From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Governor Gavin Newsome facing backlash tonight after attending a Birthday Party in wine country, thank you for joining us tonight at 9 im pam moore and im grant lotus in tonight for ken wayne this dinner was held last week at the swanky French Laundry restaurant, this is in napa counties youngsville a dozen people from different households attended it. And this is one of the situations now where a lot of people are saying is it do as i say not as i do. And darren joins us live from yelp bill tonight he joins us with more on the governors response maupin and grant the governor has admitted that attending this party was a lapse of judgment and that he should not have gone to this dinner here at the French Laundry as the state continues to re tighten some of its covid19 restrictions with the holidays drawing closer. The governors credibility is definitely taking a hit. Governor gavin, newsome is catching some heat for attending a Birthday Party at the high end French Laundry restaurant in yawn bill at least a dozen people from different households were at the dinner last friday, this news comes as the governor and his administration are asking people to do the opposite we have the guidance and the temps for a reason we believe they are the strategies to ourselves and our communities safe and we hope and expect people take them seriously the dinner was held outdoors and a spokesperson for the Governors Office says it did not violate state guidelines state Health Officials say gathering with other households can increase the risk of covid19 exposure minimizing the opportunity for different people maxine not only keeps your gathering small, but it reduces the likelihood that youll mix scene with somebody who was themselves exposed to covid governor newsome did release a statement friday saying quote. Well our family followed the restaurants Health Protocols and took safety precautions. We should have modeled better behavior and not joined the dinner. Well the bad optics for governor newsome did catch the attention of the California Republican party. Which said that it seems like the governor is speaking out of both sides of his mouth as of this report, the French Laundry restaurant has not responded to our request for comment. Reporting live in youngsville dan thorn. Kron 4 news jan. Thank you for that the first significant rain of the season was not welcome news for a lot of restaurants. This is video of a few restaurants. Well you can see the rain anyway on some of the restaurants in moraine county. Without a proper rule of their Outdoor Dining areas stay wet and cold and empty they were drenched and remained empty kron fours gayle ong live in mill valley tonight. We wanted to find out how Restaurant Owners and managers are now bracing for a ban on Indoor Dining ahead of winter gale. Mill valley, not new to the rain definitely flurries and floods in this area. So theyre used to that but restaurants have been through a roller coaster they have spent months getting their space ready for covid and now they have to go back to square one relying on takeout. Were doing the best that we can and its a difficult time for all of us. And we love your support and just lets all be kind to each other. This our Community Restaurant and we want to stick around for a long time. Pipe, hes a real has been open for 8 years in mill valley carrying goldberg is the owner and just got word friday them are in county is shutting down Indoor Dining again public Health Officials say covid19 cases have doubled in the past 10 days prompting tighter restrictions to limit further spread of the virus, some pretty nervous night i got like you know butterflies about. The next week coming up like many Restaurant Owners goldberg has been taking advantage of the shared Spaces Program provided by the county. A parklet was built to accommodate tables outside. But friday, the first rainfall of the season pass through and preparing for Outdoor Dining has been challenging enough the heaters i got on craigslist for double the price because. You can find he turn out come the like theyre all sold out everywhere. In novato not one customer oil brewery and restaurant, not good. Its really hard because most people still want to sit outside. So when it gets cold its rough on us more than their ideas. Melissa schwartz is a manager islands. She says the patio area has heaters and umbrellas but not enough coverage for the rain our employees are all suffering because we had to cut back all of their hours. The business is suffering because we cant have as many people as want to come her message to customers i love them all i missed most of our please support us by doing to go orders. Were here for that if you cant come in are you feeling comfortable coming in to just due to go to keep us open in a life. Restaurants and marin county will have until the weekend and monday to make their money from Indoor Dining come tuesday other indoor activities like movie theaters and food courts must close. Reporting in mill valley, gayle ong kron 4 news. Thank you gail well today was the first real test of Outdoor Dining for a lot of yeah and so far the results dont look great our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow. Joins double