Pretty much the same as yesterday temperature wise as we finish out the day a few passing clouds and daytime highs in the 50s and 60s. Robin all right so chilly all right, thank you john. All right were checking in on the traffic, heres a live look at your bay bridge toll plaza heading into San Francisco. And we do have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge that was issued shortly after midnight. I dont really feel much driving across this morning. But i did notice that the roads are a little slick in some spots in the bay area and theres lots of drizzle. I have my wipers going john has been telling us about that in the tropical to get the holding up well very easy into San Francisco. All right lets check in on some more bridges we have 92 the trip across the 70 oh bridge looking good moving well, no problems no crashes no stalls just a little bit of crowding on the flat section thats completely normal a quick trip here to the peninsula and well take a peek at the Richmond Sandra fell i dont see any cars really through the pay gates all is well and right on time okay, one person coming there with no issues heading up to the north bay well check more traffic a little bit later. Lets be absolutely clear about whats at stake. The consequence of the Trump Administrations argument are not academic or an extraction. For Many Americans their matter of life and death in the literal sense. President elect joe biden is slamming the Trump Administrations effort to strike down the Affordable Care act. But based on oral arguments yesterday the Supreme Court could uphold the obama Era Health Care law joe khaleel has more. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments tuesday in a case that could result in the Affordable Care act being ruled unconstitutional the mandate as it exists today is unconstitutional it is a naked commands to Purchase Health insurance. The case hinges on the individual mandate the part of the ac a that dictates every american must have Health Insurance or pay a penalty in 2017 a Republican Led Congress got rid of the penalty now attorneys representing conservativeleaning states and the Trump Administration argue if the mandate is gone the rest of the law cant exist the proper course is to take congress at its word. And the clear the mandate unconstitutional. And in several. From the remainder of the ac a california solicitor general Michael Mongan argued in defense of the ac a he says of congress intended to repeal the whole law it would have done so theres no basis for that result. He says invalidating the law would have dire consequences it would cause enormous regulatory disruption. Up in the markets. 20 million americans off Health Insurance during the pandemic and cost the state 10s of billions of dollars during the fiscal crisis all 3 liberal justices and 2 conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and chief justice john roberts. Seemed to indicate support for the argument to protect the a i think its hard for you to argue that intended the entire act to fall when the same congress that lowered the penalty to did not even try to repeal the rest of the act friday that they wanted the court to do but thats not our job Many Senate Democrats commented on the case saying the court should consider the harm done if it rules against the a if the Court Strikes down the Affordable Care act it will be in an active. In justice. And it would be in my judgment robbery judicial robbery. But many republicans say the law is imperfect might stop talking about. However if you lets talk about delivery of Affordable Care because all we heard about for so many years is how many people are going cower. Well that was joe khalil reporting the Supreme Court is not expected to rule on the case until june. President elect joe biden says his administration is moving forward despite president trumps refusal to concede well biden announced that his transition is quote well under way and he is reviewing potential cabinet picks and other positions. Biden also said that his Transition Team will not be taking legal action to try and force the Trump Administration to have officially acknowledge him as the president elect. Well there are more incoming lgbtq elected officials who will represent communities all across america than in any other time in history kron fours ellis like moaning spoke with the executive director of the San Francisco lgbtq center for we action to this historic achievement of the community nationwide. Americans showed up and came out bringing pride to the polls in 2020, 308 lgbtq candidates were on the ballot across the United States this election year. And so far 200 of them have won their race according to the victory fund a nonprofit that creates pathways to Public Service one of the several who was reelected to their position was San Franciscos bevan dufty whose political career spans 40 years, the voters have decided that he will serve on the bart board of directors once again i think its a great time i am so honored to be elected to my term it barks i think that the experiences that we all have lgbt informs how we lead. And we have an understanding of the issues. I think that we understand what it feels like to have doors closed or to have people question your capability or your rights to be a parent. You know, im a dad san franciscans have long embraced and helped pave the way for the lgbtq community. To represent their own in the political sphere since the days of