Tracking the chance for rain returns to the bay area. Today in the bay starts right now. And a very good tuesday, no, thursday. Goodness. Thursday morning. Thanks for joining us, im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute and first lets start with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast for today. Kari . We are starting much cooler again now that the skies have cleared and well see a mostly clear sky today and comfortable afternoon. And then by tomorrow evening rain chances go up as a cold front arrives it brings in scattered showers and its all out of here by early saturday morning. We will have a nice weekend ahead. As we check out what to expect for today. Look at for those highs to reach into the low 60s and, once again, that sunshine continuing. Well talk about the timeline of the rain coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Well, things are clear on the roadway for the most part except for road crews. Lets
Restrictive tier. Its not the news we want heading into the holidays. As weve seen reopening, which is anticipated we started to see more cases. Like much of the country, cases are on the rise california and now 11 1 counti are moving into a restrictive tier. Contra costa moved from orange into red meaning substantial spread. Californias health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley said most of the transmission is coming from high risk situations where masks are not worn the entire time. Imagine multiple people at a small table playing a board game or having and sharing a meal. Across the state, the 14day Positivity Rate is 3. 7 up from 2. 5 . You can see on this graph showing bay area covid cases going back to march, cases arent yet where they were during the summer surge but there is a significant increase since mid october. We anticipate if things stay the way they are, between this week and next week, over half california own counties will mo into a restrictive tier. Reporte
There, especially the peninsula coast and up into the east bay hills. I had a bit out at my house, about an hour later i went to take some video of it, it was gone. That gives you an idea of how light and random it is. Some fog is forming around petaluma. Highs today not quite as mild as they were yesterday because of the clouds being thicker. Well call it mostly cloudy to partly sunny up in the north bay. You may see more sunshine. Temperatures in the near 50s to 60 along the coast. 59 to 61 degrees for the rest of us. With he have a slight chance of rain tonight and a storm friday. Thank you. Its not the news any of us wanted heading into the holidays. Covid19 cases are rising across the state. That means well see more closures. The state moved nearly a dozen counties back into the more restrictive red tier that lists includes contra costa and santa cruz counties. A doctor said most of the transition is coming from highrisk transmissions where people are not Wearing Masks the whole t
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With the fires. The Napa County Community of england is under a mandatory Evacuation Order along with the city of calistoga and the hills to the west between the Petrified Forest road and Diamond Mountain road. In Sonoma County Evacuation Orders have been downgraded to warnings west of calistoga road. Heres a look at the glass fire, more than 22,000 homes are threatened tonight and at least 115 structures have been destroyed. The crews are working against smoky conditions and Poor Visibility heard the fire is now 46,000 acres. And only 2 contained. Andrea nakano was in calistoga which is like a ghost town tonight. Less than 10 minutes ago there was a lot of fire from here. A large orange backdrop seen from the city of calistoga tonight. The glass fire in napa county wreaking havoc, here in deer park burn debris lines some of the streets and hotspots can be found on both sides throughout napa valley from st. Helena to calistoga. Cal fire says it has more than 2000 firefighters working o