Milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. The men number keeps going up. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman the u. S. Has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today Alameda County becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. Currently alameda is in the states orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified Health Orders but Health Officials say theyre expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. There is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron fours terisa stasio is following the stories. Well have more coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 7 which airs on line and then on air in prime Time Starting at 08 00pm. Now here is where the bay area county stand in the states reopening tier system Contra Costa County was forced to move from the orange here to the more restrictive read to you yesterday, San Francisco remains in the yellow tier, but changes are coming ill have more on that in just a minute and Sonoma County remains in the most restrictive purports year you can see solano and Contra Costa County are in the substantial sort of pink tear there. Governor newsome and doctor mark galli will providing an update on covid19 in the state tomorrow. We will be carrying that live right here on our kron on app and also on our Facebook Page so make sure to like us there. Now back to whats happening in San Francisco. It will temporarily rollback the reopening of Indoor Dining and will reduce the capacity of Fitness Centers and movie theaters. Additionally San Francisco, a pause the reopening of indoor instructions at high schools that have not already opened. Now these changes are going go into effect at 11 59pm on friday thats tomorrow well go now to the north bay because theres growing concern in marine county that number of coronavirus cases there could be growing. Health officials are now taking steps to slow the spread of the virus kron fours Charles Clifford is live for us now in marine city with details charles does this mean more rollbacks are coming in marin county. Well were going to start off right now marin county is in the orange here the less restrictive tier they want to keep it that way and Health Officials are taking some proactive steps to hopefully keep this virus from spreading. Bring countys Health Officer doctor matt willis says that restaurants county wide should reduce indoor capacity to just 25 thats down from the current 50 willis says that as coronavirus cases spike in california and around the bay area marin county is in danger of moving from the current orange tier to the more restrictive read here. On the States Coronavirus watch list is recommending that restaurants reduced capacity because they tend to be where people gather indoors and dont wear masks because theyre eating in fact we have margin or sending multiple people crossed households. Were not covering their faces are often gathered together for an hour an hour half of the time and thats one of the reasons why risk so much higher. For Indoor Dining and thats why were taking this step. A fire house coffee and tea in sausalito. Owner dj on sorry says the idea of returning to the more restrictive measures is not great but he believes his business will survive. Obviously going back down to 25 less people can hang out indoors and with the winter coming thats going to be hard. But weve done this before so is a pretty Resilient Community were lucky to have people that come out in support regardless of being able to stay here at this point the reduction to 25 capacity is only a recommendation. Doctor willis says that it could become mandatory next week if the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. Back live now theyre going to watch the numbers over the next few and possibly next tuesday, there could be a decision on whether or not to make these new restrictions mandatory. But for now in the north bay Charles Clifford kron 4 news. So much charles and well go now to the south bay where parents and teachers in Santa Clara County are protesting. What they say is a rush to reopen schools. Protesters on thursday morning claims schools are reopening without proper safety precautions. Organizers of this rally here asking for Additional Health and safety training, adequate staffing in classrooms and allowing for continued telework for some staff School Officials in Santa Clara County have responded saying they have followed the guidelines from the California Health department and Health Officials in Santa Clara County. And that that less than 10 of students have returned in Person Learning. Their Statement Reads in part here. It is vital that students who require programs and services that must be delivered in person have access to in Person Learning an essential supports with this in mind we have been engaged in a slow and gradual path to returning to in Person Instruction taking all necessary steps to accomplish this goal with staff and students safety top of mind. Now to chicago which is also announced another stay at home order that goes into effect on monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot made the announcement today in an effort to stop the spread of covid19 in the city people are being advised to only leave to go. Back home to work or to school or for essential needs such as medical care going to the Grocery Store or picking up food thats it. The city is also imposing new restrictions limiting meetings and social events to 10 people or less for any gatherings that are held indoors or outdoors and make sure you download the kron 4 mobile app as well as our 24 7 news streaming service kron on theres an app there to see can step today and all the covid19 restrictions across the bay area as they are ever changing. Not to the south bay where the longrunning effort to close one of the busiest general aviation airports in the country is heating up once again kron fours rob has more now on the story is live for us. In san jose good afternoon rob. Good afternoon justine here the Santa Clara County board of supervisors set to weigh in on a plan that airport critics say could solve 2 problems at once they say closing review of airport of could bring some peace of mind and improve safety to neighbors of the airport and then the land could be converted to Affordable Housing. Lets take a closer look. Hillview airport has fended off efforts to close it for decades over safety concerns. It closed a 100 acre county own land in East San Jose would go a long way to solving the Regions Affordable Housing crisis is spurs to recent it is time to re imagine revealed airport as inaccessible Community Asset. That stimulates production of Affordable Housing and economic opportunities. The airport was here long before the neighborhoods in shopping malls that surrounded today. There are more than 500 takeoffs and landings every day. 200,000 every year. Supporters say its Safety Record is excellent, but there have been several crashes through the years. Neighbors have long complained about noise and pollution as well, but supporters argue Reid Hillview is a Community Asset and should not be closed the airport. Provides us a piece of the National Transportation infrastructure for one thing and as a reliever airport for san jose which puts small aircraft that come into the valley into this airport to stay out of the path of the big jets going into san jose Reid Hillview has served a select few in this community for decades. But the best use of that land is no longer to accommodate private planes or even teach students the basics of aviation. If the airport is alternately closed many of the pilots flight schools and other