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From suture tower at San Francisco. Didnt show you this he very much yesterday at least not early on because you couldnt see any of it that cloud cover was really blocking it out that is obviously not the case this morning visibility is just fine low clouds all but gone for most areas and thats the way were going to stay now theres some truly fog out towards the Central Valley. If you happen to be heading that way but not something were really looking at much here in the bay area aside from some patches of fog so do watch for those isolated patches closer to the coastline, 30s and 40s for most of our current temperatures oakland you are in the midfifties that much of this time yesterday now were at 46 degrees so noticeable cool down the at 43 while Napa Petaluma nevado same in and santa rosa. All our cities in the 30s this morning you can see how big of a drop in temperatures that is for some of these areas novato down 20 degrees from the same time yesterday thats definitely a difference youll notice as youre getting out there so anticipate a cool feel that might just wake you up if youre having some problems getting awake this morning. Now our morning temperatures definitely cooler than yesterday by the afternoon though were right around the same as we were yesterday coastal areas in the upper 50s to low 60s. Well bayside in inland areas back into a range of mid 60s. Ive got plenty more on your forecast talking all about what to expect not just today but into thanksgiving as well still to come. Back to you rob and thanksgiving is right around the corner, thank you john that check in on the traffic and because its you know the week of thanksgiving were not seeing as much traffic. Around the bay area this week yesterday was pretty light and quiet for the Early Morning hours and then toward the latter part. The morning commute i noticed some heavier traffic, but i think youll be ok a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is nice and smooth right now to San Francisco so come on and were waiting for you now delays of the pay gates all right off to 92. Its not even as busy as it normally is we check in through the week right not as much traffic rolling out a hayward over to the peninsula. So its a great trip it is under 20 minutes gone out there now you know its going to get heavier later on during the morning drive. We also have the golden gate were checking in on one on one which looks fantastic if youre traveling between the north bay and San Francisco youll be doing fine. No problems here are north or southbound one oh one. Lets head to the south bay. Now the motive remains unclear for the deadly stabbing at a church in san jose 2 people are dead and 3 others were seriously injured in the attack sunday night it happened at Grace Baptist Church thats right at the corner of san fernando in 10th street near san jose state university. The church had opened its doors to the homeless to shelter from the coal. A man is under arrest in connection with the stabbings one homeless advocate told kron 4. The attacker was a volunteer at the church. Not the end and what caused that i have no idea nobody really understands what happened i hope that everyone can put this aside and look look at the good thats been done here focus on that because thats the important thing. The 2 victims who died or a man and a woman they are san joses 40th and 41st homicides of the year. For the first time in San Francisco police history, an officer with ties to the department has been charged in connection to a deadly shooting the San Francisco District Attorney found manslaughter charges against former rookie officer christopher, some moya. Now Police Reform supporters say its a move thats been long overdue kron fours Jonathan Mccall reports. For the first time an sfpd history an officer with the department now charged in connection to a deadly shooting in the line of duty. In San Francisco. Theres been a long history. And officer involved shootings. Leading to no accountability whatsoever. Further cementing the idea. That police the law. That stops. Today. Fulfilling a Campaign Promise to hold officers accountable for their actions. Monday San Francisco county District Attorney chesa boudin charging former sfpd officer christopher for the december 2017 shooting death. A 42 yearold keith oneill investigators say that semi york whos just on his 4th day on the force fired a single shot from inside the patrol car, he was riding in at oneill as he ran by officers were investigating a call of a carjacking at the time or as were aware. This is the first ever. Time that the San Francisco District Attorneys office. It has filed homicide charges. Against a Law Enforcement officer. For homicide while on duty from 2009 to 2019. San francisco officers found themselves involved in 72 shootings. One of those was going with this im hoping now and they hear something in 2015 officers fired more than 20 shots at moria woods. Just moments after they say he stabbed a woman one thing that me that you know before life that you will need to get in regard and those officers and marshals brooks with the antipolice terror project says mondays announcement should serve as a wakeup call for Law Enforcement stop killing us. Right that there are new levels of accountability in levers of accountability and theyve been running rampant, you