To below freezing conditions right now doubling youre sitting right at freezing at 32 degrees livermore 35 conquered at 39, but up in the north bay, some below freezing temperatures santa rosa and fairfield now each in the 20s with each city at 29 degrees. Napa and lean at 31 nevado in san anselmo each at 32 degrees right now so it is a cold start to this morning. As we mentioned you bundle up before you get out there robin great advice. Thank you john checking in on the traffic and we have a little bit of a line here squeezing into San Francisco were taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the backup stretches beyond the over crossing so pretty sluggish year coming in. Its completely normal so no crashes no stalls in the mix were doing fine at 11 minutes off to fremont street. But that number is going to go up down in the south bay traveling through san jose this morning keep in mind that a Police Investigation is underway. Mckee and capital a heavy Police Presence lanes are still blocked here so avoid this stretch if you can hes doing fine, one oh one is doing fine. No other big problems through the south bay just a Little Pocket of slowing north one oh 1, 6, 80 to 80 thats it well check more traffic coming up back to you, thanks robin 6 o one the top story coronavirus cases are on the rise in california and the governor is considering forcing counties to roll back their reopenings yeah here in the bay area we have Sonoma County still in the. Worst category and purple there meaning widespread the majority of the rest of the bay areas in that orange a moderate level we have San Francisco of course best of them all with minimal, but we are looking at things beginning to rise in terms of the numbers county by county and one of those counties is santa clara, lets go there live now kron 4 Sarah Stinson following what theyre going to be doing as far as rollbacks are concerned sarah. Governor gavin newsom says were seeing signs statewide of a second wave in this pandemic were seeing a 50 increase in our case rate in just the last 3 weeks, lets just take a look at the california numbers so you can get a good idea of what were talking about i think seeing the numbers help to understand why things are so severe or testing nearly 144,000 people a day on average nearly 6,000 people are testing positive a day putting our Positivity Rate at 3. 7 . Covid19 hospitalizations across our state are also up to 29 right now most of our bay area counties are in the states orange tier. But if we fall into the red and purple tier that reverts back to a time when activities and businesses were more restricted governor, newsome wants to remind people that this is not a time to become more relaxed. Its been an increase in cases here in the state of california. Its for obvious reasons people are letting their guard down the taking their masks off theyre starting to get together outside of their household cohorts there started to see businesses reopen and were starting again to see more people mixing as it gets colder. Well see more still so this was anticipated. No one is surprised by this. Governor newsom believes some bay area counties could fall into those more restrictive tears later this week so hes going to be talking more about this today and he asked everyone to please do your part to stop the spread of the coronavirus for now reporting live in palo alto Sarah Stinson kron 4 news all right, thanks. A lot sarah. Well check in with you later. So lets dig a little deeper now into the south bay as we just mentioned the surge in new covid19 cases could force local Health Officials to tighten their own restrictions. Santa clara county saw more than 350 new cases on sunday thats the most theyve seen there since july. Another troubling sign is a sharp increase in hospitalizations Health Officials trying to figure out now whats causing the search. Its possible that. We are about a week plus out from halloween. Its possible that we are all experiencing pandemic fatigue as weve been this for a very long time. Now the county stepping up enforcement of its Health Orders so far 79 businesses have received notices for noncompliance with more than a 1000 complaints about possible violations. Heres a look at the latest numbers as it relates to coronavirus weve surpassed 10 million cases now across the country. More than 237,000 people have died nationwide here in california more than were almost 18,000 deaths have been reported so far and for the bay area we are now above 1800 deaths from covid19. It doesnt matter your party, your point of view. We can save 10s of thousands lives of everyone would just wear a mask and the next few months. An appeal from president elect joe biden wear a mask when he takes office in january even then he doesnt have the constitutional power to issue a mandate nationwide. But Infectious Disease expert at u c berkeley say the studies are clear everybody should wear a mask to save lives so moving forward biden is asking americans not to look at wearing a mask as a political statement pose as a way to stay safe. According to a Political Science lecturer from san jose state biden can only model a mask policy and encourage local governments to adopt it. All the federal government has a lot of