traffic would likely move to a similar sized airport in san martine in southern Santa Clara County. And fueling speculation that read here whose days are numbered is the fact that the county stop taking federal last year from the f a a which would have kept the airport open for at least another 30 years the board of set to hear arguments for and against closing the airport next week. Live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you so much rob now a huge sinkhole. Opened up right by levi stadium today santa clara city workers are telling us here at kron 4 news there was a water main break in the parking lot. Right next to the 49 ers practice field, the parking lot is off of stars and stripes blvd it created this huge mass that were looking at right now theres water and mud everywhere. Workers say this happened because of aging infrastructure, they hope to have it cleaned up by tomorrow, but there is a pretty big hole in ground there. Lets check in now on our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at San FranciscoInternational Airport happy thursday to everyone meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here with details on the rain thats headed our way him agree some and hopefully you remember how to use an umbrella i know its been a while but. Our dry spell will officially end tomorrow tracking light to moderate rain returning to the bay area from now until then though enjoy the blue skies out there right now temperatures warming up on account of that anywhere from about 3 to 10 degrees of warming double digit warming for those of you in fairfield flirting with 70s but currently in the upper 60s there trfcking mid to upper 50s right along the San Francisco peninsula coastline with mid 60s throughout the east bay shoreline some pretty mild temperatures theyre the same for nevado currently at 64 degrees, san jose though in the south bay in the low 60s at 62 degrees and when tracker for overall tracking pretty calm winds but by tomorrow afternoon we could see wind gusts upwards of 35 Miles Per Hour or less gusty is right along the coast and that is going to continue through your early evening hours on friday until we start notice. Calmer winds by your friday night and thats because of this approaching storm bringing a slight to moderate rate so it is arriving earlier than what i was tracking yesterday and also rain totals going up as well tracking the storm hour by hour my full forecast in just a few minutes to steam back to you, thanks so much raise a lot of rain there on the screen. Coming up here on kron 4 news at 3 we check in to see bay area food banks are ready for the high demand during the holidays with so many people out of work due to the pandemic. And a new incentive was announced today that puts the homeless to work in the south bay. How much money they could get paid to collect trash while the details. And thanksgiving is 2 weeks from today, so well take a look at what travel will be like during the pandemic so if you plan to fly. You will not want to some breaking news just now in to the kron 4 news room coming to us out of San Francisco where the Fire Department is warning everyone about a gas leak thats happening between pierce and steiner this is right near al amarah its alamo square park. Were told that evacuations are in place right now emergency crews are on the scene but that this gas leak has been reported on fulton street between peers in steiner. San Francisco Police department the San FranciscoFire Department and pg and e are all on scene right now were told to expect traffic delays try to stay away from the area. Again were going to continue to follow this gas leak thats being reported in San Francisco right near the painted ladies and as soon as new information comes in why were here 3 ill be sure to bring it to you you can always check our website kron 4 dot com for other details. A new survey has now just found that just over half of all americans plan to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. This is coming as air travel. Its still down by about 75 out of San Franciscos International Airport. Kron 4 sweep to golf has details now on the thanksgiving travel. Travel looks murky for the thanksgiving holiday weekend. We know right now here s f o and that travel is down but it has been improving the airport says it spent about 25 of its normal air traffic at this point of the year normally. Theyd see about 80,000 passengers flying per day but theyre down to about 20,000 and only half of the airlines that were operating before the pandemic. Operating now here at the airport but that is up from about 25 at the lowest point during the pandemic we also know from trip advisor report in that 56 of americans intend to travel during the thanksgiving holiday weekend. And thats down 14 from last year. But only 11 of those people intend to fly most people are going to hit the road so seeing some improvement to air travel here, sfo and throughout the country but as covid19 cases continue to rise. That is slowing down the recovery. Also remember when you come here to the airport. Face coverings are required in all tournaments. And San FranciscoInternational Airport fleet all kron 4 news. Speaking of travel a coronavirus scare on board the First Caribbean cruise to set sail since the pandemic began. Tester now showing that someone on the sea dream yacht clubs see dream one tested positive for the virus. The captain made the announcement over the intercom yesterday. Passengers have been instructed to return to their cabins and remain isolated. The ship is now heading back to barbados where the trip began. Passengers were tested before the ship departed, and then 4 days into the trip. With the Holiday Season basically here, barry food banks are struggling now to fill the void of those who are at risk of food in security today kron fours as he can when you spoke to a food Bank Representative who says help is needed now more than ever. Fighting Food Insecurity during the pandemic as thanksgiving twentytwenty approaches is so intense that the Alameda County food banks director of Community Engagement says pre covid thanksgiving 2019 is a complete blur you know its funny to think about even remember last this is just this last year has been many years itself. He says thats because the number of people needing food has doubled from this time last year. We have never seen numbers like we have seen. You know this year and we expect as we head deeper into november and december close to the holidays. Were probably going to see the longest lines weve ever right now we estimate that at least one in 4 county residents is experiencing or at risk of hunger. And collectively around the bay at least 1. 5 million bay area residents right now are in need of food bank assistance. Volunteers with the Alameda County food bank are helping to serve food for about 70,000 People Per Day and heres how you can help relieve the one thing that the banks need right now is Financial Support of our food costs are through the roof last year we spend about 400,000 in food costs in october. This october we spent nearly one 0. 7 Million Dollars on food you can also help by lending a hand and becoming a food bank volunteer. Haaziq kron 4 news. Well switch gears now and talk about our Weather Forecast as we take a live look outside here along the embarcadero in San Francisco, beautiful blue skies. This afternoon but some rain is now moving in for fridays, lets get all the details right now with our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez how much rain are we really talking this time while we could see anywhere from about a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain for the