More rain through 5 39, sunniville 5 56 and right through the east bay through dublin. Well also continue to keep this wet weather in the forecast for the next 30 to 45 minutes. Its been slow going for the south bay but i think well see activity pick up in san jose and morgan hill over the next half hour. Well talk about whats on tap for tomorrow and when i think dangerous fog could build back into the forecast in about 18 minutes. Thank you, jeff. You can also get updates on the rain as it moves in on your phone. All you have to do is download our free nbc bay area app. Staying in business just got a lot more difficult today. Bay area restaurants feeling the pinch like never before. The latest hurdle, a propane shortage for all those outdoor heaters. Restaurants in six bay area counties are banned from serving customers indoors. Thats these counties in purple. You can see them there, in addition to San Francisco, which made its own decision to move restaurants to outdoors only. Lets bring in nbc bay areas Marianne Favro in santa clara for us with the new challenges. Marianne. Reporter im here at mission city grill in santa clara where people are just starting to sit down for dinner. Now, this restaurant has just added this patio covering, and they also just put up these heaters as well. But at lunchtime, they couldnt put them up because it was just too windy. Paul eats at mission city grill in santa clara almost every day. But now that the county is back in the purple tier, hes forced to eat outside, even on a wet and windy day. A little bit chilly. Reporter the restaurant coowner says he was expecting the restrictions, just not so soon. So, staff had to scramble to put up this tent just yesterday. The county says they did it right. Outdoor restaurant tents are only supposed to have two sides to allow for plenty of airflow. What is not flowing are the catering jobs booked for upcoming business meetings. When they went into the purple tier i had the phone call and basically said they have to cancel because all the meetings have been cancelled so we have to cancel the catering job. Reporter and the hits keep coming. Patio heaters are in short supply and Restaurant Owners are having a hard time getting propane to fuel them. For the first time ever, this Ace Hardware Store in los gatos is limiting how much propane each person can buy. We have a restaurant who wanted to get 27 bottles of propane. We limit our sales to one bottle per person per day. Here at mission city grill, without indoor dining, the restaurant is down nine tables. Were going to lose a lot of our, you know, capacity due to not having indoor, but were going to do the best we can. Reporter a pandemic serving up new challenges to struggling restaurants. Restaurants are also paying a lot more for operational costs. For example, a lot of Restaurant Owners i talked with said they have to pay as much as 240 a day just for the propane to run those patio heaters that keep you warm. Reporting live in santa clara, Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you, marianne. Just when you thought you wouldnt see again empty stores, they are back, back in the bay area, especially for paper goods, cleaning supplies, targets, walmarts, costcos, other chains have temporarily sold out. They said theres no shortage of products, just that people are starting to load up on them concerned about a possible lockdown. Most of these stores though are limiting one per customer. Safety concerns are also hitting manufacturers. Absolutely for sure any business any loistics business right now or any Manufacturing Business is struggling to make sure that they dont get their people sick. And thats slowing down the adjustment as well. Manufacturers and stores insist theres no shortage of the products. They say theres no need to horde them, but again they are limiting to one per customer. Jessica, weve been talking a lot about the surge of cases, what about the surge of hospital patients. Take a look. October 18th there were 87 Covid Patients in Santa Clara County hospitals. Lets go to november 15th, just a couple days ago, 145 patients. That is concerning for doctors. In San Francisco now, a similar trend. October 18th, 17 patients. November 15th, 39 patients. Hospitals in both counties are expecting to see these numbers continue to rise as case numbers soar. All right, thank you, raj. With the hospital numbers rising, doctors say the next two weebs are critical. They say everyday decisions will determine if this surge gets out of control or somehow becomes manageable. That includes thanksgiving plans. Janelle wang joins us with insight as to what we can all do. Jessica, weve heard the advice. Hang out with your household only over the thanksgiving holiday. But that is extremely hard for many of us. We are eight months into this pandemic and we just want to spend time with our family and our loved ones. But pediatric Infectious Disease physician at Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center says thanksgiving is her biggest fear right now. She sees Covid Patients and knows getting together inside with people from outside your household is a superspreader, and shes extremely concerned hospitals will be over capacity after the holiday. I again, i would really twice about