harvey milk, many hurdles have been overcome. And this year cities which are traditionally less progressive have elected newcomers like torry harris, the first openly black man who will become a state representative in tennessee plus the first openly trans elected officials look stephanie byers, a former High School Music teacher who will serve on the state legislature in kansas. Taylor small who will become state senator in vermont, and former journalist evelyn ria stafford in arkansas who will serve as a county judge thats a feat for a group of continues to face adversity and everyday life i think is tremendously important proper honors and patients in our elected officials and i think. You know levels discrimination and bias and inequities that transgender people days particularly transgender people color is just phenomenal we see Something Like you know 6 times and the Unemployment Rate for transgender women of color than the general population. It was seen record levels of violence and lack of access to health care and discrimination of Women Education and housing. So the barriers are really a mess and i think have folks who are really able you know i address those barriers to really be successful really being willing to step into these very challenging leadership calls is critically and were back in the bay area there are some first as well like. James coleman who will be the youngest and first openly lgbt member on the south San Francisco city council. And alex lee in the south bay who will be the first openly bisexual member of the California State Legislature and for those who may not be as supportive dufty explains were like everyone else basically want the same things in life are just. Just as you know americans and just individuals who are living our lives and hoping not to have government work against us for kron 4 news, im ella sogomonian. Well to the east bay now in oakland housing activists who was willing to break the law to bring attention to housing problems has a new job well shes now an elected lawmaker in oakland. So you may remember the story back in november, Oakland City Council member a leg carol 5 was among a group of housing activists called moms for housing who are illegally occupying a private property in west oakland. So 5 beat the incumbent Lynette Gibson mcelhaney by a significant margin. She says this win shows that grassroots activism and the street can actually be converted to a seat at the table of political power. Ive been successful because of the organizing not in spite of that i never saw myself as being someone that would be on the inside of city hall. Legislating for some of the things that we care about. Well 5 campaigned on housing on a human right and defunding the police to use city money to invest back into the community. The 1 million mark of new covid19 cases and just the first 10 days of november. The last are the latest surge, excuse me seems to be the biggest yet but experts say that medical and testing advances. Give them reason to believe that the nation is better able to deal with the virus this time around. Well the nation has recorded more than 10 million cases and more than 239,000 covid related deaths. California, not a single county is being allowed to go ahead and move forward in easing lockdowns covid19 cases icu admissions and hospitalizations are all trending upward in the state the wrong direction. Well for the First Time Since late august the states Positivity Rate has cre t past 4 . And now sits at 4. 2 just over the last week. We things stay the way they are between this week and next week over half of california counties will have moved into a more restrictive tier and so that certainly is an indication were concerned and that that that we have to keep a close watch. Well later this week state leaders say that theyre releasing guidelines for thanksgiving. Well to the north bay now private school in Orange County has shut down in Person Learning due to reports of students attending parties without wearing masks, so officials with Branson School in ross say the campus will be closed until further notice this decision was made after they learned about multiple halloween parties where the students were not social distancing or even wearing mask students at branson had been asked to sign a code of conduct agreement agreeing to not host or attend parties but a lot of them did anyway. So the School Posted a statement on their web site that reads in part quote to say this is disappointing is an understatement weve been very clear since march about our expectations regarding must all be willing to make sacrifices for each other and for the greater good of everyone and branson end quote. All right coming up next on the kron morning news, the south bays losses again for vegas the u. S. Figure skating championships forced out of the bay area. Because of the uncertainty of the covid pandemic. Theres no bad time to start at amazon. I like the flexibility. It also allows for picking up shifts. Safety comes first, speed comes second. Safety. Safety. Safety. Were making sure that somebody is getting their very important items. It makes me very happy. Welcome back everyone and thanks for staying with us another major bay area sporting event has fallen victim to the pandemic this time its figure skating the u. S. Figure Skating National championships have been relocated from here in the bay area, san jose to los vegas. Kron fours rob fladeboe reports. Thousands of