Bay area take a look at your screen there are more than 6,000 cases and a 196 steps you can see those numbers broken down for your county by county check out Santa Clara County staffs at 73 and more than 1800 cases you can also see that these numbers are on our website kron 4 dot com. So if you want to look at your specific county just check it out on our website. Now lets get to our top stories this saturday morning as people are now required to wear a mask of some form or a facial covering in most bay area counties. 6 counties are now requiring everyone wear a covering of some sort when theyre outside they are San Francisco, san Mateo Alameda contra costa marin and sonoma counties. Santa clara county also urging residents to wear a mask, but at this point thats not an order. Now heres why its so important to wear a face mask in public take a look at this laser light experiment shows how droplets from coughing sneezing and talking can spread the virus on the left you see the droplets
Area residents good evening. Everybody thank you for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im pam moore and im ken wayne until now wearing face wear in public was an option but that will no longer be the case in 6 bay area county says ride these new directives com as the number of covid19 cases here in the bay area continues to rise. There are now more than 6,000 confirmed cases and 196 people have lost their lives on your screen you can see how the numbers break down county by county. Santa clara county still leading the bay area with 73 deaths and more than 1800 cases Alameda County has seen 40 deaths there are 28 dance in San Mateo County 20 and San Francisco county Health Officials have been encouraging the use of Face Coverings to try to prevent the spread of covid19 San Francisco, san Mateo Alameda contra costa marin and sonoma are now taking action to ensure everyone is following suit. Kron fours dan kerman has our top story tonight more and more weve seen people who venture ou
The World Health Organization declares covid19 a pandemic so far, there are over 120,000 cases in over 114 countries. With over 4,300 deaths shocking news in the entertainment world, hollywood legend tom hanks and his wife rita wilson reveal that they have both tested positive for the coronavirus. Hared the news. He said they felt a bit tired, like they had colds and some body aches he said rita had some chills that came in wet, slight fevers as well. As for whats next, the couple is now in isolation and are being quarantined in australia centuries old tradition in peril, the st. Patricks day in new york was postponed for the first time in 258 years. The event was cancelled in chicago, as boston and dublin also drop the festivities. Meanwhile, in new york, the state is taking matters into its own hands hiring private labs to help with testing. More than 200 people have tested positive so far in new york. And millions of americans could get a tax break. The feds are reportedly consideri
Do have up some cloudy skies over timber on there have been some areas of a light shower activity lingering right around the marin headlands. But even that has been really minimal as of this point radar showing that little bit of green out there you are running into some slick spots on one oh one is one oh one up in marin and sonoma counties has seen the greatest amount of rain so far today which really still up to this point hasnt been a whole lot light sprinkles up in Sonoma County currently its really spotty nothing really to know too much at this moment later today after 01 00pm especially is when we see the slight to moderate shower activity really settling into the bay and youll notice that rainfall is seen especially right along the coastline, but al into the east bay, the north bay and even down into the south bay it will be our inland valley areas that see the least amount of it just a couple of sprinkles for areas like the eastern edge of the tri valley showers continue on th
Into the air. The Atmospheric River flowing into the bay area less than 24 hours a friend of flash floods and mudslides, the biggest rain event of the season so far with winds reaching up to 50 miles an hour, we have the timing of all this in just a few minutes. Those in the sierra get hit with a blast of winter, elevations below 3000 feet can see a foot and a half of snow, skiers and snowboarders likely have 10 resorts to choose from this weekend. If you are driving bring your chains and be prepared for a slow going commute. A major milestone for one of the oldest organizations for women in the south bay. We go to the san jose womans club celebrating a big anniversary. The san jose womans club is still going strong celebrating the 120th anniversary this year and it is modernizing as it moves into the future. The san jose womans club has withstood the test of time and continues to play a role in the economic social d the secondcentury of service. The womans club is working with the com