Cast for showing us that things are mostly dry right now we do have a little bit of cloud cover off the coast and the north bay but then by 6 oclock were going to start to see those showers move on to the coast and were going to see a the north bay covered at least half of it. Right around the 9 oclock hour and then lunchtime, widespread here rainfall with pockets of some very heavy showers thats what the yellow coloring and that orange coloring is on your screen there. So you can see a pretty much everywhere across the bay area in the north bay, the south bay, the east bay and the peninsula going to get hit so by lunchtime with this heavy shower activity and its going to continue into the evening hours most of it by the 5 oclock hour well be in the east bay and the south bay with a couple of scattered showers in the north bay for you and then things will start to thin out as we get so late into the evening into the overnight hours but wednesday is expected to be wet as well we are going to have some popup scattered shower activity throughout the entire day tomorrow. So i dont put that rain gear away. Even though were getting into tomorrow youre going want to have it around for the next couple of days, temperatures youre going want to the jackets of course and the layers on because right now were seeing 47 degrees in santa rosa 49 in napa were looking at 50s in fremont upper 50s there at 59 62 in hayward and san jose and then a chilly 46 in livermore right now looking ahead over the next couple of days, the wet weather is going to be with us today and then taper off but still be with us tomorrow. Temperatures are going to be in the 60s inland and pretty much around the bay and then well see some of those 50s at the coast for tomorrow and thursday and then it looks like a on thursday we might have a chance light showers in the north bay, but the rest of the bay area looks a mostly dry. Ill let you know what the rest of the week old and your weekend coming up in just a bit robin sounds good. Thank you. Rebecca, and im just going to remind folks i know they hate to hear it, but dont forget the headlights and wipers and reduce your speed why do i say that because so many people forget it. We have just a little bit of rain its on the way so prepare yourself mentally all right were checking in on the traffic. Were taking a look at 80 into San Francisco, heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza and your commute is holding up well looking good moving well across the upper deck, a smooth transition over to the skyway no problems connecting with the james lit to 80 or the central freeway off to 92 your connection between the peninsula and the east bay, yes, already a little busy on the flat section here of the san mateo bridge. So the brake lights are filling in, but no major issues you can make it across and over to one oh one. And under 30 minutes, were checking in on the richmond sandra fell taking a peek at west bound 5. 80 a few trucks rolling through the pay gates but everyone is behaving so far so a great trip here westbound into the north bay and it remains hot spot free. Well a sharp rise in covid19 cases house force bay area counties to roll back into you know reopening the reopening tears. So now pup solano contra costa Alameda Santa clara counties. Now joined Sonoma County in the most restrictive purple tier more in San Francisco and San Mateo County slip back to the red tier indicating substantial spread of coronavirus and hundreds of businesses in the bay area must limit indoor capacity. Take business outside or just shut down altogether. Hospitals across the bay area are bracing for a surge of new covid19 patients, the latest wave of cases could put Hospital Capacity to the test kron fours rob fladeboe reports from the south bay. Are 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 khurana 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 as if this is going to be something similar to what we saw in the summer. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. A county moving from the red to purple tear on the States Coronavirus watch list. Businesses like restaurants and hair salons will have to move customers outside once again. Well the owner of a specialty all up shop in benicia says that going back to the purple tier is not ideal. But theyve been through it 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. Well additional restrictions include places of worship and gyms having to also move outdoors if you like to see a complete list of all the counties county by county and all the restrictions just head over to our website we have it listed for you at kron 4 dot com. Well now to the latest the latest rollbacks come just before the start of the busy Holiday Season its another blow to real retailers. Been trying to stay afloat during the pandemic the California Retailers Association says with indoor shopping limited or even banned in some of the other 2 years. It will be tough for some of the Smaller Stores to keep going. The next 8 weeks typically make or break a business for the entire year. Its going to affect decision on whether or not these businesses around come january 1st if youre 15. 100 square foot retailer. I 25 capacity when the asking to be but its doable here 900 square retailer, 25 capacity could be life or death in terms of whether your business can survive. Well the rollbacks may also impact seasonal workers. The California Retail association believes that many businesses just not going to be able to hire workers for the holidays, its tough to hear. Well in San Francisco, the city is moving forward with its plan to move nearly 2300 Homeless People out of those shelterinplace hotel rooms however, city leaders and homeless advocates are speaking out against the plan amid a surge in cases kron 4 taylor report as coronavirus cases surge in San Francisco plans to move Homeless People out of hotel rooms where they are sheltering in place continue the citys most vulnerable Homeless Population or moved to hotels earlier in the pandemic as part of the citys Coronavirus Response side now why this particular moment. When the shelters continue to be closed when we all have a surge of the folks are in these hotels just remind folks are very vulnerable thats who was selected to go have a lot of elderly people. Its basically the folks are going to die, i