dan joins us now live in rohnert park tonight with more dan. >>well vicki that fine was for a $1000 and it was because this mary's pizza shack didn't have it outdoor dining tent set up correctly, the owner of this restaurant says the covid-19 rules and restrictions have been frustrating to go through and he is seeking better guidance from local leaders. outdoor dining has become crucial for restaurants to survive the covid-19 crisis but not setting it up precisely can be costly 11 year owner of this mary's pizza shack found that out the hard way i'm losing money. >>i am losing callie williamson's restaurant was fined a $1000 because this outdoor dining tent had 3 sites closed around the tables went under state rules only one side can be down to allow for sufficient airflow rohnert park compliance officer warned williamson about the issue and then later find him and just been very frustrating, nobody's really told me what is sufficient airflow. >>what are they looking for. i don't i don't want to make an unsafe place for my customers and i wante

we had like 0.04 hit the bucket in rohnert park, that was the wettest spot.tly sunny, breezy and keeler. cooler and clear with breezy areas tonight. so the frosty weather will wait until friday, saturday, sunday morning. we'll have a warming trend during the afternoon hours. you can see the bowl of cold air filtering into our neighborhoods now. the winds are due to pick up now that the sun is about to come up in the next couple of hours. about 10 to 20 miles per hour this afternoon. 60 to 65 from san francisco to fairfield. mid to upper 50s along the coast. tonight, sheltered valleys up in the north bay and the east bay in the 30s. the rest of us in the 40s. one of the milder nights moving forward. it will be cooler with that dry air, clear conditions for friday morning, saturday morning and sunday morning. we'll see a bit of a rebound in the high temperatures back into the low to mid 60s. there's the possibility of a few upper 60s saturday and sunday up in the north bay as the winds will blow out of the northeast. a slight chance of sprinkles monday night in

overnight covid curfew many people are just still you know confused about the current there's a rohnert park restaurant that was fined by the city for violating virus rules kron four's dan thorn talks with the owner of that restaurant who says he plans to fight the fight. >>that fine was for a $1000 and it was because this mary's pizza shack didn't have its outdoor dining tent set up correctly. the owner of the restaurant says the rules have been confusing and frustrating and he seeking better guidance from local leaders outdoor dining has become crucial for restaurants to survive the covid-19 crisis but not setting it up precisely can be costly 11 year owner of this mary's pizza shack found that out the hard losing money. >>i am losing callie williamson's restaurant was fined a $1000 because this outdoor dining tent had 3 sites closed around the tables went under state rules only one side can be down to allow for sufficient airflow rohnert park compliance officer warned williamson about the issue and then later find him and he's just been very frustrating, nobody's really told me what is su

a frost advisory at 3:00 tomorrow morning through 9:00 for rohnert park, san rafael, napa.he accuweather seven-day forecast, our windy day, our frosty night, and cold mornings continue with afternoon temperatures getting warmer then clouding up late thursday to friday, with possible shower chances into next weekend, jobina. >> thank you, lisa. >>> vice president elect kamala harris's proud history it's rising. the pain is coming. but you can work out anything wowith comcast business.w. get fast, reliable, and secure internet on the nation's largest gig speed network. flexible tools - like wi-fi you control. voice solutions that connect you from anywhere. and expert advice here, here, or even here. be fast. be flexible. bounce forward with comcast business. get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just $64.90 a month. plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a $300 prepaid card. call or go online today. >>> welcome back. vice president elect kamala harris cut here teeth in the san francisco and bay area political world. we're been going through our archive

