Newsome pulling an emergency brake on the states reopening process amid the covid19 pandemic this as daily covid cases in the state double over the last 10 days, thank you for joining us tonight at 6 im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan ken wayne has the night off. State leaders say an emergency brake was always part of the blueprint for california for reopening if cases that kept climbing nearly every bay area county is now losing ground and the states covid19 tear system right now a total of 40 california counties are reversing reopenings and moving to the most restrictive purple tear here in the bay area 5 local counties are included they are alameda napa contra costa solano and santa clara counties, San Francisco move from yellow to red today joining moran and san mateo counties new San FranciscoHealth Department has released a travel advisory this is asking people to. Please avoid unnecessary travel leading to thanksgiving and today the citys Health Director doctor grant colfax said San Francisco is also experiencing that surge kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from San Francisco with the latest dan. Well the Health Director and the Mayor Holding a news briefing today online warning san franciscans that we are heading in the wrong direction as result, San Francisco dropping to not just on that reopening here from yellow to red. San Francisco Mayor london breed announced a surge in covid cases has dropped the city 2 notches on the reopening timeline. From the yellow tier back to read forcing the closure of non essential offices and reducing indoor capacity at Fitness Centers to just 10 . And what we have to continue to do is not get comfortable. Because the fact is a virus is still out there. And were still going to have to adjust to this so that we dont continue to see a significant spike in San Francisco since october daily cases have gone from an average of 29 today to 97. Thats why the mayor is calling on residents not to have large gatherings over the thanksgiving holiday. This year were asking people to sacrifice because of thanksgiving when we get together we see large family gatherings, especially indoors. When those happen. We could be dealing with the impacts of those decisions by christmas with a significant increase in hospitalizations. We cannot be reckless we must not be complacent we must take every possible precaution to protect ourselves. Our families and our community San FranciscoHealth Director doctor grant colfax took it one step further. And called on residents not to travel at all over thanksgiving and said getting a negative test doesnt necessarily mean you are safe from spreading the virus a negative test. Cannot be an excuse to put yourself or others at risk. Remember. Please remember that people who test negative can still harbor the virus if they are early in their infection. That is why when people are exposed to the virus. They must quarantine for 14 days. Doctor colfax indicated that here in San Francisco as well as in most places that if that surge does not stop it continues to go in the wrong direction and San Francisco reaches the purple tier that will mean continued rollbacks. And city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan right now there are more than 11 million covid cases in the United States and more than 246,000 deaths that is according to Johns Hopkins university. There are more than a million cases in california with more than 18,000 people who have died here and in the bay area there are more than 125,000 cases and hospitals are bracing for a surge of new patients amid the recent rise in covid cases and as kron fours rob fladeboe reports theres a lot of concern the latest wave of cases. Well put Hospital Capacity to the test, especially since it is also cold and flu season. Are seeing an right now Valley Medical Centers doctor Sanjay Khurana and his colleagues at the countys 3 Public Hospitals of emc oconnor has st. Louis. Currently treating 35 patients with covid19 thats 15 more than they had in late october. Well, no immediate threat to Hospital Capacity, this 3rd wave of the coronavirus could increase pressure on hospitals nonetheless says doctor kerr on e. Keeping the situation most are testing situation looks right its and make hospital and making sure hospitalizations are up 10 across the county. Regional Medical Center has 30 patients Stanford Health care is 15 well, Good Samaritan hospital has 10 for a county wide total of 110. Complicating the picture though is the expected surge in non Covid Patients says doctor so we got also ok. Were always dealing with system the way a seasonal youre dealing a potential situation where we can get planning for a 3rd wave requires hospitals to be flexible in terms of moving resources where theyre needed most Colder Weather will make it harder to use tents and other facilities outdoors. Officials say moving back to more restrictive Health Orders and widespread mask use may will keep many people out of the hospital. But planning for the next wave is fraught with uncertainty says doctor khurana this what next way. Is it going to be a state thats what we saw in the can be blocked we dont know what we have to prepare as if this is going to be something similar to what we saw. In the summer. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Santa clara county a move back from the orange here to the most restrictive purple tier today it has been at that level since september county Health Officials today talked about the big spike in cases and the major setback the county is now facing. Our county like many counties is seeing a significant and rapid uptick in cases so its not just the number of cases is about how fast this happened. This this rapid surge has we first noticed it. The first few days of november and it has continued. We have done this before we can do it again. We really need every Single Person living and working in our county to take this extremely seriously. She is a strongly discouraging travel outside the bay area as the holidays approach in fact, california again recommending a 14 day quarantine for anybody who leaves the state so with all the news about surges across the country there is also potentially some lifesaving news tonight as we get closer to federal approval of to covid19 vaccine, something that could come by the end of this month. Well for omonia reports. Both drugmakers moderna and pfizer have reported their vaccine trials receiving more than 90 effectiveness rate in combat in coronavirus california governor gavin, newsome applauded their work. While announcing another dramatic spike in covid19 cases monday is now more than 1 Million People are infected across the golden state now with the vaccine. Bottom line is were moving from a marathon to a sprint. And i think this is important. This is a point of some optimism in the midst of all of this overwhelming data not only coming from this presentation in the state of california newsom went on to say once approved and made available. Those most in need will be prioritized to receive it like medical professionals and First Responders both will still need to be granted. Emergency use authorization by the fda before they can be distributed that authorization could come by the end of this month, according to doctor Anthony Fauci these results are promising in vaccinations could begin in the United States by the end of this year. But a vaccine is not effective unless people use it Infectious Disease specialist doctor, peter chin, hong with ucsf believes that skeptics have nothing to fear we have at least in these 2 companies so far. They havent had to pause the trials. They havent had concerning safety signals. And you know as an Infectious Disease doctor i really think that i see is all really you know one of the most powerful things we have a Community Benefits i hope that over time you know everyone comes on board you know embraces these prevention methods in the meantime Governor Newsom put together a Safety Committee who is working with the cdc. And department of defense to help establish protocols for socialized program that he calls a safe equitable and transparent distribution plan. Once a vaccine is out for kron 4 news, im ella sogomonian. Health officials in napa county theyre also urging people to do what they can to prevent the spread of the virus and to take advantage of testing in calistoga mobile testing units will be available by appointment. Monday they were available today, but also tomorrow at the calistoga fairgrounds Testing Available at the napa county expo and we have details on our website kron 4 dot continue to cover the surge in covid cases across the bay area. On our website. We have a full list of what will change in each county as they move back into more restrictive tears, its all at kron 4 dot com. President elect biden he talked about the coronavirus today also the struggling economy. He says more people will die as he puts it. If President Trump refuses to coordinate efforts to control the virus. He made those remarks after a Virtual Meeting with business and labor leaders. Were going in a very dark winter things are going to get much tougher before they get easier. Not require sparing no effort to fight covid so we can open our businesses safely resume our lives and put this pandemic behind us its going to be difficult but it can be done. They all agree. That means rally the country behind a National Strategy with Robust Public Health measures. Bike mandatory masking widely available testing with rapid results. Scale the production of lifesaving treatments and therapeutics everyone on our call today and our show today agree that the sooner we have access to the ministrations distribution plant. The sooner this transition would be smoothly move forward. Biden says that he is hoping President Trump will become quote mildly more enlightened unquote when it comes to the transition he is also asking congress to pass another Economic Relief bill. Coming up at 6 doctors across the nation concerned about the obesity rate amid the covid pandemic we hear from experts to tell us about the risk. President elect biden saying the pandemic will be his top priority. He says more people could die if the white house keeps stalling. On efforts to coordinate a response and Business Owners in the north bay say they are fed up with the states covid restrictions, how indoor businesses will have to go back to service in customers outdoors. And get ready pretty serious storm headed our way we will track that storm let you know how much rain you can expect and giraffes coming up next. In