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Kron 4 news at 3 im sanaz tahernia. The cdc is now saying a mask not only protects those around you, but also protects you from contracting covid19. Kron fours rob fladeboe is live in san jose with more on that rob. Its rights and as you said some people may still need some convincing but their the governments top Infectious Disease experts have changed their tune. As you said theyre now saying that wearing a mask like this one not only protects you, but it protect those around you. We spoke to an Infectious Disease here in the bay area, lets take a look. The center for Disease Control and prevention now says masks benefit the wearer the announcement is in line with the data that has been available all along so Stanford University Infectious Disease expert doctor Robert Siegel and basically you know maskwearing makes sense from a logical standpoint it makes sense from you know in terms studies on you know physical transmission particles and it also makes in terms of some of the epidemiological data. The cdc previously declared that the use of masks would simply offer protection for people around the mask where are the new policy cites evidence confirming the benefits of universal maskwearing the cdc states that quote individual benefit increases with increasing Community Mask use doctor siegel i think it is important to note that masks are not perfect and so we still have to use other things like for instance if people are symptomatic that shouldnt be interacting with other and split his master not perfect if one person is wearing a mask that helped a people Wearing Masks that helps even more tapping into the economic argument. The cdc maintains that if maskwearing were to be increased by just 15 . Strict lockdowns might be avoided, cutting losses by a trillion dollars nationwide for 5 of gdp. Experts however caution that while its clear more masks mean more protection. They are not perfect. Neither one of them is a 100 effective so if neither one was a 100 effective that we would both need to wear mask, but the fact is that for instance, you can imagine that youre wearing a mask but youre youre coughing or youre talking loudly and so so most of the particles or stop by the mass. But some of them get and then the recipient is wearing a mask and so that mask again its not a 100 effective, but the probability of stopping the remaining particles, you know is is fairly high and so if theres fewer particles that are being yes are transmitted then the probability of the mass working as much higher so. Among the steadiest studies that the cdc cited was one where 2 masked hair stylists who experiencing some symptoms did not pass along the virus to as many as 67 different mask clients that they later came into contact with just as a brief study of my to pass through the strip mall here in south san jose here this afternoon popped into a starbucks into a Grocery Store in a couple of other places in a few months ago you would have bumped into some people with no masks i did not see a Single Person inside or out. Without a mask. Live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news sanaas rob, its good to see people in the bay area following these rules because it is important to keep ourselves safe. Thanks for that report. Now parts of the bay area are taking a step back with reopening after rise in covid19 cases and hospitalizations on the peninsula, san mateo counties also seeing an uptick in the number of covid19 cases and doctors are urging caution, especially with the holidays coming up kron fours reyna harvey is in San Mateo County with more. Coronavirus cases continue to rise here in San Mateo County. But theyre still in the orange here you can see for the most part businesses are open in the parking lot behind me is pretty full officials are saying that if people get together over the next few days for the holidays, it could see those numbers skyrocket they could be back into the red tier. So right now theyre encouraging families over the next few days if youre out and about to limit your time together Health Experts are saying if you are planning on celebrating with your family over the next few days. Keep the celebration outdoors theyre saying also to limit the amount of time you spend with your loved ones theyre saying 2 hours, max and keep the less than that and theyre also saying not to go to numerous different family members homes over the holidays, we know often we like to do that now i spoke to some residents who live out here and heres what they had to say about seeing their loved ones over the holidays. I mean if youre going. Get to get outdoors and limit your time you might as well just hang out inside. Because. You need to so were you can bag the champs you touching my you know so doubt the cooler ill be ill be at home. Im a im a stale. And over the past few weeks the daily average case rate has gone up from about 43 cases per day so about officials are saying now is the time to be thinking about ways you and your loved ones can still get together over the holidays, but still keep each other safe that might mean more facetime conversations now reporting out here in daly city reyna harvey kron 4 news. And with the recent drop in temperatures Hardware Stores in the bay area are reporting a shortage of outdoor heaters kron fours phillipe djegal has the story for us from word. Good luck if youre in the market for a patio heater because it appears everyone elses and that includes businesses that have been strapped by the covid19 pandemic and forced to put their businesses outdoors this includes restaurants and so