Steadier rain moves in which is off the Mendocino County coast. Heres a look at your storm impact scale today. Light to moderate rain and then just some scattered showers as we head into the evening hours. Its going to be breezy especially this morning before the steady rain rolls in. Gusts could get up to around 35 Miles Per Hour and blowing southwest to northeast. They could affect some of our east west bridges and definitely our higher elevations. Temperatures mild even with the rain low to mid 60s today. Well take an hourbyhour look and what to expect coming up. Back to you. Thank you. Expect changes with businesses in your county and that starts today. Governor newsom says he had to pull the emergency brake on reopening because new cases of coronavirus nearly doubled in just ten days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Heres a look at where the bay area stands. And look at all that purple. Heres the easiest way to put it. Every county is in purple except for three. Marin, San Francisco and san mateo are currently in the red tier. Now, the purple tier means transmission is widespread and counties have to reimpose restrictions. That includes limiting indoor Retail Stores and shopping malls to 25 capacity, closing all nonessential indoor businesses like churches, movie theaters and gyms and Indoor Dining has to stop and all bars and breweries that do not serve meals have to close. Now, these restrictions just went into effect at midnight so that meant businesses really only had one day to adjust to all of this. Abc7 News ReporterJulian Glover live in san jose with how theyre reacting to. Julian. Here we go, again, with the reopeni reopening. And now closing yoyo. Now more businesses here in the south bay are wondering if theyll be able to make it another month. This new wave of restrictions has everyone from Restaurant Owners to Property Managers wondering if this is it. Many Small Business owners say this is the latest and most unexpected jump to the most restrictive purple tier here in Santa Clara County and it has them frustrated. Some unable to see a path forward. We could lose everything. My family, weve been here for 32 years. Even to survive this new lockdown . Well, were hoping to. A lot of the tenants looking for a shoulder to cry on. They are just trying to put together a game plan. County leaders in Santa Clara County asking residents to take the virus extreemely seriously s cases continue to spike down here in the south bay. Meanwhile, Governor Newsom pledging that it will be his top priority preparing the 2021 budget going into january to help Small Businesses that are hurting so much right now. Reporting live here in downtown san jose, Julian Glover, abc7 news. Thank you, julian. State Health Officials have tightened the rules for wearing masks. The biggest change involves outdoor interactions. People must wear a Face Covering at all times outside if they are within six feet of others who are not in their houseplhold. You still dont need to wear a mask if youre driving by yourself or with household members or in an Office Working alo alone. As cases surge, officials are considering more drastic measures than even what we have today. L. A. County officials are going to look at a curfew. Governor newsom said he is also considering that. We also are considering full disclosure. Little bit of a preview. The notion of a curfew. So, what does that mean . Well, in massachusetts they have a stayathome advisory between 10 00 at night and 5 00 in the morning. All gatherings have to end 9 30 and restaurants have to stop Table Service and alcohol sales are supposed to end there. Alcohol sales at any establishment has to stop at 10 00 and restaurants have to close by midnight in virginia. Local hospitals are preparing for a surge of cases and people who may require treatment. Abc7 News Reporter kate larsen spoke with a local doctor about what theyre learning about the virus since the start of the pandemic. We are gearing up for a very tough winter. Reporter chief of emergency medicine dr. Chris colwell says the next six to eight weeks could be difficult. We were down to two patients in the hospital and nobody in the icu and this week weve had as many as 14 in the hospital and four in the icu. Reporter the good news. Only 3 of occupied icu beds are Covid Patients and City Hospitals still have plenty of capacity. 550 open beds. But Sutter Health which has hospitals and medical facilities throughout california is seeing a more significant surge in sacramento. Almost as if the virus is traveling rapidly up the i5. Reporter he wants people to stay home for the holidays. I think its important that all of us take on that responsibility of being sure that we dont run any risks that arent necessary. Reporter while the curve is trending up again, dr. Eisenberg said they learned enough about treating covid to reduce average hospital stays from 20 days to eight days. Using highflow oxygen rather than intubation and now recently adding in steroids has been incredibly beneficial. We will get through this. We are as well prepared in San Francisco as we have ever ever r reporter kate larsen, abc7 news. Tighter guidelines on how we should celebrate the holidays safely. This is coming from dr. Mark ghaly. Urging everyone to stay local within a two to threehour drive from home. If you do attend a gathering, youre advised to keep it outdoors and keep it short. And anyone living in red and purple tiered counties which is all