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Milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. The men number keeps going up. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman the u. S. Has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today Alameda County becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. Currently alameda is in the states orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified Health Orders but Health Officials say theyre expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. There is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron fours terisa stasio is following the stories. Well have more coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 7 which airs on line and then on air in prime Time Starting at 08 00pm. Now here is where the bay area county stand in the states reopening tier system Contra Costa County was forced to move from the orange here to the more restrictive read to you yesterday, San Francisco remains in the yellow tier, but changes are coming ill have more on that in just a minute and Sonoma County remains in the most restrictive purports year you can see solano and Contra Costa County are in the substantial sort of pink tear there. Governor newsome and doctor mark galli will providing an update on covid19 in the state tomorrow. We will be carrying that live right here on our kron on app and also on our Facebook Page so make sure to like us there. Now back to whats happening in San Francisco. It will temporarily rollback the reopening of Indoor Dining and will reduce the capacity of Fitness Centers and movie theaters. Additionally San Francisco, a pause the reopening of indoor instructions at high schools that have not already opened. Now these changes are going go into effect at 11 59pm on friday thats tomorrow well go now to the north bay because theres growing concern in marine county that number of coronavirus cases there could be growing. Health officials are now taking steps to slow the spread of the virus kron fours Charles Clifford is live for us now in marine city with details charles does this mean more rollbacks are coming in marin county. Well were going to start off right now marin county is in the orange here the less restrictive tier they want to keep it that way and Health Officials are taking some proactive steps to hopefully keep this virus from spreading. Bring countys Health Officer doctor matt willis says that restaurants county wide should reduce indoor capacity to just 25 thats down from the current 50 willis says that as coronavirus cases spike in california and around the bay area marin county is in danger of moving from the current orange tier to the more restrictive read here. On the States Coronavirus watch list is recommending that restaurants reduced capacity because they tend to be where people gather indoors and dont wear masks because theyre eating in fact we have margin or sending multiple people crossed households. Were not covering their faces are often gathered together for an hour an hour half of the time and thats one of the reasons why risk so much higher. For Indoor Dining and thats why were taking this step. A fire house coffee and tea in sausalito. Owner dj on sorry says the idea of returning to the more restrictive measures is not great but he believes his business will survive. Obviously going back down to 25 less people can hang out indoors and with the winter coming thats going to be hard. But weve done this before so is a pretty Resilient Community were lucky to have people that come out in support regardless of being able to stay here at this point the reduction to 25 capacity is only a recommendation. Doctor willis says that it could become mandatory next week if the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. Back live now theyre going to watch the numbers over the next few and possibly next tuesday, there could be a decision on whether or not to make these new restrictions mandatory. But for now in the north bay Charles Clifford kron 4 news. So much charles and well go now to the south bay where parents and teachers in Santa Clara County are protesting. What they say is a rush to reopen schools. Protesters on thursday morning claims schools are reopening without proper safety precautions. Organizers of this rally here asking for Additional Health and safety training, adequate staffing in classrooms and allowing for continued telework for some staff School Officials in Santa Clara County have responded saying they have followed the guidelines from the California Health department and Health Officials in Santa Clara County. And that that less than 10 of students have returned in Person Learning. Their Statement Reads in part here. It is vital that students who require programs and services that must be delivered in person have access to in Person Learning an essential supports with this in mind we have been engaged in a slow and gradual path to returning to in Person Instruction taking all necessary steps to accomplish this goal with staff and students safety top of mind. Now to chicago which is also announced another stay at home order that goes into effect on monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot made the announcement today in an effort to stop the spread of covid19 in the city people are being advised to only leave to go. Back home to work or to school or for essential needs such as medical care going to the