know for quite sometimes the last be area officer to be convicted in a deadly shooting was bart officer Johannes Mehserle in the 2009 death of oscar grant. The San Francisco Police Officers association responding with this statement saying in part quote the criminal Justice System will allow for the facts surrounding this case to be disclosed. We are committed to ensuring that christopher and his family are supported during this difficult time. And that he is afforded his Due Process Rights and provided with a vigorous defense against these charges. Jonathan mccall kron 4 news. California has recorded more than 1 million coronavirus cases and 18,000 deaths in california. Right here in the bay area there have been over a 140,000 cases and more than 1900 people have died from covid19 keep in mind the hospitalizations went up 77 just within the last 2 weeks and icu admissions are up 55 within the same period. We also have new alarming data about covid infections right here in california young adults account for more than half of new coronavirus cases across the state. Well Governor Newsom announced that people ages 18 to 49, are responsible for 60 of new cases statewide in an effort to curb the spread of the virus Governor Newsome mandated a curfew from 10 00pm to 05 00am and thats for all counties in the purple tier of reopening San Francisco. Rent send the tale are the only counties not under the statewide order but state Health Officials say that more counties could roll back into more restrictive tears today, people we spoke with are hoping others follow the latest guidelines. I actually it seems like. This might be people that are going out a little bit more and acting a little bit riskier. Really scary out there right now so its hard. Its hard to tell anyone what to do right now, but you can only you know take care of yourself, lets put our heads on right. And think about it and lets us get out of this were almost there were right at the summit hopefully you know, lets just lets just make it happen now. Governor newsome also discourage thanksgiving holiday travel. But if you do travel out of state just keep in mind that its important to remember that state officials are asking travelers to self quarantine for 14 days after returning to the bay area. Well its cheaper and faster type of test for covid19 may be as reliable. As the nasal swab tests which are currently looked at as the gold standard. The rapid tests are actually being conducted in San Francisco about the 24th and mission bart station. So these tests detect infection by looking for the proteins of the virus instead of identifying the genetic material of the virus. Now while the protein rapid test was previously believed to be less reliable, a small, ucsf study found that there were accurate in 14 out of 15 people who are infected. Doctors believe that Rapid Testing could help slow the spread of covid19. What were trying to do here with testing. Is to identify people who are infectious and get them isolated so the real intervention is isolation and a sort of secondary one this quarantine where you think they might become infectious. So this helps us get to that faster. Well doctor George Rutherford is encouraged by Rapid Testing though he does say that more data is needed to determine just how well bus the Rapid Testing method is. The pandemic is hurting the Tourism Industry right through the Holiday Season. Well, this is a normally brings flocks of visitors to San Francisco right. But this year Hotel Businesses will continue hurting over the holidays because of the pandemic the fewer visitors also impacts the people who live and work in the city. With thanksgiving coming out we should be having a lot of families a lot connecting rooms being booked out. The sweet spoke towns. You know at this time of year when out in the 30s its its a very different scene tell some of the largest contributor of. Revenue to the city through both what we call dot tax occupancy taxes. Sales taxes. So i think when you look at us being off so significantly from a hotel point of view that impacts revenue thats coming into the city that used for everything the city would do. And that has a huge impact on revenue fewer visitors is a trend. Were likely to see throughout the rest of the Holiday Season. So keep that in mind coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, a bribery screen. In the south bay involving Law Enforcement officials and a Top Executive at apple. What was apparently traded for weapons permits. Plus flying during the pandemic what you need to know if you plan to go out there and the sfo this weekend beyond well have details coming up in just a bit stay with us. Welcome back everyone happening now despite the warning from the cdc millions of people are still flying this week for thanksgiving. Kron fours well bellow checked in on the traffic at our bay area airports and explains what travelers to know to stay safe from covid. As coronavirus cases surge across the bay area officials from all of our major airports are urging travelers safety above all else. And while theyre seeing a surge in travelers this week numbers are still well below normal but were still down about 75 compared to prepandemic levels a big surge in travelers on friday kicked off the Holiday Season at San Francisco International Airport Public Information officer doug yakel says the friday before