possibly stewing sonoma county's status in the purple tier. now they are recounting two weeks of the last testing and resubmitting. >> we weren't getting the proportionate benefit we thought we should have for the actions we were taking. >> reporter: in sonoma county covid-19 has taken a terrible economic toll and cost 20,000 jobs and more than $1.5 billion in lost income. >> normally we would have the patio full and probably half of the inside. >> reporter: at the sky lounge in sonoma county airport steve wall is fortunate to still be working even part-time as an assistant manager. 38 of his co-workers lost their jobs here due to covid. it is california's only commercial restaurant in an airport that cannot have inside dining. jim goff, who owns the place, has been hamstrung by the purple tier. >> right now it's day to day and weather related. we're hanging on by threads. >> reporter: as this county, not down for the count yet, but definitely recounting those tests and hoping for a better tier by thanksgiving. in sonoma county, wayne friedman

next year, the woeft sonoma unified school district is looking hard at closing this campus and moving ali high seven miles away. >> we're rivals, and why -- it's honestly astonishing to me that the fact that the schools coming together is even an option because the cultures are so different. >> reporter: the irony is this used to be a one high school community. when the two high schools split off in 1965, people were upset. it was about pop ulation then. essentially it's about population now and money. and the district says saving programs. >> band, art, dance, agriculture. >> reporter: jeannie bassett fernandez chairs the school board. she says bringing el molino into an ali will save $2 million and keep the district in the black. >> for our state to be 41st in the nation with dollars spent on children in school is absolutely ludicrous. >> reporter: but there are more issues about how this came about. el molino resents the board began discussing this issue three weeks ago and appears to be a fait accompli. book lynn's mother says they've not had a say. >> i think three weeks notice o

sonoma county is close behind. roughly one out of every 3,300 people in the county have died from covid-19. >> we've been serving many of our families recently where the loved one has died due to covid-19. >> reporter: close to 20% of the deaths reported are in santa rosa where the rate of transmission is flagged as active and spreading. >> we know it will only get more difficult before it gets better. >> reporter: he owns the oldest funeral home in sonoma county. the chapel of the roses. he's serving entire families who have been infwekd the virus. he said it has caused a delay in burial and cremation services. >> we've been working with a lot of families. keeping loved ones in our care for a much longer period of time, waiting for they will on quarantine so they go spent time with their loved one before a burial or cremation. it adds another challenge for us. something that we feel is important. >> especially important now. as families grieving may not be abe to say goodbye. just like carter. >> she was off and o

northern sonoma county you might see a few showers and clouds to wrap up the weekend. the pattern shift once we leave the weekend, notice how the storm track starts to drop to the south. and just like that, more significant rainfall could be making a comeback to the bay area for this incoming storm pattern, we could see maybe an inch or two of rain, especially around some of the north bayhill tops. we'll take a closer look at that and the timeline to more significant rain in our forecast, coming up in about eight minutes. back to you. >> we'll see you then. thank you so much. >>> here is another great resource for you, weapon the wet weather coming. you can get updates on the rain as it moves in. just make sure you download our nbc bay area app. it is free. you can get forecasts tailored to your neighborhood. >>> a troubling surge of new coronavirus cases continues across the country. the united states now has more than 10.3 million cases, more than any other country. india is in second with 8.6 million. brazil with 5.6 million cases. doctors say the u.s. could lower i

in sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. if you want to see where your county finds, you'll find this interactive ma tivive map on ab. >>> tomorrow, we're getting rain and boy, do we need it. look at the latest drought map of california. it was just released today. we put it next to last week's map and last year's map. we're starting to get some rain hopefully tomorrow >> not a lot of rain. on the abc 7 storm impact scale, it will start early in the morning in the north bay and start splitting to other areas in the afternoon or evening. light to moderate rainfall but periods of brief downpours forecast animation shows wet weather pushing into the north baby 10:00 tomorrow morning then by mid afternoon, it will be sweeping southward, eastward to other parts of the bay area and evening hours looks wet across the bay area. we'll get some wet weather maybe not as much as we hope for but it's a start. i'll have the full forecast a little later, dan and ama. >> thanks very much. >>> oakland reached a milestone this year nobody wan

meanwhile in sonoma county 65% of registered voters there have already cast their ballots. in person voting kicking off this weekend. kron four's gayle ong has the details from santa rosa. >>i'm here at the santa rosa moose lodge this is one of 30 locations where people can vote in person i spoke to one man who voted for the first time. election plotted exact lopez a newly naturalized citizen from bolivia south america who never had the opportunity to vote before i'm very happy. >>to have my boat now. yeah, i'm very excited to 2. to of course a cop so my boat plus hype. >>for better like the santa rosa resident says he wants a good future for the new generation he cast his ballot sunday afternoon with his daughter by his side, the kilo and her son ryan also voted early and building great feels good because every contributed the indoor voting site is stocked with hand sanitizer sanitizing wipes masks plexiglass and reminders to social distance voting by mail was encourage due to covid-19 but the process is not new for low and always have been millions and so i always waited