the air, that could be consolidating on elevated surfaces in the form of frost especially around rohnert parkt's 30 and petaluma at 32. so you may have to scrape some ices off the windshield. hopefully no black ice develops. elsewhere we have 30s in the deepest inland east bay valleys, 40s around the bay and to the south bay and out towards the coast. here's your commute in the south bay. it looks dry out there. no mist hanging in the air. the frost is back. that's your biggest issue. it will be dry all day. it's colder this morning. need a heaviier coat. this afternoon will be milder. tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours, waves of light to moderate showers rolling in. today, not much in the way of cloud cover. there will be a few passing high clouds, but a day with sunglasses needed unlike yesterday. here we are tomorrow morning, waking up to mostly cloudy conditions, a little fog in the air. you can see by noon the showers light green to yellow, moderate moving into the north bay and through the heart of the bay as we head into hours and then by tomorrow or saturday morning it's alread

out the documents for the appeal and he's hoping to come out on the winning end, reporting in rohnert park dan thorn kron 4 news. >>still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news, san francisco police working right now to keep shoppers safe this holiday season. we'll have details on a new campaign that's bringing back retired officers to help make it happen. like 2 to 3 years. >>and 30 years later, this oakland native now making history we're going to meet the first woman to lead the california highway patrol and it's friday, good weather to be getting out there today as a foe is nice and clear and that's the way the bay area stays this afternoon abundant sunshine expected 50's and 60's for your highs, your forecast is ahead. >>good weather, good traffic all say that's a winning combination right. no problems here at the bay toll plaza into san francisco on this night since food for 80 will check more bridges coming up. you love your pet...but hate wearing their hair. did you know that your clothes can actually attract pet hair? with new bounce pet hair & lint guard, your clothes can repel p

advisory for frost tonight in much of the north bay in a mill valley, the bottle santa rosa sonoma rohnert parkealdsburg napa saying alina yeah it's going to be cold again there tonight maybe not as chilly. but these numbers cold enough likely to see some frost early on tomorrow morning. numbers like this down about freezing in santa rosa, 30 to 34 in the napa valley about 36 degrees and 35 in the bottle 37 o'clock of are low. 36 a little more lot of 40's inside the bay, so they start to get a little more active out there in the pacific we've seen these cold system dropping in out of the gulf of alaska bring in a few scattered light showers over the weekend and then we've got another weak cold front kind of slide then another low off the coastline that will factor in weather with a few more clouds by tomorrow afternoon. temperature a little cool if you're headed out the door bundle up the numbers begin to drop off the drop off in a hurry tonight again 54 degrees in berkeley, 54 degrees in petaluma right now 58 degrees in santa rosa. but looks like tonight, you'll see some partly cloudy frosty i

sent out the documents for the appeal and he's hoping to come out on the winning end reporting in rohnert park dan thorn kron 4 news. >>7.11 is the time still ahead on the kron 4 morning news sluggish and incompetent that's how one state lawmakers describing the employment development department after it exposed millions of social security numbers of you're constantly on the go, on the clock, and on your way. hang on a second. what's the rush? know the speed limit, go the speed limit, and slow the fast down. go safely, california. we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. the samsung air fry oven space-savingving, holiday-meal-making wonder. a gift for your kitchen brings joy to all. shop the full samsung suite of kitchen appliances now at lowe's. take a quick break,ite, jump on a quick call. next time you take a quick trip, how about this? take a second, take your time, and slow the fast down. go safely, california. >>welcome back it is 7.13 right now all there's don't

>>police in rohnert park and arrested a man on suspicion of sexually assaulting children. and investigators believe there could be more victims 68 year-old dana mcgowan is facing dozens of charges, including 16 counts of acts with a child under the age of 10. he is also facing multiple charges of lewd acts with a child and 8 counts of child abuse. if your children have ever been cared for by mcallen you're being asked to give police a call. the san francisco board of supervisors has voted to ban natural gas in new buildings, starting in 2021. the ordinance requires new construction to utilize only electric power. city leaders say natural gas is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in san francisco. and poses a major health risks, the city had already banned natural gas for any new city owned building. the city of berkeley than natural gas in new buildings last year. >>that video is out of south florida tonight people i guess you could say making the most out of flooded roadways caused by tropical storm beta using the suv here to tow an inflatable pool floa