buildings and control on land and so they can start a mask requirement or federal employees from way out of the second thing a president has bully she urge all. Just try to encourage people to get better about masks and as the pandemic it gets worse. Actually be easier to left. There are currently 15 states that do not have a statewide rule requiring masks to be worn. Well in the north bay sandra fell city schools are welcoming kindergarten through second grade students back for in person classes today, but of course masks are required and lots of other safety guidelines as well lets go live to covers will tran hear more about what theyre doing in front of Sun Valley Elementary School this morning. I will. Good morning. Daria yes theyll be doing a lot of things social distancing they will make sure that the kids dont have a temperature they will make sure that their masks are always on to the point is to the point where theyre telling the parents dont bring snacks to the classrooms because its a half day and they want their kids to have their masks and not take it off to eat at any particular time. Take a look at your screen you talked about him in front of sun valley, this is one of 7 schools in sandra fell doing exactly what Berkeley Unified School district 3 Elementary Schools in that area did yesterday meaning welcoming the kids back inside the classrooms, were talking but he of this stuff, san Pedro Coleman sun valley, glenwood the nation valley and lower odell know unlike berkeley where the kids are in class all day long in this particular case they will have 2 sets of kids the first set will come to the classrooms in the morning and then they will rotate out for another set to come into the classrooms and when theyre not inside the classrooms. James and darya they will do Online Learning as far as the sandra fell School District in the schools here. They got the blessing from are in human health services, they say that everything is seems to be a pinup as far as this particular area. Before opening today to the students actually tested about 1000 people in the community were talking Staff Students the parents just to make sure how their covid19 rate is among them and they are satisfied with that which is why theyre allowing the kids back inside the classrooms if youre waking up right now getting your child ready for school leaves bundle up i want to make sure that your warm inside the classrooms. I grew up in seattle in every classroom i ever had was free think holds up make sure little johnny or jail has a fix wetter back to you absolutely all right will thank you very much. From sandra fell lets go to San Francisco now where students there probably wont expect to return to the classroom anytime soon. The district is in the middle right now inspecting each school in assessing whether the buildings air can safely support classes, one of the big challenges is making sure that the air circulation and ventilation systems meet the new Health Requirements that are in place in the best Case Scenario some students likely Young Children and those with special needs might be able to return to the classroom maybe after the first of the year we could learn more during tonights School Board Meeting we know that at least one board member is going to submit a plan for getting kids back into the classroom. 6 09 right now and still ahead on this tuesday morning, the future of the Affordable Care act is in jeopardy. Its headed back to the Supreme Court today and the Oakland Police are dealing with more gun violence. All across the city were going to tell you about the rise in shootings and what theyre doing. Plus the first snowfall. Its the sierra well take a look at the changes if you want to ski during this pandemic. And while the sierra see snow. We just have chilly conditions here across the bay area at least plenty of sunshine along with the Cool Temperatures today. It will be 60s later today for San Francisco, oakland and san jose. Your forecast is ahead. And like what i see so far on the road said your trip into San Francisco looks pretty normal. The backup is growing beyond 8. 80, but no big problems hot spots here for 80 will check more bridges for you coming up. Great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. And you know what the snow and cold has we thank him skeen yeah, i know youre thinking about koko but i yeah so weve got obviously the sierra looking like this some ski resorts hoping maybe they can start gearing up for ski season now, but of course with covid19 theres going to be some changes to get to keep all that in mind a new saying and i always get a reservation system and i always think you know all its going to be a pain but you know the day before youre going go skiing youre going to go skiing right so just make a reservation lonnie wong has a look at our works. If we can still fall in the lake how area doesnt seem like much around 6 inches of snow at lake level to about a foot at the higher elevations. But the mere hint of a normal ski season after a dry october beginning of november has resorts gearing up for the new season, ski resorts like homewood are now making snow and temperatures allow to add to the latest snowfall. It gets people super excited. I know, im excited i