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From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Now 9 Governor Newsome it is really pumping the brakes on reopening the states economy talking about non essential work travel and gatherings for most californians. Were going to be prohibited as new stay at home orders go into effect on saturday at 10 00pm and this comes of course as covid cases and hospitalizations surge throughout the state. Thanks for being with us at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis today state officials reported the states highest singleday number today during the pandemic 11,478 new cases of coronavirus. Over the previous 24 hours. The order will impact all counties in the most restrictive purple tier which includes 6 out of the 9 bay counties. In a news briefing today, California Health and Human Services secretary doctor mark golly explains just how easily this virus can spread by just letting your guard down. We know that those who are out who might be engaging in higher risk behaviors that infections can quickly spread to other settings maybe youre a worker whose and night with a group of friends outdoors event and you contract covid and then you go the next day to work and it passed maybe not the next day by a day or 2 later to a vulnerable resident in a congregate care facility exactly the situation we want to avoid. Well our coverage continues. With fours gayle ong who joins us live tonight in pleasanton a city in that purple tier. Gayle, what are you hearing from the Health Experts youre speaking with. Well they call it a tool in the Infectious Disease Public Health tool box. Im here in downtown pleasanton you can see its quite at this hour a lot of restaurants and bars closed early anyways during the pandemic so that is exactly what Health Officials want to see as this order is geared towards restricting large gatherings with people outside our households. Starting saturday people who are not on essential errands must stay home from 10 00pm to 05 00am until december 21st this as a rate of Covid Infection sores statewide. 94 of california is in the most restrictive purple tier of the reopening phase that includes 6 bay area counties we spoke to doctor a room is super mani an Infectious Disease professor at stanford with the rising cases in the bay area and the state what is that telling you. It means people are letting their guard down and even though we know masks work we know we need to social distance. People are getting tired and then letting their guard down leaving state officials know whether choice to issue an overnight curfew doctor subramanian says the new order will help reduce the amount of spread in bars, small spaces where people have to take off their masks to eat and drink we checked in with gabby a jelly who owns botching the strong bar in downtown or russians have been a lot less i think due to the weather. So realize that we are getting our last russia little bit earlier around like 8 oclock whereas before yeas ago past 10 00pm for sure. While challenging for jelly supports the curfew people. Drink or 2 and they forget about social distancing. So whatever we need to do to keep everyone safe thats whats important right now and with the holidays fast approaching held experts are hoping people will take these covid held order seriously we cant let covid 15 take us over because were going to pay for it to you know all going to suffer because of it. And speaking of holidays, bay area counties have seen an uptick in covid cases after halloween fathers day mothers day graduation parties. This curfew could extend if they see a rise in cases reporting in pleasanton gayle ong kron 4 news. Thank you gayle as part of the bay area prepare for an overnight covid curfew many people are still confused about current restrictions rohnert park restaurant was fined by the city for violating virus rules are kron fours dan thorn talk with the owner of that restaurant says that he plans to fight the fine. Dan joins us now live in rohnert park tonight with more dan. Well vicki that fine was for a 1000 and it was because this marys pizza shack didnt have it Outdoor Dining tent set up correctly, the owner of this restaurant says the covid19 rules and restrictions have been frustrating to go through and he is seeking better guidance from local leaders. Outdoor dining has become crucial for restaurants to survive the covid19 crisis but not setting it up precisely can be costly 11 year owner of this marys pizza shack found that out the hard way im losing money. I am losing callie williamsons restaurant was fined a 1000 because this Outdoor Dining tent had 3 sites closed around the tables went under state rules only one side can be down to allow for sufficient airflow rohnert park Compliance Officer warned williamson about the issue and then later find him and just been very frustrating, nobodys really told me what is sufficient airflow. What are they looking for. I dont i dont want to make an unsafe place for my customers and i wanted to be a safe place Sonoma County as of thursday remains in the most restrictive purple tier, this has forced increased scrutiny of businesses like restaurants in order to move into the next year williamson says with the winter coming and Indoor Dining not being allowed it creates challenges. He says hes invested in several measures to keep his diner safe but has not gotten much help on how to do this correctly the fine is only adding to what has been an already expensive time to run the business waste of money is spent 5,000 on this 10. And now i dont know that i had the other use it. For now it appears that Sonoma County will be remaining in the purple tier williamson says that he sent out the documents to appeal this fine. Today and hes hoping to