infectious disease expert about the new mutations surfacing in california and whether it could change how we distribute the vaccine. and this is a 2020 site live look here at san francisco s embarcadero. they re chilly not a soul in sight, normally this thing would be filling up is people would be getting ready to watch the fireworks at midnight. not this year though now it is strange to see it so quiet. good evening, everyone, thank you for spending your final night of 2020 with those 4th kron 4 news at 8 o clock, i m catherine heenan vicki liviakis has the night off and i m grant lotus set the new year everybody it has been a year from the pandemic of course to the historic. economic dirt downturn, the devastating wildfire season, 2020 is year we will never forget and unfortunately, 2021 will begin much like 2020 is ending. concerns about go back to back about covid surges from christmas and the new year so that is prompting san francisco officials again to indefinitel
very hit or miss in nature so not tracking that light widespread rain let s take a you could see that we are and noticing the storms starting to taper off drying out significantly this evening with scattered showers for those of you in the east bay valleys lafayette already starting to dry out as is conquered and san ramon. and seeing that drying trend for those of you along the san francisco peninsula and south bay as well for those of you in the north bay still tracking some showers moving east but drier for those of you in sandra fell and avato now starting to shift heading towards vallejo and napa as i speak, but overall the big winner today. those of you in santa rosa getting about 3 quarters of an inch of rain and the highest peaks in the north bay got about 2 inches of rain specifically mount tam and the as well, but as we headed south and east you see that drying trend significant, especially for those of you in half moon bay. and even san francisco international ai
today, we know it s the day after christmas or still feel on the cheer. he s over give us a check of the weather forecast today. they want something to say hey don t a calendar. it s 2 so we ll keep it festive spirit going good morning. well and everybody we re still looking at what roads that are out there from some overnight rain that was going on in late during the day on christmas too. now we do have a little bit more on this weekend package but that s going to be delayed until we get past the weekend is just checking on progress right now, we re still keeping a few stray showers at work here. you know light rain showers going on for the next few hours down the south bay seems to be able concentration of their to mount hamilton is you can see live shot from the golden gate de still kind of have that kind of fog look which by the way is just about all over the bay. our temperatures right now pretty much mid 50 s around midday, 47 chilly degrees up to santa rosa by compari
take work. schools need to prepare safety plans, report data and conduct regular inspections. here is the plan. phased in in person learning strategy that would focus disproportionately on those youngest cohorts and those that are most in need. that includes students with special education needs, those who are experiencing homelessness and in foster care. elementary schools could open for in person learning as early as february with all schools to follow by spring. but to get the green light, schools have to submit a safety plan to local and state officials and the county they are in must have fewer than 28 covid cases per 100,000 rest den residen residents. that could qualify many counties. the governor said the state will help schools with ppe, contract racing and mass testing ofaf st until the doses are available, it seems to me there is nothing more important than robust covid testing and contact tracing. an additional $2 billion in government funding will be av
bay area hospital workers in san francisco and contra costa county where the first to receive vaccinations today. good evening, i am julie haner. this is a light at the end of the tunnel. amber lee is live in martinez where healthcare workers rolled up their sleeves this afternoon. reporter: more than a dozen hospital workers here volunteered to be among the first to get vaccinated. they said they waited a long time for this day to come. [ applause ] reporter: in martinez on tuesday afternoon, this is the first of 14 volunteers to get the covid 19 vaccination in contra costa county. this is a big, important feet of modern medicine. reporter: the doctor recalls treating covid 19 patients at the beginning of the pandemic. the scary part wasn t being in the rooms, it was driving home and saying, i just treated a novel virus. i was in the room. i have no idea what the effect could be. is it all my clothing or my hair? reporter: they received 9750 doses of the vaccine