mean you know not to be wholly harsh Jennifer Friedenbach is with the coalition on homelessness and says the citys rehousing program is on track to rehouse 500 people that will be moved from 7 hotels by next month so far in the information theyre given that got placements for about a quarter of the people. In this first 7 hotels that are closing so theres 499 people. So its not lined up yet. Theres no reason to close right now. Supervisor matt haney agrees saying these hotels are crucial in stopping possible spread of the virus. Im worried about if we close these hotels down. At a time when cases are spiking and the season is beginning were going to put a lot of people at risk you can see large encampment on the streets and its a very dangerous time to be doing that. Well the city sides, the cost as a reason for closures most of the expenses will be reimbursed why are we mobilizing this program at all. It is Cost Effective its mostly reimbursed by state federal government and we still have people our streets at the time that covid is worse than ever when asked if they be making changes to their plan. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing responded saying quote no one who chooses to participate in the rehousing process will exit to the street and well be assessing our goals for rehousing refining as we move forward in phases, however they didnt provide specific details when later asked of all 500 people had secure we housing placements in San Francisco taylor kron 4 news. Coming up next on the kron 00 00am morning news despite the pandemic the annual mandarin orange festival in Placer County is still a go. How organizers read about the event to meet all protocols that story coming up next stay with us. Welcome back everyone and thanks for staying with us regional festivals of all kinds have taken a big hit during the pandemic many of them had to counsel for the first time in decades, but the annual mountain mandarin festival in Placer County is determined to keep its streak going under a different name and concept lonnie wong explains. Men are oranges is one of the rare crops harvested during the winter season. And november is the traditional time to celebrate the easy peeling fruit which is grown in and around Placer County. The event at the goal country fairgrounds in auburn is now called the mountain manner marketplace since technically festivals are banned under state covid restrictions instead organizers work with the county Health Department to repurpose it into whats labeled a retail of it it took as a bottled 7 weeks. With a proposal to the Health Director to get the approval to do our event. That means no entertainment stages or cooking demonstrations that mission will only be sold online at intervals, although you can stay all day. Visitors without tickets will only be admitted as space allows indoor spaces are limited to 25 of capacity mask and social distancing will be enforced we have these mass that will be available the gate just in case, but there will still be a 100 product and craft vendors just in time for Holiday Shopping mostly outdoors you can actually buy your product and not have to wait for it to be shipped for you, but the star of the event will still be mandarin oranges and various Creative Foods made with them very famous. And milkshakes well be there because of county health rules food samples cannot be given out but because oranges are in their own natural container. You can sample the crop of 12 different growers if you want to stock up organizers say this years event will be smaller and lower key that required a lot of adaptation but hopefully worth the effort for such a long tradition, those people that think outside the box can can can figure this out were going to win in the long run. Well that was lonnie wong reporting parts of the festival will also go virtual customers can order mandarins from 25 local growers and have them shipped. I love a good mandarin orange how about you or its next in the morning. We try and stay on the right a lot of vitamin c island mandarin oranges i can say this if those like crazy. Outside right now were seeing a Clear Conditions but to dont get used to it because Stormy Weather is on the way to the bay area in fact its a nice camera shot overlooking our east bays on right now this is our camera on top of the Berkeley Hills it showing us just a nice clear a blanket of light shot and we can see all the way across to the bay there and parts of San Francisco. But yes things will be changing right now on our radar screen were seeing a little bit of drizzle. Drop across the north bay just a little bit though it looks like its on top of the one o one right now some might be making things a little bit slippery. But to really this is what were waiting for this line of the heavy showers at times that is already making its way. Places like eureka right now, but its going to be heading. South and towards of the bay area weve been watching the storm system for the last couple of days here, and its going to looks like its going to touch down around 6 oclock much of the north bay for the bay area today and then look at this as we get into 9 oclock during the morning commute. Were really going to see those showers heavy downpours at times. Spread throughout the entire north bay so anything pretty much north of the Golden Gate Bridge were going to see its by 9 and then by 10 oclock you can see its going to start to move more south and were seeing parts of San Francisco going to be covered even parts of the peninsula as well like pacific im south San Francisco in s f o and then by lunchtime it looks like the entire bay area will be under the shower activity so your east bay zone south zone covered peninsula and of course your north bay, the yellow coloring on your screen that his pockets of heavy showers. So were going to be seeing that the greens a little bit lighter and then when you see the orange coloring thats even a more intense, so youre going to want to have the rain boots, the rain jacket today and of course an umbrella by 5 oclock it looks like things to lighten up a little bit across the north bay, the bulk of the shower activity will be on the peninsula and our east bay zone and throughout the entire south as it moves to further towards of the valley areas and then tonight things will taper off just a bit however, we still are going to see windy conditions so keep that in mind and then wednesday, its going to be much lighter than what were seeing today, but you still want to have your rain gear because we are going to see that shower activity just a more scattered throughout the entire day tomorrow. Temperatures outside a very widespread look at this were looking at 40s in the north bay but 60 degrees right here in San Francisco. 