this is nothing more than a drop or 2 here it's nothing that's going to slow you down up and the sonoma county and solano counties that's where you are some areas of light rainfall mostly staying to the north the solano county if you are happy to be heading up i 5 or i 5 '05 watch out for some wet spots on the roadway there now when we zoom out across the region. this is when you truly get perspective on what is heading our way more widespread of rainfall across the northern tier of the state that will be pushing our direction a little bit later on and of course that also means snowfall in the sierra if your plans on heading that direction this weekend, especially today watch out for blowing snow and drifting snow as well as low visibility as will be a combination of snow and some high winds. wind warnings and advisories from 10:00am to 10:00pm tonight, it's been a much more mild start to this day, worse nice and calm right now nice and dry still in the 40's and 50's so a favorable commute into work like i mentioned just watch that travel back home. robin and slow your roll don't forget

sonoma and napa will be some of our breezier spots also fairly breezy unconquered livermore in san jose. so again, it's still good weather to get out there and just want to anticipate the potential catches that is strong wind could provide for you. now skies will remain beautiful unclear a very quiet picture in radar not just for the bay area. but all a quiet across the region even the northern tier of the state right against oregon, which saw a few isolated showers yesterday has really cleared up today, 30's 40's and 50's depending on where you're at san jose you're at 41. now you were in the upper 30's earlier palo alto in conquered egypt, 39 degrees currently along with cloverdale well petaluma and nevado as well as napa each in the 50's a lot of wear your temperatures at right now depends on the winds that you're seeing napa and santa rose or so much warmer than yesterday partly because it's a breezy morning for you. well oakland, a little bit calmer and just a touch cooler than at the same time 24 hours ago. later today, look for to highs in the mid 60's and this is not just for ou

despite that sonoma county's regional airport began a long awaited expansion today. they hope the airport finishes as covid-19 disappears. >> signs of covid times, they've not been good for sonoma county airport. >> it's been a complete disaster. >> he runs the restaurant here, the only one that doesn't allow inside dining. >> we would do an average of between three and h 00 a day. >> now? >> 25 to 40 people a day. >> why stick around? >> three, two, one. there's reason for hope in a symbolic ground breaking today. sonoma county airport has begun a massive terminal expansion. >> it's one of the greatest economic drivers north of the brimming. it's been a game changer for the entire north bay. >> it's a $30 million project. the government will pick up two-thirds of it. it will extend almost to here. >> what keeps you going? >> funding the restaurant itself. hoping that it's going to change and we'll get back to life as normal. >> here's how normal looked in 2019. half a million passengers per year in one of the nation's fastest growing airports. from 18 flights a day

also sonoma market and clover dairy. when we checked in with them this afternoon the line of cars was long and the enthusiasm for helping out the community was high.>> this year it is a drive- through. what we are trying to do is maintain the legacy of the thanksgiving dinner for the community. this is the only way we could do it this year. it's been a whole new experience. >> in addition to serving drive- up meals, dinners were also provided to homebound people and homeless people in the sonoma community.>>> in san mateo nearly 1000 community members received hot boxed holiday meals all thanks to samaritan house. they were prepared by volunteers and served at five different locations on the peninsula. the organization says the need for food is greater than ever right now because of the pandemic read samaritan houses they are supplying nearly double the amount of food than previous years and the numbers continue to climb. community leaders say the partnership between the city and the organization is vitally important. >>

and it's likely sonoma valley was one of them.ospital officials say they stopped the attack immediately but some patient information might have been compromised. they're doing a forensic investigation to find out who so they can notify those patients. >>> coming up, he's best known for bringing james bond to life on the screen. a look back at shawn connery's life. >>> and how last year's power outages are playing a role. >>> and we're seeing a warm halloween weekend around the bay area. but get ready for some welcome changes headed our way. notice next week. could see some rain and cooler temperatures. more about that in the forecast when we come right back. >>> okay. this was a close call at a south bay at&t store that's a yell hoe h -- yellow hummer that drove into the store today on capital expressway. you can see the destruction that the crash caused. big damage there. police say there were only minor injuries. no word on what led to the driver crashing into that store. >>> he was best known as bond, james bond. tonight, holly

