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 greg that is stuck in the far right lane just passed a Treasure Island so that has caused a bit of a back up across the suspension span and then of course funneling a into a closer to the macarthur maze about the foot of the maze thats were going to see the backup start to extend so your wait time is actually bumped up to about 16 minutes. Coming out of the east bay and trying to get into downtown towards that fremont street exit youre about 16 minutes for your westbound 80 commute and then also theres a high wind advisory johns been talking about said the winds kicking up all morning long and chp does have a high wind advisory issued for the span so make sure that you do have both hands on that Steering Wheel. Coming up in just a bit ill have a complete bridge check with the san mateo golden gate and Richmond Center fell bridge back to the news, thanks a lot rob ive been rebecca. The big story today are the big changes that we face today because we are rolling it back to like when the pandemic began a stay at home order very strict that is affecting almost everybody in the bay area. A San Francisco contra costa Alameda Santa clara. All start tonight marin county joins them. Tomorrow at noon. This is going to be rollbacks like we have not seen in month Sonoma Napa SolanoSan Mateo County to theyre not doing it yet. But as a precaution before the state even mandates it. We are closing up in the it. We are closing up in the bay area and no more hair have to close. No more even Outdoor Dining so forget restaurants, its just takeout you got to roll up get your food and go right back home. No more gyms no more drivein gatherings over the had all the drivein movies com pop up. Playgrounds are out the kids cant go anymore Family Entertainment centers. Like zoos museums and outdoor areas. Those are all off bounds now open air bus and boat operators have had to shut down. This is all because we have seen a big increase in covid and we are taking precautions before. We are ordered to do so San Francisco parks have new restrictions in place, lets start there all playgrounds skate parks. The zoo, there are all closed. You could still have a picnic and a small outdoor gathering maximum 12 people in San Francisco parks and obviously still need to stick to the go ahead for prop to the covid regulations. Lets get to Something Else thats going to affect you and thats the east Bay Regional Park District that all campgrounds are out there close outdoor museums. Childrens playgrounds are closing at 6 oclock you can still hike so the trails are still open and thats ok its kind of like in the beginning of the shutdown when we first started just got to keep moving. The if you have a reservation, its canceled. And thats through january 4th at this point well have to see what happens with the numbers. Now we had a chance to speak with doctor deborah birx from the u. S. White House Coronavirus Task force about the state leaders here in california making this decision is it the right decision Going Forward just to do all these rollbacks once again, heres what she had to say. You know i dont think california has a choice at this moment you know governors and mayors across this great country want to make sure that hospitals are available to every american that needs care. Yes, the americans that need care from this serious virus in this pandemic. But also americans that need care for their other medical conditions and i think every governor and mayor recognizes that although we are moving this vaccine as fast as possible. And it will be immunizing Health Care Workers and a limited number of vulnerable individuals that are and how Long Term Care facilities. That leaves still a 100 million or so americans with comorbidities that we know. Often result in hospitalizations are succumbing to this virus and so were asking everybody to make these changes now how did we end up getting here if we had all warner mask. If we had not gathered outside of our household. Your governor will not be making these recommendations at this point and i think our behaviors will determine the next 4 to 6 weeks of what americans survive and what americans dont survive. And heres what really illustrates why Health Officials especially in San Francisco are so worried the capacity at hospitals Going Forward, this is a graph a graph that shows you the icu beds situation, the red xs on the left show the current level of available beds, it stands at about a 100 right now. This line is the 0 line anything below means were beyond capacity and it looks like the graph the blue line which projects where were going where were headed if the trend continues. It crosses over the 0 line right near christmas and thats the worry is that by december 26 we could be out of icu beds which would be disastrous for anybody heading to the hospital either for covid related issues or for any other health issue in which you need to be on a ventilator or you need to be an icu bed. There wont be one available to you you may find yourself in a hallway and thats a scenario that hospitals do not want to have to have california just keep setting records. Now weve seen a record for new covid cases in a single day it happened over the weekend more than 30,000 new cases reported saturday, the most cases in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic more than 300 new patients admitted to hospitals across the state brett that brings the total to 10,000 patients hospitalized with the virus. Time is running out for the bay area to get a handle on this kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live at u c s f with the details on what were trying to do sarah. What a grim reality check our citys Health Department director gave us as you just said, mean saying the prediction of that we would run out of hospital beds by this december 26th does a scary thought, but it is a prediction that we all need to do here in the hospitals like this ucsf that would be running out of beds and that would be hugely problematic Health Officials sent that frightening reality check to residents on sunday saying right now were seeing the worst covid19 surges across the city. Hospitals are overwhelmed and might not be able to care for those who need it but unlike other surges every hospital in california is under this exact same stress. So the worry is that there wouldnt be even a place to transfer people if feds do run out. Doctor colfax says in the last month hospitalizations have tripled in the last week have increased by 35 . Lets hear now more from doctor colfax and his predictions. By january force there will be approximately 206 people in San Francisco in need of a hospital bed. And it seems continue on this trajectory by february 4 years there could be 1600. 1600 people in San Francisco. You need a hospital that if this trend continues and we do not slow the spread of the virus. We will be unable to care for people in San Franciscos hospitals. And its not only because of events but its because we will not have enough nurses and doctors to adequately care for people. So what would happen if we had a major emergency or if someone just got in a car crash in needed help Something Like that that would be very scary to know that not only would they have enough staff or beds for covid patients, but any patients at also very scary stuff and this is why all of our Health Officials here in San Francisco said we are waiting in till that 15 . The having 15 or less beds available we need to act now so it doesnt get to the point where we have no beds so the time is now we have that stay at home order in effect and those numbers should definitely. Get everyone get on board with this in stay home as much as possible reporting live in San FranciscoSarah Stinson kron 4 news. Thanks a lot sarah. Well catch up with you a little bit lets take a look at the numbers here caught up on whats going in our state. Well over 1. 