coming for thanksgiving. I understand that Everyone Wants to be together and they want family to be together. But as ive said previously, we really need to do a risk assess nmt your household. You have to see who the high risk people are in your house and decide is it worth while. I understand everyones tired of covid and they just want to get together and see family. But again if you want to have thanksgiving 2021, we have to be cautious in thanksgiving 2020. But if family is coming in, what can you do to make it as safe as possible . Take a look at this. Of course wear a mask and wash your hands as much as possible. But you can also have it outside. Of course keep your distance. Try to keep your gathering short, under two hours. If you are coming in from out of town, like a college kid, drive solo. Dont come back with friends. Get tested before you come to the bay area. And after you arrive here, hang out and quarantine with your family only and get tested within three to seven days after you arrive. And dont go hugging or kissing your grandparents. Keep your distance from grandpa and grandma. So, again, once you get here, quarantine yourself. Dont go mingle outside with other friends and family. And if its too cold to hang outside for thanksgiving, one idea is to have your tables outside spread out one household per tables. The best thing is to do thanksgiving virtually, and im trying to look at an upside of that. We can look at it this way, jessica and raj, this will hopefully be our only thanksgiving do this virtually. Thats true. Try and remain optimistic, but its hard with the situation. Thanks janelle. Within the past hour, President Trump fired the director of Cyber Security for the Homeland Security department. His name is chris krebs, and his department concluded recently that this past election was the most secure in history. The president doesnt agree with him and fired him. Also under fire, the president s plan to pull out troops from afghanistan and iraq. Critics worry it might again create a haven for terrorists. President elect joe biden is still denied access to top level intelligence, but he compensated today with briefings from experts outside of the government. Now, without naming biden, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell now says there will be an orderly transfer of power. He also opposes the removal of troops. Draw down ain either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. Harris today returned to the capital for the first time as Vice President elect while biden is locked from getting classified briefings, she does have access as a member of the Senate Intelligence committee. And she was briefed today. Facebook and twitter once again under congressional scrutiny. Today u. S. Senators grilled Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsey over the power that their platforms have. The facebook ceo and twitter ceo answered more than 125 questions virtually. The Senate Judiciary committee asked them about a variety of issues, including how the two sides moderate content. Thats a big issue nowadays. Republicans addressed complaints over bias while democrats focused on more regulation of the tech industry. There were important questions here including who should be responsible for what people say online. For any system to work, i believe there needs to be a transparent process that people feel they can trust. We updated our civic integrity policy to address misleading or disputed information that undermines confidence in the election, causing voter intimidation or suppression or confusion about how to vote or misrepresents affiliation or election outcomes. These companies are trying what they can do right now. Todays hearing lasted more than four hours. Im chief meteorologist jeff raniere. Ill show you how much more rain and snow is on the way. Im back in 7 minutes. When they bring their optics in and start talking, the flood gates open. Capturing the toll of our recent wild fires, how two bay area journalists are using items dug up from the rubble to share personal stories of loss and recovery. When we welcome our west coast viewers tonight, the growing demand and lines for covid testing and the strain being put on labs. America under pressure. Why 11 to 17 years old are at particular emotional risk from covid and one familys devastating heartbreak when we see you back here tonight. An uncomfortable confrontation in Contra Costa County involving dogs, kids and charges of racism. This is all unfolding in Discovery Bay. Well show you a video first posted by a family on social media. They say their neighbor came knocking at their door to complain about their dog while armed with a taser. They say they made racial comments about them living in a white neighborhood. I dont feel like i have to prove that i belong, you know what i mean . I live here. This is my home. Reporter the jones family says for the first time theyve lived in their Discovery Bay home they experienced racism literally at their first home. Armed with a taser, their neighbor came over to complain about their dog yesterday, who they say is sweet tempered and calm. I have a small little dog and you have a pit pull. Reporter the conversation quickly turned racial. You know what, youre a black person