62 in hayward 62 in san jose but 53 in vallejo a chilly 49 and napa todays highs some much different than what we saw yesterday we were in the 70s well above average today were getting a back to normal and were basically in a top out into the 60s. Downtown San Francisco, youll be at a high of 64 under a lot of cloud cover same goes with the downtown oakland, san jose youll be at a high of 66 this afternoon. Looking ahead youre 70 around the bay were seeing a rain and wet weather through wednesday. There is a chance of showers on thursday and then it looks like in the rest of your weekend into the weekend should be nice and dry sunny and highs will basically be in the 60s a evenly spread there. The overnight lows are going to be chilly especially tuesday. And friday into of the inland areas because things are going to drop into the 30s. So keep that in mind and then really chilly on saturday. Look at that near freezing along the ban coast were going to see 40s and some low 50s far as the overnight low so stay dry and also stay bundled up because it is going to get quite chilly out there. Lets hand it over to robin to get an update on the roads all right. Thank you. Rebecca, well check back with you a little later well head to the north bay now where crews are working to recover barge that sank in the petaluma river. The barges carrying Hazardous Materials it sank sunday morning and blocked about 3 fourths of the river the Petaluma Fire Department says a diesel fuel had already been removed before it saying thank goodness there are reportedly still Petroleum Products on board and its not clear yet why the boat sank. The program is providing housing subsidies to both working teachers and future educators in the east bay school district. If its successful some of the programs could soon follow on force has it been reports. A new Affordable HousingPilot 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. All right before we head to break, heres a live. Look at the airport sfo, partly cloudy and 61 degrees right now the airport so. Grab a little jacket before you head out youll need something for your arms will have your full forecast coming up the big weather story is the rain yeah, its on the way. Well have plenty of it well have your full forecast and welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, im Rebecca Strom in the Weather Center in in for john trouble on this tuesday, and its going to be a wet one around the bay area this for now though things are pretty much clear around the bay area looks like a great morning, its cold in some spots but our live camera right now showing conditions. Our south of Market Street area right now so no cloud in the sky quite yet so this is the head of the Stormy Weather. Radar right now showing just some light drizzle just a scattered in the north bay might be getting highway 1, 1, 1, a little bit so wet that we are expecting this shower line heading to the bay area looks like right around 6 oclock this morning. Thats when well start to see it start to spread across our north bay zone and its going to last throughout the entire day today it is going to be wet. It is going to be windy. Slick on the roadways and this is how much rain that were expecting over the next couple of days about an inch of rain in santa rosa and then half an inch in hayward and also 3rd in mountain view, so definitely some good rain totals and we will definitely take what we can get now at this point thats a look at weather now back to the news dont get the headlights wipers will remind you throughout the morning drive. Well space x made history on sunday launching 4 astronauts into space kicking off what will hopefully be. Years of helping nasa get those astronauts to the International Space station and get this the team on board. They brought a little surprised to away with them. Yeah baby yoda for the new star wars series. And you can see the plush baby yoda doll just wanted this floating around and having a good time right little green pointy a figure serves the flight 0 g indicator and this is the way to tell when the crew is experiencing weightlessness playing out there right all right coming up next on the kron 00 00am morning news, we have a lot to talk about indoor dining. Well in for the foreseeable future and Contra Costa County will have details on the new covid19 restrictions that are going into effect this morning, those changes start today and new restrictions are already in effect in moraine county after a surge in covid cases well have a breakdown of the changes that you need to know about coming up. 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Weve got showers expected anywhere from a 3rd of an inch to a full inch. Where you are full details in just a minute. News station youre watching the kron 00 00am morning news. And thanks for waking up with us on a tuesday, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher youre ready to be. So today depending on where you are we could see up to an inch of rainfall today, lets go to Rebecca Strom for the latest morning rebecca, hey, good morning, good morning james and darya yes we are definitely tracking of the storm system of this much needed rainfall that were approach the bay area. Just in the couple of hours as a matter of fact outside right now though you never know that were going to see a stormy conditions are such our tower camera overlooking and gorgeous shot just perfect picture there of downtown San Francisco, a nice clear shot of the bay bridge and the bay you can see all the way over to the oakland side this morning radar though were seeing a little bit of drizzle just lights up possibly in the north bay right now, but this is what were waiting for this line of showers heavy at times and it is moving on the coast now and places like eureka little bit wet. Its closer to the oregon border right now, but it is going to be heading our direction that weve watching this storm system