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To avoid circulating the virus in the first place. That is San Francisco mayor london breed now at 5 bay area officials sounding the alarm co to surge across the nation this as every bay area county is now back in the red or purple tier of the states reopening plan, thank you for joining us at 5 im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan in for ken wayne tonight. The San Francisco Health Department released a travel advisory this is asking people to avoid unnecessary travel leading to thanksgiving. Today the citys Health Director doctor grant colfax said San Francisco is also experiencing a big search and doctor colfax said while San Francisco is behind the National Average daily cases, the increase in the number of cases is still more widespread and faster that happened during the summer surge kron fours dan kerman joins us live now from San Francisco with more on all of this dance. Well the Health Director in the mayor trying to right the ship and do it quickly because they say if this gets even more out of control. Theyre going to have to close more businesses and a lot more people are going to get sick. They say at this point said francisco has dropped 2 notches on the tears from yellow to red that will lead to some Additional Closures but the message is dont travel over the holidays and get back to what you were doing so they can get this surge under control. This is me sounding the alarm. During an online news briefing monday, San Francisco mayor london breed announced a surge in covid cases has move San Francisco from the yellow reopening tear to read forcing the closure of non essential offices and reducing indoor capacity of Fitness Centers to just 10 . Were asking people to do is sacrifice. Sacrifice and put off things that we all know and love especially during the holiday season. For the sole purpose of trying to get to a better place since october daily cases have gone from an average of 29 cases a day to 97 cases a day. And a surge in hospitalizations could come next. San francisco. Once again. We simply must double down or triple down and do everything we can to stop the spread of the virus, San Francisco Health Director doctor grant colfax says the surge is likely due to people letting down their guard and he implored san franciscans not to travel over the holidays and be diligent about slowing the spread. Aimit gatherings. Wear your mask. Do activities outdoors stay physically distanced and practice, good hygiene. And doctor colfax made it clear that people should not use a test which is negative as the determination whether or not to travel says the bottom line should be we should not travel regardless. He also made it clear San Francisco does move from the red tier to the purple tier there will be additional closings as this reopening plan comes to a halt. Live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news thank you dan and it is not just the bay area moving backwards altogether 40 counties across california are reversing reopenings and move into the most restrictive purple tear and kron 4 Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala she joins us live from sacramento with more on what the governor strength. Ashleigh what are some of the changes we can expect to see as we move into the holidays. Well the first change youll see is this emergency brake that state leaders have put in place they say its always been a part of the plan of covid19 numbers started to climb. Now counties representing more than 94 of the states population have to stop and take at least a step back in the reopening process. This is simply the fastest increase. California has seen since the beginning of this pandemic california governor Gavin Newsome sounding the alarm as daily covid19 cases in the state doubled over the last 10 days the state is seeing increases across all demographics and regions cases today. Well end up in our hospital beds in 2 to 3 weeks. Consistently at a rate of about 12 in an attempt to slow the spread and maintain the stability of the States Health care system state leaders ordered 40 california counties to take at least one step back in the states tiered economic reopening system the new forcing businesses and most california counties to further limit indoor capacity take business outside or shut down altogether by tuesday. My top priority. Moving in. To the presentation of the january budget working with the legislature to the new year is to support our Small Businesses that are trying their best to weather this storm newsome also announced more rules added to californias mask mandate requiring them to be worn outside of home, whenever in public with few exceptions state leaders say theyre also considering a statewide curfew. Before you jump in terms of your mind said well thats a good idea or bad idea. We are assessing that as well. Now its unclear how any new rules would be enforced on friday, a judge limited governor Gavin Newsoms executive power amid this pandemic state of emergency. The governor has yet to acknowledge how that will affect any covid19 related rulemaking going forward, reporting live in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news thank you ashleigh another top story we are following tonight drug maker moderna says that its covid19 vaccine is 94 effective it is the second vaccine in the United States to report having a success rate over 