Bay that all means weve got more to come as we go more see more showers throughout the night tonight and certainly we see the rain out there and the wind too as the front moved by look at the winds gusting over 20 miles an hour almost 30 miles an hour in some urban areas reports of gusts higher than that as high as 50 across some of the mountain top so a blustery day out there continue to see the showers around the bay area now most that just some light activity in the San Francisco see the raindrops there. Then becoming a little bit more broken as that front has moved into the south bay in toward Woodside Palo alto youre getting some rain in the san jose got a couple raindrops fremont yeah youre seeing some rain to all around the bay area a lot of rain coming down more on the way to how much more can we expect to see and thats a lot of folks want to know now well talk about that coming up when we just side when it starts with a lot of folks are like lets get this over with thank you a
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
Commute . Overall, kari, the commute looks great. We take a look at the big map and you see green sensors except for one spot. Well zoom in on it. Tough to see from this view. Its over in brentwood. Highway 4 is closed because of im not sure. Its either a headon crash between a car and a big rig or a car that hit a guardrail. A big difference there. No big injuries reported but you can travel along the eastern side of the golf course to avoid the closure. The bay bridge is just fine, completely clear. Back to you. Thank you, mike. A live look at capitol hill for you this morning. President elect joe biden pushing for lawmakers to reach a deal on new covid relief package. He is turning to National Security experts as the Trump Administration continues to block the transition of power. The president elect still not receiving classified Intelligence Briefings but today is expected to meet with defense experts to get him better prepared for day one. Today in the bays tracie potts to explai
Counties are in the purple tier and i want to break down what that means whether you live in the county or do not. Take a look at the list of counties on the list of items on your screen. This is the restrictions for the counties in purple. Items on the left are businesses required to operate outside. They include restaurants, wineries, gyms, museums, zoos, card rooms and places of worship. Those items on the right side can continue indoors. Malls and retail shops can continue inside but at 25 capacity. Beauty shops, barber shops and other personal Care Services can remain inside as long as youre following the appropriate protocols. Keep in mind all of this is a minimum. Some counties are able to do additional restrictions. Thats exactly what happened in San Francisco. Theyve already ended indoor dining. But as it stands now for those counties in red, wineries and card rooms for those three counties must stay outdoors. Again, thats for the counties in red. Churches, movie theaters are
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