come out on the winning end, reporting live in rohnert park dan thorn kron 4 news all right dan more than a quarter of a Million People have died from the coronavirus here in the u. S. That is the highest death toll. Of any country in the world. Today, the cdc also issuing its own advisory cautioning all americans to avoid travel during the thanksgiving period, this comes a as hospitalizations continue to search all across the nation. Some states even converting their hospitals cafeterias their waiting rooms and parking garages into patient treatment centers. Obviously everyone is trying to keep covid cases and hospitalizations down. Still air travel is picking up ahead of the thanksgiving Holiday Weekend but. Nowhere near last years levels. Our first collegiate all reports from Oakland International airport where airport Officials Say this will likely be their busiest travel period of the year. For some driving is not an option and flying is the best way to reach a holiday destination. But this year is different covid19 is resurging across the country so travelers are taking precautions before boarding flights i definitely got tested on to make and i try to stay away from. People and everybody else in the same in october at Oakland International airport. The total number of passengers was down more than 67 compared to the same period last year but thats still nearly a 14 jump from september this thanksgiving week will be our busiest stretch since the pandemic began from the day before thanksgiving and through the following tuesday airport spokesperson Robert Bernardo says more than 100,000 people are expected to take off from or land at Oakland International just to put it into perspective last state. Traditional thanksgiving travel period. We saw about 275,000 travelers. So we read about. A 3rd to a half less than at a san jose International Airport is anticipating 125,000 travelers during the same period. Down from the more than half a Million People who traveled to and from the airport during 24 of the passengers leading up to the holiday. That it welcomed last year at Oakland International airport phillipe all kron 4 news. Why is changing its rules for visitors who want to avoid that 14 day quarantine as it stands now. You need to have a negative test result within 72 hours of traveling to hawaii. And if youre waiting for your results you can quarantine until you get them. But starting on tuesday. If you do not have the negative test results before your flight then youll need to quarantine for a full 14 days or your entire trip to the islands. Whichever is shorter. As we take a live look outside right now turning our attention to the weather. This is San Francisco international which figures see its busiest week of the year next week kron fours chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with our 4 zone forecast, yeah guys certainly it looks like the weather will be improving the people are moving about and certainly going outside in enjoy that sunshine will be able to do it its going to be cool, especially the morning hours. So those temperatures dropping down near freezing overnight tonight but tonight we pretty clear skies out there we have some high clouds up above. But this morning we started out with some very patchy dense fog looking good up towards San Francisco right now mostly clear skies and thats the beautiful side out there if youre looking outside right now certainly going to be that way most of the night tonight temperatures a little bit below the average of the San Francisco 60 degrees today 63 in oakland and san jose 64 degrees a little more 65 pretty comfortable in concord and also in the santa rosa. On the big picture of the storm clouds have parted down you can see mostly interviews gone, we dont have a big ridge building along the coastline. So were not talking about a major warm up the temperature probably going to creep up a little bit tomorrow but theres a system off the coastline and that will bring with it a few high clouds across the sky as we saw some of that today and more on the way for tomorrow right now kind of a quiet night out theres looks like its going to stay that way the better part of the night little bit of a sea breeze now, but things are going to change back to start to see that its mill valley Stinson Beach little more of a northerly component now begin to develop that some more of an offshore wind. I think that may carry with it a couple patches of that dense fog not thick as last night but some of allens may see some of fog again sunshine. Some high clouds some cool mild temperatures and then mostly sunny over the weekend looks like just some clouds begin to move in on sunday, but right now looks like the pattern kind of holding looks like a good weekend. Well see warmer temperatures over the weekend to some places near 70 degrees. I believe on saturday kerry next yeah, thanks lawrence. Well the White House Coronavirus task force held its first briefing in months today. As covid cases and hospitalization surge nationwide pandemic was also todays focus for president elect joe biden as he moves ahead with the transition. Kareen wynter reports. For the first time in months members of the Coronavirus Task force in a meeting led by Vice President mike pence updated the nation on the pandemic following the recent surge in cases, nationally and the rolling back of restrictions in some states to help stop the spread. Coronavirus response coordinator doctor deborah birx explain the rapid rise in infections across the country. She says is largely due to people spreading the virus because they dont know theyre infected people are coming together indoors, everyone looks healthy. But among those individuals could be individuals that already are infected have no symptoms on knowingly