a new social distancing limit is in effect in the north bay to combat the covid surge. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live. these new rules are giving us a sense of deja vu. >> reporter: good morning, yeah, from really the beginning of the pandemic when there were occupancy levels from gyms to restaurants. they're putting an occupancy limit on how many folks can goer indoors as well as outdoors. a little bit of information to keep in mind. the occupancy level went into effect at midnight. no more than 100 outdoors unless distancing is observed. the county is advising folks to stay home as much as possible. >> our case rates have never been hi

temperatures in the 30's and 40's. 36 in santa rosa, 39 in napa. closer to the coast, in the 50's. good morning, san jose. you are at a 43 degrees. future weather showing by 2:00 or 3:00 it is nothing but sunshine and another mild winter day is ahead. highs today, all back in the 60's. 62 in the city. up to 66 in san jose. the, a chilly start right now. back into the low to mid 60's. 68 in santa cruz. tonight we dip down into the low and mid 50's under a blend of stars and clouds. our storm track stays away from california, sitting over portland and seattle. the next seven days, we are dry. warm today for january. we take a bit of a dip thursday and friday in our temperatures. holiday weekend looking great. a lot of sunshine in the afternoon, temperatures above average in the 60's saturday and sunday. reggie: i have been warned that ginger is wearing something amazing. oh, she really is. ginger, our control ream -- our control room is buzzing. >> says i look like i am in a mattress. i think it is the hottest mattress i have ever seen and it is useful because you can't take a nap. t

all of the mid to lower 50's and beyond the late whole napa nevado san francisco, san carlos and palo alto. we're tracking that rain will have a full 7 day forecast coming up. but for now, james. send it back to you. all right, thank you. 9 o'clock the time. let's see how the roads are doing this morning. >> and you can see much better than it was in the 6 7 o'clock hour here at 09:00am. there's hardly any traffic slowing it down as you make your way westbound on interstate 80 across the bay bridge into san francisco. pretty easy ride for you there. we're also looking at the san mateo bridge to the other major artery getting across from the east bay towards the peninsula and we can see it's pretty smooth travels here as well. no major problems east or westbound on the stretch of 90 to cross the san mateo bridge to the north. we have the richmond. sandra fell bridge camera where it's been a wet look all morning long and that certainly hasn't changed. the traffic, though, still on the light side. so no problems getting through the toll plaza here. no issues on the span making your way a

56 in downtown and 54 for the outer sunset, let's move it off to the north bay, 64 in ukiah, back to napa, 61. beautiful weather in tomorrow's forecast, but of course it's all coming at the expense of no rain. i want to show you what's dominating our forecast, and it's this area of high pressure. it's just going to get stronger and stronger as we head through the next three or four days, keeping all of our rain chances way off to the north. seattle and portland's going to get in on some rainfall, but none for us. it's going to create very still and stagnant conditions. the air quality's going to be moderate for most of us. but down in the south bay i am anticipating unhealthy air for those with asthma or respiratory problems. you may want to limit your outdoor exposure tomorrow. as we roll into next week, 50s and 60s in san francisco and for the inland valley, we are watching out for mountain wind friday night in saturday morning. wind gusts of 20-40 in the mountains. but all in all the sunshine's going to make it really nice. >> i think we can deal with it. thank you, jeff. >>> coming up

visibility is down to quarter of a mile in novato as well as napa. you want to allow extra time to get to work, but you also want to make sure you are preparing your home for the high winds. we will have a high wind advisory for all the areas shaded in orange, but we are concerned about the areas shaded in red, and that's when we will have a high wind warning going into effect starting at 7:00 this morning, and then continuing into early tomorrow morning. so we will talk more about those high winds. mike, you have been watching less fog on some of the cameras. >> yeah, less fog and less traffic. omicron is like our station, we're having folks distance a bit more right now, and smooth flow for the green sensors. we are zooming up towards contra costa where we see an early commute out of highway 4. the fog is registering in the north bay. we are looking at minimum times for those routes and a clear view coming down from the golden gate bridge. >> thank you, mike. >>> the pandemic, we don't have to tell you it has taking an emotional toll on people ever

and to the north bay santa rosa, napa, low 50s here. the only issue with the forecast tomorrow is your allergies. pollen is definitely spiking especially tree pollen. cedar, ash, alder and elm all in the high categories. watch out for that otherwise i promise you we've got a good day coming our way. let's bring it to into that seven-day forecast. no big storms for the next seven days but did make some adjustments for some slight chances of showers we're watching out for sunday and monday. there's a system moving off to the south. there's only a 25% chance on sunday, beyond this we might get some better rain chances by the second week of february. temperatures here through the inland valleys not too much difference. we've got lots of 60s here as we move through the next seven days. morning temperatures in the 30s as well. good for some ice skating weather, jessica. so when are we going to do this? tomorrow morning? >> too early. >> some time next week. >> yeah, we'll put that in. maybe after the olympics. let's see how they do it. >> all

we have improved to four miles in napa. that is where we had our problems mott early this morning. -- problem spot early this money. your day is chipping up like this. the sun is up at 7:22, the fog lingering into the 8:00 hour. moderate air quality. it is cooler compared to yesterday, temperatures in the low 50's 50's to middle 60's. reggie: thank you. if you have kids in oakland unified, school could look different today. students are to manning better protection from the omicron variant. most families see -- most families voted to keep their kids home the entire week. teachers will only be out today to show their support and will participate in a rally outside of the school. >> this is focused around what they are bringing to the classroom and what they could be taking home. they have younger siblings who could not be vaccinated. >> its purchase -- it's important to me to participate in the walkout because this is trying to help schools become safer for the kids who attend. reggie: some student demands have already been

this morning, not as cold in napa and nevada. visibility just over a mile. level -- livermore down to nothing. you will be getting some sun on the way. here is the fog from marin county in san rafael. cold this morning with areas of dense fog and partly cloudy for today. that will continue into your monday. dry and mild pattern through the middle of the week. can we get rain? that is always the big question. throughout the afternoon, high clouds. that is how we will finish the day. monday starting out with more cloud cover. then they sent out through the afternoon. tuesday, you will notice we are back into sunshine. higher clouds. i would temperature profile for the middle of the week, upper 50's to near 60. this is near average. we continue this trend towards thursday. you can see low 60's there. by friday, more clouds. numbers should come down a little bit for widespread mid 50's. as for today, we work on the fog. by the afternoon, mid 50's. 62 san jose. 58 oakland. 54 napa. we are partly cloudy later on today. a cold start tomorrow with fog. another partl

the wannacry call lower 50's up here in napa. fairfield vacaville, upper 40's for you. santa rosa petaluma mid to lower 50's. a look at your 7 day forecast. so we had rain at the start of the week. we get a break today and then rain returns again tomorrow morning. so we'll be tracking that into the weekend. you're much drier, partially cloudy, though, at the start of next week. we have another slight break and then wednesday, yet another chance of rain again in the lows throughout the week. mid 40's to upper 30's along the coast there. you're looking at temperatures in the 40's throughout the rest of the week. james, back to you. all right, reena, thank you very much. quick check of the >> traffic for you here. before we get back the headlines, bay bridge approach. it's fine is really nothing out there to worry about as you make your way from oakland to san francisco. easy right across the bay bridge at the moment. the san mateo bridge last time we checked was fairly smooth and that's still the case. we've got just a trickle of traffic right now moving west and eastboun