edged sword here man we love to see the rain but these 4 restaurants, yeah, no boy just tough to get out there youre in the middle the rain. Any of the gusty winds to go along with that too so that makes a little bit harder to be outside and that kind weather and you know thats just the beginning, were just getting going here weve got a long way to go through the storm season in fact want to see more active pattern developing i think as we get into next week tonight still what tarmac out there tonight at sfo is weve had the rain moved through most us start to taper off just a bit now Doppler Radar still picking up scattered showers the worst the front has moved on by still sees few showers around the bay area right now most of that is very like, but you see the front has moved through especially into the afternoon rolling on by kind of a ragtag front not a real strong system let some of mountains in the north bay at over half an inch of rain in fact him registering near an inch of rain over the past 24 hours. So here we sit right now you see a couple scattered showers into the east bay, otherwise they start to quiet down quite a bit now, and thats the way its going to be as were going to see the system kind of fall apart, but its left behind some moisture. So maybe if the winds subside tonight we start to talk about some fog now speaking of the winds it was blustery around a good part of the bay areas that front came through some winds gusting 2030 miles an hour. And now the winds start to calm down just a little bit as that front has gone by the rainfall totals, not bad not huge, but 1900s in the mill Valley Timber on checking in with 1607 inch of rain for hundreds in santa rosa just 200s in oakland, a drop in the bucket there in San Francisco in danville check in with 700 of an inch of rain. Well a lot of snow up in the Sierra Nevada you can see is the snow kind of working its way across the high country there boyle was coming down for a while chain up there. 5080 if youre headed up in that direction and weve got advisories continuing up there tonight looks like that rain and snow beginning to taper off a little bit even in the high country but if youre planning on heading up back to change you may just need them just in case still snowing up there right now on youve got some Winter Weather advisories continuing the high country but were not done weve got a long way to go was were going to see some Stormy Weather likely return again this next week i think maybe a series of storms start to talk about as we head through next week we may see more wet days. Then dry days. The better part of next week thank you lawrence well Indoor Dining will be banned in San Francisco for the foreseeable future back to that city leaders announcing new restrictions this week because of a spike in covid cases kron fours terisa stasio has reaction now from the already struggling Restaurant Industry. Despite relaxing restrictions just a few weeks ago now it is back to no more Indoor Dining. The Restaurant Industry already facing so much hardship with shelter in place and the slow roll out after that is struggling to deal with all of it very disappointed comes to have this happen Laurie Thomas executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. And owner of 2 restaurants now saying that with the cold weather and the rain its even harder to figure out how to you know this is a very touchy subject and its been a really rough 3 days. For everybody in our industry that the frustration i think is that. The for how were going to stay open is change the state says that even in the red category restaurants could be open at 25 indoor not to exceed a 100. Whatever is your lower amount and and if you guys all follow the the state is assigned an insulating doubt has assigned San Francisco county in the yellow which means were essentially now acting as if were in the purple by shutting down Indoor Dining tomorrow morning or at midnight tonight as well i think that what weve seen in the midwest and across the country has finally reached San Francisco and i think what Small Businesses and businesses across him scar ready for it along. Hard winter. You know shutting down Indoor Dining of course might be the right Public Health decision but as were all experiencing right now while its raining. Its not like Outdoor Dining its going to be a panacea for local restaurants and so folks are really going to be experiencing a pullback economically through the Holiday Season which so many Small Businesses depend on to succeed. One other county is Alameda County and they are looking at those metrics very closely speaking of science and data and metrics there was that study that came out from stanford this past week where it showed that most people are getting covid by spending time at restaurants grocery stores. Personal gatherings and gyms. In San Francisco theresa kron 4 news. Meanwhile, Public Schools in San Francisco will stay empty for a few more months at least School Officials though are making sure that in the meantime the grounds and facilities are cleaned the districts deep cleaning all of its 120 school buildings. Theyre also adding social distancing markers and they say theyre improving ventilation Officials Say while they know many students and parents are