know our guests are getting. Pumped up for the season as well. Theres always a lot of the songs i 84 ski resort was the first significant snow of the season hits the ground. But when the ski season starts in earnest in the coming weeks, the operations for many of them will be significantly different homewood has been planning for a safe covid19 ski season since the summer it limited season ticket sales to 25 of capacity. They just sold out their season ticket allotment weeks before its december 11th opening day ticket windows will also be closed daily tickets will be sold online only and fewer of them. Are also limiting our lift ticket sales every single day of the season to really make sure that we can ensure social distancing not only on the mountain but interface areas to homeless goal of fewer guests per acre can be a good thing for skiers who will see fewer crowds on the resorts 61 runs another possible covid plus buying food will be via phone app instead of in the lodge. You could be skiing on the chair left make your order online get a notification when your food and beverages ready go on take it off and keep skene. Also this year home what is encouraging guests to make their car their lives since the lodge will have limited capacity. Luckily, its parking lot is unusually close to the base of its runs. Ski lift rules will also be modified. So if you come as a family jump on that are left together or if you come as a single just ride alone. No one knows how covid operational changes will work the first things first resorts are looking forward to more snow this coming weekend. I believe theyre talking about it up to a foot maybe more. And then it looks like the pattern could be lining up really well for the rest of the month to at lake tahoe. Lonnie wong fox, 40 news. Excited and as i was telling you i did think it was a pain at first, but i dont think its that big of a deal realize, yeah you already know a day before going to anyway. Thats when you just call write and i always conch out so im in the lodge having lunch before its packed, but theyre not going let you pack it right so everybody is usually didnt want to like 1 oclock and i quit after like 6 runs like a lemon am done so theres a way its all going were going to work around yes, its going to be good and is there any sign of maybe more snow on the horizon coming what do you think yeah, its looking like plenty more snow actually guys this upcoming weekend is likely to bring some more of it into late thursday early friday, then again friday night into saturday and longterm signs are pointing towards an even more powerful storm possible into the middle of next week. So thats a lot of that snowfall up there in the sierra and that is definitely good news for those key businesses that really do need the business as for your view outside i 80 this morning, it is nice and clear but roadways are definitely a little bit slick as we have seen conditions. Snowy over the weekend. But you know it travels moving just fine up there just watch your travel across the bay this upcoming weekend and up into the sea air this weekend to has more snowfall eventually does fall dublin, youre at 32 degrees right now hayward a 41 conquered in vallejo also in the 30s this morning, san mateo and Half Moon Bay in the 30s to but its the north bay that are the really cool spot. Santa rosa on over to fairfield each in the upper 20s. 2 of our coldest spots this morning, san anselmo in saint helena, also below freezing it should be no surprise that were back to those frost advisories and freeze warnings for portions of marine sonoma napa and solano counties until 09 00am this morning as these morning lows fall into the mid 20s, especially right outside of town in those rural sheltered valleys. Thats where we have our coolest of temperatures expected these next couple of mornings we are in the midst of some dry weather yesterday today and tomorrow so enjoy this little break from that wintry precipitation that you just saw in the Sierra Nevada as i mentioned it does return. Today, were sunny tomorrow, a bit of cloud cover but showers fizzling out before they reach the tomorrow we remain dry. Thursday we remain dry during the day before thursday evening into friday morning looks like showers like the return widespread for the Northern Tier of the state just a couple of sprinkles overnight for the bay area, its looking like and some more snow for the sierra. Now friday night into saturday looks like an even more steady push of rain fall into the bay area and more snow in the Sierra Nevada that could amount to another foot of snowfall on top of what was already seen up there. So now were building that solid base and it looks like that will continue into the following week too with an even heavier dose of snowfall expected. 