spreading the virus to others, the Vice President said he called his briefing today at the request of President Trump who has held a public event in days and Whose Campaign behind the scenes has launched aggressive legal challenges to the election. With President Trumps personal attorneys, Rudy Giuliani saying today theyve uncovered enough evidence to overturn the election. This despite the fact they filed lawsuits in various states. But so far havent convinced any judges to invalidate ballots or change the result is not a single voter fraud in one state. This pattern repeats itself in a number of states. Almost exactly the same pattern. Experienced investigator prosecutor which suggested there was a a plan. From a centralized place. To execute these various acts of voter fraud president elect joe biden is forging ahead in his preparation to take office in january meeting today with a group of bipartisan governors on the pandemic all the governors, no matter their political party. Whether theyre from. Wherever part of the country they represent no matter their political philosophy shared a strong and abiding sense common purpose. Theres a real desire for Real Partnership the 2 states and the federal government among the topics discussed delivering Economic Relief to devastated communities distributing vaccines immediately to the public state funding for National Guard deployment making testing more available and accessible also this we discussed the implementation of a National Mask mandate. 10 governors. Democrat or republican, and impose mask requirements and recognize the need for universal masking. That was Kareen Wynter reporting for us tonight, Vice President mike pence he says that despite the setbacks the country. Is now facing with covid he says the u. S. Is more prepared than ever to combat this virus. With the. With a massive increase in testing over the last 10 months. With ppe and medical supplies and equipment that are available to the american people. With the medicines and the therapeutics and very soon the vaccines that are available. America has never been more prepared to combat this virus, then we are today. And our pledge to each and every american looking on today. As work around the clock to keep it that way. Meanwhile the number of americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000. The first increase in 5 weeks and a sign that the resurgent outbreak is likely slowing the economy and forcing more companies to cut jobs. The labor departments report today showed that applications for benefits rose from 711,000 in the previous week claims soared to 6. 9 million back in march when the pandemic first intensified. Before the pandemic applications typically hovered about 225,000 a week and if youre one of the millions of americans who never received a stimulus payment from the federal government and should have. You have until this saturday at noon to file a claim with the irs. Direct payments up to 1200 were part of the last comprehensive package signed into law in march. An estimated 12 Million People have not received their stimulus check in a few need to file a claim you can do so on the irs website. San Francisco Mayor london breed issued an executive order to fast track. A proposition aimed at helping Small Businesses struggling during the pandemic our Current Forces he you has the latest now on this new development. Now that San Francisco voters approved proposition 8 authorizing an ordinance amending the city planning cold simplifying business startup costs and operating procedures there. Linda breed wants to see it put into effect right away in every has issued an executive order for proposition age to be implemented within the next 30 days highlighting a sense of urgency in a press statement may have read states in part quote our system for permitting Small Businesses to open and operate was broken before the pandemic but now it is a matter of life and death for countless restaurants, Retail Establishment and other businesses that we know and love in our community unquote this is big and huge news for businesses that have been struggling to recover from the pandemic key components of proposition age include streamlining applications for permissible uses eliminating public notification process is. It also requires an expedited process for business permits which the president of the San Francisco, Small Business commissions sharkey live. Weiner says can save shop owners. 10s of thousands of dollars it takes you 10 months to get a permit. You have to rent the space before you can apply. So for 10 months, youre paying the rent. While you cant open you cant you cant do business as proposition 8 will also remove red tape associated with businesses needing to convert an outdoor space. Into a location to serve customers during the pandemic. Has made you kron 4 news. World news tonight, the french government is considering a controversial bill that would ban posting videos of their police online. But critics argue that this would hurt freedom of the press kron fours Ella Sogomonian is live for us in the studio with what local civil rights advocates are saying about this proposal. L a. Maybe thousands of miles away but the issue hits home for civil rights activists who say the right to film police has been challenged many times in america. Its crucial that a Global Player who is our ally protect right for their people to. In recent years citizen journalists have increasingly use their cell phones to capture video of police all turk haitians that at times have turned deadly in the 2009 case of oscar grant the 22 yearold oakland man was wrongfully killed by bart police. It was recorded on camera by witnesses his family credits and Video Evidence for californias first conviction of an officer and civil