The breezy us for the north bay and then right along the coastline, right now Half Moon Bay sonoma in petaluma all looking at winds at or above 20 Miles Per Hour and thats not even including gusts which will be as high as 45 Miles Per Hour at times red flag warnings expire at 5 in effect right now all across the north bay, the inland east bay and the san mateo coast line temperatures are mild right now were low 60s in alameda and hayward as well as napa at 6061 degrees little cooler for dublin in concord in the 40s. Im talking what to expect this afternoon and when these winds will really come down in your forecast rebecca all right john look forward to that because that we do have a high wind advisory issued a since about 4 oclock this morning. Because its been some blustery out there for the bay bridge. So both hands on that Steering Wheel if youre going to be heading into downtown San Francisco. Traffic really starting to thin behind the tolls because we did have a couple of problem
Advisory. For the bay bridge that chp issued a really early this morning, it still stands. But the good news is not a lot of traffic in your way though if you are going to be heading into downtown San Francisco. In fact a look at the drive time much improved as we kick off this 9 oclock hour 10 minutes for your westbound 80 drive out of the macarthur maze across the upper deck and into downtown to the fremont street accident. The san mateo bridge improving here as less folks on the roads and that we saw the last hour a 13 minute drive time. No issues on the flat section the high rise looks good and its going to be a a really nice drive off or youre westbound 92 right over to that 1, 1, connector in foster city. Ill check the richmond sandra fell bridge and the golden gate in just a couple minutes back to the news. Thanks a lot 9 oh one the big story most of the bay area is going into big lockdown tonight you can see San Francisco contra costa alameda and santa clara counties. Those all
Tequila herradura, the worlds most gold medal awarded tequila. The tables are gone and the stayathome order is now in place. Some hard reaction coming from businesses in my story. And im tracking a rare december red flag warning that goes into effect overnight tonight. The latest on our fire danger in accuweather. Tonight politica insiders tells California Attorney general Xavier Becerra was selected by president elect joe biden to be the next health secretary. What this means for california. Abc7 news starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Three bay area counties are now in another shutdown. Businesses in San Francisco, contra costa, and santa clara saw a final show of support from customers today. But many say it wont be enough to avoid layoffs. With that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Officials announced the new order yesterday. Alameda is also imposing the restrictions starting just af
Marin county will begin restrictions tomorrow. Joining us to talk about its effectiveness, Infectious Disease specialist dr. Monica gandhi and ash coalrod. Thank you for joining me today. Thank you. Thank you. I want to dive into whether the new restrictions make sense. Bmp we do that, the governor announced alarming new numbers. Dr. Gandhi, when numbers caught your attention . You know, its aptly true that were in a surge, we have increased cases and many areas in the state have increased hospitalizations. This is not true we havent reached yet in the bay area. This is a prophylactic move to prevent us from getting into the kind of criteria that the governor explained. They were not there. Its a prophylactic move. We have to restrict activities, and so now the question becomes what makes sense, what gets restricted and what doesnt make sense. Thats absolutely true. Many things are closing down again. Indoor entertainment, outdoor playgrounds, that caught a lot of people by surprise. A
Dont need those winds sticking around any longer than they need to its actually a ping fire danger rarity for this time of year clear skies across the bay areas we do see offshore winds kicking up especially in the north bay or windy spots right now our areas like Sonoma Petaluma napa on up to calistoga which is seen winds well in excess of 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour this morning, red flag warnings remain in effect for the north bay, the inland east coastal San Mateo County through 05 00pm after that we take our foot off the gas pedal and winds begin to come down quite a lot into the evening tonight, right now temperatures are in the 50s and even low 60s a mild start to this breezy day. Rebecca. All right john thank you a couple of problems to take note of if youre going to be taking the bay bridge soon trying to get into downtown San Francisco. This is going a little bit weve got a little bit of a backup. Here behind the pay gates because theres a broken down big rig, a stalled out to gr