50s and 60s for your highs across the bay area today, this is a whole lot like we were yesterday couple of degrees warmer first few spots like burlingame at 66 foster city and seeing carlos also at 66 for your highs while in the south bay back into the low 60s after yesterdays upper 50s temperatures in the east bay also mostly 60s today oakland at 63 richmond at 61 orinda at 62 along with castro valley. Vacaville fair fairfield in antioch all also at 62 for highs today while sonoma in valais how at 64 or warm spot debate today that will be you in sandra fell at 67 degrees. Heres a look ahead at your next 7 days were going to start with both are inland coastal and beside daytime highs. All of them now are so alike one another thats going to be top line in your sevenday forecast and you can see 50s and 60s. Well remain pretty consistent. As for our inland evening lows. Thats now your second line and those are 30s today and tomorrow looking at freeze warnings and they in coastal inland lows or evening lows dropping into the 40s as i mentioned before our best chances of rainfall will be thursday night into early friday. Then again friday night into early saturday. Rob all right, lets check in on the commute which is a filling and quickly more folks on the road right now compared to the last hour so 92. One of our busier bridges westbound leaving hayward the folks here doing fine. Yeah, its a little busy a little sluggish. We see the tail lights filling in but i dont see any big problems so get on out there and use it now 13 minutes and growing to make it over to one oh one here the bay bridge 80 wesson to San Francisco a live look we also have a bit of a crowd right not only is it stocked up beyond 8. 80 but now its back to the bottom of so yes it has reached that point but its also very quiet and we like quiet doughy 14 minutes after fremont street. Some Police Activity in the south bay a couple locations that will go through quickly for you. Theyre investigating a traffic fatality in san jose brokaw and zinc or is closed no details we dont know you know if this involved a pedestrian or cause very limited details right now theyre just saying its a fatality at broke odds acre in san jose so avoid that stretch and then we have a Police Investigation underway on mckee at capital mostly the westbound lanes blocked here but another intersection to avoid thats right next to 6. 80 so stay away from a key of capital im going to send you over to alum rock that can be used as a great alternate well check more traffic coming up in a bit back to you. All right, thank you very much robin time now 6. 21 as we near the end of the year the city of oakland is finding itself now on track for a major increase. In deadly shootings. Just over the weekend there were 3 deadly shootings within the 24 hour period. Homicides are up 48 compared to last year and shootings have increased 57 from this time last year. The union that represents Oakland Police now calling on the Police Commission and city council to come up the plan to put a stop to the gun violence. Its north side by the responsible for Public Safety and security. So i saw each Police Commission council should be assisted in providing actual plan to address this level of why i got my more money in the budget to hire more investigators though civilian and sworn. I will continue to to the fan. The investigations division. Oaklands interim police chief believes the pandemic is partly to blame for the increase in deadly shootings citing that the virus impacts their Proactive Crime prevention methods. Its 6. 22 and coming up and the president refuses to concede the election but the governor of california is already working with the vi vid ministration to get things smoothly transitioning for our state. After the break the latest on the Pfizer Covid Vaccine when would you be able to get it. 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Thats like Patrick Mahomes in the 4th quarter with no defense on the other side, i mean were going to win that game for medical experts the Pfizer Vaccine is the most exciting news since covid19 was discovered in wuhan china in december of 2019 pfizer touting its covid19 vaccine is more than 90 effective in preventing the virus. The states chief medical officer at a local medical experts dont yet have the information about exactly how it use alexa is pretty sterilizing it protection from infection. I think this. Doesnt actually protect you from infection, but protects you from disease, but again. Also corrected whenever we see the what data was it will be a few weeks before pfizer will have its final safety study completed then apply to the fda for emergency use the vaccine could enter the marketplace by the end of the year but widespread vaccinations could take a year President Trumps team has ordered 100,000 doses to start which will first be used to save the lives of the critically ill Covid Patients given to frontline medical workers First Responders and essential workers thats really good news and i think we have to treat it like really good news these the middle of covid wearing a syndrome we all need some good news, but his university of Kansas Health system medical director doctor Steven Stites points out we are still in the middle of a pandemic which is worse now men ever folks we have to bend the curve and only way to do that is for you to exercise the power of kryptonite. You can become his kryptonite. And if you think things are going away, theyre not theyre getting worse yesterday. The u. S. Surpassed 10 million cases and weve been seeing for the past week over a 100,000 new cases every hitting new and they expect that the potentially worsen as we head into the trash Holiday Travel season with. Christmas and thanksgiving and the like so be careful. I can while were going on a year with this you realize that. Coming up next the Supreme Courts going to begin hearing arguments today about the future of the Affordable Care act will have a live report from dc. garage door opening it is my fathers love. It is his passion it is his fault he didnt lock the garage. Dont even think about it been there, done that. With liftmaster® powered by myq®, know whats happening in your garage from anywhere. You can take a day off fromy worrying about your packages. Ohhh yeahhh just connect your myq® app to key. Ohhh yeahhh get free ingarage delivery with myq® and key by amazon. Time now 6. 