eager to return in person they want to make sure its safe to do so. We understand none of is ideal and so we were with you as family members who are really desperate to find a way to help your child be in person with learning and connecting with other peers and were definitely focused on that while were also making sure that we can continue to keep everybody safe. Such a hard issue for now the district plans to resume in person classes for some students. In late january but they note that could always change and the east bay Indoor Dining and in Contra Costa County starting on tuesday the county announced even stricter rollbacks in addition to the new restrictions that went into effect today. Kron fours dan kerman reports. We have become even more concerned about the trend. Contra costa county Health Officer doctor Chris Farnitano is sounding the alarm. The countys covid case rate has surged to put the county in the most restrictive purple tier and hospitalizations which were at 17 back in september have now grown to 50 in hopes of stopping the increase come tuesday Indoor Dining will be shut down completely in the county. So well Indoor Fitness Centers and gyms and Concession Stands at movie theaters. We chose these activities because of the risks involved. For instance, diners and restaurants remove their masks to eat or drink has to make movie patrons when stacking on food from Concession Stands. On masks are one of the most effective prevention tools, heavy breathing exercise, even with a mask in transmitted virus particles very long of the health and safety of our guests and our staff for the most important things ended. The Health Authority still we need to close well it is what it john walls with father the bistro and wine bar and walnut creek. Says hes not surprised by the decision given whats happened in San Francisco chicago in other jurisdictions for his restaurant, the Indoor Dining shutdown will have less impact since the bulk of the seating is outdoors however unlike some restaurants, he has no ability to 10th those outdoor seats which presents a concern now that winter is approaching when its rainy. No one wants to be outside if its raining its its its a you know a drenching downpour, obviously no one will be served at the table and well just have to go back to what we did over the summer with the take out this Health Officials are hoping these latest restrictions will reverse the surge but if it does not. The state will officially move this county into the purple tier one week from this tuesday and that will come with additional restrictions walnut creek Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. And similar scenario is playing out in the south bay Santa Clara County officials announcing today they will ban Indoor Dining affective tuesday, retail shops and malls here will have to reduce capacity down to 50 . You have gyms and Fitness Centers who have to reduced capacity down to 10 and bars and breweries that dont serve food have to close the county counted 362 new covid cases today that follows the 352 reported last sunday hospitalizations are up 10 there they say with more than 100 people now receiving care. And what i want you to know is how steep that curve is it goes straight up. So after a slow drift up. In the month of october. Around november, 3rd or 4th. It started to head straight up. Many of the new cases are people in the 18 to 34 yearold range say leaders are also considering more restrictions because of a spike in covid cases today, california state leaders joined are again and washington issuing a travel advisory urging travelers to self quarantine for 14 days and asking residents to avoid all nonessential out of state trips. The advisory does not list concerned about specific states regions nor countries and while the advisory is voluntary it does come just 2 weeks before thanksgiving there this may change a lot of peoples Holiday Travel plans kron fours Maureen Kelly got reaction from folks taking off that sfo. This california resident coming back from georgia wearing a face shield goggles and 2 masks was already planning to isolate once he gets home have a covid test scheduled for the 17th of november. Im going to get my test isolate until i get my test results. Depending on the results i will ask my board of consult my board of health or and the other Health Officials if i should get a second covid test, especially at the end of the 2 week period. Another traveler headed to utah for a family visit says he has no problem with the idea of quarantining once he comes home, i would do it. That will benefit me and my family and benefit others, he also supports the idea of asking residents not to travel for non essential reasons but also likes that this advisory is just voluntary you know covid19 spike here in california, you know its like everybody has to play a role on trying to stop but at the same time. Still have to freedom. Everybody has the right to travel on to whatever they want so the one man i spoke to off to visit friends says if this advisory had come out before he booked his trip. Hes still be flying today, its the holidays right now with. Everything going on being around our loved ones or friends is really important and you know again its just about respecting each others boundar