just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. The north bay Solano County has moved from the red to the purple tier on the states covid watchlist and that means no restrictions for indoor businesses under were talking about businesses like restaurants gyms hair salons they will have to move customers outside again. Churches will have to stop indoor services. The owner of a specialty all of oil shop in benicia says going back to the purple tier is bad news, but on the other hand theyve been through this before. We have an Online Presence and we have for almost 16 years. We also have our front door anchor pick up. So we are not going to be as concerned were still going to have the safety for our customers. County officials reminding everybody again take the changes seriously keep Wearing Masks and stay socially distance happening. Tomorrow in Contra Costa County the board of supervisors will consider extending an order that stops evictions for small Business Owners, this is for Small Businesses affected by the pandemic if the supervisors do not extend this order. It will expire at the end of this month we will bring you the outcome on the results of the supervisors decision right here on kron 4 news tomorrow. And those towering king tides there back youre looking some here the huge waves crashing into the california coastline all day and they will continue in some places until tomorrow king tides happened when the sun moon earth are in alignment with the moon closest to earth and that creates a big gravitational pull resulting in the big big waves surfers out love this. But of course they can also be really dangerous and cause coastal flooding. The waves can reach up to 7 feet. Speaking have waves lets take another look at our 4 zone forecast lawrence has some rain in the certainly do and certainly that can the king tides tune, youll see some of the water to get the wind strong enough. Little below the water out there on the embarcadero those tides are high enough as well so something to watch out for weve got storm clouds gathering now it looks like more of those clouds going to be rolling in not today though we had a spectacular day what a day we have temperatures moving up in the 60s and the 70s outside very nice couple whether some high clouds though just begin the scorchers sky but well see more of that on the way temperatures though pretty impressive 68 degrees in San Francisco today, 75 degrees in oakland that was one of the warm spots, 74 in san jose 67 degrees in live more sick 9 in concord and 71 degrees in santa rosa. Now that storm not that far away and certainly it is going to pack a punch as it makes its way into the bay area right now most that energy headed up in the Pacific Northwest not seeing the main cold front just yet that is off the coastline. So few high clouds out there right now as we look toward your skies with the Doppler Radar were staying dry at the moment, but be prepared for some significant rain moving through tomorrow. In fact if youre out there on the road especially toward the middle of the day its going to be little bit rough out there as the rain is really going to be coming down. Winds begin to blow offshore in response to that low thats approaching the coastline. And its going to really start to whip those winds are going to be very blustery i think as we head toward tomorrow afternoon tonight, well notice those winds picking up theres a slight chance you may begin to see a few showers develop late tonight early tomorrow morning in parts of northern Sonoma County parts of northern moran. Tomorrow cloudy, windy and wet stormy start to the week that looks like this weekend we watched things had the other direction again settle down and we dry things out but the storm system off the coastline there it is approaching the coast. It is going to begin to drop in tomorrows High Pressure kicks east that is going to kick up the rain and the wind and it is going to be blustery around the bay area. All that rain though lets time now for as yyull see it making its way in toward the north bay first just after 8 oclock in the morning look at santa rosa. You could get hit by hard by that front by about 8 oclock in the morning tomorrow, then about the middle of the day it sets itself up across much of the central day right through the heart of the bay area and then by the afternoon a slide down into the south bay so everybody is going to get rain may be seen as much as half an inch, maybe an inch and a half the higher peaks along the Coastal Range is so really nice. A rain event coming our way and Everybody Needs it and we all need yes like this is a rain event right, thank well one 3rd of adults are obese. This is according to 2 new studies and with obesity being one of the factors which increases the impact of covid19 doctors are concerned about this new data cater kaye has more from indiana. Indiana doctors are concerned about the combination of obesity in covid19 obesity causes inflammation across the body and increases immune dysfunction parkview healths doctor ryan singer may even cause obesity a disease. When you take somebody who is already sick theres already compromise and then you add a dynamic disease like covid to it. Its a lot like striking a match throwing it into a dry forests guaranteed to start a wildfire. But youre pretty darned close expecting it. More