sonoma county is the only bay area county that is still in the most restrictive purple tear . they are hoping they can make some and roads against their caseload and ultimately get into an easier tear or a less restrictive tear so that at least folks can dine indoors because at this point, there is zero indoor dining and it is getting really cold that outdoor seating. live in santa rosa, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> i'm anne makovec and we have been following this fire burning overnight at the georgia-pacific facility in san leandro. this is on alvarado street. it started at 11:30 last night and it really took off. there are pape or and chemical products in there so plenty of fuel for this fire. alameda county firefighters tweeted out a video right there. there are 50 of them on scene right now. and, santa rosa fire officials say two house fires they put out last night were caused by ceiling fires. the first one at the two-story home in charmaine drive took the second one on ronnie drive. everyone made it out safely but this is a reminder as we all liked up those fireplaces in th

you don't just -- you don't pick them up at the short hills mall williams sonoma. >> you buy furniturerom brands you trust. we are selling a lot online and selling a lot in stores. >> how about 3d and west elm now. i want to be able to visualize everything a few years ago you told us that you were going to get to great 3d are you now satisfied what you have we will never be dissatisfied because you can always do better we meat great progress in inspiring our customer online so they are not seeing a single product image with type but see that product and see it in other people's home through ugc and see it meoving and video and 3d in their own homes and it's coming together so you can make a better decision. >> people decided not to spend money going out and blowing money on vacation. we can't any way what they are doing, though, is buying higher quality even more expensive stuff. are you a beneficiary of the stay-at-home people who can't go out and waste a lot of money on a good dinner? >> well, it's definitely, you know, true that people are spending more time in their home and, there

now and very chilly, especially up in the north bay from sausalito through marin county on up into sonoma napa and solano counties we are in the midst of a combination of frost advisories and freeze warnings until 09:00am this morning. so still 3 solid hours ahead of us with temperatures subject to below freezing conditions right now doubling you're sitting right at freezing at 32 degrees livermore 35 conquered at 39, but up in the north bay, some below freezing temperatures santa rosa and fairfield now each in the 20's with each city at 29 degrees. napa and lean at 31 nevado in san anselmo each at 32 degrees right now so it is a cold start to this morning. as we mentioned you bundle up before you get out there robin great advice. thank you john checking in on the traffic and we have a little bit of a line here squeezing into san francisco we're taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the backup stretches beyond the over crossing so pretty sluggish year coming in. >>it's completely normal so no crashes no stalls in the mix we're doing fine at 11 minutes off to fremont street

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we have a fogged a v eadvisory people in sonoma county. showing off the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights came on at 5:39 this morning. lastly a live look in san rafael showing 101 which is very light. also this morning, a bus-only lane on a stretch of highway 101 in the north bay could be coming. the marin ij reports transit officials will study using the southbound 101 shoulder between novato and san rafael for buses when there is heavy traffic. it would cost $350,000 to look at how it much it would cost, the benefits and obstacles of creating the exclusive 12-mile long bus lane. you can weigh in on the yes, i did. by emailing the transportation authority of marin. >>> we are back with the amazing feat just accomplished by a father and daughter that kind of looks like something out of the 1800s. >>> and costco's covid-19 changes take effect today. face masks for everyone, w >>> welcome back. all costco customers will be required to cover their faces starting today. that includes people who have medical conditions. costco says if you

are enthusiastic for this election despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic meanwhile in sonoma county, 65% of registered voters there have already cast their ballots. in person voting kicking off this weekend. kron four's gayle ong brings us the latest from santa rosa. >>i'm here at the santa rosa moose lodge this is one of 30 locations where people can vote in person i spoke to one man who voted for the first election plotted is at lopez a newly naturalized citizen from bolivia south america who never had the opportunity to vote before i'm very happy. >>to have my boat now. yeah, i'm very excited to 2. to of course a cop so my boat plus hype. for better light. >>the santa rosa resident says he wants a good future for the new generation he cast his ballot sunday afternoon with his daughter by his side making low and her son ryan also voted early and building great feels good because every contributed the indoor voting site is stocked with hand sanitizer sanitizing wipes masks plexiglass and reminders to social distance voting by mail was encourage due to covid-19 but the proces

community center in the city of sonoma is providing free thanksgiving dinners to residents again this year the annual tradition we'll accommodate more than 500 families. meals will be available for curbside pickup at the soma community centers back patio that set to 76 east napa street starting at 01:00pm on thursday distribution will continue until the center runs out of dinners meals will be prepackaged to make it easy safari west is now taking his wildlife tours online with so many recent wildfires in sonoma county in addition to the pandemic the exotic animal park had been closed for the past 3 months well is now struggling to stay afloat that's even as it is welcoming guests back in person so far west is raising funds for his operation for the first time in his 27 year existence while officially launching its new virtual experience safari west to live the virtual tours begin on december the 12 safari west has been in business of helping animals for nearly 3 decades. >>coming up prisoners collecting 10's of millions of dollars in state covid dollars money meant for struggling unem