rights advocates explain these recordings are critical check and balance. Cell phone video footage has been essential to bringing to light what we know has been endemic to us Society Since founding and that has been that abuse by Police Officers of black and brown people but in the past decade, aclu lawyers have been battling in courts across america. To preserve the right to film police in public as it has been challenged in numerous lawsuits by police to stop people from recording. And this week, france, a u. S. Ally and major world player has introduced a new bill that would ban any media published on line of Police Officers. If it came with the intent to cause them harm, offenders would face up to one year in prison and a 45,000 eur fine. This sparked an outcry from civil rights activists and reporters alike who fear that this will put press freedom at risk is going French Interior minister downplayed any impact for journalists, he said are journalists going to be able to continue filming the answer is yes, but he going to be able to continue broadcasting. The answer is yes. Or civilians going to be allowed to film a police intervention. The answer is yes, although happening on opposite hemisphere. The executive director of the Ella Baker Center in oakland, says its important to keep a watchful eye on the upcoming decision abroad as americans continue to work to preserve civil rights here in the United States where the u. S. Press Freedom Tracker reports since 2017. 125 journalists have been arrested while covering protests if we allow the continued erosion of civil rights and civil civil liberties. Especially in countries that the United States considers close allies and put ourselves at risk and peril as well. The French National assembly is scheduled to vote next week on the bill and then it will go to the senate live in the studio Ella Sogomonian kron 4 news. Thank you alice still to come later this wild smashandgrab burglary. 10s of thousands of dollars of expensive jewelry swipe by thieves in a shower of glass how long it took them to ransacked the place and a major blow for the warriors what we know about clay thompsons achilles injury tonight. Grocery outlet jingle do you have cheese . Of course. More cheese for less chedar do you have kale . Absolutly. More kale for less cabbage in our produce section. How about pizza . yep. More pizza for less dough in the freezer section. Now youre getting the hang of it. Grocrey outlet jingle devastating news for warriors fans and really the entire nba today. We learned that Klay Thompson tore his right achilles and hes going to miss the entire Upcoming Season is a brutal loss for the team clay had already missed all of last season after tearing his acl on his other leg. Back in game 6 of the 2019 nba finals. He is a low key leader in the locker room indefinitely. A fan favorite. The dubs have already made a move to try easing clays absence trading a top 20 protected first round pick next year to Phoenix Exchange for forward kelly oubre a junior. Little later on in sports kron fours sports director jason dumas is going to have more on how the team is reacting to clays devastating injury. In the east bay, 7 cars used in a side were seized by fremont Police Officers impounded those cars for up to 30 days. Fremont police also say that a recent sideshow in Fremont Ardenwood area resulted in someone getting robbed at gunpoint. Surveillance video shows the brazen smashandgrab burglary at this Jewelry Store just outside police say 4 masked. Thieves made off with more than a 129,000 worth of rings and watches. The the trick here is that the investigators say the 4 suspects moved to superfast completely ransacking the shop in only a few minutes. Up next the San Francisco, Unified School District took a step towards reopening campuses for in Person Learning what that might look like in their newly approved plan. 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Taking amiodarone with epclusa may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects include headache and tiredness. Ask your doctor today, if epclusa is your kind of cure. Tonight a group of San Francisco supervisors is challenging mayor london breeds plans to shut down hotels that are currently housing the homeless they are calling short sighted and they say theyre going introduce new legislation to try and stop it. Kron fours dan kerman reports. A group of San Francisco supervisors is pushing back against the mayor after its department of homelessness announced earlier this month. They plan to shutter 7 of the 29 hotels that have been used since april to get the homeless off the streets and out of overcrowded shelters during the covid19 pandemic there is no reason. To dismantle this critical Public Health intervention in the mid le of a surge. In the cold and rainy season. Without a clear plan for the safety of the thousands of Vulnerable People who are in the hotels now and a commitment to bring inside the many thousands who are still living on the streets. The citys initial plan mystery house 500 of these Hotel Residents into more stable settings before the end of the year. But supervisors say this is a risky proposition, especially during the covid19 surge because theres no guarantee there would be a place for these people. Its outrageous. Its irresponsible. And basically tells hope that people experiencing homelessness that youre not a priority for the city. It tells all of the house neighbors who had begging for some relief. You know made people sleeping in tents in their neighborhoods. You are not a priority for us to Breed Administration has since backed off its timeline saying an additional 10 Million Dollar award from the States Project home key. But provide more flexibility in time to do the work. But supervisors