suppliers are giving them priority. We spoke with the owner of hayward hardware. Jim wieder he says that his suppliers are in patio heaters in fact it will be weeks before they can ship them out to you even if you put them on order jims advice at this point seat since he says you should have been ordering these items back in june. Is to look on the east coast. Miami wherever its hot. Have someone order. An item there because its likely still on the shelf and then have it shipped to you dont rely on businesses here on the west coast because theyre going to be out of these patio heaters for quite some time. You can try your luck on amazon or target or a new big box stores. We even if you search those web sites. It will be weeks in many cases before the item is available and that will be even longer until it gets to your place so check the east coast. Miami wherever its warm in hayward fleet it all kron 4 news. President trump and president elect joe biden each took part in center ceremonies today honoring veterans in his first public appearance in several days, the president participated in the veterans day observance at Arlington National cemetery, he was joined at Arlington National cemetery cemetery by his First Lady Melania Trump as well as Vice President mike pence and his wife karen pence president elect joe biden made a brief veterans day appearance out with his wife. Jail. They went to the Korean War Memorial in philadelphia where he laid a wreath honoring the nations veterans bidens son beau who died in 2015 of brain cancer was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard. And in the north bay to world war 2 veterans were given a chance to fly in a vintage aircraft kron fours Charles Clifford has the story. Well sadly there arent very many world war 2 veterans left but today here in Sonoma County 2 men who flew during world war 2. Were given a chance to return to the skies wednesday morning 100 yearold delpy to men and 105 yearold alan mcgee knee arrived at the airport santa rosa were a world war 2 era dc 3 set waiting for them to influence similar plane in world war 2 and mcgee knee was a navigator on a b 17. But neither man had flown in years and before taking off they took a moment to reflect on veterans day and what it means to them both men have outlived most of their comrades from world war 2 i think guys. Anouk why well. It didnt make if you live in this country ought to be the happiest person wholl. Theres no other place like in order to maintain socialdistancing the 2 men were actually given separate rides on the plane both were looking forward to this flight but cant wait to get in im ready both feet in. For each flight the dc 3 took off and flew south to make a pass under the Golden Gate Bridge and then return back to santa rosa. In Sonoma County Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Now lets talk about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge at this hour lots of clouds overhead weve got kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez. Shes tracking chilly overnight weather for us marissa yeah, but tonight sanaas we actually noticed during the overnight hours 10 to 20 degrees of warming face of the blanket of clouds starting to notice some cooler temperatures though. For inland valleys 10 degrees cooler for fairfield inn down to 6 degrees cooler for those of you in concord and livermore in temperatures as you head out the door upper 50s to low 60s through about 4 degrees below average today with when tracker for tracking calm wind speeds so everyone in the Single Digits and future cast for does show some light showers making its way into the north bay at around 6 oclock this evening but very light scattered hit or miss rain dry for the rest of us in the bay area but this storm door remains open in fact were going to see some widespread light rain arriving to the bay area starting friday night and it is going to be an overnight storm through your saturday morning find out just how much rain were expecting to get with this system cause more wet weather is heading our way next week as well sanaas back to you thank every some. And coming up on kron 4 news at 3 a pedestrian is hit and killed and the north bay and it involved a Police Officer. Details on that story. A New Discovery from researchers and what they found that could make covid19 more infectious. And right after the break in east bay teenager organizing a black lives matter rally is threatened. Hear from the man behind the online threat and why the teen was so scare. Im greg, im 68 years old. I do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. In the east bay a High School Senior is threatening to a black lives matter event scheduled for this weekend. Today, the man who allegedly made the threat is no longer standing behind it. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun joins us live with more on this story has e. Yeah thats right the young man received the threat is a straight a student hes a journalist. Hes an athlete and hes also the president of the schools black Student Union today told me why he feels like he should not have been targeted for threat by a well known gun dealer, the city of the. A Facebook Post calling on patriots oath keepers and nra members to bring vest and helmets to the city hall parking lot at dublin during this weekend sign guarded for justice event. Included the image of 17 yearold Danielle Mcmahon it was very a nerve wracking the douglas High School Senior is the president of the black Student Union who together with tri valley for black lives are hosting the sign garden event. You know when i some folks actually had a 29 shares so that 30 people that could potentially he looking for me and you know seeing as its radical. Met are a great year for me as trying to destroy other which. And you know what i was so the citysponsored display was supported unanimously by the city council and i believe is a testament to our commitment to peaceful expressions of our fight for racial justice. I never saw the 17 yearold. General to to that you can use 5 yearold beyond what you do that is the voice of mike grant. Hes the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the Facebook Post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing is. As a white male and rivers seen any racial ce sirte and discriminated against. But this is the last 5 days or 4 days what ive gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just thats what people dont her for you know its color for years. To she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. Today Oakland City Council reached a settlement for the 2016 ghost ship fire that killed 36 people. The city of oakland has agreed to pay 399,000 to the victims and their families. The city does not admit however any wrongdoing in the settlement. The warehouse had been illegally converted into a residential space and event venue when it caught fire on december second 2016 during an electronic music party. The buildings owner chore and was not charged with any crimes. And to the north bay now where a Police Officer in benicia struck and killed a pedestrian with his patrol car overnight. Police say the officer was on duty at 02 00am when the fatal strike happened in the 1900 block of east Second Street paramedics were called immediately but the pedestrian died on the scene. The identity of the victim has not been released. But police say he appears to be a white man between the age of 30 and 40 years old. No information about the officers identity was released nor was he injured and he was not responding to any calls of the time he struck the victim. And police over in rohnert park have arrested a man on suspicion of sexually assaulting children. Investigators believe there could be more victims 68 yearold a gallon is facing dozens of charges, including 16 counts of acts with a child under the age of 10. Hes also facing multiple charges of lewd acts with a child and 8 counts of child abuse. If your child or your children have ever been cared for by dan mcallen you are asked to give police a call. Switching gears now to talk about the weather, heres a live look at downtown San Francisco kron fours Mabrisa Rodriguez is here with the fort with a look at our forecast and how does it how it feels out there, its beautiful memories of it kind of chilly right. Yeah, were definitely below average tunnels about 5 to 10 degrees below normal for most bay area cities today, dry conditions out there right now blanket of cloud cover overhead but unfortunately, not going to bring us any much needed rain in the coming days right now were tracking mid 50s for those of you in downtown San Francisco upper 50s for san jose in the south bay. A little bit mild for those of you in oakland 63 degrees as is pittsburgh. The lay of the 59 degrees with napa currently at 61 degrees as you head out the door for your wednesday afternoon and overnight lows tonight will be noticeably chillier so were not going to get that thicker blanket of cloud cover that we saw overnight that lasted through this morning warming us 10 to 20 degrees last night tonight, were cooling back down near freezing for those of you in the north bay santa rosa, 31 degrees so below freezing temperatures right there. Napa 36 degrees with upper 30s for those of you in livermore and widespread mid 40s throughout the bay areas shoreline in downtown San Francisco cooling down to 46 degrees in daytime highs tomorrow about 4 degrees below average widespread low to mid 60s 55 for those of you at half moon bay, but everyone else will remain below normal in future cast for is going to show dry weather in the coming days by friday afternoon we could see light bands of rain arriving for those of you in the north bay at around 4. 30 impacting your rush hour commute home. So just keep that in mind. These scattered showers will continue during the overnight hours into your friday night and Early Saturday Morning but right around sunrise were going to dry out and clear out not expecting a big drought buster with this upcoming storm but were all expecting some measurable rain with about a quarter of an inch of rain or less highest amounts for those of you along the coast and taking a look ahead at the next 7 day forecast. Were going to notice a nice warmup and drier weather continuing through sunday and even for the 1st half this upcoming week but then more scattered showers arrive to the bay area tuesday through wednesday of next week back to use an awesome thank you mabrisa. Still ahead a new report reveals places that were here at more of the risk of catching covid19 we have the details that you need to know. Plus an important recall to tell you about the Home Security device that could actually put your home at risk thats all coming up. 