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You. But then tomorrow, those big changes because were going to add rain to the the cold weather. Today were going to be washington oregon getting some of this rain that were seeing developing out of the Pacific Northwest and then by early tomorrow morning during the morning commute looks like. Thats going to start to see a somewhat weather touchdown. For the bay area were going to see that rainfall continue tuesday night and then even getting into wednesday as well so the next couple of days when a pack that umbrella toss them in the car and definitely have that rain jacket handy. Let you know how much rainfall. Were expecting and how windy it is going to be getting in your neighborhood. Coming up in just a bit at least 2 days commute is nice and dry yes, thank by the way i have one umbrella at home i keep one of the car and one at work because i always forget my umbrella, some a matter where i am i have an extra one checking in on the traffic here taking a look at 80 into San Francisco were off to a great start, its picking up a little bit so yes more traffic now. Compared to the 4 oclock hour, but no big problems come on and 8 minutes off to the fremont street exit, heres a live look at 92 the trip from hayward over to the peninsula. We see some brake lights. We see the traffic filling in but no major issues its a great time to get on out there 12 minutes off to one oh one and ill leave you with one more the Richmond Sandra fell hot spot free few cars rolling through the pay gates but its been nice and quiet so far for the start of your morning drive so 9 minutes to the north bay well check more traffic more bridges coming up back to so breaking news this morning that were following drug maker moderna says that its covid19 vaccine is. Nearly 95 effective this will be the second vaccine in the u. S. To have a success rate over. 90 again all this according to Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci and these results are promising it means that vaccines could begin in the United States by the end of the summer of the south a december last week pfizer announced that they had a vaccine was 94 effective. Both of these vaccines still need to get the emergency use authorization from the fda before they can be distributed and that could come by the end of this month. So be watching that very carefully in this news of course comes as the coronavirus pandemic is. I mean its raging across the country. The number of infections is climbing fast and a number of states for more than a week weve seen infections over a 100,000 increasing every day and now there are 70,000 people in the hospital now in the u. S. Topping more than 11 million cases in total and 240,000 people have died and then the rising case counts and hospitalizations here in the bay area of also forced local Health Officials to once again in force stricter. Measures to try to limit the spread we talked about salon Contra Costa County last week dropping back down into the red tier, San Francisco also pulling back tomorrow alameda and marin counties are expected to move back into the red tier as well and that means Indoor Dining is going to be banned again currently both of those counties right now are in the orange here. Tuesday napa is expected to tomorrow now is going to into the purple tier and thats the most restrictive that means theres coronavirus a Solano County supervisor says that they too theyre going to the purple tier today, yeah i will tran actually in Solano County for us this morning with the latest on efforts there to try to stop the spread. Well. 41 other counties will be joining Solano County theyve been monitoring the situation unfortunately as you guys mentioned the covid19 cases, rising to Dangerous Levels to the point where according to Sullivan County lawmakers. Theyre not even waiting for tuesday for the update they are going to do it today so if youre waking up and Solano County youre waking up in the most restrictive tier that means as daria mention no more Indoor Dining no more theaters, no more gyms there are some gym operators however reportedly who will be fighting this claiming that they are going to be able to do it safely but according to the Solano County Health Department purple tier means they are shutting down restricting a lot of access into stores, they will go back to counting. The amount of people they are allowing inside the store at any picked his particular time. The reason being they said in this particular county and all the other counties that have stepped backwards whether its the orange or the purple tier or even the red here. They said that increased social gatherings people showing up to parties that has led to the increase in covid19 and that is why we are taking collectively a step backwards. So what does it mean to be in the purple tier of that means the state will monitor the situation for 3 weeks try to get the Positivity Rate as far as every 100,000 cases down to an acceptable level, but its going to be quite some time james and area before they get to the least restrictive out the second restrictive tier least restricted orange meaning that after purple the next step is red then orange, then yellow so it has taken a gigantic step backwards but according to Health Officials. They say this is necessary especially with the winter months ahead. Back to you. All right, thank you very much well Health Officials in napa county also are urging everybody there take proper steps to prevent covid and take advantage of the testing in calistoga mobile covid19 tests will be available by appointment. Today and tomorrow at the calistoga fairgrounds and you can also get tested at in napa at the napa county expo Center Appointments can be made online or you can call the phone number on your screen. The rising number of cases is made more complicated by the regular flu. Doctors say can be difficult for you to distinguish between which is which and their recommendation is get tested for both some sites in Santa Clara County that offer the free covid test are now providing a free regular flu test as well these locations include as i just told you. The Santa Clara County fairgrounds also Santa Clara Valley medical center. They have clinics their appointments for the fairgrounds can be made up to 5 days in advance. Well happening tomorrow, we have come across the county hosting a testing before Turkey Campaign the campaign will be held from 11 in the morning until noon in the parking lot in front of the contra costa, Public Health Clinic Services building the campaigns goal is to encourage families are planning on gathering for thanksgiving to get tested for covid19 and limit the spread of the virus. Organizers are hoping caravans of families and friends will get together and get tested. Also happening tomorrow in Contra Costa County board of supervisors is considering extending a temporary prohibition on evictions this is for Small Businesses impacted from the pandemic closures or slowdowns back on september 29th supervisors added commercial renter protection to an ordinance that provided protection for residential renters the provisions of that ordinance were scheduled to lapse on november 30th. Time now is 5 07 and pascos new face mask policy goes into effect today. There are very few exceptions thats right. Yeah in costco and walmart once again going to count the number of people that allows into its store. So the trend women capacity and as daryn mentioned now everyone will have to have some