30 and today, the fate of health care for millions of americans he is in the hands of the u. S. Supreme court so all eyes on washington, the 9 justices will be hearing oral oral arguments later on in the day in a case that really could overturn the Affordable Care act which is very much you could affect millions washington dc correspondent jesse turner is live now with more on the debate over this jesse. Yeah good morning james and darya 10 years after its passage, the ac a is back in court and while some are predicting that this latest challenge may not be enough to strike down the entire law. Others are more hopeful. Come to order from Congress Democrats want to distract to the president ial campaign this. To get rid of these protections to the nations highest court. Im not hostile to the ac a the Affordable Care act is once again at the heart of the debate in washington as it faces its latest u. S. Supreme Court Challenge the issue severability the case brought by republican state officials and backed by the Trump Administration argues the law is unconstitutional because of a change to the individual mandate. Americans now dont have to pay a penalty if they refuse to buy insurance were fighting hard to keep the Affordable Care act democrats like texas congressman Lloyd Doggett argue the case threatens Health Coverage for millions of americans and could be disastrous during a pandemic this was in violation of the rules thats one of the main reasons Senate Democrats unanimously opposed now Justice Amy Coney barrett confirmation. President trump pledged his judicial nominees would quote do the right thing on the a c a but barrett has insisted she doesnt have an agenda not made any commitments are deals are. Anything like that and im not here on a mission to destroy the Affordable Care act. Barrett confirmation marked a major shift in the court. A 6, 3, conservative majority for the first time in decades, a decision on the ac a is expected by the end of june. Gut says despite the scotus case americans have a year of guaranteed coverage and he encourages them to take advantage of open enrollment. Through december 15th, live in washington, im jessi eaton or thanks jesse. Time now 6. 32 lets get the latest on the forecast now once again waking up to some pretty chilly temperatures. Yeah, beautiful pictures covid you go outside in the john yeah, beautiful, but cold so dont enjoy the beauty for too terribly long unless you got that i think winner jacket ready to go this is your look outside across the bay showing you that we do have clear skies. No fog. No cloud cover whatsoever nice solid start to the morning for sure now part of the reason we are so cold is because we dont have that fog and cloud cover. We have some rather dry conditions and heat loss during evenings in set we really get to these cold those like were in the midst of now Solano County napa sonoma and marin counties all being affected by a combination of freeze warnings and frost advisories through 09 00am this morning, one look at temperatures pretty easy to see why san jose youre at 36 right now san mateo at 37, dublin youre at 32 degrees while the north bay where those advisories are in effect. We have a few 20s to know fairfield at 28 and santa rose at 29 right now nevado saint helene ascended and napa also below freezing in the low 30s. Wakeup planner shows you that later today, well be back up into the 60s meaning that its just a bit warmer than yesterday was to robin we go with a look at traffic and she is talking about some pretty smooth conditions for most roads but. Maybe not so much anymore. The bay bridge. Well you know youre right so smooth as a no big problems. No major hot spots low as an typical its what we fought for this time of morning. So youre absolutely right. John checking in on the traffic here and we have a full house at the bay bridge toll plaza but thats nothing to worry about if you get out there early right and leave on time so the slowing that we see here spills back to the bottom of the maze thats completely normal and were getting through this hour for now without any major issues so come on in 11 minutes and growing off to fremont street not bad at all checking in on some numbers were taking a peek at highway 4 which is good 21 minutes antioch to concord livermore to dublin which is 5 in the west still smooth enough limit and i dont see any problems for one oh one so heading northbound so far leaving morgan hill into san jose that drive time under 13 darya and james these drive times looking really good but we