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Consumers can determine if their doorbell is included in this recall by going to their website and entering the doorbells serial number currently there have been over 350,000 ring doorbell sold here in the United States. And the San Francisco board of supervisors has voted to ban natural gas in New Buildings, starting in 2021. The ordinance passed this month that it requires new construction to utilize only electric power. San francisco follows the city of berkeley which was actually the first in california to ban and natural gas in New Buildings city supervisors say natural gas is the second largest source of Greenhouse Gas emissions in San Francisco. And it poses major health and safety risks. A study has found that just a handful of places are responsible for the vast majority of coronavirus cases the study was published in the journal nature, researchers from northwestern and Stanford University found that restaurants gyms hotels and houses houses of worship account for about 80 of the infections in the United States, Scientists Say that limiting capacity in these places but even 20 . What have huge benefits and could cut viral transmission by 80 . And researchers have discovered a new hidden gene in covid19 in a study published in the journal. Life. Scientists say it may explain why the coronavirus involved to replicate so efficiently to become so infectious. Theyre calling the new or f 3 d and its considered an overlapping jean researchers say its discovery could help reveal new avenues to control the virus. Coming up next showed up and came out bringing pride to the mall in 2020. There are more incoming lgbtq elected officials across america than any time in history. Plus the sfa ferry is making it easier for essential workers to get around well tell you how. Conversation continues throughout the country. Well have a report from washington dc on how lawmakers see the state of the election. President trump continues to claim the election was rigged his Administration Officials and his campaign say theyll continue to fight the Election Results but washington correspondent alexandra le mon reports. The senators from both parties expressed confidence the process is working as intended. The president has been fired by the American People after joe bidens win in the popular vote and the electoral vote democrats are dismissing claims by trump Administration Officials like secretary of state mike pompeo that the outcome could still turn in President Trumps favor there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration pompeo was playing both to trump and he was playing to the Republican Base he has election prospects in his future. Hes thought about. Whether one for the presidency 4 years out meanwhile President Trump fired the secretary of defense and other top military officials replacing them with people he considers more loyal there will be more heads to roll. The president will vent his frustration by taking out additional people all the Trump Campaign promises more lawsuits and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says all candidates have the right to explore their options until the Election Results are certified thats not unusual. Should not be alarming utah republican senator mitt romney agrees but says theres no evidence of widespread fraud and says claiming the election was rigged is wrong that would in my view one not accurate and 2. Destructive to the cause of freedom in washington, alexandra le mon. New today there will be ever hand recounts of ballots in the state of currently president elect joe biden leads President Trump by approximately 14,000 votes. Secretary of state Brad Raffensperger said at a News Conference earlier today that his office wants the process to begin by the end of the week an expected to take until november 20th. And there are more incoming lgbtq elected officials who will represent communities across america than any other time in history. Kron fours Ella Sogomonian a spoke with the executive director of the San Francisco lgbt center for reaction to the historic achievements of their 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 and bart 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 in everyday life. I think is tremendously important to see proper honors and haitian in our elected officials and i think. You know levels discrimination and bias and inequities that transgender people days particularly transgender people of 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 in employment education 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 to really 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 deaf the 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. Californias attorney general is demanding answers from the federal government on a program that it promised to use to give Student Debt Relief to conduct veterans. Last november, the federal administration said it would set up a date a matching program to provide some automatic Student Debt Relief for those combat veterans. Sarah said wednesday, its unclear how or even if this is being used the attorney general says hes not accusing the administration of anything but says so much about the program is still unclear. We want to go details about the program just whether beach it provides relief to all eligible veterans. We want to know about information on the number of student borrowers who have received these under the program as well as the about the release they may have received if i dont want information on the number of student borrowers who are entitled to have not yet received relief under the program. He noted that since 2015 combat veterans have unnecessarily paid more than a 100 Million Dollars in interest on their student loans. And veterans can now go to National Parks for free for life. The department of the interior announced that veterans and gold star families are getting a free pass to National Parks, wildlife refuges and other federal lands this covers nearly 2000 different public locations and its for anyone who served in the armed forces, including