Grocery Store or picking up food thats it. The city is also imposing new restrictions limiting meetings and social events to 10 people or less for any gatherings that are held indoors or outdoors and make sure you download the kron 4 mobile app as well as our 24 7 news streaming service kron on theres an app there to see can step today and all the covid19 restrictions across the bay area as they are ever changing. Not to the south bay where the longrunning effort to close one of the busiest general aviation airports in the country is heating up once again kron fours rob has more now on the story is live for us. In san jose good afternoon rob. Good afternoon justine here the Santa Clara County board of supervisors set to weigh in on a plan that airport critics say could solve 2 problems at once they say closing review of airport of could bring some peace of mind and improve safety to neighbors of the airport and then the land could be converted to Affordable Housing. Lets take a closer look. Hillview airport has fended off efforts to close it for decades over safety concerns. It closed a 100 acre county own land in East San Jose would go a long way to solving the Regions Affordable Housing crisis is spurs to recent it is time to re imagine revealed airport as inaccessible Community Asset. That stimulates production of Affordable Housing and economic opportunities. The airport was here long before the neighborhoods in shopping malls that surrounded today. There are more than 500 takeoffs and landings every day. 200,000 every year. Supporters say its Safety Record is excellent, but there have been several crashes through the years. Neighbors have long complained about noise and pollution as well, but supporters argue Reid Hillview is a Community Asset and should not be closed the airport. Provides us a piece of the National Transportation infrastructure for one thing and as a reliever airport for san jose which puts small aircraft that come into the valley into this airport to stay out of the path of the big jets going into san jose Reid Hillview has served a select few in this community for decades. But the best use of that land is no longer to accommodate private planes or even teach students the basics of aviation. If the airport is alternately closed many of the pilots flight schools and other traffic would likely move to a similar sized airport in san martine in southern Santa Clara County. And fueling speculation that read here whose days are numbered is the fact that the county stop taking federal last year from the f a a which would have kept the airport open for at least another 30 years the board of set to hear arguments for and against closing the airport next week. Live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you so much rob now a huge sinkhole. Opened up right by levi stadium today santa clara city workers are telling us here at kron 4 news there was a water main break in the parking lot. Right next to the 49 ers practice field, the parking lot is off of stars and stripes blvd it created this huge mass that were looking at right now theres water and mud everywhere. Workers say this happened because of aging infrastructure, they hope to have it cleaned up by tomorrow, but there is a pretty big hole in ground there. Lets check in now on our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at San Francisco International Airport happy thursday to everyone meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here with details on the rain thats headed our way him agree some and hopefully you remember how to use an umbrella i know its been a while but. Our dry spell will officially end tomorrow tracking light to moderate rain returning to the bay area from now until then though enjoy the blue skies out there right now temperatures warming up on account of that anywhere from about 3 to 10 degrees of warming double digit warming for those of you in fairfield flirting with 70s but currently in the upper 60s there trfcking mid to upper 50s right along the San Francisco peninsula coastline with mid 60s throughout the east bay shoreline some pretty mild temperatures theyre the same for nevado currently at 64 degrees, san jose though in the south bay in the low 60s at 62 degrees and when tracker for overall tracking pretty calm winds but by tomorrow afternoon we could see wind gusts upwards of 35 Miles Per Hour or less gusty is right along the coast and that is going to continue through your early evening hours on friday until we start notice. Calmer winds by your friday night and thats because of this approaching storm bringing a slight to moderate rate so it is arriving earlier than what i was tracking yesterday and also rain totals going up as well tracking the storm hour by hour my full forecast in just a few minutes to steam back to you, thanks so much raise a lot of rain there on the screen. Coming up here on kron 4 news at 3 we check in to see bay area food banks are ready for the high demand during the holidays with so many people out of work due to the pandemic. And a new incentive was announced today that puts the homeless to work in the south bay. How much money they could get paid to collect trash while the details. And thanksgiving is 2 weeks from today, so well take a look at what travel will be like during the pandemic so if you plan to fly. You will not want to some breaking news just now in to the kron 4 news room coming to us out of San Francisco where