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just enjoying the night off in sonoma county alone 65% of registered voters have already cast their ballots. kron four's gayle ong spent the day in santa rosa and has more. >>i'm here at the santa rosa moose lodge this is one of 30 locations where people can vote in person i spoke to one man who voted for the first time. election plotted exact lopez a newly naturalized citizen from bolivia south america who never had the opportunity to vote before i'm very happy. >>to have my boat now. yeah i'm very excited to 2. wilkerson a cop so my boat plus hype. for better light. >>the santa rosa resident says he wants a good future for the new generation he cast his ballot sunday afternoon with his daughter by his side the kilo and her son ryan also voted early and building great feels good because every contributed the indoor voting site is stocked with hand sanitizer sanitizing wipes masks plexiglass and reminders to social distance voting by mail was encourage due to covid-19 but the process is not new for low and always have been millions and so i always waited to the end and i have to drop it off

right now, sonoma county is the only bay area county still in the purple category. >>> and still ahead on kpix 5 and cbsn bay area, how cellphone gps technology is helping track covid outbreaks. >>> plus, on this veterans day, a mission taking two special vets back in time. >>> and coming up in sports, it was just a couple of months ago he thought his days were numbered. >> i packed up my stuff. >> boy was kevin wrong. >>> and, let's hope bob meyers is better at the nba draft than he is at zoom. >>> a pleasantly cool evening across the bay area. not seeing the fog moving in already as we look towards the golden gate bridge. we've got some rain chances headed our way in a couple of days. we'll track those hour by hour coming up in your forecast. nature's bounty unleashes something exciting. say hello to a drug-free way to ease stress. stress comfort. a gummy supplement with lemon balm plus saffron, to naturally boost your mood. stress comfort from nature's bounty. >>> santa clara county cracking down on businesses that don't follow covid health guidelines. right now the county is in the

clouds in the north bay and chance of a sonoma sprinkle. we'll talk about that and the next rain chance for the entire bay area in a beau minutes. >>> we begin way look at the surge in covid-19 cases. california officially topped 1 million diagnosed coronavirus cases, the state reported more than 9,800 new cases yesterday, one of the largest single day counts we have seen since august. the 14-day positivity rate is 4.2%, 4% friday and 3.7% earlier in the week. the transmission of the virus is going up. since the pandemic started, the bay area has seen more than 133,000 confirmed cases. because of this growth in cases, much the bay area as we've been talking about is pivoting again when it comes to eating out. health and the economy are key to our efforts to building a better bay area. indoor dine something shut down in san francisco and more cities will follow suit in just a few days. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard shows us while some restaurants are adjusting, others think they will not survive another round of restricti restrictions.

>>on the north bay, the sonoma community center will be providing more than 500 free thanksgiving dinners to residents this year as part of its annual tradition meals will be available for curbside pickup at the sonoma community centers back patio that's it to 76 east napa street starting at 1 o'clock thursday afternoon distribution will continue until the center runs out of dinners. meals will be prepackaged and available for either 2 people or 4. all thanksgiving dinners are free and available on a first come first serve basis. also in the north bay safari west studying animals there it's now taking his wildlife tours online with so many recent fires in sonoma county and now the pandemic the exotic animal park has been close the past 3 months now struggling to stay afloat even though it is starting to welcome. guests back in person safari west is raising money for its operations for the first time. it's 27 year existence. while officially launching its new virtual experience safari west live. the virtual tours begin december 12th and you can register online. >>on the peninsula, a man is

warnings and frost advisories in that deep blue that you're seeing across the north bay and are in sonoma napa and solano counties in effect until 09:00am this morning. and a look at current temperatures, we have plenty of 30's on the map back in play doubling your at 33 degrees right now san somewhat 32. and our first set of 20's nevado at 28 degrees fairfield at 29 degrees right now santa rosa, you're right on the cusp down at 30 degrees currently so we are already cooling down or next couple of hours ahead of us are anticipated to be the coldest of the morning so if you're stepping outside here just a minute or 2 get ready for that russia cool air that may just wait you're right up as you get outside this tuesday. robin i had my heat are blasting this morning. john i was like is this thing even working in so-called over to the bay bridge toll plaza we're checking in on the traffic which is doing fine by the way you may need to leave a little early to warm up that car before you take off the drive into san francisco looks really good. no problems at the toll plaza an easy trip across th

is in sonoma county, wayne freedman, a.p. news.ng quickly now, 7 on your side's michael finney sat down with one of america's foremost shopping experts. michael is live now to count down what he calls the three rules of shopping this holiday season. michael? >> hey, dan. if you can keep track of just these three things, you will have a successful shop season. so let's get to it. we know the holiday shopping season is going to be different this year. fewer and socially distanced door-buster specials. and a holiday shopping season that has already begun. so how do you play the shopping game this year? i sat down with consumer reports deal editor samantha gordon. rule number one, start shopping now. >> the best way to get the best deals is to shop all month long. so you don't want to wait and buy everything at once. if you buy a few things here and there, you can take advantage of these different sales. >> this year the deals will be pretty much the same in stores and online, so there's no reason to venture out if you would rather not