thanksgiving is usually its busiest travel day and this year it provided the highest level of activity since the pandemic began we have a little over 21,000 people to part as last friday. But again you know last year at that time we saw almost 90,000 passengers so again we are seeing an uptick in activity but its still far from what we knew before the pandemic and its a similar story over in oakland and san jose International Airports, Oakland International is expecting half the amount of travelers they saw last year. San jose International Says it normally sees 178,000 passengers over the holiday week. But this year theyre expecting just 30 to 45,000 when all is said and done wednesday the day before the holiday obviously its going to be one of the busiest days are also looking at the weekend sunday and monday in particular mask and social distancing requirements are well marked around the airports San Jose International has even implemented you ve lights on its escalator handrails. Officials are also reminding out of state travelers of the 14 day self quarantine once they returned to the bay area. You can expect to see and hear a lot of messaging that talks about some of the Current Health requirements, including that quarantine requirement because we really want people understand and adhere to that in San Francisco noelle bellow kron 4 news. The u. S. Surgeon general jerome adams says the nation is at a dire point in its fight against coronavirus with more than 12 million cases so far. Adams gave this warning before the Holiday Season. We want everyone to understand that the holiday celebrations can be super spreader event so we want them to be smart and they want him to be a small as possible. Well the cdc suggests having outdoor gatherings with fewer than 10 people more than that its just too risky. Governor newsome his family are entering the 3rd day of quarantine at home. Thats after 3 of the governors children were exposed to a chp officer who tested positive for covid Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has the latest and of course. And forgive me thats tea. Just got my that i drank. A moment ago thats got in my throat nothing more live from his home governor Gavin Newsome gave his weekly covid19 remotely the governor is working from home in quarantine after 3 of his kids were exposed to a california Highway Patrol officer who tested positive for covid19 the agency provides security to the governors family. It is a very challenging in trying time and it something is now been brought home quite literally in terms of my own experience just over the course last couple days. That said i did respect for people they dont have the support of people that are in my position that dont have the resources of people in my position and those that are struggling the quarantine also comes after one of his children was also exposed to a classmate who tested positive for the virus newsome his wife and all 4 children tested negative for the virus i feel perfectly healthy i tested negative yesterday and i have no expectation that all test. Any differently in subsequent days, the governor and first family are expected to be tested regularly moving forward but newsoms office hasnt said whether regularly means every day every couple of days or every week. Reporting in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The fda has approved the use of the drug free jenner and for treating coronavirus patients, its one of the drugs used by President Trump when he was being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center emergency authorization allows for the use of the drug studies continue on its safety and effectiveness. The first doses will go to roughly 300,000 patients through a federal government allocation program. Well congress is out of session for the rest of the week leading. Many in congress on leaving any progress on a Coronavirus Relief deal on pause, washington correspondent kelli meyer checked in with lawmakers on what could happen when they return and how soon americans who get some extra help from the federal government. What do you expect to happen when you guys get back i had no idea a blunt response from House Majority whip in South Carolina democrat jim cliburn on the future of a covid relief deal on capitol hill cliburn blames Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell for not passing anything before the giving it is irresponsible but then sitting at the table for 6 months on friday Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged mcconnell to come back to the negotiating table and later discuss the dilemma with president elect joe biden who she hopes will help get something done. But that help wouldnt come until 2021 when it returns next Week Congress will have just 10 working days before this Congress Ends and a new congress is sworn in Missouri Republican senator roy blunt says hes working this week with gop lawmakers to reach an agreement on a spending bill to avoid a Government Shutdown december 11th lynn couldnt say whether a covid relief bill might be included. But says keeping americans waiting for relief is a huge failure of congress both sides are saying we ought to do the bill this year, but both sides are saying we want to do all of the that we want to do all i know is there are people we. Im not doing right by their cliburn says his main priority is getting a deal done by the end of the year reporting in washington, im kelly meyer. More members of Congress Test positive for covid19 and the children reporting in washington why lawmakers are debating on the necessity of a mask mandate. 