the Fire Department is warning everyone about a gas leak thats happening between pierce and steiner this is right near al amarah its alamo square park. Were told that evacuations are in place right now emergency crews are on the scene but that this gas leak has been reported on fulton street between peers in steiner. San Francisco Police department the San Francisco Fire Department and pg and e are all on scene right now were told to expect traffic delays try to stay away from the area. Again were going to continue to follow this gas leak thats being reported in San Francisco right near the painted ladies and as soon as new information comes in why were here 3 ill be sure to bring it to you you can always check our website kron 4 dot com for other details. A new survey has now just found that just over half of all americans plan to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. This is coming as air travel. Its still down by about 75 out of San Franciscos International Airport. Kron 4 sweep to golf has details now on the thanksgiving travel. Travel looks murky for the thanksgiving holiday weekend. We know right now here s f o and that travel is down but it has been improving the airport says it spent about 25 of its normal air traffic at this point of the year normally. Theyd see about 80,000 passengers flying per day but theyre down to about 20,000 and only half of the airlines that were operating before the pandemic. Operating now here at the airport but that is up from about 25 at the lowest point during the pandemic we also know from trip advisor report in that 56 of americans intend to travel during the thanksgiving holiday weekend. And thats down 14 from last year. But only 11 of those people intend to fly most people are going to hit the road so seeing some improvement to air travel here, sfo and throughout the country but as covid19 cases continue to rise. That is slowing down the recovery. Also remember when you come here to the airport. Face coverings are required in all tournaments. And San Francisco International Airport fleet all kron 4 news. Speaking of travel a coronavirus scare on board the First Caribbean cruise to set sail since the pandemic began. Tester now showing that someone on the sea dream yacht clubs see dream one tested positive for the virus. The captain made the announcement over the intercom yesterday. Passengers have been instructed to return to their cabins and remain isolated. The ship is now heading back to barbados where the trip began. Passengers were tested before the ship departed, and then 4 days into the trip. With the Holiday Season basically here, barry food banks are struggling now to fill the void of those who are at risk of food in security today kron fours as he can when you spoke to a food Bank Representative who says help is needed now more than ever. Fighting Food Insecurity during the pandemic as thanksgiving twentytwenty approaches is so intense that the Alameda County food banks director of Community Engagement says pre covid thanksgiving 2019 is a complete blur you know its funny to think about even remember last this is just this last year has been many years itself. He says thats because the number of people needing food has doubled from this time last year. We have never seen numbers like we have seen. You know this year and we expect as we head deeper into november and december close to the holidays. Were probably going to see the longest lines weve ever right now we estimate that at least one in 4 county residents is experiencing or at risk of hunger. And collectively around the bay at least 1. 5 million bay area residents right now are in need of food bank assistance. Volunteers with the Alameda County food bank are helping to serve food for about 70,000 People Per Day and heres how you can help relieve the one thing that the banks need right now is Financial Support of our food costs are through the roof last year we spend about 400,000 in food costs in october. This october we spent nearly one 0. 7 Million Dollars on food you can also help by lending a hand and becoming a food bank volunteer. Haaziq kron 4 news. Well switch gears now and talk about our Weather Forecast as we take a live look outside here along the embarcadero in San Francisco, beautiful blue skies. This afternoon but some rain is now moving in for fridays, lets get all the details right now with our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez how much rain are we really talking this time while we could see anywhere from about a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain for the north bay with the highest peaks possibly even picking up as much as 3 quarters of an inch of rain just seen some rain totals. Going up with this storm according to the latest model run, lets take a look at outside we are noticing pretty dry conditions and also clear skies but tomorrow thats going to change temperatures going to cool down as well as we take a look at your microclimate friday outlook downtown San Francisco warming up to 59 degrees. So overall were going to be about 5 to 10 degrees below average for most bay area cities, Half Moon Bay in the midfifties wind speeds picking up as well about 35 Miles Per Hour or less along the San Francisco gppeninsula thats whats expected to be the strongest millbrae and burlingame cooling down to 58 degrees with low 60s for those of you in redwood city, san mateo 59 degrees in tracking widespread low 60s for