>>and then in those light blue hues that's frost advisories for portions of marine sonoma and napa counties these will remain in effect through 09:00am as our morning lows, bottom out in the upper 20's to low 30's where we're sitting right now well, it's 30's and 40's for most of our current temperatures dublin, you're at 33 right now while petaluma at 32 santa rosa right at 30 degrees. the lay how at 36 in berkeley, one of our warmer spots at 46 degrees. i'm talking what exactly to expect for the rest of the day to still in your forecast first as always we did that look at traffic with robin winston who is standing by right next to me and it's a little bit early for too many issues looks like we've got some blinking lights tail bridge, some spots, a good some spots are getting a little rough johnson, let's check in. >>on a little bit of everything starting off the busy drive here across the san mateo bridge we're taking a look at west 92 and yes, it's busy right. these are the folks leaving hayward rolling over to the peninsula, the commute direction started stacking up in the 4 o'clock ho

maybe venture outside into the backyard for that thanksgiving feast this is right after noontime, sonoma petaluma and napa still very breezy other areas like san francisco and oakland not quite as windy at this time but do expect some breezy conditions on and off well throughout the day so you're definitely not. 100% looking at just beautiful calm conditions. we do have those beautiful clear skies in the mild temperatures in the mid to upper 60's. but we do have the to contend with so if you have the table clout out there make sure that's but down and just make sure that you get outside and enjoy the day most of all back to you james. all right, thanks very much. john while we're keeping our eye on the roads. >>on this thanksgiving day the chp don't forget out in full force. a practicing maximum enforcement to make sure that everyone is driving safely so be careful on the roads aaa is expecting to see a higher turnout the rough highways and byways despite the pandemic in fact they say 95% of travelers are expected to be driving to their destinations this holiday season. officer brandon k

santa clara, alameda, contra costa, solano, napa and sonoma counties.t restrictive tier on the left businesses that must move everything outdoors, restaurants, wineries, gyms, museums and zoos as well as card rooms and places of worship. on the right, businesses that can continue to operate indoors, retail shops and malls but at 25% capacity. hair salons, barber shops, nail salons can stay indoors. >> three bay area counties are in the red tier, san mateo, sfra san fran and marin. wineries and card rooms must stay outdoors but more businesses can open rate indoors as long as they follow those restrictions. restaurants, movie theaters and places of worship at 25% capacity. gyms at 10%. >>> we'll have more coming up but our other top story, rain is set to move into the bay area. revved up the engine and storm ranger looking at san jose and san francisco. a look at the current conditions now. look what's coming our way. not only the rain but meteorologist kari hall sorting it all out for us. >>> yeah, you do want to make sure you have the umbrella even tho

it's are in sonoma napa and solano counties that are currently being affected by a combination of both frost advisories and freeze warnings through 09:00am this morning and let's get a look at temperatures because that is making it pretty easy to see why so many of us are affected by these advisories. dublin you're at 32 degrees right now livermore at 34 while the north bay a few 20's in both fairfield in santa rose at 2829 degrees c ellina nevado in san anselmo i had the right at freezing right below it this morning. so temperatures are frigid to start we have some very cool conditions. and you can expect those over the course of the next few hours. i'm talking what to expect this afternoon still to come in your forecast, rob for folks heading into san francisco. they can expect lots of heavy traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>yes sir line is getting longer but at least we're hot spot free. so here's a live. look you see all the folds stacked appear beyond 8.80 back to the bottom of the maze. what we can see is an accident near the metering lights so after this camera shot there'

chp has issued a fog advisory for parts of the 101 through sonoma county. gate bridge, all clear. no brake lights as you work your way into the city. >>> enjoy this pleasant day for the bay area. very similar to yesterday, maybe even a touch warmer compared to yesterday and then big changes ahead for tomorrow. here is a really pretty view with our mark hopkins hotel camera. right underneath the right, you can see the morning star, venus shining brightly this morning. as we look to our afternoon, we will see mostly sunny skies with mild temperatures. we are starting up in the 40s and 50s. clear skies in livermore. 53 in san francisco san jose, 46. some patchy, dense fog for parts of the north bay this morning. here is the satellite and radar view. we have a ridge of high pressure in place bringing us mild temperatures in the 60s and 70s but look right behind it . there we go with our next storm system. that will drop a cold front our day and that will bring returns of rain and kick up the winds for us. there we go with a cold front expected for tomorrow. as