the National Guard and reserves. And tiktok is asking a for a delay in this weeks deadline to be sold off from its chinese parent company. President trump signs an executive order rather in the summer of requiring byte dance to sell to an American Company by tomorrow. The president claims tiktok poses a National Security threat because of its chinese ownership, he threatened to ban the short form video app on last byte dance sells it and tik tok denies the allegations saying that its data centers are located entirely outside of china and that none of the data is subjected to chinese law byte dance is working on a deal to sell tiktok to oracle and walmart. Which gears again up for a quick moment take a peek at nature as we take a live look over the snowfall on half dome at Yosemite National park it is an absolute beautiful shots. This afternoon. A while theres no snow here in the bay area we do want to talk about the rain headed our way so weve got every surrogate standing by with that recent yeah, very dry conditions out there right now sanaas but just off to the coast. We are tracking some light bands of showers that could make its way into parts of the north bay. Maybe the along the coastal San Francisco peninsula as well bringing hit or miss scattered showers but overall a dry outlook for today and stormtracker 4 tracking plenty of cloud cover and dry conditions for those of you out in this year and that drying trend is going to continue for your thursday as well but then we are going to notice some changes thursday night through friday, some light scattered showers and even some possible snow will start to arrive to the sierra taking a look at your next 3 day forecast were going to notice the mixture of rain and snow showers dropping temperatures into the low 40s by friday but then drying out in clearing out under mostly sunny skies for your saturday and here in the bay area we also have some wet weather that will arrive friday night through saturday about a quarter of an inch of rain or less expected and then warmer temperatures by the 2nd half of this weekend details on that and your full microclimate thursday outlook in just a few minutes back to you soon great. Thank agrees on. The San Francisco bay ferry is offering one dollar rice essential workers and new riders through december the offer will be available on weekdays only and all passengers will be required to wear masks. And practice coronavirus safety measures. Coming up retailers are making plans for black friday as the pandemic continues and some are offering early deals will tell you how you can take advantage. And restaurants are also making changes amid the pandemic how you can safely get here for into effect. 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. Time now to check in with news nation on wgn america to see what theyre working on tonight. Rob nelson joins us live from chicago with a preview. Hi rob. Hey there thanks so much good afternoon a lot to get to tonight. Were going to start with covid19 which as you know continue is continues to surge and break records all across the country right now multiple states cracking down once again trying to get this virus. Under control as we now approach a quarter Million Deaths here in the u. S. Well have a live report tonight from the hot spot of el paso texas. Were hospitals there are at the brink. Also tonight a live report from dc where President Trumps refusal to concede is stalling and complicating president elect joe bidens transition into office well break down where that process now stands and how both sides are trying to navigate this unusual interim period. And we cant forget of course that it is veterans day a moment to celebrate all of the brave men and women who have sacrificed. So much for the country tonight were going to speak with a world war 2 vet about how the war shaped his life and get this. How hes celebrating his one 100th birthday all that and more tonight here on news nation on wgn america. We certainly hope youll tune. Thank you so much for that preview rob. And news nation airs on wgn america 08 00pm our time you can find it on the channels listed on your screen more details available on our website kron 4 dot com. Next on kron 4 news at 3 a local doctor weighs in on the new mascot guidance from the cdc and the warning about a surge in cases as winter approaches well have a live interview right after the break. Covid19 cases a surging across the bay area and the u. S. And the cdc issuing new guidance on masks and the benefits of both the where and the people around them. Several things to worry about here as the holidays approach us and the return of wet weather and people gathering indoors. Were joined by doctor, Peter Chinhong Infectious Disease specialist over at ucsf doctor thank you so much, i know we always speak to thanks so much for giving us your time. Health officials announced yesterday that this next surge could be worse than the one we saw over the summer have you noticed an increase in patients yet. And what is ucs of doing to prepare for the search. So right now seen as were kind of in a where seen cases in the community. I think inevitably that will be reflected in the hospital, but luckily i think were still seeing about i would say one 3rd of the cases from a month 2 ago at the peak. But things definitely heating up and we know that it will inevitably be increasing that well see in terms of preparations that were doing i think what weve done actually over the last few weeks is stockpile a little bit of remdesivir jim simply because we anticipate a shortage of that i know the Hospital System has banking up on