Days this is simply the fastest increase. California has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. The move today forces businesses in most california counties to either further limit indoor capacity take business outside or shut down altogether by tomorrow night so here locally all 9 bay area counties are either in the purple or red tears on the states covid and san Mateo San Francisco counties have increased as well but theyre not in that worst purple tier. Theyre now just a stalled out in the red tier, sonoma napa contra costa alameda and santa clara counties are in the most restrictive widespread. Purple state here. Sonoma county was the only county to not move today because it was already in that purple tier alameda napa and santa clara counties actually moved to tears from orange to purple due to rising cases and hospitalizations and they bypassed orange here and theresa is where we go next. She is live in. Dublin tonight to receive this is just so people to yet again be going so far back. And as youre mentioning grants, theyre going to be sliding to tears here in alameda in less than 48 hours Alameda County set to have some major changes all because of those traffic cases of covid surging once again. No more Indoor Dining no more indoor gym workouts or Church Gatherings it is back to the purple tier in Alameda County. Well, its significant because we have a lot more covid circulating here in the bay area than we did even a few short weeks ago so our test positivity and at the states most recent assessment believe its 2. 8 so its increased quite a bit from our low which i think was 1. 4 doctor maass who is the interim Health Officer of Alameda County says. Its in our own hands, what happens next. He says that the data shows indoor gatherings are one of the most problematic areas. The risk really goes up quite a bit weve seen that time and again with covid19. Each of the surge is. Of all of you know famous clusters outbreaks that weve seen. The really the Common Thread is people gather together, especially in indoor theyre not always without masks can really spread in an environment so the hardest part i think now theres so much anxiety in this so interruption with coach francisco owns fit potato fitness gym in dublin. He says that he chose not to go indoors based on feedback from members. But they did make changes. To help out members. We did we shut it down to 30 minutes. Well we had more classes, so we double the size classes so that we can see them often he also says that they check in with their members hold virtual happy hours paintings. All in an effort to stay connected and help out with the Mental Health aspect of covid19 and where is the county is sliding back doctor maass ads. All of the news. Is not dismal. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and we are going to back to normal life someday were just asking people to stick with it. Do your best and i just want to remind people how grateful. We are of of all theyre doing. I think that was kind of the key note that i noticed and it was a lot different than what we heard when we have a shelter in place. Back in march was that so many businesses, although they are hurting such as the Fitness Center that they have adapted to the times and the doctor saying look weve heard great news about the vaccines that we know that there is going to be. A normal thats going to be down the road so that we. Again if we make good choices now even though were slipping down into tears at of week. Take that road we can actually get back to normal so grant vicki that seemed to kind of be that the real seem of the day yes were going to be moving in all those changes that are going to take place on november 18th. After the strike of midnight so again that slide but also maybe perhaps a glimmer of hope. I county Theresa Stasi back to you guys. All right terry says going to be along for 5 months though assuming thats when we do get vaccine for everybody as we turn our attention now to the city of San Francisco which is we mention move back. 2 tier levels today from yellow to read yeah we were doing so well as because of a surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations here kron fours dan kerman. Has more on what Health Officials are asking people to do to curb the spread. This is me sounding the alarm. During an online news briefing monday, San Francisco mayor london breed announced a surge in covid cases has move San Francisco from the yellow reopening tear to read forcing the closure of non essential offices and reducing indoor capacity of Fitness Centers to just 10 . Were asking people to do is sacrifice. Sacrifice and put off things that we all know and love especially during the Holiday Season. For the sole purpose of trying to get to a better place since october daily cases have gone from an average of 29 cases a day to 97 cases a day. And a surge in hospitalizations could come next. San francisco. Once again. We simply must double down or triple down and do everything we can to stop the spread of the virus, San FranciscoHealth Director doctor grant colfax says the surge is likely due to people letting down their guard. He implored san franciscans not to travel over the holidays and be diligent about slowing the spread. Limit gatherings wear your mask. Do activities outdoors stay physically distanced and practice, good hygiene. Well director also made it clear that should San Francisco continue on the downward spiral from the red tier