do have some big problems in the south bay on city streets all take a look at that coming up next all right. Thank you robin, good. Thank you all right, lets talk a bit more about politics that tops our National Headlines th s morning President Trump as weve. Been telling his continued to refuse to concede the election. This is a look at the Electoral College map right now as it stands this morning. The counting still continues in georgia too close to call though biden has a growing lead there. Were also looking at the state of nevada and arizona to where the president continues to eat into joe bidens lead there by the still ahead by about 14 and a half 1000 and its unclear right now if there are enough votes left in arizona for the president to close that gap, the conventional wisdom is that there arent, but well keep counting to make sure and the president continues to make unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. Morgan wright has more on that. What donald trump is doing is downright. Dangerous near going senators Chris Van Hollen and ben cardin say they want all the votes from the election to be counted. But its clear that joe biden will be the next President Donald Trump is doing is 80 and abetting. The enemies of democracy legal issue should that are legitimate should be litigated. But to date we havent heard of any basis or a legal challenge center carden says he wants to see a smooth transition of power, but has concerns over road blocks from the president so far General Services administration isnt releasing funds to the biden team to pay for transition planning. I am the ranking democrat of the committee that has oversight over gsa. Were investigating what options we have in the meantime the president s attorneys, Rudy Giuliani alleges widespread Election Fraud but in almost every state. President trump had only. Going into the end of election night. Some of the leagues looking almost mathematically impossible. 2 10 20 for the vote. It almost all of those this practice was followed. And im right now trying to find do we get to see any ballots that we use for that purpose if thats case that we have a massive nationwide lawsuit and on twitter the president maintains he won the election. Reporting in washington, im morgan wright. Well california state leaders arent waiting theyre already gearing up to work with president and Vice President elect joe biden and Kamala Harris. Although President Trump again not conceding the race just yet governor Gavin Newsome says that the state will not be waiting to work with the new by Paris Administration theyre taking actions now. This is an exciting and live time and opportunity for the state of california and were going to were going to do everything we can to maximize it and to do so very efficiently and effectively and we are not waiting. President trump to make an announcement saying hes walking away and work its way through the court system we are working very collaboratively now and engaging all of our department head. Again that was the governor saying that he has yet to speak with president elect joe biden but conversations have already started with friends and colleagues and Vice President elect Kamala Harris. Governor newsome hasnt given a timeline yet for when harriss Vacant Senate seat will be filled, but already speculation is wrapping up thats right San Francisco mayor london breed has reportedly emerged as one of the possible candidates. To fill Kamala Harriss senate so we see them all Bridget Barlow though reports that the coveted seat is attached to a lot of other big names in california politics as well. The campaign is on to fill Vice President elect Kamala HarrissUs Senate Seat when she resigned the power to name her replacement foes in the hands of california governor Gavin Newsome having a u. S. Senate seat to fill by appointment is a very very rare thing the last time a california governor appointed someone to the senate was nearly 3 decades ago when then governor pete wilson replaced himself as senator and now just 2 days after joe biden and Kamala Harris has projected election victory Governor Newsom is already eyeing potential candidate to take care his place on capitol hill, hes get lobbied by everybody everybody wants this job being United States senator from the nations most populous state is one of the plum political jobs of all time political insiders say some of the people being considered right now are california congresswoman karen bass, San Francisco mayor london breed and california secretary of state alex padilla who many are calling a frontrunner for the position that has a long connection gavin newsom. Also hes obviously latino and that would be a first have a least in modern times to have a look you know senator from california and gavin newsom somebody who likes to ghana. Explore New Territory and that would affected from that standpoint Governor Newsom said monday. He is in no rush to fill the seat. But dan walters of calm matters says the pressure is on to close a Senate Vacancy quickly dont want to have the seat vacant in case the senate winds up to be a 5050 tie which you could. Then you dont want to have a vacancy walters says new most likely announce his pick in january after harris is sworn in as Vice President predicting it will be put dia to replace the nations first black female senator if it were or some other latino going to washington from california. Would be an immediate media star. And Everybody Knows that thats going to be its a big deal is in sacramento Bridgette Bjorlo fox 40 news. Its 6. 