those of you in the south bay, san jose 62 degrees santa clara and milpitas also warming up in that low 60 degree mark of livermore just warming up to 63 degrees tomorrow, a degree cooler for those of you at hayward at 62 low 60s for richmond and berkeley conquered and walnut creek 63 degrees for your friday afternoon highs and even cooler temperatures for those of you in the north bay thats because rain will arrive later into the early afternoon hours right about 57 degrees for those of you in napa so youre going to be about 10 degrees below average there as is sandra fell in mill valley, santa rosa 59 degrees for your friday afternoon. So we are going to notice. Daytime highs warming up and drying out this weekend with above average temperatures early this upcoming week and then a slight chance of rain by the middle of next week but that storm already starting to dry out as i speak justine back to you. Disco now on a 9 yearold woman is in the hospital with life threatening injuries after a hit and run crash involving a motorcyclist. This happened yesterday afternoon in San Franciscos Diamond Heights neighborhood along duncan street. Police said the motorcyclist hit the elderly woman and then rode off a description of the suspect has not been released immediately yet by police but anyone with information is asked to call the San Francisco Police Department and still ahead here on kron 4 news at 3 with covid19 cases rising across the bay area and in the United States. Could we be headed towards a tighter national restriction what we know about the 4 to 6 week lockdown thats being talked about today. Hang the homeless to pick up trash the south bay city th in the south by the city of san jose is giving the homeless an opportunity to make some cash crop for us not us now live in the newsroom with more details on this program not only helps out the homeless, but also the city as well its i just seen earlier today, san jose mayor sam liccardo announced the launch of a Pilot Program called cash for trash under the beautifying sj initiative that will battle flights over in san jose that trash accumulation has become a big problem in san jose. So the cash for trash Program Program an improvise an incentive to clean up. Homeless residents can pick up trash in encampments in exchange for programmable and reloadable cards from mastercard. Mastercard is launching the cash for trash program in various cities across the country with san jose being the first and the city is already seeing some impressive progress a sixday period. Weve enlisted 27 participants. We have collected more than 2 tons of trash. In our streets and out of our waterways that is a tremendous contribution and im grateful to the members of our inhouse community were willing to participate. Obviously its a great benefit to us as a community and also provides a pathway to begin the conversations that we need to be able to start to provide services to many of those on the house. Maybe otherwise service resistant. Now participants will get paid 4 per bag of trash and they can turn up to 5 bags for a 20 mastercard city he card the funds can be used to pay for essential items with minors trick shuns on things like alcohol and tobacco live in the newsroom. Sanaz tahernia kron 4 news. Here on kron 4 news at 3 president elect. Joe biden is getting support from at least one republican member of Congress Calling for it. Smooth transition into the white house. Plus the scary moment for a News Reporter while she was covering a flood. It was all caught live television. And with the election basically a week over a plywood thats used to protect businesses for potential unrest is 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. Want to go back now to the breaking news. Were watching out of San Francisco because there are evacuations underway right now because of a gas leak and fire its in the area of fulton street between pearson steiner we have a map now the area to give you a better idea of where exactly this is happening. Its bordering alamo square park thats right near the painted ladies, this gas leak and fire is happening about one block from there muni has just put out a notice saying that they are rerouting and staying away from the area which is the advice thats coming out now from emergency officials to avoid the area, San Francisco police San Francisco fire and pgd are on the scene investigating and trying to get the situation under control as soon as more information comes into our newsroom. I will bring it to you. Now it has been. More than 2 weeks since plywood started going over the doors and windows of many buildings in downtown San Francisco. All because of concerns surrounding the outcome of the president ial election. But now more than a week after the election and a lot of businesses are still barricaded. Is in Union Square Green had gotten the explanation as to why businesses have not taken. Plywood down yet. Im being told that in part partially due to the uncertainty around the president ial election and what might happen here. I want to show im seeing a business a merchant with plywood covering the glass windows and doors but a sign up here say that they are still open for business. Lets roll some video of some of the other examples of that i found today in and around union square, this also happening downtown San Francisco at all well, you know pat down here in union square where it is a you know were in the