Also stay the same, as well. 41 counties in california are now in the most restrictive purple tier. The vast majority of our students are still in Distance Learning right now. Reporter under the purple tier, any class that resumed in person as of tuesday can continue, but for the majority of California School districts still doing Distance Learning be reopening plans are now on hold, until conditions improve or the school gets a waiver. Primarily this has the largest impact on districts that were putting their plans in place for a return in 2021. Reporter margaret represents 77 teachers from a School District in Contra Costa County, which is doing Distance Learning, but was consider league opening january 22nd. Thats not gonna happen. Reporter the Teachers Union president said the next opportunity to make a decision is in march, and she plans to push for not reopening at all this school year. Thats moving to the purple mix, even a stronger argument that we should not consider going back at all. That sentinel echoed by the head of the California Federation of teachers which represents 120,000 school employees, say we go call on School Districts throughout the state to immediately halt all plans for physically reopening schools before the end of the calendar year. For schools that are currently opened, School Districts should immediately plan to transition to district learning. While it is frustrating for sure, and im a parent of two young kids myself, and it it, im ready for them to go back, also, it is really an unprecedented time. Reporter santa claras largeest School Districts, san jose unified was planning to open in january if the county was in the orange or yellow tier. Were continuing to plan and prepare for that. We still have several weeks before well be at the point where well be ready to make a decision on whether or not thats going to be postponed. The state department of education says most districts were looking at some sort of hybrid model, so even if infection rates drop, expect Distance Learning to part of the world and part of our lives for the months ahead. Maureen naylor, ktvu fox 2 news. Governor newsom says he is looking into the pocket of an acting a curfew in california to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. The governor said he is studying the way curfews have worked in other locations to see if it might work here. In massachusetts, theres a 10 00 p. M. Curfew for restaurants. Virginia has an alcohol only curfew. And new york city has a 10 00 p. M. Curfew for bars and restaurants. Critics of the idea say a curfew may not be necessary. Need more info for the Evidence Base for curfew being a Great Public Health intervention. I dont know. I think were just learning it right now. Governor newsom hasnt yet given a timeline on when a curfew might be enacted if he decides to go through with it. A gathering of california lawmakers in hawaii is creating controversy. Some state lawmakers attending a conference in maui despite california issuing a travel warning amid a spike in covid 19 cases. Tom vacar joins us now live with more on this story. Tom . Well, either we all try to live under the same rational rules, or we all face covid chaos. Reporter there are reports that as many as six california legislators along with lawmaker from some other states, as well as a large group of lobbyists flew off to maui, hawaii. According to the San Francisco chronicle and l. A. Times, the trip was for an annual conference and fund raiser for the nonprofit independent voter project. This is being done at a time when everyone else is directed to hunker down and avoid mixing, even with their extended families. Last week, the governor traveled to wine country for a Group Birthday Party against his own recommendations. He later apologized. Professor john palasiro is an ethicist. Gathering of legislators and lobbyists from various states just doesnt seem to fit the category of essential travel during a pandemic. Reporter professor steve mintz teachers ethics and it raises a common question in these circumstances. Conference are being held on zoom, schools by zoom. So why they have to go to haw,000 have a conference. But it clearly wasnt an ethical response, an ethical thing to do. Reporter the Assembly Speakers press secretary told me they have no information on which legislators might have gone to the conference. The independent voter project told reporters it would not release the legislators names. One of the groups, key missions, stresses accountability and election reform. Its likely to impact the trust that the voters placed in these elected legislators at the time of their election. Reporter its a case of do as i say, not as i do. Its just ill thought out, and i dont think theres any excuse that they have cabin fever, or theyre tired of it all. We all are. So its very hippo critical to expect the public to do these sort of things. Optics are a good statement about ethics you. Want to lead with example. Reporter an example that is not hitting home with constituents. Well, they live in a different world than we do. They like to pass on the rules, but not live by the rules. Reporter one man said his family has been going to hawaii for the last 17 years. This is the first year weve pretty much decide were going to postpone it and not go, just because of the safety aspects. Reporter now, we called and wrote the independent voter project, but we have not heard back from them yet. We intend to get the information. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. President elect joe biden got a National Security briefing today, but the briefing came from outside experts, because President Trump has blocked bidens access to his administration. Meantime, the president elect has also named more of his Incoming Administration. More tonight from ray bogan. Reporter joe biden met with diplomatic, defense, and Intelligence Experts this afternoon. Its a do it yourself approach for a president elect who does not yet have access to classified briefings. Until the Incoming Administration is made official in the eyes of the program government, democrats are counting down the days to binds inauguration. Long National Nightmare is about to come to an end on january 20th at noon. Because the most existential threat to our democracy, our values, our american way of life, has been defeated, decisively. Reporter the Biden Transition Team named key members to the Incoming Administration. Campaign manager jenn omalley dill license be deputy chief of staff. Louisiana congressman Cedric Richmond will serve as senior advisor, and director of the White House Office of public engagement. The fact that we are not having an ordinary lip transition, and you saw the Vice President say this yesterday, can cause lives. Reporter wrens have been less blunt, but many also say they want a transition plan in place. To try to advance anything without letting the process work itself out, you risk the thing that biden said he is most interested in, and thats unifying the country. Were going to have an orderly transfer from this administration to the next one. Reporter biden has released a list of executive actions he said hell take on his first day in office. Now he is calling on congress to take immediate action to forgive 10,000 in Student Loan Debt for borrowers. Ray bogan, fox news. David mcewen a Political Science professor at Sonoma State University joins us. In broad terms, what is the impact this is having on the president elect and our country when it cons to National Security . Is this lack of communication between the two administrations putting us at risk . Yes, it is harmful. Its harm envelope both a broad sense, interNational Security sense. Its harmful for uniting the country. The current president , President Trump, has been largely out of the public eye. He hasnt been around that much, and he is making changes. Hes making very important changes in afghanistan, iraq, whats happening with he National Security of the country, and he also has not been as front and center around covid and the response as the pandemic is picking up. All of that portends problems the next couple of weeks and months. That affect this lame duck session and what happens in early january, headed to president elect biden taking over on january 28s. Today the emptys new defense secretary amounted we are drawing down our troops, and it will hand just days before joe biden was sworn in. I was listening to a former nato commander today, he called the move quote astonishingly foolish, because it gives us no ledger in dealings with the taliban. The president has the right to make that decision because he is still the president until january 20th, but why could he do that without consulting president elect joe biden first . Well, he would do that because it places the next administration in a very tight box. It makes their scenarios, their inability to respond to what happens with the taliban, with alqaeda, with sis popping up, it makes it difficult to deal with the problem in syria. But there was also a telling moment today. Several foreign leaders did call the president elect, including netanyahu the leader of israel, to wish him well and congratulate him on becoming the next president of the united states. Thats partly sending a message to those areas of the world to be stable. But the longer this goes on, the difficulty of getting security briefings from those that are in the know and getting realtime intelligence, that affects the National Security of the united states. That becomes a more serious problem the longer this drags on. Finally, lets talk about the coronavirus. Were in the middle of a second wave. These are frightening times. I know the president said prior to the election all we talk about is corona, corona, corona, and after the election there would nobody talking about koro in a, as it turns out, were hitting record spikes in states across the country, and yet the president is not speakingor working with or planning with the president elect when it comes to the coronavirus. For his part, mr. Biden is quoted as saying that this is going to cost lives. Your thoughts . I mean, theres a real problem. Capitol hill isnt talking to folks in the white house, the white house isnt talking to people on capitol hill. There are 13 legislative days left in the year to get a coronavirus bill done, a core camper relief bill done. Unemployment runs out. The states get hit. This is a real difficult time. And as a result, it puts the next administration behind the 8 ball on dealing with any response. Joe biden has a wealth of years of experience on capitol hill, but over 200 members on capitol hill have never dealt with him, have never worked with him, and the current president , President Trump, is going to slow go this, because its going to make it very difficult and prolong a covid relief bill that does threaten lives. It threatens National Security. Thats an issue, and its spoiler effect that also affects everything thats going on in the economy. Thats problematic. And in the meantime, more than 100,000 people were infected just yesterday, and nearly a thousand more people died from the coronavirus. David mcewen, blow fesser at Sonoma State University. Thanks for taking the to talk to