Now its 3 the first significant real rain fall of the season, the bay area seeing a cold front move in and across the region as we europe for a couple days of wet weather. Thank you for joining us this tuesday november 17th im Sanaz Tahernia now lets get right to it and just see how much rainfall has accumulated in the bay area with this storm and our kron fours meteorologist dave spahr hes in the Weather Center tracking those showers for us today. He said i was looking afternoon and good afternoon, everybody live shot that you saw there too as well was supposed to the alcatraz island, but of course for the rain situation going on. Pretty much obscured by all of this moisture here stormtracker 4 live and in person it looks like its starting to break up in the north bay and its been like this all day true to fashion starts up in the north bay starts filling out midday and now getting into the south bay little bit. Although the amounts are not as generous down south. Current look at the winds because this is going to be with us into tomorrow to on shore into the teens but we did see some 20s but no wind advisory because its not Strong Enough or long enough. Weve got upper 50s lower 60s over most of the region. Quick look ahead, we see temperatures stay in the upper 50s to near about 60 we make a little break with the rain before the scattered showers kick off again stormtracker 4 you get a general idea where the heaviest rain is compared be speaking. Theres another batch upstream here thats going to be a player as we get into late tonight and into tomorrow so were not retiring the rain entirely. After today or this afternoon and evening futurecast rain totals we zeroed out from this point forward so as we take into about 6 oclock potential to pick up about a dime or so out of San Francisco east bay shoreline a little bit better pocket change than that but then you can see to the south bay very modest. Despite what you see on radar because raiders looking aloft here and some of that rain has trouble reaching the ground into the valleys, lets go all the way out as you can see until wednesday over that 1 oclock am actually there you can see the coverage not much were going to add to tonight so putting it into motion, the heavier rain sinking south just after the evening commute, most of the bay is going to be left with those scattered showers late tonight into early tomorrow morning with scattered showers company with that and that may linger a little bit into the early afternoon. I want to jump real quick to those winds because notice the arrows are all pointing due south and southwest. They stay that way throughout the tonight rather into tomorrow they actually pick up a little bit watch this wednesday afternoon in the east bay and up there to Solano County and stay in the 20 mile per hour range well that more for you coming up in just a bit thats the big story for sure well check in with you in a bit day now we go to Contra Costa County restaurants have been required. To have customers outside because of covid restrictions and the return of the rain is making things even harder for Business Owners everywhere kron fours Charles Clifford joins us live in lafayette charles, what is the mood out there i cant imagine it being a very good considering these new restrictions. Well you know if youre worried about fire season fires, this rain is fantastic. Its basically you know fire season ending kind of storm. That is good however if you run a business is being impacted by the recent changes in the coronavirus rules meaning you have to keep your customers outside its not so great and a lot of places are trying to figure out how to move forward. In this new environment. In downtown lafayette on tuesday, a heavy rain started falling around noon the Outdoor Dining tables along mount diablo boulevard were mostly empty during the lunch hour was too cold to eat outside a new coronavirus restrictions in Contra Costa County ema customers can dine indoors either at mileys kitchen, the wind battered their tents in the parking lot in a single customer sat on the patio. A longtime waitress lori johnson says that the new coronavirus restrictions in the Winter Weather makes them nervous about the months ahead, but gives them hope is theyre loyal customers who are in there, you know we we always we wish for more, i know businesses are struggling in. Were grateful for everything that we have that comes our way and we got repeat customers that love us because weve been around for a long time lori says that even if customers dont want to sit outside they can still pick up to go orders, she doesnt know when this will end, but they hope to welcome people back inside soon weve gone through a lot with you know covid in the fires in. Now were the weather the extreme weather coming up in the winter and weve got rain coming today. All right back live now other is rain for the rest of the day into the forecast for at least maybe half of tomorrow, but for now in the east bay Charles Clifford kron 4 thank you for that and stay a dry out there. Contra costa county is a once again back in the most restrictive purple tier of californias blueprint for a safer economy. Health officials there are encouraging families preparing to gather for the thanksgiving holiday to include getting tested for covid19 however we do want to emphasize the gatherings are still strongly discouraged kron fours Haaziq Madyun has more. This thanksgiving families in contra costa cointy. Can now add getting tested for covid19 to their holiday to do list the free testing opportunity is part of Contra Costa HealthServices Testing before turkey campaign. Anyone who lives or works in