in a white neighborhood and youre acting like one. Why dont you act like a white person in a white neighborhood. It was very angering to see that come to our front door. Reporter she ran downstairs to see the commotion. She says her family has gone the extra mile to be good neighbors. Be extra nice, say yes, maam, yes, sir, which i feel like we shouldnt feel that way, but even though we are trying to be good black people in their good white neighborhood, they still treated us this way. 13yearold zie, says its the first time hes faced Something Like this. He says its eye opening and hurtful. We are not afraid to stand up for ourselves. We have the right to walk our dogs and ride our bikes. I feel like this goes for all the black people that live in a white neighborhood. We knocked on the womans door, but she didnt answer. The jones want others to see and hear what happens, the kinds of things people of color face. It dont matter if you grew up in a gated community your whole life, you its bound to happen. Its gonna happen. And as africanamericans, unf t unfortunately we have to prepare our children in how to deal with this. Contra costa county, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Well continue to follow that story. In these historically difficult times this history needs to be recorded. In bay area proud, that is just what two experienced Story Tellers are attempting to do with one of californias biggest wild fires. Reporter how do you tell the story of something so big, of a fire that burned close to 90,000 acres, destroyed close to 9,000 buildings. Hi, welcome. Hi. Im nicky. Reporter well, if you are these two what do you have in your basket . Reporter you start small. Thats beautiful. Reporter nicky is an Award Winning radio producer. Noel a santa cruz photographer for more than 30 years. We go back looking for specific things. Reporter together they are preserving the story of the lightning complex fire one object at a time. Theres something about objects and the importance it had to that person that tells a story about their life. Reporter as a news photographer, he spent ten days in august on the fire line capturing images of the flames. It was only after they died down though he realized he wasnt done telling the story. The idea of lost and found was maybe one of these ideas that i just woke up with in the middle of the night going, we really need to document this. Hi paul. Reporter lost and found is the name he and nicky have given their project. They put out a call for those who lost everything in the fire to bring them something pulled from the ashes. What did you guys think . At santa cruzs department of art, people have brought them everything from bowls to badges, tools to toys. Its made me think so much about how infuse meaning and memory into objects and how those things can change. Reporter they arent exactly sure what final form this project will take. Symbols that i evacuated with reporter they arent exactly sure what final form this project will take, just that it needs to happen now. Those stories are critical to the historical record and to understanding this place where we live. When they bring their objects in and start talking, the flood gates open. And its about far more than whatever objects. Reporter thats because they are stories not just of a fire. Theyre of lives split into parts, the before and after, and what People Choose to carry with them from one to the other. Nbc bay area news. That was nice. So many of our communities and neighbors are going through this. Thats a great story. All right, jessica. Jeff is here. What do we ask him about . The rain or the sunshine thats maybe to come in a few days . What do you think . The sun always comes out tomorrow, so i know jeff will talk about that eventually. It does. It does. I think this upcoming weekend is going to be nice to get that sun back out. Today the rain might have been refreshing to you, maybe help you relax a little bit, put dinner in the slow cooker maybe around noon and its smarting to smell good and its going to be ready soon. Maybe you got the Christmas Decorations up early with this weather getting you into the mood sooner than normal. Lets bring in the microclimate forecast, we are e tracking a winter storm warning in effect until 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Weve had about one storm per week dumping about 6 inches to a foot of snow each time theyre across the higher elevations. That has brought us up to 24 inches at sierra at tahoe. Were going to be adding to that as we head through tonight and tomorrow as well. Look at the rainfall totals. This is where we have really seen things peak up there close to an inch at mt. St. Helena,. 94. 