us tonight. Thank you for having me, frank. Coming up, police in San Francisco investigating a series of burglaries and home invasions as more people stay home due to the pandemic. Some coming into contact with home intruders. Plus pg e is now facing a lawsuit more than a year after the kincaid fire in sonoma county. What were learning about the lawsuit that was filed today. The rain still falls in the bay area. Afternoon commute is a bit damp. Ill look at the rain totals and more rain coming your way on wednesday. Come experience the grand opening of floor and decors newest location in the east bay area our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Or easily order online, and pick up all the products you need for your flooring project curbside so come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decor, now open in san leandro for safe instore shopping and Curbside Pickup. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. Police are investigating a rash of burglaries and home invasions throughout the city. In some cases, residents were at home sleeping, but norths, the victims were confronted. Our Crime Reporter henry lee with more on these frightening incidents. Four men in masks kicked town a steam front gate and door of a home in San Franciscos visitation valley at about 11 00 monday morning. Both suspects had forced entry into the residence. Reporter one of the inriders made their way down stairs to the garage where a 76 yearold woman was washing clothe approximation. Pointed a firearm at one of the victims, while other suspects ram sacked the home. Reporter the woman was pistol whipped. The ellerdy victim was able to flee from the scene and flag down officers for assistance. Reporter the burglars escaped with jewelry. The woman was taken to the hospital with nonlife thrift wering injuries. Two men also invaded another home. Among the victims, an 84year old man. Intruders arent just targeting homes in broad daylight. These are videos showing armed burglars in the middle of the night last week. Theyve broke up an lockbox and then went inside as a man and his wife slept. They opened the door to our bedroom. Reporter their dog started barking and they left, but not before going to the garage and stealing an expensive bike and a laptop. There have been other robberies and thefts nearby in recent weeks. Not safe in our own neighborhoods. I feel like we have a really strong community, and everybody is scared about whats happening. Again that was henry lee reporting. San Francisco Police are asking any witnesses in these cases or anyone with additional Surveillance Video to please come forward. Pg e is now facing a lawsuit over the 2019 kincaid fire in sonoma county. The suit was filed today by local entities including sonoma county, cloverdale, and the town of windsor. A cal Fire Investigation revealed that pg e equipment caused that fire, saying the utility was negligent and is legally responsible for the damages to local government agencies. The kincaid fire burned more than 77,000 acres. Pg e has not yet commented on the lawsuit. A welcome sight across the bay area today. Rain. And we got a pretty good soaking. These are pitches from the san rafael yacht harbor. Lets bring in bill martin now with more on the rain and what we can expect. Bill . Yeah, we had some nice rain around here. You can see, as you look out your window some light raindrops. Most of the heavy rain was this morning. Let me back this unone paragraph pick and well show you the rain here. Ill put it in motion. The did see up to an inch in some areas of the coastal ills, but most of us, like santa rosa, 2 10 of an inch. You get down to san jose, and theyre, like, what are you talking about. We didnt see hardly anything. Just trace amounts. But its raining out there now. The heavyist rain was this morning. Were going to move into tomorrow with more scattered showers maybe to the tune of a tenth of an inch, maybe less, but this does put a little break on the fire concerns. There is a live camera shot again. Golden gate bridge. Thats exactly how it looks out there in terms of the roadways. Very slick. We havent had a lot of rain this year, so the roads are slick, and its going to keep drizzling off in tonight and tomorrow morning. The other thing beau tomorrow morning with the wet ground, cool overnight, were going to see some valley fog certainly a possibility. Lets go to the rain is, and it is not. Im stretching calling it lain. We have to move it around. The rainfall rates are extremely light, and thats to be expected tonight and again tomorrow. In the mountains, theyre going to see two feet of snow, maybe three feet in. Places. Remember what said last night, a warmer Weather Center packs a whole lot more moisture. And as we switch graphics here, sees that that 61degree reading in oakland. These numbers are fairly warm to be sort of in the wake of a frontal system. Right . So this is a very warm weather system. A lot of water is contained in, so it were setting up with some significant potential for snowfall. And thats great news, because that, of course, is what we count on in the spring and summer months to run off into the aquifer opinions with that said, heaviest rain was the north bay and coastal hills. Showers and umbrellas needed, just kind of on and off. Kind of through the day tomorrow. And then youre going to be looking at the potential for a little bit wet on that morning commute. Thats your wednesday morning commute. Ill be back here with the five day. Well look at that computer model and time it out for you. All right, keeping the rain jacket handy. Bill, thank you. The heads o