Middle peak is doing 30 miles an hour. And then as you look at the elevation spots, rose peak, down by san jose, 26 miles an hire. So the winds have died down. The rain will continue, light sprinkles into the evening hours and tomorrow, and then we dry out. Pack here with all of the specifics and the 5day. This wet suspect is good news for fire danger around Northern California. There is also concern about the areas burned recently by wildfires. Tuesdays transformation from sun to showers highlights the annual transition in Northern California to rainy season. Were starting to see some cold fronts move out of the gulf of alaska. We saw one a few days ago. Theres another one moving through the bay area today. A little bit more rain than the last one. And thats sort of the progression that we get into this time of year. Each successive storm tends to get a little bigger, a little wetter. Reporter from the north bay to the east to the south. Its the kind of brisk wet weather perfectly sui
Also stay the same, as well. 41 counties in california are now in the most restrictive purple tier. The vast majority of our students are still in Distance Learning right now. Reporter under the purple tier, any class that resumed in person as of tuesday can continue, but for the majority of California School districts still doing Distance Learning be reopening plans are now on hold, until conditions improve or the school gets a waiver. Primarily this has the largest impact on districts that were putting their plans in place for a return in 2021. Reporter margaret represents 77 teachers from a School District in Contra Costa County, which is doing Distance Learning, but was consider league opening january 22nd. Thats not gonna happen. Reporter the Teachers Union president said the next opportunity to make a decision is in march, and she plans to push for not reopening at all this school year. Thats moving to the purple mix, even a stronger argument that we should not consider going bac
Health officials in Contra Costa County are stepping up free covid testing. Now even though they say mixing with those outside someones household is still a risky idea. Rob roth heard from Public Health officers today and gins us now with more. Rob . Reporter yeah, heather, on one hand Health Officials are urging people to stay home over thanksgiving, but theyre also saying if youre going to visit, get tested first. Cars lined up in this parking lot in concord Tuesday Morning for what the Contra Costa Health department calls testing for turkey. This family recently lost their grandfather to covid and know too well the horrors of the virus. We just want to be safe. Were going to meet some family over the holidays, and we want to protect ourselves and protect them, as well. Reporter this is one of 13 sites in Contra Costa County offering free covid testing. The push now is to get people tested before thanksgiving, and possibly exposing others. While inviting everyone that you gather with
Hospitalizations are surging out of control in california, 45 counties are now in the states most restrictive tier meaning the spread of covid19 is widespread. Thanks for joining us today at 3 im Sanaz Tahernia hospitalizations have increased 81 over the last 2 weeks in cases here in the bay area have now surpassed 138,000. All of these numbers increasing right ahead of the thanksgiving holiday when many people are hoping to gather with their families our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala is live for us in sacramento with more on californias latest covid19 update ashleigh. Yes and as well the states Top Health Official doctor mark galli says that those hospitalizations and covid19 cases are surging in the state thats leading he and other state leaders to request a 7 counties to take a step back in the states tiered reopening system with an even larger majority of counties and the states most restrictive tier. Statewide i dont believe weve ever seen as many hospital admissions. Incr
Now its 3 the first significant real rain fall of the season, the bay area seeing a cold front move in and across the region as we europe for a couple days of wet weather. Thank you for joining us this tuesday november 17th im Sanaz Tahernia now lets get right to it and just see how much rainfall has accumulated in the bay area with this storm and our kron fours meteorologist dave spahr hes in the Weather Center tracking those showers for us today. He said i was looking afternoon and good afternoon, everybody live shot that you saw there too as well was supposed to the alcatraz island, but of course for the rain situation going on. Pretty much obscured by all of this moisture here stormtracker 4 live and in person it looks like its starting to break up in the north bay and its been like this all day true to fashion starts up in the north bay starts filling out midday and now getting into the south bay little bit. Although the amounts are not as generous down south. Current look at the