ppe supplies for diagnostic test so its kind of like stocking up before the storm and thats what weve been doing. Theoretically speaking we should be or maybe not seen a surge we should be seeing lower number sim simply because people are now more people are Wearing Masks is we shouldnt that be the case. It should be the case, but i think that 3 features that make case increase likely number i think theres some element of mass fatigue and again this settings that we think seem innocent but that they theyre they indoor gatherings of families and people that weve forgotten all want to see again over the last few the number 2 reason is that its getting colder some people gathering more indoors nc meeting in the park in the old days and then i think number 3 some probably the most important reason for me which is that were being boxed in by the fire of covid thats going on the rest of the country be look at the maps and that trends over time california seems to be an outlier and its only a matter of time because of travel and porous borders that going to see some of the cases of people coming into our region from other areas. Now whats the biggest concern for the hospital as we head into these colder months and continue into flu season. I know you said people staying indoors now theyre not going to be eating outdoors so much just because its going to be a lot colder. What are some of the other concerns that the hospital has. I think the main concern the hospital is that we see more cases and we have the staff the rest very technicians. The nurses so thats one thing and the second reason is a little bit more hidden and that is as the numbers increase in the community. What weve seen in the waves, one 2 is that people get frightened of coming to the hospital when they dont have covid so lot little chest pain that youve been ignoring over time with that blood in the stool i think were worried that that would lead to gain phillies and diagnosis for a lot of folks. Lets just i guess reiterate the importance of wearing a mask we you know it protects us and but it it protects those you know around us, but also protects us per the cdc. Doctor chinhong to talk to us about how important it is to wear mask when youre out in public and around people that are in your household. Thats so important says so i think spring is something thats in a relatively easy to do we dont have a vaccine. Thats available to everyone yet and its something that we can do to actively protect not only ourselves as you point out by protect our community is ample evidence both from you know i think those skates Series Laboratory evidence and then countrywide data where you know countries that enforce mask wearing have lower covid compared other areas where mass havent been enforced and even within areas like arizona and with us the states where they have him in increased thats been associated with lowering covid just in from all the other features so lots of you cannot fund or them. You know my son and mix with some holiday inn and i think youre good to go. And last question doctor we talk about masks for the general public but how about ppi know when. The pandemic first started ppe an issue at a lot of Healthcare Facilities has your hospital stocked up in anticipation of a surge. Yes assess we re not only stocks stock top you know we relied initially and Community Donations believe in not because we get didnt get enough from the National Governments so we have some supplies and we also reusing and reuse for cost some of the n 95 masks so serve refine our process knowing how to start allies must so i think were getting more and more prepared for that inevitable increase and well see in the winter months all right you see a notable but we all hope. It doesnt happen, but if it does it sounds like you and your colleagues in your hospital already doctor Peter Chinhong thank you so much for joining us this afternoon, thanks so much for having me on course. Now lets talk about our bay area forecast as we take a live look outside at San Franciscos embarcadero the skies are blue we got in that room the recent rodriguez shes tracking. Chilly overnight temperatures were very recent, you said it kind of warmed up and it is that right, yeah warmed up last night through this morning 10 to 20 degrees and as with most of us in the 40s and 50s. As opposed to being in the 30s and 40s so we noticed they so that blanket of cloud cover warmer overnight lows. But cool daytime high still this afternoon and tomorrow extra sunshine and with that some warming but still a few degrees below average for downtown San Francisco in the low 60s with midfifties for those of you at half moon bay. And daly city as well wind speeds will be a little bit breezier in afternoon specifically along the San Francisco peninsula coastline around 20 Miles Per Hour or less millbrae and burlingame flirting with 60s but in the upper 50s san mateo youre going to hit that low 60 degree mark with cooler temperatures are palo alto and foster city in the mid 50s there, widespread low to mid 60s for those of you in the south bay, san jose 63 degrees and livermore 64 degrees with widespread low 60s right along the east bay shoreline richmond and berkeley 63 degrees. So a little bit milder there. But 62 degrees from the in the north bay. Sonoma 61 degrees and santa rosa in the mid 60s for your thursday afternoon and taking a look ahead. Were warming up this weekend even into early next week with above average temperatures with some light scattered showers this friday bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. 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