you're for a very cold when you get through mill valley, the bottle santa's rose up in healdsburg rohnert park sonoma lail benicia fairfield napa sailing also in a vacaville in pittsburgh. you get the idea we're looking at some very cold temperatures outside in these places freezing temperatures the coldest numbers you seen in quite some time in fact overnight lows may be down to about 29 degrees tonight that is cold in santa rosa 32 degrees in the napa valley you're going to see some spots in and around these are especially in the north bay going of course see the frost early on in the morning, the chilly temperatures to go along with that maybe a little black ice, although there's not a ton of moisture off the roadways. but certainly yeah, it looks like all of a sudden we've got some wintry weather that is finally affecting the bay area in california, not a good time for some much heat to go out. >>terrible time for somebody to go out catherine you have to get those gap of tonight. yeah, something all right. thank you still ahead of the holiday season is just around the corner we have. >>tra

addison gets to enjoy fantastic weather in rohnert park saturday, sunshine and temperatures warming up from the chilly start in the north bay up into the mid-60s by saturday afternoon. that's where most of us will end up which leaves us 3 to 6 degrees above average. normal highs across the bay area, right around 60 degrees in late november and we'll exceed that by roughly 4 or 5 degrees in most locations tomorrow right around 60 along the coast with low to mid-60s for the south bay and into the santa clara valley, low to mid- 60s for the tri-valley, not a huge difference heading farther inland. eastern contra costa and solano counties won't be dramatically warmer. temperatures around the bay itself low to mid-60s with mid- and a few upper 60s for the north bay and one of the warmer spots is farther north into mendocino and lake counties and cloverdale in the neighborhood at least of 70 degrees. temperatures might be a degree warmer sunday, not much in the way of ups and downs in temperatures the next seven days and not much in the way of rain chances at all. we continue to hope for tha

>>in the north bay police in rohnert park have arrested a man on suspicion of sexually assaulting childrennd investigators believe there could be more victims, 68 year-old anna mcgowan. is facing dozens of charges now including 16 counts of acts with a child under the age of 10. he's also facing multiple charges of lewd acts with a child and 8 counts of child abuse. if your children have ever been cared for by him, you're asked to give police a call. in the south bay, san jose police now investigating it's 38 homicide of the year yesterday morning police responded to a report of a shooting near mckee road in el rancho verde drive. when officers arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound that man was taken to a nearby hospital, but unfortunately died. the identity of the victim hasn't been made public just yet anyone with information on what happened is asked to call police. >>another surge in coronavirus nationwide panic shopping has returned to a grocery store near you it's something that we've seen before christina galvin has a look at what's in short supply now. >>scramblin

investigation is now underway by the highway patrol and the solano county district attorney's office in rohnert park, a man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting children and investigators believe there could be more victims this is picture 68 year-old a gallon. >>he's facing dozens of charges, including 16 counts of acts with a child under the age of 10 he's also facing multiple charges of lewd acts with a child and 8 counts of child abuse. anyone with children who are cared for by dana mcgowan or terry a gallon is urged to contact police still had a burns and property damage amazon issuing a major doorbell recall because of an installation issues plus with the recent drop in temperatures hardware stores in the bay area are reporting a shortage of outdoor heaters as bad news for restaurants relying on that outdoor service how businesses must now think outside the box. >>as more businesses rely on outdoor services to stay open the big drop in temperatures has created an increase in demand for. >>patio heaters yes, they are now in short supply kron forcefully to god talked with a loca

tonight, 3:00 in the morning to 9:00 tomorrow for san rafael, petalu petaluma, santa rosa, nevada, rohnert park seven showing you moisture offshore, kind of the same path the system yesterday took but it is snowing in the mountains about seven inches at lake level, and looking at the sierra snow, all the way down to yosemite, and that winter storm warning and the winter weather advisory continuing throughout the day today. there's the moisture and the cold air continuing to be driven down from an upper level low, sutro tower a little hazy out there. 50 in the city. 51 in san jose. half moon bay good morning it is 50. this is our east bay hills cam camera, looking at a pretty start to the day but it's cold. you'll have more wind today for our friends in livermore and pleasant hill. 46 by the delta. it is 51 in concord and 47 in livermore and finally at the beach, it's 50 degrees. the winds though here up to 35 and even 40 miles an hour through the afternoon in santa cruz. so the wind advisory today is for the hills and the upper elevations but it's windy everywhere. it will last until early tomo