Holiday Shopping season. And having a festive window displays part of the magic of the season. It certainly helps draw in customers but a lot of that magic is on hold while some of this is covid partly due to the feelings. Of the uncertainty surrounding the election. Spokesperson for the Union Square Business Improvement District says so far this week about 10 to 15 businesses have taken down their plywood. But there are still that say theyre waiting a little longer to see what happens a lot of this has do with the fact that even though joe biden is the president elect President Trump still not concede. So there could be some uncertainty you know if the president contest the election so we just try to protect ourselves do have people know that the stores are open down here those Walking Around downtown who have fewer places to window shop right now find it sad but understandable theres no way to predict what will happen. Probably nothing. Probably is not good enough if youre a with a plate glass window, i think thats a commentary of said. Whether an election goes one way or another way we should be able to accept. With the decision was in people think differently than we do. And thats not all that maybe we have to take a look at ourselves maybe our thinking needs to be readjusted maybe were wrong on some things maybe other people right on things but violence is never the answer. Yeah we do know that some more businesses are planning to take their plight went down this but are expected to stay up until sometime in january just in case meanwhile, union square says theyre trying to keep the holiday spirit breakdown here despite the tree here in union there going to be having a mostly virtual Tree Lighting on november, 18. The menorah will still be lit up down here. Start protecting home light here at you know in order to how had a little extra bit of magic here also one other reason that things are going to be exactly the same because of course this is 2020 and skating down here this year. And thats the latest from Union Square Im Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. President elect joe biden is forging ahead with setting up his administration despite President Trumps refusal to concede the white house race biden has delegated a Coronavirus Task force now some senators say he should start receiving. Intelligence briefings no later than this week. And when a key is in washington now with the latest. We are already beginning the transition president elect joe biden says his transition to the white house is well underway fact that theyre not willing to acknowledge we wanted to this point not of much consequence in or plan biden has started filling high level positions in his administration and selected a Coronavirus Task force but isnt getting Intelligence Briefings access to classified information is useful. Well, but im not fussed make any decisions on those issues anyway. One said one president a time. And he will be president until january 20th but Oklahoma Republican senator James Lankford doesnt want to wait in a radio interview ford said he would intervene if president elect joe biden is in crete access to the president ial daily Intelligence Briefings by the end of the week transitions dont just start on election day they start money many months before that chris lu director of the 2008 Obama Transition Team says making sure the new administration is properly briefed with security clearance takes time you want to make sure that the incoming leadership. Is fully ready in 2 of the stress that are going on around the world, but House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy says there are still safeguards in place trust the intel community. Hes not president right now. I dont know if youll be president january 20th. But whoever is get the information in washington, im anna warren, a key. A viral video re tweeted by President Trump claims to show fraud in la county but the county Registrars Office claims that it is just not true. I thought they collected all i just want to document. The video shows election workers collecting a drop box in receipt of the day after the election, a draw a lot of attention after the president shared it on twitter suggesting that its proof of voter fraud. The la county Registers Office says it was just Standard Operating Procedure Officials Say all of drop boxes were closed and locked at 08 00pm on election day. They were picked up and processed the next day as of tuesday. There were still 142,000 ballots that still need to be counted. In la county. The number of positive coronavirus cases in the Trump Administration continues to grow trump adviser Corey Lewandowski has tested positive for covid19. He recently traveled to pennsylvania to assist trumps efforts to contest the States Election results. He said he believes he was infected in philadelphia. And these not experiencing any symptoms lewandowski appeared with trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani at an event last saturday outside of a 4 seasons total landscaping company. I was also at the Election Night party at the white house last week which has now been linked to several virus cases. Coming up attention all costco shoppers. There is an updated mask policy that has just been announced. And the headliner for the 2021 super bowl halftime show its that time when we check in with news nation on wgn america to see what the team is working on for tonight. Marni