>>in the north a county is at risk of joining sonoma county in being in the state's most restrictive purple tier, this because of halloween parties and family gatherings kron four's gayle ong reports from benicia. >>here in downtown benicia businesses are preparing for square one of the pandemic offering curbside pickup and delivery. i spoke to one county supervisor who says reopening rollback some solano county will happen next week. >>we've heard it before wearing mask, you know sanitizing their clean environment keeping social distancing. but still a disconnect when it comes to preventing the spread of covid-19 according to solano county public health there's been a large outbreaks from halloween parties and family gatherings preventing the county to move forward in the reopening process that really punishing small businesses here for county supervisor jim sparing says since the pandemic businesses are hanging by a string for years and life savings just being. >>you know last and you know families disrupted, michelle young owns daughter of luna floral design in downtown benicia an

now, sonoma county with a business input is providing clarity. >> this is the tent. the infamous tent that i got fined $1000 for. >> reporter: holly williams and said last week's rain started pelting his patio tent, he lowered two sides but left an 18 inch gap. >> they are looking for ventilation. you want to make sure you have ventilation.>> reporter: he figured it would meet state guidelines and keep people dry. the code enforcement, after two visits, cited the pizza shack $1000 because they wanted the flaps wide open.>> reporter: i was stunned. i did not even know what to say to the guy. it is so unbelievable to me. i am losing money. i am trying my best. i to be creative and figure out how to survive. >> they have been forced to make choices and figure it out on their own.>> reporter: the sonoma county business community has found little consistency on how restaurants should winterize. across the bay area, tents and canopies abound in all sorts of configurations. customers want out of the elements. health officers want airflow and not much coverage. >> there is a

and for the north bay expect those highs reaching up to about 60 in napa and in sonoma.o as we go through the forecast we've been talking about rain. here's the clouds that will stretch in today. that will not bring us any rain but we're going to be tracking another system that will be moving in by the end of the week, and this will bring us those spotty showers starting late on thursday mostly for the coastline. the model is not picking up on a lot of this rain up until about friday and it shows it coming in kind of quick, one and done, between friday afternoon and early saturday morning. and then we'll start to see our skies clearing out by saturday afternoon. sunday is also looking pretty dry. so we are looking at lower amounts of rainfall most likely. some of the models backing off on how much rain we'll see. spots like san jose may only see a tenth of an inch of rain, but it will be closer to possibly an inch for ukiah. there will be a wide range in how much rain we get and our temperatures will stay fairly low over the next several days. we'll be watching out for m

sonoma never reopened. san francisco won't allow customers to eat in restaurants after tonight. santa clara and many will follow suit. no indoor dining in napa, solano. >>> the shutdown in santa clara could be a hint of what's to come. chris nguyen has the story from san jose. >> reporter: more sobering news as covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, santa clara county, which reported 362 new cases on friday is expected to move back into the red tier as soon as next tuesday and as a result, indoor dining will be suspended on the same day. >> it is absolutely imperative that we take action now each and every one of us in order to get through this. >> reporter: with rain and colder temperatures on the way, many restaurant owners throughout the region are trying to decide if it will be worth it to operate outside. randy from sushi confidential has been busy adding outdoor patio seating and heating in preparation for winter. >> three purge las las las together. we have a nice warm environment that will be outdoor dining safe for our customers and employees. >> reporter:

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by 7 am it is working its way through sonoma and napa county. by the time we get to around 10 am it's right at the heart of the bay and then working its way down to the south by the early afternoon. that's pretty classic, it won't be a significant storm but it will be the first good widespread with quarter of an inch of rain or more. i wish her the totals coming up in the complete forecast, and even though this is the most impressive part of this not overly impressive storm, is not the only timeframe perine.

david mcewen, blow fesser at sonoma state university. thanks for taking the to talk to us tonight. >> thank you for having me, frank. >>> coming up, police in san francisco investigating a series of burglaries and home invasions as more people stay home due to the pandemic. some coming into contact with home intruders. >>> plus pg&e is now facing a lawsuit more than a year after the kincaid fire in sonoma county. what we're learning about the lawsuit that was filed today. >>> the rain still falls in the bay area. afternoon commute is a bit damp. i'll look at the rain totals and more rain coming your way on wednesday. come experience the grand opening of floor and decor's newest location in the east bay area! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. or easily order online, and pick up all the products you need for your flooring project curbside! so come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you.

