Kron 4 news at 3 im sanaz tahernia. The cdc is now saying a mask not only protects those around you, but also protects you from contracting covid19. Kron fours rob fladeboe is live in san jose with more on that rob. Its rights and as you said some people may still need some convincing but their the governments top Infectious Disease experts have changed their tune. As you said theyre now saying that wearing a mask like this one not only protects you, but it protect those around you. We spoke to an Infectious Disease here in the bay area, lets take a look. The center for Disease Control and prevention now says masks benefit the wearer the announcement is in line with the data that has been available all along so Stanford UniversityInfectious Disease expert doctor Robert Siegel and basically you know maskwearing makes sense from a logical standpoint it makes sense from you know in terms studies on you know physical transmission particles and it also makes in terms of some of the epidemiological data. The cdc previously declared that the use of masks would simply offer protection for people around the mask where are the new policy cites evidence confirming the benefits of universal maskwearing the cdc states that quote individual benefit increases with increasing Community Mask use doctor siegel i think it is important to note that masks are not perfect and so we still have to use other things like for instance if people are symptomatic that shouldnt be interacting with other and split his master not perfect if one person is wearing a mask that helped a people Wearing Masks that helps even more tapping into the economic argument. The cdc maintains that if maskwearing were to be increased by just 15 . Strict lockdowns might be avoided, cutting losses by a trillion dollars nationwide for 5 of gdp. Experts however caution that while its clear more masks mean more protection. They are not perfect. Neither one of them is a 100 effective so if neither one was a 100 effective that we would both need to wear mask, but the fact is that for instance, you can imagine that youre wearing a mask but youre youre coughing or youre talking loudly and so so most of the particles or stop by the mass. But some of them get and then the recipient is wearing a mask and so that mask again its not a 100 effective, but the probability of stopping the remaining particles, you know is is fairly high and so if theres fewer particles that are being yes are transmitted then the probability of the mass working as much higher so. Among the steadiest studies that the cdc cited was one where 2 masked hair stylists who experiencing some symptoms did not pass along the virus to as many as 67 different mask clients that they later came into contact with just as a brief study of my to pass through the strip mall here in south san jose here this afternoon popped into a starbucks into a Grocery Store in a couple of other places in a few months ago you would have bumped into some people with no masks i did not see a Single Person inside or out. Without a mask. Live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news sanaas rob, its good to see people in the bay area following these rules because it is important to keep ourselves safe. Thanks for that report. Now parts of the bay area are taking a step back with reopening after rise in covid19 cases and hospitalizations on the peninsula, san mateo counties also seeing an uptick in the number of covid19 cases and doctors are urging caution, especially with the holidays coming up kron fours reyna harvey is in San Mateo County with more. Coronavirus cases continue to rise here in San Mateo County. But theyre still in the orange here you can see for the most part businesses are open in the parking lot behind me is pretty full officials are saying that if people get together over the next few days for the holidays, it could see those numbers skyrocket they could be back into the red tier. So right now theyre encouraging families over the next few days if youre out and about to limit your time together Health Experts are saying if you are planning on celebrating with your family over the next few days. Keep the celebration outdoors theyre saying also to limit the amount of time you spend with your loved ones theyre saying 2 hours, max and keep the less than that and theyre also saying not to go to numerous different family members homes over the holidays, we know often we like to do that now i spoke to some residents who live out here and heres what they had to say about seeing their loved ones over the holidays. I mean if youre going. Get to get outdoors and limit your time you might as well just hang out inside. Because. You need to so were you can bag the champs you touching my you know so doubt the cooler ill be ill be at home. Im a im a stale. And over the past few weeks the daily average case rate has gone up from about 43 cases per day so about officials are saying now is the time to be thinking about ways you and your loved ones can still get together over the holidays, but still keep each other safe that might mean more facetime conversations now reporting out here in daly city reyna harvey kron 4 news. And with the recent drop in temperatures Hardware Stores in the bay area are reporting a shortage of outdoor heaters kron fours phillipe djegal has the story for us from word. Good luck if youre in the market for a patio heater because it appears everyone elses and that includes businesses that have been strapped by the covid19 pandemic and