. >> reporter: this happened in rohnert park. the restaurants everywhere are throwing up canopies, tarps, intent, trying to serve outdoors in bad weather. code enforcement is local. >> this is the tent that i got fined $2000 for. >> reporter: when last week's rain started to pelt the patio tent, he lowered two sides, and left an 18 inch gap. a statement that is what they're looking for. you want to make sure they have ventilation. >> reporter: figuring they met they guidelines and people dry. the code enforcement, after two visits, cited the pizza shack $1000 because it they wanted the flaps wide open. >> i was stunned. i did not even know to say to the guy. it was so unbelievable to me. i am losing money. i am trying my best. i had to be creative and figure out how to survive.>> reporter: they have been forced to make choices and figure it out on their own. they have done the best they can.>> reporter: the business community found little consistency on how restaurants should winterize. across the bay area, tents and canopies abo

just below freezing in some parts of the north bay that includes mill valley, nevado santa rosa rohnert park healdsburg sonoma and all the way up the napa valley too so a cold start the morning tomorrow early on before we see a few more clouds coming our way of some cooler temperatures into the afternoon tomorrow numbers for overnight lows 32 degrees and freezing in santa rosa about 36 degrees and low 37 in concord 36 in little more inside the bay are looking at those temperatures moderating a little bit tonight mainly in the 40's out there right now we've got a lot of clouds moving in overhead temperatures in the 50's outside but because the clouds up above that's going hold up the temperatures just a little bit get active out there though in the pacific look at that we've got one system off the coastline. we've got another one developing there in the gulf of alaska, we're going to see those starting to move in toward the bay area in fact maybe a little drizzle out there for that we've got a weak cold front kind of fall apart as it moves on by the next one that's been off the coastline. not

a lot of fog up there in the napa valley and up towards santa rosa and rohnert park. and that area.emperatures all over the map. mainly 40s there. you can see we have 39 in san ramon. most of us in the 40s until you get around alameda, san francisco and daly city. let's talk about your commute as we look at clear skies from san jose. we're looking at a few high clouds to the north. gorgeous as they're being uplit by the impending nre. other than that a quiet commute. let's talk about tomorrow. here we are at 4:00, drizzle in the north bay, it quickly becomes light to moderate rain by 9:00. northern half of the bay area will be wet by the end of the commute. all of us are wet by noon. by the evening commute leftover slick spots and wetness on the roads as we turn to scattered light showers. that will continue heading through wednesday into wednesday afternoon. and then it starts to taper quickly wednesday evening. we'll look at those rainfall amounts because this is a pretty healthy storm coming up. we want to get over to jobina and talk about a dry commute this morning. >> thank you

and police over in rohnert park have arrested a man on suspicion of sexually assaulting children. investigators believe there could be more victims 68 year-old a gallon is facing dozens of charges, including 16 counts of acts with a child under the age of 10. he's 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, here's a live look at downtown san francisco kron four's mabrisa rodriguez is here with the fort with a look at our forecast and how does it how it feels out there, it's beautiful memories of it kind of chilly right. >>yeah, we're 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 we're tracking mid 50's for those of you in downtown san francisco upper 50's for san jose in the south