3 Million People have tested positive for covid and now were getting close to a 20,000. Person death count basically in our state and that includes 2027 people in the bay area whos who have died of coronavirus. And somebody else has a close to the president again in National NewsPresident Trumps personal attorneys, Rudy Giuliani is suffering from coronavirus hes in the hospital at Georgetown University med center in dc. He was admitted yesterday. The former new york city mayor is 76 years old. So he is considered at high risk. Giuliani has been crisscrossing the country maskless many working for President Trump pushing his baseless claims of election fraud. Well lets give you a quick reminder that happening today governor Gavin Newsome is going to be holding a News Conference this morning on the states response to the coronavirus its expected to start at 9. 30 were going to carry it for you live right here on the kron 00 00am morning news so make sure you tune in at 9. 30 will also have it on our kron on app as well in case youre away from your tv. 5 by the way has picked California Attorney general have your purse era to be his health and Human Services secretary. If confirmed by the senate the sarah will be the first latina to head the department as our state attorney general. He has led the fight to defend obamacare from the trump administrations attempt to overturn it. His biggest job would stay on which start on day one and that would be to oversee the nations Coronavirus Response as well as the Vaccine Distribution under the new biden administration. Meanwhile doctor Anthony Fauci will stay on in his current role as director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. He will also serve as bidens chief medical advisor on covid19 time now is 6. 11 and still ahead on the kron 00 00am morning news. Even as were seeing covid cases spike in the bay area. Parents in one east Bay School District are demanding their kids be allowed back in class will tell you why and a south bay porch pirate caught on video and the homeowners are offering a reward. If you can catch up and after the break firefighters getting ready as part of the bay area dealing with some dangerous conditions john and today will be definitely a windy one which is part of the reason we do have such high fire danger for another day. We also had such dry conditions lately too. 60s even 70s for highs this afternoon your forecast is ahead. And im tracking problems on the bay bridge show broken on big rig is actually stuck on the upper deck just past the island here. Its causing this big backup behind the pay gates as well as across the suspension span on more details coming up after the break stay with us. 15 right now and strong winds and dry brush make for dangerous conditions. Yeah that was the worry coming into this morning red flag warning wind advisory all in effect for a lot of the region. Some of this video explains exactly why incredibly dry and windy conditions but to have a red flag warning in december and that was on the rare sight. Thats this year, rob fords gayle ong takes a look. Here in santa rosa firefighters are worried about the high winds mixed with the dry conditions. Residents are asked to secure or take down their holiday decorations a potential hazard that could turn even the most festive of times into a fastmoving fire. I dont think we would ever thought that would be telling people to prepare for a red flag warning and take down their you know their holiday decorations at the same time so. Well see a red flag warning in december due to diablo winds expected to return to the bay area sunday night. Coupled with dry conditions and low humidity polo and all assistant fire marshal with the Santa Rosa Fire Department knows all too well, how dangerous conditions can be after the devastating 2017 north bay fires and most recently the glass fire. Both burned down homes in santa rosa will have additional firefighters on staff. For the duration of the red flag warning and thats something youre going to see not only here in Sonoma County but across the bay area as additional departments continue to ramp up red flag warning thats it was quiet in the east bay hills sunday afternoon. But that is expected to change. The National Weather service also issued a wind advisory anticipating gust up to 45 Miles Per Hour above a 1000 feet. 60 Miles Per Hour in the higher peaks meteorologist jerry diaz with the National WeatherService Bay Area office says its rare for Northern California to deal with dangerous fire conditions during this time terms of red warnings in the month of december we had 2 other instances over the last 10 years. As the previous one was actually back in 2017. And then the one before that was in 2013. So those were also particularly dry years and we had some pretty historic fires during those years as well dia says while the north and east bay receive light showers last month. It wasnt enough and there appears to be no relief in sight for most of the models have been showing. Very limited chance for precipitation. There are a couple of moisture plans that weve noticed on some of the longerrange models but really for the next at least through 1st half of december. Were not seeing any i precipitation possibilities, normally this would be a time when we would transition to wet weather by now. As strong winds are expected through the night Firefighters Want you to have a plan have a go bag have an escape route. In case of fire apps here in santa gayle ong kron 4 news. 6. 18 right now and the big word today is when thats what watch so that red flag warning had everybody on alert with the potential for a pg power shut off today but luckily they change their mind over the weekend at least have that the deal powers always you put all the Christmas Lights up and then you lose the power of all that work for nothing. The thing that i never knew that they that be thats the ive never heard of that but that is Something Else that 2020 is doing for a squirrels now eating youre this morning, it is definitely a windy one that has obviously the thing that youre going to notice first and foremost as youre stepping outside it is a nice and bright one in addition to that a Half Moon Bay. We dont have any fog any cloud cover out there whatsoever we do actually have a red flag warning in effect a Half Moon Bay near just one of many spots that are under these red flag warnings this morning that includes the north bay the inland east bay and coastal San Mateo County these areas, especially subject to some of our strongest of winds. That paired with all the dry brush and grass that we have out there because we have been so dry for so long now does up fire danger this late into the season. The good news is red flag warnings expire at 05 00pm after that point winds really starting to calm down for the rest of the day. The best thing about these winds that really has helped to stir up the poor air the had been sitting across the bay. We spent part of your weekend in a spare the air alert as air quality was stagnant and just pour. This morning much improved, thanks to those winds that are unfortunately also picking up that fire danger futurecast shows dry sk