sort of Face Coverings kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in south San Francisco with a look at the rules sarah. Thats right live here at costco are starting today you have to wear a mask and if you have a medical condition. You havent had to wear masks this whole pandemic but now costco taking it a step further requiring those with medical conditions to wear a face shield one of those clear face shields that covers your entire face with exception of children under 2 years old now costco started requiring people to wear mask back in april and they were asking people of course if you dont a medical condition as everybody else says its ok but that changes today now this takes it one step further as coronavirus cases continue to spike across the country. The cdc does not recommend face shields as a substitute for a mass, but if you cant wear a mask for medical reasons then its your best option make sure the face shield covers your entire face and chin doctors are now applauding costco for taking these measures. There is absolutely no doubt that Wearing Masks prevent the spread im sympathetic to the folks who have those underlying medical but the other thing that we found is you know they may be the people who are at risk for having the worst complications from so i would say those folks more than anybody really need to protect themselves thats either by wearing a mask or staying at home. Another big retailer is also changing its policy walmart is starting to limit capacity to 20 . Walmart started doing that back in may then cases that was one case is starting decline they stopped counting customers at the door but as the second wave begins they will start doing it again this as we head into the Holiday Shopping season and as the winter months come walmart says this is to help control the crowds a lot of people say they are starting to stock up again back here at costco though make sure if you have one of those medical conditions that has been exempt from wearing a mask like this one that you have a face shield because that policy starts today, reporting live in south San Francisco Sarah Stinson kron 4 news all right well if you were going to be shopping online. Theres another reason that you probably are going to be. With the people more lines forming because of all these new restrictions, thanks a lot sarah. Time now is 5. 10 still ahead on the kron 00 00am morning news, one very county has new tools to fight. 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Try new metamucil fiber gummies made with a prebiotic plant based fiber blend that helps promote digestive health. 5. 14 right now in the south bay after a record setting fire season across california Santa Clara County fire has some new tools to help them recently they got 2 new mobile Operation Centers and a new vehicle that will help with mobile Communications Leaders say these resources will help their crews quickly detect and monitor wildfires which will allow them to get to the victims quicker. Proud to show you some of the latest technology that we are using in our efforts to combat largescale emergencies. All the resources that you see today benefit the entire state of california. Not just the county of santa clara. Many of these resources are available to be deployed to the california mutual aid system to any community that is in need. The equipment is also going to be used to help plan evacuations during a disaster. Well that looks like were not going to too much. Fire weather on the horizon, so another couple fires that firefighters are still trying to get a handle on what over from the fire season. But i think they might get some help from Mother Nature yeah, lets talk when this next round of rain is rolling in rebecca. The ads area as a matter of fact as early as tomorrow morning so were going to see dry conditions today the commute. Its going to be nice and dry today, but tomorrow morning its going to be a much different story outside right now were looking at some pretty Clear Conditions actually were looking San Francisco International Airports dark and early is what we like to call it here and am not a lot of fog in your way and there were seeing its a mostly clear but very cold outside current temperatures look at this on the board were looking at 40s across the entire north bay right now low 40s in napa 53 and San Francisco. And then those 40s continue in our south is on fremont youre currently at 44 degrees were looking at to 46 in san jose. Cure to chile, 46 and things are going to get even colder during the overnight hours as we get the next couple of nights as well, but yes, rain is on the horizon in fact were tracking a storm system coming out of the Pacific Northwest already starting to bring washington and oregon some of that rainfall were going to getting the wet weather looks like a probably early tomorrow morning, so again your morning commute its going to be a slick one ta 7 breland the car get that rain jacket ready because were going to see the rain continue throughout the entire day tomorrow even into wednesday were going to have some lingering scattered showers for your wednesday and then it looks things should be drying out as we get into thursday, winds are also going to be a factor things are going to start to pick up youre going to see that change as a matter of fact tonight into early tomorrow morning but then gusts were going to start to see it really ramp up as we get into what early tuesday, so 30 mile an hour wind gusts that we could start to see for summer coastal spots, San Francisco are expecting in there as well Half Moon Bay and then across the north bay were going to see a numbers in the 20s anywhere from 20 to 25 mile an hour wind gusts. So it is going to be rainy. It is going to be windy over the next few days so just keep that in mind but todays going to be pretty mild actually temperature wise were going to be above average look at this were seeing a lot of 70s around the bay area today so nice and dry 72 for the high in concord today livermore youll be at a high of 72 today 74 in hayward were looking at some mid to upper 70s across the entire and then youre zone 71 expected in napa and then 71 also in nevada own your sevenday around the bay forecast, yes, dry above average for today, but the men were going to start to see that wet weather through wednesday. And then thats going to be dry on thursday and then it looks like its going to be nice and dry for the rest of your weekend but Pay Attention to those overnight lows things are going to really chilly across the bay area inland were going to dip down into the 40s and even 30s thursday. Night and then look at around the ban the coast were going to be dropping into the 40s as well so things are just going to get chillier and chillier and its going to be wet. But thankfully it is dry this morning, hey robin hows traffic looking traffic is looking good like i said earlier thank goodness its not raining important right now on the morning commute. Its nice and dry. Its moved into San Francisco. And we are hot spot free so were off to a really good start. Heres a live. Look were checking out 80 where folks continue to roll on through the pay gates 8 minutes thats pretty quick right to make it off to fremont street, heres what i want to cross the golden gate, no problems north or south so a great trip into and out of San Francisco. Were checking in on these drive times it looked really good. We have the east shore freeway 15 minutes from crockett down to the maze 24 looks nice