want more than assurances so theyre drafting legislation to maintain the shelterinplace Hotel Program only way that we can do this. Make sure that is done a properly and protects the lives of human beings here in San Francisco is to legislation to protect our inhouse population. Supervisors are expected to introduce this legislation sometime in december. And San Francisco city hall dan kerman kron 4 news to the south bay now and take a look at this environmental activists with a Nonprofit Organization bay keeper. Theyre setting the alarm on covid trash like like this theres ppe another covid related garbage that just ending up in the bay. So far theres no real evidence that this trash is carrying the virus but a lot of it does contain plastic and its not easily biodegradable advocates also say theyre seeing a sharp increase in disposable food containers and other take out of that pandemic related food services. Actually really unfortunate because right before the virus hence were seeing a decline in plastic trash around the bay area. Thats partly because there are restrictions on plastic bags and coming up all across bay area. The pandemic has resulted in fewer cleanup efforts which means that some of the covid trash could actually sink to the bottom or disappear in the weeds before can be picked up. Officials also say the recent rains may be a factor in carrying the debris into creeks and streams and sewers. One San Francisco Grocery Store is letting customers shop by appointment only after people expressed concerns about returning to stores during the pandemic Rainbow Grocery is still open for normal Business Hours 9 in the morning till 9 at night, but if you prefer you can reserve a spot online after closing time and shop for about 45 minutes to an hour with capacity limited to 35 people so more of a controlled setting. Store employees say the program has gotten great feedback. And may continue through the new year. I think that the edd. Just simply than conflicts with the fraudsters. State Assembly Member Jim Patterson theyre slamming the Employment Development department after an audit reveals that the agency put millions of californians at risk of fraud. That report states that the edd has been mailing out documents with people Social Security numbers. Kay recede talked to a family that says because of this they lost 15,000 to scammers. These latest findings by a state auditor of the Employment Development Department Failure to remove Social Security numbers from mailings leading millions of californians vulnerable to fraud or just a glimpse of the heartache David Robertsons family has been through my sons been ripped off. The taxpayers are being ripped off. And theres a criminal out there continuing to do this robertson says so far scammers have stolen at least 15,000 from his 19 yearold son he says his son had applied for unemployment back in july. Somewhere along the process be stole his sons information and pass it off as their own money to even with recent phone calls so only reaching the edd theyre mystified of even help us it went with the sluggish. System this its the auditor says the edd must take swift action to end its potentially harmful practice and better safeguard the identities of the residents, it stack. Whats Assembly Member Jim Patterson showed reporters the piles and a td letters from constituents scammed out of unemployment money and fed up with the state agency. Theyre essentially an enabler whether they know it or not. The that has been perpetrated on Health Points patterson also called on governor Gavin Newsome to fix this mess. As for daveon hes now worried about the security of his personal information and at a loss as to who or what can help. Well lets september or october was like 3 months later and nothing has changed. That was kay recede reporting for us tonight and upcoming audit of the edd is set to be released early next year. The San Francisco Unified School District is laying out its latest plan to try to safely resume in Person Learning. It comes after the districts return to school plan received approval from the citys board of Education School Officials Say the plan for students to return safely. Well include a phased timeline for grades prek through 12. They say the plan will also ensure that students and families who wish to continue with Remote Learning can do so superintendent also shared a target date to open the first group of schools on january 25th 2021 so still a ways away. The youngest students would be in the first wave and then on february 8th couple weeks later the second wave would start. Such a polarizing topic a group pair of new york city parents protesting that citys decision to close schools today for in Person Learning calling for the mayor bill de blasio to reopen them and asking him to close bars in new york instead, one mom said parents gathered some 12,000 signatures in the last weekend. Were going to be delivering the petition to the Mayors Office before bringing it to the governor of that state. Since the summer city officials have said that School Buildings would close if 3 of all covid tests performed citywide over a sevenday period came back positive talking about the Positivity Rate we hear so much about and as that rate neared the 3 mark last week. Mayor de blasio advised parents to prepare for a possible shutdown and they in fact did so. And the california Highway Patrol has a new commissioner what we know about the first woman to take the job. And skies cleared out around the bay area getting colder spots down to freezing for some well show you where coming up next. And Everybody Loves Klay Thompson, the warriors trying to be happy for the 2 new draft picks you see here but the injury news for clay is couldnt be worse. Sports director jason dumas us has more on the roller coaster day. We made usaa insurance for this season. And the veterans that never quit on their team. When being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher. Our agents put in the time and legwork for you,. So saving on Auto Insurance is easy. Because saving a little extra goes a long way. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. For sports. After a long day or so we have confirmed that Klay Thompson has torn his right achilles tendons he will miss the Upcoming Season, which is a brutal loss not only from a basketball standpoint, but from an emotional standpoint as well clays a leader in the locker room and a fan favorite amongst the Bay Area Community today bob myers spoke at length about the loss of his star player he also introduced the new rookies who just got drafted yesterday and we see him in front of chase center. James wiseman and nico mannion they were in town of course weidman went number 2 overall mannion was taken 48, so thats the center and a point guard kron 4 Sports Reporter colin mills, she was there too and she breaks down the details. Well jason the should have celebrate henri day here at the chase center welcoming the warriors 2020 draft picks instead the press conference started by addressing Klay Thompsons injury and the devastating news that he tore his achilles we will move on and we will be ok he will be okay, but what hurts the most is the time we put into our jobs. The sacrifices we make. To do what we do. And that to do what he does and for him to have to now. Not be able to play basketball. Thats the pain as the pain we feel the pain we feel for him warriors general manager bob myers said the entire organization is hurting and there were some tough phone calls made to teammates steph curry and Draymond Green to let them know the news that thompson should miss the entire season. However, the focus of the day was supposed to be on the warriors new additions 7 one big James Wiseman in arizona guard nico mannion arrived to the teams facilities for the First Time Since being selected in last nights nba is a for me for family, it was a whirlwind sums our drive just coming out here. And just when its a great atmosphere or just a great of army. I mean over there soon as i walk into the door, so im not their way through why i cant wait to work them i just there for my teammates the past 24 hours have been super emotional. And they i dont think its really set in what really happened everything happened so fast and soon as we got drafted warriors head coach steve kerr was on hand today to welcome the weizmann mannion families. And as for filling the huge void that Klay Thompson leaves behind the shooting guard position where staff say they are working to get the best player available. At the chase center kylen mills kron 4 sports. And colin just mentioned how the warriors are working to get the best player available. Well they traded for kelly oubre a junior earlier today, he played for the phoenix suns last year but was recently traded to the Oklahoma City thunder thats warriors acquired him from averaged 19 points per game last year figures to start right on the wing from day one good pick up for now. But in the meantime tha Grocery Outlet jingle do you have cheese . Of course. More cheese for less chedar do you have kale . Absolutly. More kale for less cabbage in our produce section. How about pizza . yep. More pizza for less dough in the freezer section. Now youre getting the hang of it. Grocrey outlet jingle a california Highway Patrol has a brand new leader. A man during is the first woman and second africanamerican to be the agencys commissioner, our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala introduces us to re. I am honored if i can be a role model anyone amanda ray is making history in california. Shes the first woman and second africanamerican commissioner to hold the position in the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the country she was sworn in this week so no i dont feel pressure right really. I feel a sense of pride and really just be able to go out there continue to move our department for more than honored to be anything but for the oakland native a career in Law Enforcement was not her original dream are going to be doing graduated college i came want to money for grad school and i had a plan to stay for approximately like 2, 3, years, but she ended up staying on for 30 years so far she served at every level of Law Enforcement commanding recent highprofile incidents, including the departments response to covid19 wildfires and civil unrest following a tumultuous year across the country for Law Enforcement. But with just days into the job gray says she is not ready to share her vision just yet for the chp she did say opening up lines of communication with the community is also be able to improve public trust in public release you know to look policies procedures anywhere we can look and see if theres anything that we can do to improve ourselves. Gusts will be able to approve relationships in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Our weather time as we get a check now on our 4 zone forecast kron fours chief meteorologist lauren car horns curnow is here with a look laura they guys, yeah looks like a cold night ahead across parts the bay area tonight the skies clearing out nicely. Well see a couple of patches of fog but other than that it is going to get chilly in spots overnight tonight, especially into the interior valleys in the north and the east bay so plan on that get out the blankets get ready you have to stay warm tonight is going to be one of those cold nights out there as weve seen that storm go through bringing with it the raindrops now reveal that cold air of the gulf of alaska, so overnight