we did have 0.004 inches of rain tip the bucket in rohnert park, otherwise drizzle above 2,000 feet. 7, it looks quiet out there as far as the fog gets up in the north bay and it's thick along 101. unlike most days, the winds will pick up as we head through the morning commute. this should push it to the south and thin it and eventually evaporate it quicker because of those winds. all right. those winds are going to usher in a bit cooler weather today under a mostly sunny sky. mid to upper 50s along the coast. 60 to 63 for the rest of us. i'll have the update on a breezy thanksgiving forecast coming up. here is kumasi with the top headline today. >>> today is expected to be a busy day at airplanes nationwide. millions of people are traveling for thanksgiving

you can see we're definitely freezing cold anywhere from ukiah to santa rosa to rohnert park to petalumanovato all the way down to san rafael. so hopefully you have everything protected this morning. and to add a little insult to injury, not necessarily -- let's not put it that way. just make it enhance the experience, how about that, the winds are up a little bit. so it feels even cooler than that in some areas. all right. so 55 at half moon bay. everybody else around 58 to 61 this afternoon. little more sunshine. calmer than yesterday. >> thank you. >>> this morning president-elect joe biden is focusing on what's next after a contentious battle for the presidency, he's now looking at how to best tackle coronavirus. abc news reporter alex bresher has more. >> reporter: with the election behind him, joe biden is setting his focus on what will be the biggest early challenges of his presidency, the coronavirus. he announced his covid task force this morning. biden named vivek murthy and david kessler among those to lead the group with plans to double the number of testing sites and invest

we're not only seeing freezing temperatures in the north bay, look at these 20s in rohnert park. 27, seeing freezing cold temperatures in places like lafayette and also san ramon. some of my friends on twitter are saying we're scraping our windshields down in san jose. so neighborhoods down there it's obviously below freezing. not in san francisco, it's 49. temperatures today with a few high clouds and sunshine. 58 to 62 for the bay and inland neighborhoods. we'll talk more about the freezing cold temperatures and i found another chance of rain coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> all right. thank you. >>> this morning president-elect joe biden is focusing on what's next after a contentious battle for the presidency, he's now looking at how to best tackle coronavirus. abc news reporter alex bresher has more. >> reporter: with the election behind him, joe biden is setting his focus on what will be the biggest early challenges of his presidency, the coronavirus. he's set to announce his covid task force this morning. biden expected to name vivek murthy and david kessler amon

. >>> in the north bay, rohnert park officials handed out their first fine for a business not following regulations. >> i rolled out some of the sides of my back patio, i took the sides along here so i rolled them down so there was 18 inches of open air. >> cully williamson is the owner of mary's pizza shack. he thought he was complying with regulations to keep three sides of a tented area open. apparently the 18 inches of open space was not enough. merchants say the requirements are not nearly specific enough. >> it's not about the 1,000 bucks, it's about being fair with all of our restaurant owners throughout sonoma county. >> in the north bay and across the state restaurant owners say rules and enforcement should be consistent. >>> ski season starts today in the sierra. resorts like northstar are welcoming guests back. you have to wear a face covering and maintain social distancing, and a new reservation system will limit the number of people on the slopes. >> we're really confident we'll be able to accommodate guests when they would like to ski for the vast majority of days. >> i'm

in rohnert park six-year 8 year-old a gallon faces dozens of charges tonight accused of sexually assaulting children under the age of 10. investigators say they believe there could be more victims out there. anyone who has children who might have been cared for by dana or terry a gallon art are urged to call police san jose police are now required to expedite public release of police body cam video in high-profile cases. >>the city council approved that new policy last night kron four's gayle ong reports from san jose. >>instead of police having the final say it will now be up to city leaders to decide what video will be released this is the police body camera video that prompted the new policy in san jose to quickly release body camera footage approved tuesday night, yes. >>rain us, yes. >>only the new policy comes after a push from their sam licardo requesting police video of this incident a protest in san jose sparked by the death of george floyd hopefully this will be another step in our. >>after to continue to to trust it took san jose police for months to release the footage. >>a dela