90 . Doctor Anthony Fauci calls the results promising saying that vaccinations could begin by the end of december last week you might remember pfizer announced that its vaccine was 90 effective, both vaccines still need to be granted. Emergency use authorization by the fda which could happen by the end of this month. Later in this newscast. We will have reaction on this news from a ucsf Infectious Disease specialist. North bay Health Officials in napa county theyre urging people to do what they can to prevent the spread of the virus and to take advantage of testing in calistoga mobile testing units will be available by appointment on monday and tuesday at the calistoga fairgrounds testing also available at the napa county expo and we have details on our website kron 4 dot com. And along with more new cases coronavirus hospitalizations are up to the hospitals of course are hoping for the best, but they are planning for the worst kron fours rob fladeboe joins us live with more on whats happening at Public Hospitals in the south bay rob. Thats right. Catherine Valley Medical Center and other private hospitals around the bay area of course have had their covid search plans in place for months hospital asians indeed a just a little bit right now, but perhaps more worrisome is the fact that this latest wave of the coronavirus a coincides with the arrival of cold and flu season. Heres more. Were were seeing an uptick right now Valley Medical Centers doctor Sanjay Khurana and his colleagues at the countys 3 Public Hospitals of emc oconnor has st. Louis. Currently treating 35 patients with covid19 thats 15 more than they had in late october. Well, no immediate threat to hospital capacity, this 3rd wave of the coronavirus could increase pressure on hospitals nonetheless says doctor kerr on e. Situation most are testing situation looks right its and make hospital and making sure hospitalizations are up 10 across the county. Regional Medical Center has 30 patients Stanford Health care is 15 well, Good Samaritan hospital has 10 for a county wide total of 110. Complicating the picture though is the expected surge in non Covid Patients says doctor so we okay. Were always dealing with system the way a seasonal youre dealing a potential situation where we can get planning for a 3rd wave requires hospitals to be flexible in terms of moving resources where theyre needed most Colder Weather will make it harder to use tents and other facilities outdoors. Officials say moving back to more restrictive Health Orders and widespread mask use may will keep many people out of the hospital. But planning for the next wave is fraught with uncertainty says doctor khurana this what next way. Is it going to be a state thats what we saw in the it can be blocked we dont know what we have to prepare as if this is going to be something similar to what we saw. In the summer. Now right now on non covid related hospitalizations are also up but good news if there is any is that so far rather have not been a whole lot of hospitalizations related to cold or flu live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Clare county moved back from the orange here to the most restrictive purple tear today, it has not been in that year since September Santa claras Health Officer doctor sara cody talk today about the increase in cases and the major setback the county now faces our county like many counties. Is seeing a significant and rapid uptick in cases so its not just the number of cases is about how fast this happened. This this rapid surge has we first noticed it. The first few days of november and it has continued. We have done this before we can do it again. We really need every Single Person living and working in our county to take this extremely seriously. Doctor cody, also strongly discourage travel outside of the bay area as the holidays approach california in fact is recommending a 14 day quarantine for anybody who leaves the state. Stay with kron fours we continue to cover the surge in covid cases across the bay area on our website. We have a full list of what well change in each county as they age move back into the more restrictive tears is all at kron 4 dot com. All right time to take a look at 4 zone forecast and i love that we are talking again about rain and the bay area or its yeah, it looks like a significant storm headed our way is were going to see all these guys look so nice today even fill some 70s around the bay area. Unseasonably warm but its all going to change as we head toward tomorrow because here comes that storm system you see it spinning off the coastline. This one going to pack a punch when it comes on shore so starting out in the north badly first then spreading to the rest the bay area. Its the way its kind of setting up almost becoming parallel to the coastline. You could be a slowmoving system as it comes on shore, so that means probably a pretty good soaker forces of drivethru for the better part of the day right now were scan your skies of the Doppler Radar you see the clouds off the rain just just beginning to see some of those clouds moving a little bit closer ill take uvernight tonight before those clouds begin to move in then we start to talk about couple raindrops right now. It is nice and dry out there the winds, well begin to shift a little bit you can kind of pushing offshore and that is because there feeling that low that is approaching the coastline. So. Yeah, those