Curfew order most bay area counties are already under. We will look at where the numbers point to at this moment and what we are hearing from the governor from his latest update. Good morning. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. Major changes could be coming for hundreds of thousands of people right here in the bay area if those covid tiers are changed like many people are expecting. Lets head you to kris sanchez who is live in menlo park. Reporter here on the street, it is definitely something of interest right now because if San Mateo County along with San Francisco and marin have to transition out of the red tier and into the purple tier with the rest of the bay area, it will mean a lot of changes and stronger restrictions. It would mean an end to Indoor Dining in those three counties and return to outdough only services for gyms and houses of worship. Indoor shopping would be licketlimited to 25 capacity instead of 50 they are joenjoying right now a
Kari has a look at our forecast. It is mostly cleared compared to yesterday morning. Weve seen some patches of some fog in some low lying areas. As we take a live look in san jose as the sun rises its all clear. We will have some sunshine for today and a touch cooler heading for thanksgiving and this weekend well continue with the mild and dry weather with our High Temperature today reaching into the low to mid60s. All good here. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast and if we can get any rain coming up in a few minimum. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Well, the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights have perhaps turned on in the last couple of minutes. I do see some slowing at the toll plaza, brake lights. As we look at the toll plaza itself the middle lanes are the first to stack up right on schedule. As we look at the map its not as severe as we often see. A lighter pattern for thanksgiving week but we still have some slowing for the areas. Do keep that in mind. A lot
Santa rosa in 38. Its 39 in livermore right now. 43 concord. 46 oakland. The afternoon is just like yesterday. That means sunny, warm and beautiful. Mid to upper 60s. How is the drive looking . Its getting busy this morning as you work into the pass. Its the usual stuff for the super commuters going westbound into 580. Thats where we are seeing most of the delays. Expect a few brake lights. The good news, no accidents or incident for that portion of the freeway. Travel time 30 minutes 205 toward 680. Right now looking good across the east shore. No delays along highway 4 and that ride out of the south bay so far so good. A few brake lights starting to form for that morgan hill commute. Bay bridge toll plaza quiet, no metering lights and its a very easy ride as you work out of the east bay into the city. Live news desk. We will watch this morning on the investigation into that huge fire that started in a berkeley seven story apartment building. It caused the evacuation of a nearby three
As we have been reporting, in less than 30 hours, new restrictions take effect. Exactly when those rules start depends on where you live. San francisco, santa clara, contra costa counties will be the first to enact the order at 10 00 tomorrow night. Tonight, businesses and customers are preparing for another round of closures. Nbc bay areas tom jenson is in walnut creek with more on how people are coping with the uncertainty. Reporter stylists here at the grove salon, cutting and coloring their clients time one more time before yet another shutdown. I wish there was another alternative than just completely shutting down. Personal care. Because people are being careful. Reporter the owner plans to keep extended hours today and tomorrow before salons are shut down. Were going to take care of as many people as we can and hopefully hope back in three weeks. Reporter covid19 cases are surging across the state. Ooze anymore the medical field, so i hear it and see it all day long. Reporter lo
Pretty quickly as weve already seen in parts of the state. Take a look at Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley there. A shelter at home order now taking effect there tomorrow night. This all comes as the state surpasses 1. 3 million cases. Yesterday alone the state added more than 25,000 new cases. For much of the bay area theres so much uncertainty right now. One thing businesses do know is that they want this to be the last shutdown. Nbc bay areas tom jensen has more from Contra Costa County. Reporter one last shot at some sort of normalcy at this walnut creek brewery before it has to close down along with a whole host of other Contra Costa County businesses. But it was a dismal day of sales following reports of record covid19 cases and pending statewide stay at home orders that will go into effect here and at four other bay area counties starting sunday night. Every time theres an announcement like this that comes out people become a little bit more nervous about going out