to the purple tier. There will be additional rollbacks at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news right now to Santa Clara County which is also moved a 2 tier levels. From orange to the most restrictive purple tier, its not been in that tear since September Santa claras Health Officer doctor sara cody spoke today about the increase in cases in the major setback the county now faces our county like many counties. Is seeing a significant and rapid uptick in cases so its not just the number of cases is about how fast this happened. This this rapid surge has we first noticed it. The first few days of november and it has continued. We have done this before we can do it again. We really need every Single Person living and working in our county to take this extremely seriously. Doctor cody, also strongly discouraged travel outside of the bay area as the holidays approach. California is recommending a 14 day quarantine for anyone who leaves the state. Stay with kron fours we continue to cover the surge in covid19 cases across the bay area on our website. We have a full list of what we will change in every county as they move back into the more restrictive tears, its all on kron 4 dot com in addition to new restrictions for so many counties Governor Newsom is also requiring everyone in the state to wear a mask. Went out of their homes with limited exceptions, the governor added. Hes also considering implementing a statewide curfew in california the decision on the curfew is not final but he says it is being assessed. You may recall california was the first state in the country to issue a statewide stayathome order back in march. These new restrictions are recommendations come as the country surpasses 11 million coronavirus cases in fact. The u. S. Had 10 million cases just a week ago the death toll from the virus now sits at more than 247,000. In california nearly 10,000 new cases reported in just the last 24 hours. More people may die. If we dont coordinate. President elect joe biden says the time is now for President Trump to cooperate with a smooth transition of power. President elect biden says deaths they did not have to happen may occur because of the Trump Administrations refusal to share its Vaccine Distribution plans with bidens transition team. Were going in a very dark winter things are going to get much tougher before they get easier that requires sparing no effort to fight covid so we can open our businesses safely resume our lives and put this pandemic behind us its going to be difficult but it can be done. They all agree. That means rally the country behind a National Strategy with Robust Public Health measures. Bike mandatory masking widely available testing with rapid results. Scale the production of lifesaving treatments and therapeutics. Biden went on to say those vaccine plans are vital to repairing our nations economy and waiting until january 20th the inauguration to get up to speed would put his team behind. I gears here for a moment, to our 4 zone big time rain is in forecast. Yeah weve had a lot of the bad news to start the broadcast but good to see chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow this is a double edged sword the lines with the pandemic and now you have the rain the colder temperatures more people on the inside. Its all related. It really is the cold temperatures you get those winds are going with tomorrow to belittle want to stay inside as the rain is going to come down and come down hard for a while you see that front off the coastline that is impressive looking up there right now slowly churning closer to the coast. It is going to begin to make its way on shore i think as we head toward early tomorrow morning in the north bay. So why clouds on the backside of that system that is whats going to pack the punch as it moves through scan your skies with the Doppler Radar right now remains dry just a few high clouds moving overhead but that will likely soon change as early as tomorrow morning, lets time it out for a just a bit. Its going on today tomorrow in fact, yeah plan on being a wet day starting out in the north bay just after 08 00am youre talking about some rain moving into the north bay brand sonoma counties and then the middle of the day the spreading across the heart of the bay area bringing rainfall to San Francisco into the parts of the east bay and then in the afternoon heads all the way down the Santa Clara Valley and expect some periods of some heavy rain as it comes through going to see some rain over the mountain tops maybe half an inch, maybe an inch and a half in some of the weather spots down in some of the urban areas, maybe over half an inch of rain were not down there weve got another system right behind that were trying time that one out for you coming up in a few minutes. Thank you lawrence still to come a Coronavirus Vaccine update. Moderna says that its vaccine is more than 90 affective will compare that to pfizers vaccine success rate. And it was record day on wall street can you guess what caused the rise in stocks. Plus Perry Electric car maker tesla is being added to the s and p when you can start trading. Thats coming up. Did you know that geicos whole 15 minutes thing. That came from me. Really. My first idea was in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower. Over you. Figuratively speaking. But thats not catchy, is it . Thats not going to swim about in your brain. So i thought, what about. 15 minutes. 