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sonoma county never even reached the point to allow for indoor dining to open. indoor dining is still allowed in the counties you see in green. now, this right here, this is part of the reason why so many bay area counties are now tightening their restrictions. the graph shows you the number of daily new cases here in california. you can see that the peak was in july, july 21st. the state reported 12,807 new cases. after that the cases went down, but then if you take a look, look at where we are right now over the past three weeks the state has seen another steady increase encases. thursday the state added nearly 6,000 new cases. the rise means we could be headed to those july numbers by december. it's not just the cases that are climbing. hospitalizations are also on the rise. just like cases the number of people hospitalized with the virus, that hit a peak in july as well. july 27th where you see 8,461 covid patients who were hospitalized. after that there was a drop, but then over the past ten days we've seen a slight rise. today 3,500 people, 3,562 people ar

for most but the high clouds entering the north bay, sprinkles making it as far south for parts of sonomarwise the rain returns widespread on tuesday. we're looking at even warmer weather for wednesday, so it's getting a little hazy in spots, not a lot of wind. the winds are very light so that's why the air quality is moderate in the north bay, that stagnant ridge of high pressure also in the santa clara valley, in between, we do have good air quality. coastal flood advisory for this morning and tomorrow morning, as the king tides are back, so right along the coast here could see some localized flooding. 6.9 is the high tide, happening today at 10:44, 11:25 for your monday, so some of those parking lots, those marshes that tend to flood once again probably will throughout the morning hours. here is a look at our hour-by-hour forecast and the cloud cover advancing into the north bay, maybe some sprinkles, but the rest of the bay nothing but sunshine for the next several days, and in fact, as we get into your late monday, it's the high clouds advancing in front of this system that will brin

just yet part of the bay area get pretty close in fact we may be seeing a few showers in northern sonoma county, the brunt of the storm still up to our north you plowing right up in toward the pacific northwest, seattle portland. they're seeing some rain and again that's going to be cold storm that's a head in toward the bay area. doppler radar scanning your skies we are seeing now warm frontal part of the storm begin to make in the parts of the north bay northern sonoma county taking for a close look how about that couple raindrops pop up out there certainly a chance some of that hitting the ground headed towards santa rosa right now. but the brunt of the system still on the back side it will be moving in a little bit later so let's see time it out for you as we head through the night tonight things fairly quiet. you can see those clouds kind of thinking up tomorrow morning i think mostly commute if you're traveling early tomorrow morning. it's going to be dry and then as we head to the middle of the day will here comes 1 o'clock or so see the rain mainly in northern parts of the bay ar

particularly, napa valley and sonoma valley.places where we had some of the more noticeable rain yesterday and the ground kind of got soaked. now, that the temperatures are cold enough here, you're developing fog, give yourself extra time on the roadways. in the east bay, you have to be on guard for this as well. try valley, concord and walnut creek, there's san jose, we were looking at that from the live view. we're in the mid-30s right now, it's 35 in santa rosa and 36 in petaluma and mid- to upper 40s for most locations. that's the view looking backtrack the bay bridge. that's a look at treasure valley and the top of the sales force tower. it will be sunny for the most part and temperatures on the mark from where we should be. once we burn the fog off, we have a great weekend, not just saturday, both days. both days will be just like. this more sunshine than not, and daytime highs in the mid- 60s unless you're right on the water. san francisco is going to 57. everyone else will be low to mid-60s in the north bay. there are su

a registration area, banners along the route between harrisburg and lake sonoma and runners mixed with traffic because without a permit there are no closures or chp. >> people were running without any control, sometimes to her breast. >> gathering admittedly bigger than sonoma county allows. >> most of the county has been really understanding. almost all of the race community is taking a big economic hit.>> looking back, organizers say their own photo show that it was sparse with a lot of social distance but they didn't want out-of-towners to arrive and have nothing. >> we would still have people showing up on saturday, furious. you know. so i was in a tough spot.>> the hallowine event is more than a decade old but wildfires forced her to cancel twice in recent years. this is only sonoma counties third thousand dollar fine for covid violations.>> all right debora villalon reporting for us tonight, thank you. with thanksgiving just two weeks away, the doctor in charge of stanford's critical care task force for covid-19 is making a plea tonight. he says rethink the holiday and limited tr

the greatest amounts will be up in lake and mendocino counties and sonoma counties. it is showing a pulse as it moves through the heart of the bay. look at hayward and fremont and san ramon. that's unusual. so i'm not putting a lot of stock in that, but it's possible. the rain shadow on the peninsula for sure i think is going to happen. you will see less amounts than the rest of us. just a couple of hundredths. we have got our king tides developing as we head into the latter part of -- or early this morning. 9:30, then you can see saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday expect flooding along the embarcadero and up in mill valley. >> thank you. >>> this morning we're hearing from a bay area man who volunteered for pfizer's covid vaccine trial. kate larsen spoke with the man who now believes he's immune. >> my arm was a little sore. >> reporter: that was in september after daniel horowitz received his first injection in the covid-19 vaccine trial. >> i met the criteria. i'm over 65 and in good health. >> reporter: the trial is double blinded. so neither he or the researchers