hughes is joining us now live from chicago with a preview. Hi marty. Hey guys well were going to be focusing on the rise in covid cases nationwide and talk to a woman in texas who sadly has lost 5 family members to the virus. Well also have an update on when a vaccine could become available and who could receive it first plus i sat down with doctor deborah birx we discussed president elect bidens plan to tackle the virus and if she wants to be part of the task force moving forward. And a surprise for a veteran in new york who got a call from actor gary sinise. You have to worry about if the generous gift from Lieutenant Dan that had him in tears on veterans day. Well see for news nation tonight on wgn america law sounds good thanks morning. Thanks. And news nation airs on wgn america to 8 oclock our time you can find it on the channels listed right here we have more details on our website kron 4. Dot com. And after the break an advisor to president elect joe biden suggests that a 4 to sixweek National Lockdown is needed bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. 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So how would this work and what are Health Experts saying about this idea kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from San Francisco. He has details on the stand is this something thats really going to happen. Health experts here in San Francisco believe this is unlikely to happen nor did they think it is necessary was forwarded by one of joe bidens members of joe biden says should say Coronavirus Task force doctor Michael Osterholm who as you mentioned talked about 4 to 6 week nationwide shutdown similar to what we had in march were only essential businesses were open. But we talked to doctor bob wachter ucsf he doesnt think that this Massive National approach is necessary. He says that obviously there are places like the dakotas and wisconsin where cases are completely out of control worth Something Like this needs to be considered, but he points to the bay area where things are a lot better and doesnt believe that a shutdown of this proportion Something Like that we had in march. It is necessary we also talked to the San Francisco chamber op commerce and they indicated that if they think that this is what is best for health reasons, okay, but there is a copy after that and that is that National Government the federal government has to do a lot better than ppp loans and they say that would not be enough to save businesses, especially if they are not allowed to stay open through the holidays will have plenty more on all of this coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 5 oclock justine back to you thank you so much stands a big story people are talking about today now costco. Is updating its face mask policy now everyone entering the facility must wear a Face Covering people with medical conditions were previously exempt. But now if you have a medical condition. You must at least wear a face shield in order to enter the only exemption right now is for children under 2. Costcos president says any inconvenience is worth staying safe. Less than a week after reopening rides and other attractions, the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk is closing them down again. This after the county move back into the red tier earlier this week following rising covid19 cases, the rides were exclusive just to Santa Cruz County residents. But now everyone is going to have to wait a bit longer. Guests with reservations will be refunded. They have to see this video a reporter and North Carolina got such a scare when she was reporting on a bridge and was watching flood water just rushed underneath here take a look at what happened. Not too long ago washed up here. This is and were backing up were back it up. Reporter amber robert screams in terror there she was reporting on flooding. The hidden night bridge and Alexander County in North Carolina and part of the bridge broke off and fell into the water while she was standing right there talking about the dangerous flood waters. The reporter and her photographer were able to make it off the bridge safely that is right thing. Lets check in now with our forecast as we take a live look outside here at downtown San Francisco very wide view there showing the east bay and what a lovely day it is outside, but rain is on the way in meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is tracking when the rain is going to arrive in the bay area this storm looks legit yeah, looks like its going to bring widespread rain to most of the bay area so keep your umbrellas handy because were going to need it starting friday afternoon. Lets take a live look outside closer view of downtown San Francisco. What a great way to end the day were noticing, Crystal Clear blue skies dry calm conditions out there right now in the bay area and temperatures starting to cool down a little bit within the last half hour oakland, 63 degrees downtown San Francisco, 50 degrees still in the low 60s for those of you in san joses a little changed their livermore 64 degrees as the with napa one of the warmest cities out there right now in the north bay at 65 degrees. Fairfield though 2 degrees warmer at 67 degrees. You notice, nice double digit warming in that city throughout most of today things to those blue skies and lets take a look at overnight lows going to be a few degrees warmer than last night but still near freezing