40 in the east bay, the Oakland Police department to see more officers get covid since march the Oakland Police have had 29 officers contract covid as of yesterday only 2 are currently still infected right now with the virus police are as you know at an increased risk of exposure because they are frontline workers and the interim chief says the department is following the covid protocol. That weve had a relatively know low number of exposure cases and opd were one of the first who got Rapid Testing for any exposures and so weve been very lucky to keep that number low, we have seen this fight in this last several weeks that struggling for us here at opd and and you know across the bay area. No one in the opd has died of coronavirus but over the Alameda County sheriffs office. 2 staffers there died of coronavirus more than 40 deputies there have contracted the virus this year. And at 6. 41, lets check the markets real quick you can see the dow is only up about 33 points or so sore taking a breather from yesterdays giant jump well sprung by more than a 100 and well that 1600 points yesterday is pretty were looking at a very modest start to the day for you for the dow the tech heavy nasdaq a bit off this morning 148 points down the s p down 22. Well take a quick break here at 6. 42 still ahead on the kron 4 morning news as lawmakers begin returning to washington they are hoping to restart covid stimulus talks trying to get something passed before the new year well see how successful theyll be. Plus the holidays quickly approaching and Health Officials still advising you not to travel, but if you have to weve got some Important Health tips on how you can keep yourself and family safe. And today will be another cool day ahead of us after such a frigid morning temperatures are currently pretty chilly. Later on today, well be looking at daytime highs into the 60s. By harnessing californias abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. Use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. Back at 6. 45 the holidays are typically the busiest travel season of the year but bay area Health Officials are of course hoping that the pandemic will keep travelers grounded. So will further spread the virus but if you feel like you have to hit the road. There are some guidelines that have been issued that hopefully will help you stay safe kron fours Maureen Kelly takes a look. This is time of year where people are making travel maybe intending to travel outside of the region to visit family and friends. And just want to make that message really clear that this is not the time to do were to local right now to increases in cases in most cases across the United States right now are seeing much more transmission of the virus that were seeing here but for those who do decide to take the risk and take off for the holidays, bring countys Public Health officer is one of many around the bay area that are strongly recommending that you self quarantine for 14 days after you come home, if what you do while youre away put you at higher risk for catching coronavirus. Such as spending time within 6 feet with people outside of those you normally live with well you or Anyone Around you was not wearing a face mask, especially. Indoors, or if you travel on planes buses trains Public Transportation or other shared vehicles if face masks were not worn at all times by both you and other people in the vehicle or as an alternative obtain testing a few days after they return 5 to 7 days after the return and if that test is negative and we can be more confident they havent been infected and if youre planning to get together with others during the holidays, there are also recommending that you keep those gatherings safe. By holding him outdoors. Keep them small with no more than 3 households. He gathering short meaning no more than 2 hours and keep them stable by not participating in multiple gatherings with many different households. Its important we dont move from one group like that to another to another over the course of the holidays for having multiple invitations so taking that grew and sticking the backrooms important because it leads to fewer net interactions and less risk of transmission. So what that means is rather than being a social butterfly this year they want you to pick your holiday pod and celebrate with them on the special occasions the season. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. 6. 