Contra Costa County can get access to nocost convenient covid19 testing at any of our 13 Community Testing sites while inviting everyone you gather with to get tested doesnt guarantee that your safety. It can reduce the risk and its a smart added protection to safely celebrating during the Holidays HealthOfficials Say testing for covid before gathering for turkey will help reduce the spread of the virus in Contra Costa County which has experienced twice as many daily cases of covid19 over the past 14 days and most concerning the number of people hospitalized with and due to covid19 Contra Costa County. Has more than doubled during that period. The free covid19 testing is available now through next wednesday the day before thanksgiving and is scheduled to pick up again the day after the holiday and continue through the weekend for more Information ContactContra Costa Health services Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. Once again we do want to remind you that family gatherings are strongly discouraged. And now in the north a Marion County has been moved to the red tier only allowing restaurants to serve people outdoors but with the rain today and the colder temperatures ahead this winter. Its going to difficult for restaurants to survive. Many eateries in downtown mill valley have heat lamps or tense, but that might not be enough to entice people to eat out in the coming weeks. The restrictions in the red tier include limiting capacity, retail shops and indoor malls to 50 . Museums places of worship in movie theaters capped at 25 capacity and gyms at 10 . Now is the panic buying or are people simply stop and stocking up for the holidays, maybe its a little bit of both, but there are signs but the resurgence of the pandemic and tighter Health Orders in addition to the efforts to get people to stay home have them stocking up on groceries and other necessities. Kron fours rob fladeboe has more for us on the story now live from san jose rob. Its right sanaas im here at the omen in plaza in south san jose theres a costco over here yonder and i can tell you you know i shop at this mall, occasionally and i can tell you that the parking lot here today it was just gridlock here as the heading to that costco just at the end of off the causeway here. Lets take a look at some video here and take a close look at the shopping carts people coming out of a costco with a huge shopping carts loaded with stuff and one thing seems to be conspicuously absent here and that would be toilet paper. The paper and other paper products, a paper towels napkins in like a customers telling me that the story is soldout of these products its my understanding that the the Company Still has some lingering supply chain issues left over from the pandemic last spring when the pandemic was raging that it that people were hoarding toilet paper and other products evidently it may be happening again as you said, though it may be a little early to make that call since the new tighter restrictions just kick in today. But lets shift gears here visit another store, this is the isnt ottos of family market the one in willow glen there, several stores in san jose. And im happy to report that they do have plenty of toilet paper on hand theyre telling me that theyre just like people that the store to have been socking up and planning for Something Like this. Theyre also telling me that these new tighter Restrictions Mean people are going to be cooking from home here during the holidays in the next several the demand for groceries or going out, other than toilet paper they do tell me that there a few cleaning products are still in short supply so theyre limiting people to one per customer some of those items but to other than that no panic buying setting in so far as to not back out here at costco i can tell you one other item may be in short supply here at least at this particular store is bottled water customers telling me that the story here as a limit of one a case of bottled per member Going Forward. It may just be the store, im not sure i did speak with one other person who i noticed had a couple of big packages those multi role toilet paper in the back of their car and said that they had gotten that one at the costco overrun connell road. So it may be that these shortages from one store to the next and not across the board but in any case as soon as maybe a little panic buying a maybe just a little bit of stocking up ahead of the holidays in light of these new stricter covid19 a stay at home orders live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Only time will tell rob. Thank you for that. Now weve gone over several counties so heres a closer look at what the ones that have moved into the purple tier in Alameda County restrictions will go into effect at midnight wednesday. Restrictions in Contra Costa CountySanta Clara County and Solano County are now in effect napa will go into the purple tier at midnight wednesday in Sonoma County has been in the purple tier since september. And the California Department of Public Health has revised the states face mask order now everyone over the age of 2 must wear a Face Covering outside of their home in most situations. Heres a look at the specific exemptions to the mandate includes driving in your car or only with members of your household working in an office or room alone, eating or drinking if you are 6 feet away from people who are not in your household and if you are if you are outside and 6 feet away from people not in your household, you are able to not wear your mask. Now if youre painting a service involving the nose or face and must remove their mask. Briefly obviously dont need to