fans attending the january 2021 us figure skating championships here that is a piece at are in san jose as they get in 2018 was just not going tohappen amid the uncertainty surrounding the Pandemic Health orders says the san joses porsche authorities, johns coach and we can only hear the guidelines are currently in place. Now so that we can really project out one week 2 weeks 2 months so the figure Skating Nationals will be held as scheduled the week of january 11th but at orleans arena in las vegas. Which is better suited to meet safety protocols says poach. The center greater rate environments to create the bubble thats really needed. I think it would be is the hotel. You can see no the arena rock a hot bed of figure skating the bay area has produced several champions over the years. Among those expressing disappointment here as solar for america ice in san jose was peninsula scape Club Board Member linda price. Its a huge disappointment i bought my tickets my whole group of friends. We bought our tickets a year ago. And so in and and its its its almost a party for the Skating Community in terms of Economic Impact the change of venue means a loss of 3 to 5,000 hotel rooms alone. Theres that whole on sporting events wrought by the pandemic may be far from over. Weve lost 13 sporting events that we brought to the south bay just since march. Take 2 to 3 years to plan and delivered to the south and that weve to the pandemic while the relocation of the event was seen as inevitable amid the south bays recent rise in new covid19 cases. Many bay area fans will no doubt headed for las vegas in january others like aspiring skater landon really enjoy the competition from the distance looking forward to 2023 win it. Returns better than watching on tv and. Supporting my friends are skating and is san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Well as you are stepping outside this morning a few changes to know compared to where we have been lately and those include some less chilly temperatures this morning were definitely starting off much more on the mild side with 40s and 50s. Some cloud cover across the bay area you can senior San Francisco view cloud cover pretty evident looking across the golden gate right now not really blocking out that view itself though so as you do cross the Golden Gate Bridge, not the foggiest of mornings that youve seen we do have a chip dip in the jet stream approaching the region what this is going to do for us offer up a return of rainfall as we work our way into the latter part of this forecast seeing that here displayed in future cast. So today tomorrow, nice and dry, heres thursday at 04 45pm and although california dry at this time. There are showers working their way back into the Pacific Northwest that do eventually to send the lower and lower our direction 5 friday morning showers return to the north coast snow upper elevations, rainfall right along the coast. And then pushing into the bay area towards the latter part of your day on friday we could see some pretty good shower activity out of the system passing through with rainfall for the bay area and snowfall up in the Sierra Nevada lasting through friday night into Early Saturday Morning we drive back out after that the rest of the day saturday sunday into monday by tuesday into wednesday the following week thats next week. We see another round of rainfall looking likely again so were working our way back into this pattern of rainy days and then those times that we drive back out which is certainly good we need to see this rainfall. 50s and 60s back and play for your daytime highs today really not much different than yesterday was palo alto a little cooler at 59 degrees. Also just a touch cooler across the south bay sunnyvale at 61 campbell at 62 today temperatures in the east bay also sharing that same range of 50s to 60s oakland, pretty similar to where you were yesterday at 62 richmond got 61 inch. Well 60s across most of the north bay and a few 50s right along the coastline, a look ahead at the next 7 days shows that we do have temperatures remaining pretty steady all the way through saturday after that are daytime highs begin to climb and do return to the 70s by monday and tuesday of next week. Inland lows will be much more mild than they have been in the 30s and 40s. Well our bayside in coastal lows remain mild mostly in the 40s for veterans day to day expected dry conditions a little bit of cloud cover but pleasantly cool temperatures. Robin all right. Thank you sir now lets check on in on traffic and i say like pleasantly smooth traffic to we dont have any problems here except its just a little windy out and feel the wind when i was driving in, but theres a high wind advisory. Issued by chp for the bay bridge thats the only bay area bridge thats under a high wind advisory so hold on to that Steering Wheel if you feel some winds there or you know just be careful if youre on a motorcycle or driving a big rig or a fan. The trip and looks good though and quiet hot spot free under 10 minutes from the maze to fremont street so were off to a fantastic start all right, lets check some more bridges shall we taking a look at the golden gate. One oh one or across the north bay into San Francisco is doing fine, no problems no crashes no stall so traffic is smooth. So far and at the limit so no big problems here for 1, 1, and we have the Richmond Sandra fell west 5. 