winds going to be a factor again for tomorrow as well i think were looking at some very blustery conditions. Heres latest on the forecast malia watch what happens here here comes that cold front rolling on in so about the morning time any time after 8 in the morning youre going to see that rain begin to move in the north bay then swings across parts the rest the bay area right through the heart as we head toward the middle of the day then in the afternoon moving into the south bay but really kind of a slowmoving system so everybody seeing rain behind that tours the scattered showers as we head toward the next 12 hours and then as we get the middle of the day on wednesday, another weak cold front comes rolling on in that will likely bring with it more rain in the bay area and some colder temperatures come along with that maybe some isolated thunderstorms too. All is good news. It is back to some wet weather weve got more storms after that well talk about that coming up in a few minutes all right lawrence also coming up on kron 4 news at 5 president elect joe biden laid out his economic Recovery Plan today find out about that and how he plans to fight the pandemic. Also no progress on the white house transition of power and some argue it could actually cost lives. And attention teachers, a new Pilot Program Just Launched in the east bay that could ease housing troubles. Laura where educators can receive help. Well an Innovative Program is providing housing subsidies to both working teachers also future educators in an east Bay School District and if it proves to be successful similar programs could soon follow on force has muddy and has the story. A new Affordable Housing Pilot Program aimed at recruiting and retaining educators is now available for teachers in the oakland unified School District here at the apartments in the citys laurel district this teacher affordability pilot. Is address housing insecurity is addressing the quality of teachers for our children and its addressing the issue of teacher attraction and retention in our hardest higher areas its stamp and in special ed. Among the options for teachers in the Pilot Program include subsidized financial stipend free Financial Advising services and small interest free loans. And we all know how expensive housing as oakland unified School District superintendent kyla johnson trim l applauds the programs focus on addressing the Housing Needs of teachers of color on really understanding the of what it takes to have a longterm commitment around having teachers of color and this district when i was where i wanted to teach. You know i could i could just anywhere else that this highly really made very economically feasible for me to teach in oakland, the property manager who led the leasing effort on behalf of the developer says the privately funded Nonprofit Initiative represents a new relationship between Property Developers in cities here in the bay area, this pilot has succeeded where other Affordable Housing initiatives have failed. In part because other than bill high property owners. It invites them to the table haaziq kron 4 news. Also in the east bay, thief in a stolen pickup truck tested his love by crashing into an east bay liquor store and taking off with lottery tickets. This happened at metal liquor store on road and in fremont early this morning about 3. 30 police say someone intentionally river still why ford f 3. 50 into the stores front door along with a lottery tickets. The mansell cigarette lighters and part of a cash register. He also demanded the employees phone who refused to hand it over. There was no description of a suspect yet but the truck which was stolen from hayward was found abandoned with the Engine Running at nearby mauna loa park drive. Well starting today at costco everybody has to wear a Face Covering meaning a mask or. In the case some people with medical conditions, a face shield the only exceptions children under 2 masks have already been required at costco since may in fact, but the new policy is more restrictive regarding the face shield some of the customers we talked to today say they understand there okay with the new policy. I think its a great idea i think everybody should protect themselves and others and so if wearing a mask is not possible because of medical conditions shield seems like the nest next option people should be looking out for each other and this small sacrifices really are a big deal at all. Everybody she were shield. One rule for everybody. As a rule the cdc by the way does not recommend face shields as a substitute for mask, they say that too many gaps but for people who cannot wear a mask again for medical reasons it is the best option. Another big retailers also changing its policy walmart its beginning to limit capacity to a 20 walmart initially did that in may. But later stopped as the cases declined. They are going to start doing that again saying it will also help control crowds as we head into holiday shopping. Now to our 4 zone forecast our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow standing by with a look ahead at the rain yeah here we go the storm going back a little punch. As it comes through were going to see the rain were going to see some gusty winds. I think with this storm system to so yeah, what a difference from today as we had just a beautiful weather around the bay area today, lots of sunshine all the way the coast line temperatures