of us in the bay area are strongly urged not to gather indoors with other households. If you do travel outside of california, youre asked to selfquarantine for 14 days when you come back. And you can weigh the different holiday activities and risk level with the holiday risk calculator. Medical experts weigh in on each common scenario like gathering or sharing a meal and you can find this tool now at abc7news. Com and our abc7 news app. This morning president elect joe biden is upping the pressure on President Trump to cooperate with his transition team. Jobina is at the live desk with a warning from biden that this could really hurt the american public. Kumasi, this is a troubling situation. Joe biden believes if the president doesnt allow his team to coordinate the transition, it could lead to more deaths and a delay in distributing a covid19 vaccine. Bidens team is being blocked from receiver Sensitive Information and cannot coordinate with federal agencies because President Trump has not conceded the election. Dr. Rick bright, a member of bidens Coronavirus Task force was on gma this morning talking about the process. Theres a lot of work still in front of us to make sure these vaccines are available for all americans. Theres a lot of coordination that goes into putting those vaccines into a vial and making those vials, shipping those vials out across the country getting those into the hands of doctors and nurses so they could administer those vaccines. If dr. Bright looks familiar, he is. He was a Trump Administration vaccine expert until he resigned from the nih after accusing the Trump Administration of playing politics. You can watch his full interview coming up at 7 00 on gma. Biden is moving forward with cabinet appointments and expected to announce key members of his Administration Later today. Thank you, jobina. Happening today, dr. Anthony fauci will be honored by the Journalism School at san jose state. Will receive the William Randolph hearst for Mass Communication during a virtual ceremony. Dr. Fauci is being recognized for quote the most trusted voice during the covid19 pandemic and in 2020. He is expected to answer questions from students during this virtual event. Lets talk about how mild it is first and then well get to the rain. The mild temperatures is what youll find when you step outside. Especially in the south bay. 18 degrees warmer in places like san jose and we do have the microclimates out there. I apologize im having some issues with one of my lights and now i look like im on the dark side of the moon. So, here we go with temperatures down in the south bay low to mid 60s with increasing clouds. We have a few pockets of cooler weather. Look at lafayette and fairfield and out towards brentwood 40s there. We have our microclimates this morning. Sutro tower you can see it bouncing around with the winds and gusting out of 35. If youre exercising, become wet today. If its remote learning, youre going to have to stay inside today and if you work from home, you dont have to worry about that wet commute. Theres a positive. Heres a look at mainly going to focus on our commute. So, during the morning commute mainly up in the north bay where well find the steadiest rain and some drizzle and rogue areas of rain outside of that and as we head into the evening commute, showers developing in the northern half while the steady light to moderate rain moves through the south half and then as we head to tomorrows morning commute, some drizzle and you can see some scattered showers and those are over by the evening commute. Rainfall totals Pretty Healthy with two of these storms. One coming in today and another coming in tomorrow. You can see nearly a quarter to half inch today and add maybe another tenth of an inch tomorrow. Ill take an even greater hourbyhour look at this coming up in the big weather. So far so good for the drivers at least weather wise, jobina. Thank you, mike. I enjoy your lighting. Its moody. Were taking a live look outside showing off our oakland 80 at the coliseum camera. No major blocking issues to report a couple before the show started but everything has cleared up. Bringing in the map here so you can see how green it is except you know the spot, tracy, always a little slow over there. Lastly a look showing off the san mateo bridge. But, again, no problems. Reggie and kumasi. All right, thank you, jobina. Coming up, the holiday spirit in a new special out on disney plus today. Also this morning, what were learning about the president s possible plan to withdraw troops from iraq and afghanistan. A first look at twitters brandnew feature that is rolling out tod so strong. So. Not ripped. Whatre we talkin about. Thats the hefty ultra strong bag hefty hefty hefty whispers gimme. confused give me the bag . Get hefty ultra strong at a low price hurricane iota made landfall along the coast of nicaragua as a dangerous category 4. Thankfully it did weaken. Winds of 155 Miles Per Hour still swept through which is just two Miles Per Hour below category 5 status. Remember yesterday up to 165 Miles Per Hour. Iota is heading west in Central America where people are still recovering from hurricane eta less than two weeks ago. So much devastation out of that storm coming their way. Lets take a look at whats going on from sutro tower. You can see steadiest light to moderate rain moving into the north bay around 7 00 and everywhere but the south bay by noon and by 4 00 start to transition from a light and