80 always the last bridge to start stacking up right. No major issues and working your way westbound through the tolls across the span so far all is well making it into the north bay, even if youre going to connect with highway one o one that transition into an out of sandra fell looks pretty good as well well check back in on traffic coming up a little bit later. Well with another surge in coronavirus cases nationwide panic shopping has returned to many Grocery Stores and you know its something that weve already seen before at the start of the pandemic right its pretty frustrating. Christina galvin has that story. Scrambling and limiting the trend is back with record numbers of covid infections sleeping the country shoppers are starting to stock up again fearing another round of shortages in stores. In the coming months, we absolutely are starting to see shortages again last week on a Quarterly Earnings call clorox announced it is quote still not at a point where we can fully meet ongoing elevated demand predicting that the shortages on its wipes and disinfectants will continue through the end of the year. And its not just those staples. This time around experts are seeing high demand for other products to to have this perfect storm now americas supply chains are still recovering from the first wave of panic, buying and now you have the largest selling season of the entire year on top of that well experts say its unclear yet if theyll see shortages they have seen an early surge in holiday mainstays especially those that are non perishable like box to things and canned goods. Another category still seeing a boom spices spice category is absolutely going through the roof so we believe that during this pandemic theres been a totally different. Buying pattern in generation that started to cook a lot more than they used to do city. And this is not meant to induce panic but a reminder to plan and be prepared. Christina galvin news channel 9. Want to see me. Were taking a live look outside checking in on the airport sfo. No reports of any major delays right now were looking good and moving well, but if any delays pop up well let you know well also check your weather and traffic coming up after the break stay with us. Welcome back for 55 on this wednesday morning, its hump day as robin likes to remind us also veterans day as you are getting outside today. Do expect a few more clouds in the forecast than what we saw on monday and tuesday we will remain mild theres your cloud cover sitting about half moon bay, not the foggiest the mornings but those low clouds are pushing into the hills so watch travel on 92, especially in those upper elevations as youll be driving right up into that low cloudy plank it cool afternoon conditions with daytime highs at the coast only in the 50s well or further inland spots will be back into the upper 50s to low 60s under some passing clouds and im much less chilly morning than what we had been seeing. Robin all right. Thank you john we are checking in on the traffic we are hot spot free. Thats always a fantastic way to start the morning drive. No problems no crashes here on a t just a little windy, you may feel little bit a high wind advisory remains in place that was issued at around midnight. Its a little breezy across the span but not bad all right, lets check in on the golden gate one on one looking good moving well, no big problems here in 2 out of San Francisco through doing just fine well check more bridges and drive times coming up a little bit later. All right coming up in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news at 5. Area counties are backtracking on further reopenings due to a spike in covid19 cases, well have details on the changes that go into effect this week. Plus tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge could go up to avoid massive layoffs at the agency will have more on this story straight ahead stay with us. Ever wonder why your just washed laundry doesnt smell. Just washed. Thats because theres hidden sweat and body soils that cause odors on your clothes. But theres a solution for those secret stinks gain flings laundry pacs gain flings has more freshness ingredients compared to bargain liquid detergents. 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Yesterday i cant remember if if if i could tell a difference but one of the clouds might have some sort of role that kind like a blanket with find out we got john trouble in the Weather Center good morning john yeah were talking all about our electric blankets yesterday and cloud cover was like you know what were going to come in keeping little bit warmer for a morning because we have been selfridge in the past few mornings that cloud cover helps to shed us from heat loss during overnight hours and thats one of the reasons were so much more mild as youre stepping outside this morning cant make out much from your berkeley view here it is just cold out here looking as we often do see across the bay this blanket of cloud cover is sitting right above our bridges, so its not something thats going to be slowing you down unless youre heading into Higher Elevation terrain. Were do watch that travel 50s for most of our current temperatures that sure is a warm up from yesterday hayward youre at 55 right now oakland at 56 and only one number in the 30s. Thats for you in cloverdale right now at 38 degrees number yesterday of some of us in the 20s and 30s in the north bay, definitely not seeing as much of that this morning in fact temperatures currently in napa nevadar