34 there in East San Jose foothills. Where are we right now . I wanted to show you storm ranger mobile doppler radar. Bulk of the rain is in the east bay, peninsula and south bay. Its getting the roads wet. If you have to head out to the grocery store, watch out for that. You can see from concord to san ramon, we have the rainfall thats continuing to track through the south. As we maybe a little bit more off towards the south youll see over san mateo were finding those showers, and i do think that would continue here off towards the staff into stanford, also palo alto as we head to the next 35 to 45 minutes. Its been slow going to san jose, just trace amounts of. 05 of an inch. Thats because were getting rain shadow, a lot of elevations taking the moisture and not leaving much. Well pick up a little more tonight in san jose, but dont look for totals at half inch or inch at the rate were going. Well see the storm system move to the south and beginning to break up. By storm i think there will be enough instability to have spotty chances for rain from 7 00 in the morning right through about 1 00 in the afternoon and a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. And then well begin to clear on out as we head through wednesday night. Rainfall totals additional, doesnt look too high. I think well be at about. 05 of an inch to close to. 2 of an inch with best totals in the north bay. Sierra snow tonight and into tomorrow, a foot on average near king vail. Kirkwood could get up to 20 inches. Well have to watch out for thick ground fog. And then for the upcoming weekend, sunshine and 60s. And for the inland valleys well stay with the 60s next couple of days with the ground fog possible thursday morning. Look at the morning lows down back into the 30s. So, at least the weather, at least Mother Nature is making these days feel different with Everything Else thats happening. Just kind of feeling like thanksgiving is coming next week, which it is, unbelievably sew. Its all refreshing. Thank you jeff. Up next at 5 00, dr. Anthony fauci given a prestigious award from san jose state. The advice he gave student journalists about continuing to cover this pandemic. Tonight the growing demand and lines for covid testing and the strain being put on labs. And more of our series america under pressure why 11 to 17 years old are at particular emotional risk for covid. One familys devastating heartbreak tonight. In just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. A south Bay University is honoring the nations top doc, yes dr. Fauci. The san jose state journalism faculty awarded the herself Foundation National award. The award praises him for his excellence in crisis communication. Reliable information during this pandemic. Dr. Fauci offered some advice for journalism students as they reported on the health crisis. Transparency is key. From past outbreaks we know that we are in public trust when we are open and honest. In the realms of Public Health and journalism and related fields or for that matter most any other profession, we must communicate clearly to achieve understanding. And he does. The schools also created a new scholarship for Health Journalism in dr. Faucis honor. A history making day for the chp, the new commissioner is a woman. Amanda ray will be taking over for warren stanley. Amanda ray is the first in the 91 year history to be commissioner. Were back in a moment. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. This ones for you. You inspired us to make your humira experience even better. With humira citratefree. It has the same effectiveness you know and trust, but we removed the citrate buffers, theres less liquid, and a thinner needle. With less pain immediately following injection. Ask your doctor about humira citratefree. And you can use your copay card to pay as little as 5 a month. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections. Serious and sometimes fatal infections,. Including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened,. As have blood, liver, and nervous system problems,. Serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common. And if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections,. Or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ask your doctor about humira citratefree. The same humira you trust with less pain immediately following injection. If you cant afford your medicine, abbvie may be able to help. Tonight at 6 00, a new round of rain is hitting the bay area. Were going to show you how the pandemic is creating new problems on our slick roads. That story and more coming up on our 6 00 news cast. And finally at 5 a happy update on some tiny victims of our recent wild fire. Remember we told you about this, that little boy lion cub. Hes recovered 47 days after firefighters rescued him in shasta county. He bonded with two little female friends also orphaned by the fires. In three weeks theyll travel to the zoo where theyll join an aging Mountain Lion named jesse who needs company. Thats going to be a lot for jesse. Mountain lions are more social than scientists previously thought. Jesse is going to have his or her hands full with those three. Lester holt is next. Well see you at 6 00. Tonight growing concern that President Trumps blocking of the transition could threaten National Security the president ordering a significant drawdown of u. S. Troops in afghanistan and iraq and considering a strike in iran before president elect Joe Biden Takes Office the fears the rocky transition could leave the u. S. Open to aggression and just as the announcement is made the rocket attack in baghdads green zone biden meantime receiving a National Security briefing today but not from government officials and the moment on the senate floor the fist bump caught on camera. Is it a sign the gop is accepting bidens