15 percent. Serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on car insurance. With all the negative covid news we got today there was also some stellar Coronavirus Vaccine data that was really as we could use it today drug maker moderna announced its vaccine is 94. 5 effective it is the second breakthrough in just one week at kron fours washington correspondent Raquel Martin talked with the head of the federal governments vaccine Operation Program who says the distribution. For the most vulnerable folks could be just weeks away. There is light at the end of the tenant what drug maker moderna now the second us company to announce a promising Coronavirus Vaccine. Thats really exciting the chief adviser to operation warp speed says he believes the entire Us Population could be vaccinated as early as june we may between eyes up to 20 Million People with 2 shots of the vaccine in december and then Going Forward from there about 25 million every month doctor Moncef Slaoui says once the fda gives approval his team is ready the state will decide and tennis where deliver those vaccines are since into and theyre leaning or sing homes or into pharmacies already millions of doses are stockpiled and he expects to more vaccines in the pipeline will also be maybe best suited for frein and 30 people are some of the best suited for babies, its by adding all these vaccines over time. This we feed confident, but once back scenes are available the next question is whether americans will be confident enough to take them we now has to convince people doctor Anthony Fauci says americans will have to trust the science before life can return to normal weve already crossed the line and ask the scene within and weve got to get people to be vaccinated but we make every day to available doctor says his team will work hard to build that trust in the coming months. And that was Raquel Martin reporting for us tonight governor of new york andrew cuomo trumps covid19 Vaccine Distribution plan does not give equal access to black and brown new yorkers Governor Cuomo says that is threatening to sue the Trump Administration if the plan is not overhauled and while news of the Moderna Vaccine is very good. Ucsf doctor. Peter chan, hong says it is not the savior to end the pandemic i think that you know people have this idea of a vaccine being the magic bullet but its not the only intervention. The degree because itll take a while for everyone to be vaccinated given the numbers of people. The second is use that like intimated Many Americans are. Im sure so nervous about getting the vaccine, particularly the first group we need to get 70 to 80 herd immunity before the vaccine really has a population benefits. Doctor chan, hong says the first doses would be made available of course to First Responders and medical professionals. Doctor also added that even after a vaccine has been distributed. The virus will still be around for years to comment by the way stick around because well be speaking live with doctor chinhong at 8. 30 about the rise in covid cases. Well it was a good day on wall street after modernas covid19 vaccine announcement the dow and the s and p both notch new record highs. The nasdaq composite gained about 8 today but lagged compared to the rest of the market. These good numbers come just a week after pfizer and biontech gave similar encouraging numbers after their announcement on their own covid19 vaccine candidate. For your money tonight tesla will be added to the s and p 500 starting december 21st tesla stock rallied more than 10 higher hours after the s and p and dow made the announcement today that december 21st date coincides when the s and p does its quarterly rebalance the s and p indices have yet to name the Company Tesla will replace. Investors are still determining whether the electric carmaker should be added at all in one step for in 2 separate parts. On 4 zone forecast weve got all that rain headed our way chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with us can we say goodbye to fire season. Now. Yeah i think this will kind of put that to bed as were going to see a nice rain around the bay area today what today was though we have a lot of sunshine really some comfortable weather outside as High Pressure taking over. And that was just is a result of that big low the kind of deepening off the coastline. The rich can amplify and we will have some temperatures up in the 70s. Some high clouds up above it is dry out toward the Golden Gate Bridge by this time tomorrow night the bridge will been watched by a very a nice rainfall thats going to show up what about these temperatures today, hey 68 in San Francisco 75 degrees in oakland, a 74 degrees in san jose 67 little more and conquered checking in 69 71 degrees in santa rosa. So certainly a nice day today but now were starting to see the change look at those clouds begin to make their way in along the west coast, the Pacific Northwest again some rain up in that direction. We havent seen the rain yet, but the winds have started to pick up now theyre moving offshore early on. But now look at the coastline starting to see a south wind developing out ahead of the front to 24 mile an hour winds now in pacifica so start to get a little blustery and that were going to see these winds are really going to wrap it up with this side very deep low off the coastline here comes approaching the coastline High Pressure going to slide to the east that low and up in the Pacific Northwest were going to