forced to put their businesses outdoors this includes restaurants and so suppliers are giving them priority. We spoke with the owner of hayward hardware. Jim wieder he says that his suppliers are in patio heaters in fact it will be weeks before they can ship them out to you even if you put them on order jims advice at this point seat since he says you should have been ordering these items back in june. Is to look on the east coast. Miami wherever its hot. Have someone order. An item there because its likely still on the shelf and then have it shipped to you dont rely on businesses here on the west coast because theyre going to be out of these patio heaters for quite some time. You can try your luck on amazon or target or a new big box stores. We even if you search those web sites. It will be weeks in many cases before the item is available and that will be even longer until it gets to your place so check the east coast. Miami wherever its warm in hayward fleet it all kron 4 news. President trump and president elect joe biden each took part in center ceremonies today honoring veterans in his first public appearance in several days, the president participated in the veterans day observance at Arlington National cemetery, he was joined at Arlington National cemetery cemetery by his First Lady Melania Trump as well as Vice President mike pence and his wife karen pence president elect joe biden made a brief veterans day appearance out with his wife. Jail. They went to the Korean War Memorial in philadelphia where he laid a wreath honoring the nations veterans bidens son beau who died in 2015 of brain cancer was a major in the Delaware ArmyNational Guard. And in the north bay to world war 2 veterans were given a chance to fly in a vintage aircraft kron fours Charles Clifford has the story. Well sadly there arent very many world war 2 veterans left but today here in Sonoma County 2 men who flew during world war 2. Were given a chance to return to the skies wednesday morning 100 yearold delpy to men and 105 yearold alan mcgee knee arrived at the airport santa rosa were a world war 2 era dc 3 set waiting for them to influence similar plane in world war 2 and mcgee knee was a navigator on a b 17. But neither man had flown in years and before taking off they took a moment to reflect on veterans day and what it means to them both men have outlived most of their comrades from world war 2 i think guys. Anouk why well. It didnt make if you live in this country ought to be the happiest person wholl. Theres no other place like in order to maintain socialdistancing the 2 men were actually given separate rides on the plane both were looking forward to this flight but cant wait to get in im ready both feet in. For each flight the dc 3 took off and flew south to make a pass under the Golden Gate Bridge and then return back to santa rosa. In Sonoma CountyCharles Clifford kron 4 news. Now lets talk about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge at this hour lots of clouds overhead weve got kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez. Shes tracking chilly overnight weather for us marissa yeah, but tonight sanaas we actually noticed during the overnight hours 10 to 20 degrees of warming face of the blanket of clouds starting to notice some cooler temperatures though. For inland valleys 10 degrees cooler for fairfield inn down to 6 degrees cooler for those of you in concord and livermore in temperatures as you head out the door upper 50s to low 60s through about 4 degrees below average today with when tracker for tracking calm wind speeds so everyone in the Single Digits and future cast for does show some light showers making its way into the north bay at around 6 oclock this evening but very light scattered hit or miss rain dry for the rest of us in the bay area but this storm door remains open in fact were going to see some widespread light rain arriving to the bay area starting friday night and it is going to be an overnight storm through your saturday morning find out just how much rain were expecting to get with this system cause more wet weather is heading our way next week as well sanaas back to you thank every some. And coming up on kron 4 news at 3 a pedestrian is hit and killed and the north bay and it involved a Police Officer. Details on that story. A New Discovery from researchers and what they found that could make covid19 more infectious. And right after the break in east bay teenager organizing a black lives matter rally is threatened. Hear from the man behind the online threat and why the teen was so scare. Im greg, im 68 years old. I do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. In the east bay a High School Senior is threatening to a black lives matter event scheduled for this weekend. Today, the man who allegedly made the threat is no longer standing behind it. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun joins us live with more on this story has e. Yeah thats right the young man received the threat is a straight a student hes a journalist. Hes an athlete and hes also the president of the schools black Student Union today told me why he feels like he should not have been targeted for threat by a well known gun dealer, the city of the. A Facebook Post calling on patriots oath keepers and nra members to bring vest and helmets to the city hall parking lot at dublin during this weekend sign guarded for justice event. Included the image of 17 yearold Danielle Mcmahon it was very a nerve wracking the douglas High School Senior is the president of the black Student Union who together with tri valley for black lives are hosting the sign garden event. You know when i some folks actually had a 29 shares so that 30 people that could potentially he looking for me and you know seeing as its radical. Met are a great year for me as trying to destroy other which. And you know what i was so the citysponsored display was supported unanimously by the city council and i believe is a testament to our commitment to peaceful expressions of our fight for racial justice. I never saw the 17 yearold. General to to that you can use 5 yearold beyond what you do that is the voice of mike grant. Hes the owner of guns unlimited in dublin and the man who made the Facebook Post which he now says he deeply regrets he explains one senior posts or out of this whole thing is. As a white male and rivers seen any racial ce sirte and discriminated against. But this is the last 5 days or 4 days what ive gone through this owns some pretty nasty stuff just thats what people dont her for you know its color for years. To she is a mix of pulse in fact my gran says he is no longer calling on folks to protest the black lives matter sign garden even Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. Today Oakland City Council reached a settlement for the 2016 ghost ship fire that killed 36 people. The city of oakland has agreed to pay 399,000 to the victims and their families. The city does not admit however any wrongdoing in the settlement. The warehouse had been illegally converted into a residential space and event venue when it caught fire on december second 2016 during an electronic music party. The buildings owner chore and was not charged with any crimes. And to the north bay now where a Police Officer in benicia struck and killed a pedestrian with his patrol car overnight. Police say the officer was on duty at 02 00am when the fatal strike happened in the 1900 block of east Second Street paramedics were called immediately but the pedestrian died on the scene. The identity of the victim has not been released. But police say he appears to be a white man between the age of 30 and 40 years old. No information about the officers identity was released nor was he injured and he was not responding to any calls of the time he struck the victim. And police over in rohnert park have arrested a man on suspicion of sexually assaulting children. Investigators believe there could be more victims 68 yearold a gallon is facing dozens of charges, including 16 counts of acts with a child under the age of 10. Hes also facing multiple charges of lewd acts with a child and 8 counts of child abuse. If your child or your children have ever been cared for by dan mcallen you are asked to give police a call. Switching gears now to talk about the weather, heres a live look at downtown San Francisco kron fours Mabrisa Rodriguez is here with the fort with a look at our forecast and how does it how it feels out there, its beautiful memories of it kind of chilly right. Yeah, were definitely below average tunnels about 5 to 10 degrees below normal for most bay area cities today, dry conditions out there right now blanket of cloud cover overhead but unfortunately, not going to bring us any much needed rain in the coming days right now were tracking mid 50s for those of you in downtown San Francisco upper 50s for san jose in the south bay. A little bit mild for those of you in oakland 63 degrees as is pittsburgh. The lay of the 59 degrees with napa currently at 61 degrees as you head out the door for your wednesday afternoon and overnight lows tonight will be noticeably chillier so were not going to get that thicker blanket of cloud cover that we saw overnight that lasted through this morning warming us 10 to 20 degrees last night tonight, were cooling back down near freezing for those of you in the north bay santa rosa, 31 degrees so below freezing temperatures right there. Napa 36 degrees with upper 30s for those of you in livermore and widespread mid 40s throughout the bay areas shoreline in downtown San Francisco cooling down to 46 degrees in daytime highs tomorrow about 4 degrees below average widespread low to mid 60s 55 for those of you at half moon bay, but everyone else will remain below normal in future cast for is going to show dry weather in the coming days by friday afternoon we could see light bands of rain arriving for those of you in the north bay at around 4. 30 impacting your rush hour commute home. So just keep that in mind. These scattered showers will continue during the overnight hours into your friday night and Early Saturday Morning but right around sunrise were going to dry out and clear out not expecting a big drought buster with this upcoming storm but were all expecting some measurable rain with about a quarter of an inch of rain or less highest amounts for those of you along the coast and taking a look ahead at the next 7 day forecast. Were going to notice a nice warmup and drier weather continuing through sunday and even for the 1st half this upcoming week but then more scattered showers arrive to the bay area tuesday through wednesday of next week back to use an awesome thank you mabrisa. Still ahead a new report reveals places that were here at more of the risk of catching covid19 we have the details that you need to know. Plus an important recall to tell you about the Home Security device that could actually put your home at risk thats all coming up. 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