tonight, chilly temperatures to be found everywhere you go not as cold inside the bay, but numbers begin to cool off 49 degrees in morgan hill right now down to 48 in half moon bay, 45 now in dublin 50 in concord see the north bay temperatures close to low 40s in petaluma so tonight going to be one of those chilly nights maybe all the way down the Freezing Point as you make your way into places like santa rosa going to be close there 34 nevada, 35 in napa 37 in lot of 30s into these band 40s inside the bay. So certainly a frosty start of the day in many spots inland otherwise tomorrow. Weve got some more sunshine coming your way some high clouds going to be drifting overhead that will be the one thing but temperatures going to be a little bit warmer still cool in a San Francisco, 60 degrees 65 very pleasant mild into oakland. And san jose check in with some high clouds and some sunshine at about 64 degrees. Longrange forecasts were seeing is whats going to happen as we head into the holidays and the weekend while looking pretty good for tomorrow, High Pressure takes over as we get the weekend saturday looks good on sunday things begin to change see that cold front gets pretty close think its going to fall apart before it gets here one right behind it will bring a few more clouds but still staying dry. Think if we do see any rain at all its about next week or you see that moving in to the night into wednesday that could bring with it a chance some scattered showers that right now looks like were staying dry and looks like well dry out for a good part of the month now as we head into holiday looks like things warming up to in the weekend. Maybe a slight chance of showers north bay on wednesday. Other than that i think we stay dry on thanksgiving and the rest the week so he can dine outside absolutely thanks Lawrence Kyle rittenhouse made his first public statements today since he was charged with. Killing 2 protesters in kenosha wisconsin this summer and wounding a 3rd. During a jailhouse interview with the Washington Post the 17 yearold from illinois revealed where he got the money to buy an assault rifle. And i got my i was going into a place where people had somebody brought a gun to me and decided me like i. Attorneys for rittenhouse claim that he was wrongly arrested end acted in selfdefense. If youre on social media chances are you may have notice bogus ads posted by fraudsters details on how to know when youre being targeted online when we come back. People means and talking for. This young girl from washington, saying what were all thinking the spike in covid cases has people panic buying again flying off the shelves things like toilet paper Hand Sanitizer disinfectant walmart says its struggling to keep up with the demand for cleaning supplies. Well a lot of people staying at home in internet crooks people at home presumably have been keeping busy during the pandemic a new study in fact shows that Online Dating scams are on the rise. One woman says shes been the victim of some of these scams reporter Ashley Williams has her story. Crook slurry people out of their hard earned cash is nothing new but a social catfish dot com study shows that with more of us at home romance scammers are running rampant. The website says last year victims lost 201 Million Dollars to scam the Better Business bureau reported a rise in online bank scams since the pandemic began so were seen people more active in on the internet more and more and you know the scammers know it and not just that but the scammers know that you know were so you know youre getting stimulus checks and theres people on unemployment, but theyre actually getting an increase in unemployment cleland says scammers prey on the vulnerable like those who have lost a spouse often chatting with them for hours a day the countries that somebody is like 35 to 65 years old age range those people typically have some sort of money the ones losing money arent the only victims megan montenegro tells us that scammers have used her photos to steal thousands of dollars from people online i even had a woman one time tell me that she sent money one said like 5,000 another one said 13,000 fort stewart mom says scammers have made over 300 profiles with her images, montenegro has even gotten threats from victims advice, my heart because like. People work really hard for the money somebody else out here is just like really just scamming them montenegro says shes taken steps to stop it like making her instagram private but legally theres not a lot that can be done is just. Report it and move on. Got to be careful out there and that wraps up kron 4 news at night. But our primetime news continues at the top of the north bay restaurant fined a 1000 for violating covidnineteen a Health Guidelines why the owner tells us he plans on fighting the fine plus counties in the purple tier must in force at 10 00pm curfew starting this weekend coming up at. 4 news at 10 ucsf doctor will join us live to discuss the new restrictions and where the pandemic stands right now the stories and much more coming up on kron 4 news at 10. From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Say goodbye to late night outings starting saturday, almost all restaurants and bars in the bay area will have to close by 10 oclock every night thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 10 im grant lotus. And im Vicki Liviakis today Governor Newsom announced a limited but mandatory stay at home order and overnight curfew for counties in the most restrictive purple tier thats almost all bay area counties except former and San Francisco and san mateo those 3 are still in the red tier. Now according to the Governors Office starting this saturday night all non essential Work Movement and gatherings are going to be banned between 0