moving up in the 70s in spots. And youre left with a beautiful shot of the Golden Gate Bridge and if you didnt have a satellite theyve all our computer models. It wouldnt be thinking about any rain drops coming our way but here we go you see it off the coastline right now bringing some rain up in the Pacific Northwest, those high clouds begin to creep in just a little bit closer now but still keep things dry around the state thats going to change even overnight tonight. They maybe even a chance of a few showers begin to develop in parts of the north bay increasing clouds chance to the north as we head into early tomorrow morning tomorrow, cloudy windy and wet on and off throughout the day pretty solid rain coming through and then a stormy start this week but then as we get toward the weekend. You know a lot of folks are traveling for the holidays. I think the weather is going to be ok at least this weekend next week that could be a whole different story. Temperatures outside right now it is very very comfortable 67 in a word 66 in San Francisco in san mateo 66 in berkeley 69 degrees can you believe that in oakland right now 62 in fairfield 65 degrees in the napa valley pretty impressive storm up the coastline you can see as kind of orient 80 itself just off the coast here right now go to come in almost parallel to the coastline watches begins to track a little bit closer expecting low to make its way up in the Pacific Northwest were going to catch the trailing edge of this front that drops in brings that rainfall around the bay area. So lets time now for a bit as we head through the night tonight and into tomorrow morning there it is look at that thats pretty impressive this come through like this that will be some significant rain is going to come through with a pop 08 00am in the morning by 1115 you see a stretching across a good part of the rest the bay area and then the afternoon it had down toward the Santa Clara Valley and san jose. Before it scoots out of town for noon more scattered showers but then were not done weve got another front that moves in after that this was going to come through wednesday, so all told looks like an ice storm system that is coming through in fact, rain totals going to be impressive were maybe over a half an inch of rain maybe over an inch or so are some of the mountain tops around the bay area so everybody is going to see a nice little soaking just the way we like it not too much theyre going to see any debris flows mudslides in some of these burn areas but enough to kind of what the ground a bit around the beer just what we need we do need that for thank you all right all right well coming up still ahead Business Owners in Solano County frustrated with the new coronavirus restrictions how they say they are planning to work with these new in the north bay, the state has moved Solano County to the purple tier on the covid19 watchlist and that means new restrictions for many indoor for Charles Clifford has more. Well here in Solano County there has been a significant increase in the number of coronavirus cases and now tougher restrictions are returning. Monday afternoons llano county was moved from the red tier to the purple tier on the States Coronavirus watch list that means the virus is now considered to be widespread across the county businesses such as restaurants and gyms will need to move customers outside churches will need to stop Indoor Services indonesia on monday cindy read the owner of groves a specialty all of oil shop says that moving back to the purple tier is not great news, but notes that they have been through this before we have an Online Presence and we have for almost 16 years. We also have our front door anchor pick up. So we are not going to be as concerned were still going to have the safety for our customers. County officials are now asking people to take the change seriously they say Wearing Masks and social distancing is key to stopping the spread of coronavirus county supervisor Erin Hannigan posted to facebook saying i know youre tired of staying home we all are the virus is serious and makes people really sick and in some instances they never fully recover or they die all the people needing treatment for covid is straining our hospitals and Health Care Professionals in Solano County Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Coming up next heading in the right direction, modern or has a really good news about how effective. Its new Covid Vaccine is testing right now and delaying the transition of power latest preventing joe biden from getting Intelligence Briefings still a problem and president elect biden is talking about his plan to revive the economy while also im looking at your mri. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Im sorry baby. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. How are you doing . Schedule a video visit with your doctor. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. With your doctor. It is biden laid out both plans to fight the coronavirus pandemic as well as his plans for growing the economy say that the 2 are inevitably tied and biden also called on congress to pass quickly another relief bill. Our washington correspondent alexandra le mon has details. Were going in a very dark winter things are going to get much tougher before they get easier. President elect joe biden says he wants to get the American Economy back on track not require spari