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. Welcome back everyone over the weekend more members of Congress Tested positive for the coronavirus it is brought up the topic of whether a mask mandate is necessary for lawmakers washington dc correspondent john reports. As more members of Congress Test positive for covid some lawmakers are calling for a mask mandate on capitol hill this should pennsylvania congressman dwight evans supports the idea and questions why anyone would disagree understood is the lack. Was trying to prove on republicans like virginia congressman rob wittman say forcing members to wear a mask is unnecessary i think that it should be up to each individual member of congress. I i dont think that we should be. At a point where where we have to be told what to do with says he supports maskwearing but has every member of congress should be allowed to make their own decision leaving giving clear direction from the house position we begin a clear direction from the cdc. We know clearly what each of us can do to protect ourselves and others but evan says some lawmakers are careless and are not setting a good example as the house focuses on passing a much needed covid relief bill you certainly can do take health. Reporting in washington, im diesel job. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news President Trump finally approving the formal transition of power will have details on this plus what were learning about president elect fightins cabinet picks up story coming up next. Welcome back everyone the times for 27 good morning to you and thank you for waking up with us we surely appreciate it before you head outside we like to get an update on the forecast so that you can prepare and know what to wear before you head out the door. I think you dont need a coat is a little chilly a little cold out there robin the colder than yesterday was. So we had the cloud cover yesterday that made for the gray, but mild morning this morning, it is Crystal Clear up there you can see outside of the bay bridge behind me. Theres really no fog. No cloud cover sitting over head couple of patches of it on the peninsula and through the bay can be expected a bit later on this morning. But i mean look at your view over San Francisco. It is nice and crisp looking right now you can see that patchy fog that im talking about right around San Bruno Mountain to the south of San Francisco. Most other areas until you head to the Central Valley that is are pretty free of at least a dense layer of fog so much clear morning but that also helps to make for a cooler morning like we are in the midst up right now were in the 40s for much of the bay oakland at 46 alameda at 48 degrees right now looking at some 30s in nevado saint petaluma as well lena and santa rosa at 37 degrees right now so it is a cold or morning that it was yesterday look at this temperature drop in San Francisco, half moon bay, as well as in nevada, which is down 14 degrees from the same time yesterday so it was a mild start to your monday. A crisp but clear start to your Tuesday Morning as we make our way through the day well keep those clear skies around but temperatures are going to rise back into the mid 60s for bayside in inland cities and a range of upper 50s to low 60s right along the coastline. Robin all right, thank you for the update john we are checking in on the traffic now. A live look at 80 the bay bridge commute into San Francisco which has been very quiet for the last couple of days, you know we have thanksgiving right around the corner lot of folks are just at home some are out of town. So were not seeing the usual delays and backups at the bay bridge toll plaza going to have some heavy traffic. Its not going to be as or the backup wont be as long so nows your chance to beat the rush come on in were under 10 minutes off to fremont street. All right, lets head over to 92 taking a little peek at the san mateo bridge brake lights are filling in. I didnt see this because the last time we checked write some more folks are rolling off to the peninsula. Its a great trip. So far a very quiet into foster city and san mateo we have one more. We have west bound 5. 80 to the richmond sandra fell bridge wide open and hot spot free and easy trip here for 5. 80 westbound into the north bay. President trump hold on the transition process. The General Services administration has formally designated joe biden as president elect. 3 weeks after election day. John fun has the latest on the bite in transition. More than 2 weeks after joe biden won the president ial election, the head of the gsa, the General Services Administration Emily Murphy says the biden transition can formally begin. Murphy who was appointed by President Trump has come under fire for delaying the transition by withholding the funding and information needed for the president elect to hit the ground runninf once he takes office in january the president is still refusing to concede the election tweeting rk strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight and i believe we will prevail nevertheless in the best interest of our country im recommending that emily and her team do what