for those of you in santa rosa, 33 degrees. Nap in the upper 30s in downtown San Francisco about 10 degrees warmer than that 48 degrees with everyone else in the bay area in the low to mid 40s and daytime highs tomorrow about 5 to 10 degrees below average widespread upper 50s and low 60s thanks to this approaching storm bringing us an increase in cloud cover early in the morning even continuing through the afternoon with light bands of rain and even moderate downpours arriving for those of you in the north bay as early as around 1 oclock for your friday afternoon impacting your rush hour commute for downtown San Francisco in parts of the east bay shortly before 4 oclock for your friday afternoon and we are going to notice this is going to be a fast moving storm. Bring a slight to moderate downpours as it starts to exit to the south and east by around 7 oclock for your friday evening until we dry out completely from the wet weather by around 9 oclock friday night so we could get about a 3rd of an inch of rain or less for most of the bay area, lesser amounts for those of you in the south bay. Just because the storm is moving from the northwest to the southeast. So it is going to dry out for you pretty significantly, but the northwest portion of the north bay could easily pick up about half an inch of rain or less and digging a look ahead at the next 7 day outlook warming up and drying out all weekend long with above average temperatures arriving sunday and mid 70s for inland valleys on tuesday of this upcoming week with a slight chance of rain by the middle of next week, but first one storm at a time just seen lets get through fridays storm back to you just 21 day. 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Lucile packard Childrens Hospital in palo alto in past years, the window washers would visit patients in their room but because of coronavirus the had to stay outside. Hospital workers say seeing these heroes. Even batman there with a mask on was able to lift up the spirits of children and staff. That many of marine car dealership in corte madera got quite a surprise when they found a sea lion wandering in the parking lot. The Marine Mammal center was able to rescue the sline who they have named many and shes doing well recovering now at the Marine Mammal center in sausalito officials believe that she was just looking for food and got a little lost. Were going make sure though that she gets put back out to a place thats nice and healthy where shell be able to really thrive were not going bring her back to a place where she can make that wrong turn that corner there creek. Many will only stay at the Mammal Center for a few days before she is released. Now bear in lake tahoe has been captured after breaking into a gas station multiple times in this video here was taken in september. And it shows just one of several incidents between the store owner and the bear in question. At the time it was unclear if it was the same bear that was behind every break in but california fish and wildlife officials have now confirmed the connection. They say the 16 yearold 500 pound male bear is now in a more suitable habitat. And theres some big nfl and music news right now. 2021 super bowl halftime headliner will be the weekend earlier today, the nfl pepsi and roc nation announced that the 3 time grammy award winner will be performing for super bowl 50 in tampa florida. The weekend said in a post that hes humbled by this opportunity. He posted a photo of himself with a logo of the halftime show on social media in order to announce the news. The weekend whose real name is abel tesfaye joins a celebrated list image musicians who have played during the super bowl halftime shows this includes madonna. Beyonce Michael Jackson and even last year was Shakira Jennifer lopez which was pretty awesome. So hes got a big show to put on everyone is going to be ready to party by then hopefully its all covid friendly now before we go will get one last check of our rain forecast with mabrisa yeah, lets track this storm for the last time just seen as you take a final check of your forecast were going to notice light to moderate rain arriving right around your noon lunch time hour peaking at around 2 oclock for your friday afternoon for those of you in the north bay still pretty dry for everyone else in the bay area but some outer bands starting to make its way into downtown San Francisco right around that time. Becoming more widespread light to moderate for most of the San Francisco peninsula and even for parts of the east bay as well still going to remain dry by around 3. 45 for your friday afternoon. So your rush hour commute for those of you in the south bay will be a dry one but for everyone else and make sure to drive slowly and carefully plan ahead as well by around 7 oclock friday evening light scattered hit or miss showers as that storm starts to exit to our south and east until we dry out completely from this fastmoving storm by around 9 oclock for your friday night and that drying trend is going to continue all weekend long. Temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees below average but a nice warmup heading our way this weekend and i know just seen a lot of viewers. Theyre like all believe when i a breeze so when it comes to the rain but if you do see it send me your of your pictures and videos back to you just seen you got it. 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