moderate steady rain to over to light to moderate showers and then just light showers as we head into the evening hours. Now, we do have king tides today. Look for some flooding around San Francisco and around 12 10 and up in mill valley around 12 41. Around the state valley rain and mountain snow. In fact, the snow is going to be dangerously heavy. A very moisture laden wet snow that will bring down trees and power lines and will add up to nearly two feet and you throw in winds at 60 Miles Per Hour and i would not travel through the sierra today if you could help it. Mike, thank you. A new report this morning says President Trump considered a military strike against iran during a meeting just last week. Sources confirm to abc news that the president asked his Top National Security adviser what options were available to take out Irans Nuclear facilities. But his top aides talked him out of it warning the president that it could lead to a bigger conflict. Nato is also warning this morning that the price for leaving afghanistan too soon could be high. The warning coming after a u. S. Official said that President Trump is expected to withdrawal a significant number of american troops in the coming weeks. The move would leave 2,500 troops in afghanistan after midjanuary. Mitch mcconnell even saying a rapid draw down could be dangerous. Troops have now entered their 20th year in afghanistan. Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsy will be back before lawmakers on capitol hill today. Theyll be defending their handling of disinformation in the 2020 president ial election. Twitter and facebook both slapped a misinformation label on some content from President Trump assertions linking vote by what many people have been asking for. I want to find these people. Jobina at the live desk with details. I know we have been asking for the edit feature. Well, okay, so, here are the details, everybody. If you have been feeling passionate about a tv show or cheering on your favorite sports team, you can be a part of the conversation without flooding your followers timeline. Fleets are appearing posts that make it easier to share your thoughts with other people. Allows you to post text, photos and videos and cannot be liked, tweeted or replied to. Replying to a fleet only happens during a direct message and will not show up in search. Its similar to facebook, Instagram Stories feature. I like the music that just came in there. Twitter said it will be updated over time and new features and creative tools based on how people are using them. Reggie . Thats nice. But i think we know what this is really for. So some other things you want to have disappear. Lets check in with mike for our Weather Forecast that wont disappear. Before we get back to the rain, lets talk temperatures really quickly. You can see its going to be a very mild day with a southerly wind and southwesterly as a matter of fact. Any southwest facing slopes like marin county coast and Sonoma County coast and even the Santa Cruz Mountains the rain is going to be heavier in those areas. Look at those temperatures low to mid 60s in most neighborhoods. Tonight is pretty mild and also most of us in the 50s and steadier rain becoming light to moderate and scattered showers and even some drizzle. So, expect things to remain moist during the overnight hours so the two commutes im concerned with being slick are the evening commute today and the morning commute tomorrow. So, heres live doppler 7. You can see were getting the increasing clouds right now. If youre just joining us storm impact scale. Light to moderate rain and then transition to showers this evening and gusts up to 30, 35 Miles Per Hour before the rain really sets in. So, here we are through 9 00. Up in the north bay along the coast. Thats where well find the steadiest of the light to moderate rain. Now, if youre heading out for lunch, the south bay may be saved at the beginning of lunch, but by the end of lunch, some rain should be moving into the south bay and east bay valleys. When the kids get off school at 3ic which, everyone is dealing with light to moderate rain. By the evening commute, you could see it starting to taper and by the end of the commute, just becoming scattered showers and then for the evening hours if youre heading out, the streets will be slick and grab an umbrella. So, there you go. By 9 00, you could see the best chance of rain, Santa Cruz Mountains in the north bay and by 1 00 everywhere but the south bay and by the evening all of us dealing with the wet weather. Reggie . Thank you. Santa clara supervisors will talk about the future read hillview airport as grow call calls are growing to shut it down. The Environmental Agency found that lead concentration in the air near that airport exceed national standards. Supervisors anticipate closing the airport after 2021 but that is not good enough for some San Jose City council members. Our message to the Santa Clara County board supervisors is simple. Stop lead poisoning East San Jose kids and families and dont wait until official closure, reduce activity now. Shut town this airport and commit to a new future. Some Community Members want housing built on the nearly 200 acres of land. Starting today, you can get into the holiday spirit, the lego spirit and the star wars spirit all at the same time. Looking good. Tree, food, decorations. The Lego Star Wars holiday special is now streaming on disney plus. The special features your favorite characte