wear one at that point and workers who are required to wear respiratory protection, certain people are also exempt from the mandate includes anyone under 2 years of age people with medical condition Mental Health condition, or disability that prevents them from wearing a Face Covering people who are hearing impaired or communicating with the person who is hearing impaired and if wearing a Face Covering would create a risk for yourself at work. Now these Face Coverings must cover both the nose and the mouth at the same time to be effective for full list of the mandate and its exceptions go to our website kron 4 dot com. And that some breaking news we want to tell you about just in to kron 4 iowa senator Chuck Grassley grassley has tested positive for the coronavirus grassley announced earlier today that hes quarantining after being exposed to the virus and was waiting for the test results. He now tweeted that he has tested positive. The 87 yearold senator did not say however how he was exposed, but he was in the senate and voting just yesterday. Grassley is the longest serving republican senator and 3rd in the line of prison president ial succession. Much more ahead here on kron 4 news at 3 including a newly released photos of search for a motorcyclist was severely injured a 90 yearold pedestrian. Plus the warning Public Health experts have for young adults who want to see their friends and family this holiday season. A new cell phone data helping stanford researchers determine the effectiveness of restrictions in place during the pandemic that story coming up. They were keeping tabs on the rain here it is on Storm Tracker 4 with the heaviest stuff early in the far east a Higher Elevations out of the senate. Whats going on up to your weekend weve got the 4 theres no bad time to start at amazon. I like the flexibility. It also allows for picking up shifts. Safety comes first, speed comes second. Safety. Safety. Safety. Were making sure that somebody is getting their very important items. It makes me very happy. A newly released study from stanford is showing the effectiveness of restrictions that have been put in place during the pandemic kron fours noelle bellow joins us now live with more on those findings. Noel. Thats right as a team of researchers used cell phone mobility data to analyze and understand how human contact and traveling to places like restaurants parks and Grocery Stores affect covid case numbers they modeled 10 of the largest metropolitan areas in the u. S. Including here in San Francisco and using the cell phone data of 98 million americans they were able to create an accurate model to predict the flow of the pandemic the approach also allowed them to simulate various types of reopening strategies and they found that if we hadnt decreased mobility in those first few months of the pandemic about one 3rd of the entire population in the 10 largest u. S. Cities would have been infected. They say their findings show strong evidence of the efficacy of those initial stay at home orders and the need for continued restrictions on businesses. Is not whole lot of nothing type of a solution that they can reopen defend places to be fun. And most off maximum occupancy our simulations show that the reopen the economy up to 20 . All maximum occupancy of different places. The stock up and he would some of these they would lose out 40 of but he would be able to about 80 of the infections seem we providing the florida ap on the funny see a few to be making a finegrained because what the show is that the opening economy, possible and if you do it right way businesses can said wife you can be fighting the virus. Now the study also looked at neighborhoods and found people in low income neighborhoods werent able to reduce their mobility as much as others which caused case rates to be higher there. Im going to have more on this coming up on kron 4 news at 5. The full interview regarding the study can also be found on our streaming service kron on you can download that for free in your app store sauce. Thank you know well. Now of our top stories today is the rainfall across the bay area look at these viewer pictures that we received of wind damage in the early hours in downtown saratoga tables down 10s coming down in all directions and toppled over just one more bad thing to add it to 2020 and these already struggling restaurants. Now about a quarter after 3 o but 20 minutes after 3 and were talking all things rain and wind stormtracker fours on your screen showing the rain moving across the bay area this afternoon. At a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge just a friendly reminder to slow down and take your time as you start to head home this afternoon now as the roads will slick and speaking of that rain lets check in with the expert kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr he is in our Weather Center. Tracking the first significant rainfall for the bay area and the windshield wipers and the light same time we get to do that. But sometimes yes, heres what it looks like stormtracker for the heaviest rain. At this hour appears to be in the far east bay and little bit in the Santa Cruz Mountains we havent picked up a whole lot from this a lot of bay area locations as an average picking up about a quarter of an inch of rain thus far theres more yet still to come these noting about you heard about this earlier weve already seen them in the teens and some lower 20s. Were probably going to see him a little bit more intense, it looks like for tomorrow with less in the way of rain much more scattered shower event. Temperatures harvey budget all there you got cloudy skies with little bit of a break