47 right now we want to get a look at the weather when everything looks clear and sunny just then it will bite step outside its going to cut right through your jacket that cold air like a bear looks cute in thats the weather this we are looking at definitely a noticeable frigid feel to it as you step outside so i would say get those layers on an extra layer will very well this morning, especially in the north bay in the inland east bay outside of timber on a nice and low overhead, the Golden Gate Bridge looks good and fog free and as we push way through the day today youll notice that skies are going to stay pretty clear enjoy it because tomorrow, well have a few more clouds in the forecast ahead of what will be a return of showers after that later on this forecast. Temperatures thats the big news this morning because we are so very chilly. Morgan hill in san jose as well as dublin livermore concord all in the 30s. Dublin, youre actually sitting right at freezing right now in the meantime fairfield in santa rosa. Each in the upper 20s now fussy holiness and in also below freezing the lay high 36 so you get the picture it is a cold start to this day. We are on to another set of frost advisories this time though paired with freeze warnings that are in effect in that deep blue right now former in sonoma napa and solano counties until 09 00am so still a few hours with these below freezing temperatures for many areas. We are looking at another cool day ahead of us and we stay dry today into tomorrow that does change later in the forecast though futurecast shows you that as soon as tomorrow, well have a few clouds pushing across the bay but shower activity just diminishing too much before we see any of it for your wednesday thursday night we see widespread rain and snow for the Northern Tier, the state showers in the middle of the night for the bay area into early friday morning. An off and on sprinkle for friday itself and then friday night into saturday morning and even greater push of moisture into the bay area and some snowfall in the Sierra Nevada that will make for some slick conditions. If youre heading up that direction. So were finishing the week back in that trend of cooler and wetter conditions that may slow you down a bit if you do have plans on traveling this weekend as for daytime highs today, not much different than yesterday a few degrees warmer in areas likes foster city and san carlos egypt to 66 temperatures back in the 60s after yesterdays 50s. Well, a range of 50s to 60s across the east bay, san anselmo or san leandro rather and Oakland Beach at 63. Temperatures in the north bay, some of your warmer numbers fairfield and vacaville at 62 while looking at 67 today in sandra fell your warmest spot in the bay area today, your first line daytime highs all across the bay area here we switched or winter 7 day forecast so its a bit different. Our lows. Inland will drop into the 30s and 40s well or bayside in coastal lows little bit more moderate in the 40s. Robin. All right, thank you john its pretty busy out there. We have several little trouble spots that are popping up as well so lets start off with a bridge check were taking a look at the drive into San Francisco and west of the toll plaza so after the shot there is a report of an accident near the metering lights involving a big rig thats moving off to the side so maybe a little bit of a visual destruction for you not really blocking, but we are backed up to the bottom of so be prepared for this 12 minutes into San Francisco here the richmond sandra fell were just now seeing traffic coming to a crawl thats completely normal slow at the pay gates 10 minutes for the drive off to one o one which is good ill step out of the way we have a couple of problems that are working in the south bay excuse brokaw anchor in San Jose Police are investigating a traffic fatality. No other details we dont know how many cars are involved or if it involves a pedestrian details are still coming in so avoid brokaw at zenker you can take first start chark caught avenue as an alternate and then we have another Police Investigation underway along the quay at capital in san jose a lot of folks using key to access. 6. 80 so thats closed until further notice can. Consider using alum rock avenue as opposed to mickey mickey, a capital close for Police Activity will have more details coming up in a bit back to you. Thank you very much robin time now 6. 51 National Headlines now the senate back in washington to try and revive a covid19 relief bill negotiations have been stalled for months we have House Speaker nancy pelosi calling on Republican Leadership now to return to the table. So far Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell doesnt support the 2 trillion dollar plan that pelosi wants both sides remain hopeful, though that a deal can be reached before the end of the year. 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A lot of hair were the kind of morning is should get outside anything to keep you warm because it is frigid out there temperatures below freezing right now in the north bay and ap freezing for many of our inland east bay areas. Look outside across the bay from sausalito which is actually when your spots and a freeze warning right now you can see that San Francisco looks good from across the golden gate. Its are in sonoma napa and solano counties that are currently being affected by a combination of both frost advisories and freeze warnings through 09 00am this morning and lets get a look at temperatures because that is making it pretty easy to see why so many of us are affected by these advisories. Dublin youre at 32 degrees right now livermore at 34 while the north bay a few 20s in both fairfield in santa rose at 2829 degrees c na