Liviakis saying im grant lotus alameda san mateo and solano counties. Where the latest to join that red tier that means restaurants in the 3 counties can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen at 50 capacity, hair and nail salons barbershops can serve clients indoors with modifications museums zoos aquariums, places of worship movie theaters can all operate at 25 capacity. Gyms and Fitness Centers can operate inside at 10 capacity. And School Districts that choose to well have the ability to reopen, but they have to wait another 2 weeks to make sure they dont backtrack. But Contra Costa County in Sonoma County theyre left behind in the purple tier now we want to be kron fours Taylor Force Act he was in Sonoma County tonight to find out. What the issue is there. This is a big disappointment for many people and businesses here in Sonoma County and one supervisor i spoke to says a lot of it has to do with the countys makeup of its population, its elderly facilities an
Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 a steady drop in coronavirus cases across the state has cleared the way in 9 counties for the wider reopening of businesses and that includes most of the bay area good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis alameda. San mateo and solano counties received the green light to move forward with reopening. Those counties were added to the red or second tier of the states colorcoded for tier ranking system. This category means that there were 4 to 7 daily new cases per 100,000 residents or a 5 to 8 Positivity Rate with the addition of these counties every bay area county is now in the red tier except for contra costa and sonoma counties but contra costas Health Director says they are on track to enter the red tier next week. And as more businesses reopen a Northern California private School System run by the diocese of sacramento has applied for a waiver to allow in Person Instruction in Solano County as
Now at 11, San Mateo County reopening in the red. Tonight, why the Health Officer there wants to go all in. Plus, waking up multiple times of the night, having trouble falling asleep. If that sounds like you, tonight some expert advice you havent heard before about dealing with pandemic insomnia. We are just hours away from a memorial for Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Plus unemployment scammers hating rodeo drive, and you are paying for it. Clothing, purses, renting airbnbs. Alameda, san mateo and solano counties are in the red tonight after moving up a notch on the states colorcoded Coronavirus Tracking map. Technically that means more businesses are allowed to reopen indoors. But, there are some great areas when it comes to what is actually changing. Reporter hearing San Mateo County the red tier couldnt come fast enough. But tonight we are seeing that the tears dont mean a thing to some other counties. Tonight in San Mateo County, indoor dining, exercising at gyms and fitness studios
Smoke pushed back into the bay area. Now the latest on a Traffic Alert on 880. Yeah, its a couple of rs tangled up here and traffic is still slow. They had all lanes blocked though northbound 880 right at da toe that. The good news is theyve opened upmost of them. They are though keeping at least one or two of these slow lanes the right lanes closed until they completely clear everything off the roadway. Looks like there may be some debris in the road as well. So caltrans crews are also on scene. So a bit of a slow ride working your way along 880 for the early start to your ride. If you are headed there, just a headsup. Expect the brake lights out of fremont and gets a little bit better as you go to more in the union city area. If you are headed towards 680 or 238 you can use that, those are free flowing both directions. Westbound 580, a busy ride already out of the Altamont Pass. Were seeing our slowest spot right around Mountain House. From 2035 and it stays slow to north flynn. Anne
Some of the worst air quality here in california in the world, however, it was much better out there today, this was the view of San Francisco, the skyline from the east bay, the improved air quality is giving businesses a glimmer of hope kron fours taylor sackey stopped by several restaurants today that started to see an uptick in business and she joins us now live in the city with more taylor then we moved into that better air quality tonight and you can see here behind me that people are still taking advantage of it now earlier today we were in that moderate level but even then restaurants say that it was a breath of fresh air could because finally they were seeing customers sitting outside at the restaurants yet again. The first time in a while because of that that air quality and they say its something that is much needed right now after hitting that second hurdle in the pandemic. The past 2 days has just been really smoky, ive tried to kind of avoid going outside as much as i pos