also in the mid 60's, but those of you in santa rosa and most of sonoma county expect to see some very light scattered hit or miss showers starting sunday morning through sunday afternoon traces amount of rain at best, but you are going to notice more clouds and sun so just keep that in mind and taking a look ahead at your 10 day outlook. rain returns of the possible atmospheric river arriving tuesday continuing through wednesday to cnn jonathan back to you thank you so much for greece uh and since the pandemic began. >>mo more most post and halls for california veterans have been shut down under state reopening guidelines. these places are classified as bars and since many hold liquor licenses for members and their guests. it's not good news for them that's right a leading veterans group writing a letter to governor gavin newsome asking that they be reclassified and allowed to reopen. >>because of the resources they offered to many of those veterans kristi gross has that story. >>veterans organizations are banding together in a letter to governor gavin newsome the california state com

this is after the site was shut down in sonoma. the city decided to move to the new location to better reach the people who live in the southeast part. reporting live in concord, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> thanks, bob. meantime experts are raising new hopes about the latest development in the race for a vaccine. yesterday morning on "today in the bay" moderna announcing its vaccine has a nearly 95% success rate and hopes to get approval t. follows a similar announcement from pfizer. the news has some believing the fda may grant emergency use authorization for both vaccines by next month. >> this will allow twice as many doses as we originally thought we'd have. you can get immunized with one or the other. instead of 50 million doses we'll have 100 million doses, for instance. >> experts say health care workers and first responders will be the first to receive the vaccine. it's hoped there may be enough doses for every american by next spring especially if other vaccines become available. happening today the country's top i

some frost advisories and that light blue that you're seeing on the screen for portions of marine sonoma and napa counties these will remain through 09:00am this morning with temperatures falling as low as the upper 20's to low 30's below freezing in the darker purple issue well that's up in lake in northern solano county some freeze warnings are in effect as for current temperatures, this is the all important numbers this morning 30's 40's for most of our bayside inland east bay and south bay areas but look at the north bay and that's where you're below freezing petaluma at right at freezing at 32 santa rose at 31 degrees and i do anticipate to the course of this morning to see a few upper 20's in the mix, i'm going to keep you updated with these temperatures as we make our way through the day. robin. >>thank you john all right, let's check in on the traffic i was saying earlier when i left home had to sit in the car little bit. take a little bit of extra time to warm the car up because it's so cold so you may want to consider that this morning leave a little early get that car heated u

in addition staffer screen daily and they must wear their face coverings the sonoma county airport is now just one of 12 airports in the country to receive the accreditation with all of the happenings over the next several weeks some people who are spending the holidays alone because of the pandemic maybe feeling extra down. yeah for people diagnosed with depression that can take an extra toll. >>health sciences center in texas treat some depression patients with a non invasive therapy. it is called transcranial magnetic stimulation but doctors also say is critical for people to reach out to a friend or better yet your doctor if you're feeling down. >>we cannot ignore it we cannot minimize that we can not just i'll just toughen up and push through if you are struggling with those emotions. it is very important to acknowledge it and get help. >>the doctor also stresses long term loneliness can have lasting effects on the brain so she does suggest consulting a medical professional about your symptoms. >>coming up next the latest efforts by the state of california to help struggling busi

that blue shade that you're seeing across the north bay is a combination of both of them in marine sonoma napa and solano counties remaining in effect until 09:00am this morning as temperatures fall into the mid 20's to 30's talking about that temperatures right now we're already getting close to freezing in dublin sitting at 34, san anselmo at 33 nevado also at 34. well fairfield santa rosa and saint either right at freezing or right below it right now, i'm anticipating temperatures to fall a little bit further as we work our way through this morning so do expect some 20's on this map here shortly within the next couple of hours as temperatures compared to yesterday you can see fairfield a big cool down from what was already a frigid start to the day 24 hours ago. i'm talking what exactly to expect for the rest of the day. and if tomorrow will be just as cold still to come back to you robin i'll dissing 20, thank you john. >>well despite a growing number of republicans of world leaders congratulating president-elect joe biden the current president does not sound like he will be conceding

it all happened october 11th at sonoma valley hospital. a ransomware attack targeted the computer system. a coordinated operation is targeting up to 400 hospitals across the country during the pandemic and it's likely sonoma valley was one of them. hospital officials say they stopped the attack immediately but some patient information might have been compromised. they're doing a forensic investigation now to fine out who so they can notify those patients. >>> close call at a south bay at&t store. a yellow hummer right into the store. happened about noon. see the destruction it caused right there. right through the wall. san jose police say there were only minor injuries after all that. so far no word on what led up to that crash. >>> ongoing problems for pg&e. tonight we're learning that the utility company could be facing a hefty fine for mishandling a series of planned power shutoffs last fall. you may remember those shutoffs during october of last year. several counties lost power in an effort to prevent wildfires during the hot and win