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 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 and is preparing for the unknown if it's going to be more strict than last time. >>definitely during the holiday season if we have to shut down again it's really going to impact our business for months young has been trying to keep up with state county and city guidelines we do require masks, we do require you to sanitize our staff has been

and solano counties. now the money was originally set aside for holiday parties, but they like to donate it in said i think that's a great idea. to the south bay, the 16th annual silicon valley, turkey trot will go virtual be ready for this race usually draws up to 25,000 people there they are right there because of the pandemic participants will now upload their run on an out no it's not the same but you can design your own 5 or 10 k run and share results with family and money raise we'll go to organizations like the second harvest of silicon valley, food bank so it's all for a good cause. organizers say that the race has grown to become the largest thanksgiving day race in the country. as we head to break we're taking a live look at sfo, it's chilly out there a little cloudy outside your door grab your coat as you head out. >>we are expecting some sunshine later this afternoon. we'll have your full forecast and your thanksgiving day forecast coming up in just a bit stay >>welcome back 4.53 on this tuesd

>>what these rollbacks will mean for people in solano county will tran is there with the details good morning. well. >>good morning burial, what it means is you will not be allowed to indoor dining in solano county go to the gym's the theaters because this is the most restrictive tier that is implemented by the states a county you're not alone. this morning because 41 other counties in california also we'll be in the purple as the covid-19 cases continue to rise just to give you a slice on how much it has gone up over the past couple of weeks. it was doing pretty well for quite some time then they saw an explosion over the past week or so about 50 cases every day and then if you want to stretch it out a little bit further they saw and one span as many as 80 cases and they were hoping as little as 30 that's the jumping off point so you can clearly see at 50 at 80 cases, it is a exploded to the point where solano county there are not even waiting for tuesday. that's when the usually decide which tier the county will remain in in this particular case, they're waking up this morning alrea

that's los alamitos, contra costa, napa, santa clara, solano, sonoma county. however, counties have the option of putting even more restrictions in place. so the list we showed you is the bare minimum of what's required. here are the changes in the red tier. wineries and card rooms must stay outdoors. more businesses can move indoors as long as they follow restrictions. movie theaters, restaurants, places of worship must cap capacity at 25%. gyms can only have 10% capacity inside. three bay area counties are in the red tier -- marin, san francisco, and san mateo. if you want a closer look at the changes, we've posted it on our website so you can really sit and study them. nbcbayarea.com. >>> we're seeing other parts of the country where this is happening. hospitals are overwhelmed and overflowing. so how do we prevent this from happening here? nbc bay area's marianne favro is in san jose with a closer look. >> reporter: here at regional medical center of san jose, they have at least 44 confirmed cases of covid-19. that's more than double what they saw just thr

county remains in the purple tier while solano county is in the red tier, but now officials say solano county is at risk of joining sonoma county. >>as the states in the state's most restrictive tier. well for gayle ong reports from the nation tonight. >>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

the sad number there 81, that's the number of people who have died from covid-19 in solano county and 12.2 represents the say a 7 day positivity rate, 12.2 is extremely high and local doctors are worried that the numbers will continue to get worse as we head into thanksgiving. that's why we have kron 4 sarah stinson on the story for us live in solano county with what we need to know. >>just said james cases are rising rapidly and thanksgiving 2 days away. >>people are doing different things either way it's looking a lot different than previous years, but some people are deciding to spend time with family members and invite them over and gather in groups or others are deciding not to do that. now people are shopping here in fairfield now to get the stuff they need for their feast. health officials in solano county are worried about gatherings this holiday season, especially with the concern that multiple generations will gather putting older relatives more at risk coronavirus cases are currently on the rise here due to halloween parties. they say. >>what they had groups of 20 to 30 peo

>>well here in solano county there has been a significant increase in the number of coronavirus cases and now tougher restrictions are returning. monday afternoon's llano county was moved from the red tier to the purple tier on the state's coronavirus watch list that means the virus is now considered to be widespread across the county businesses such as restaurants and gyms will need to move customers outside churches will need to stop indoor services indonesia on monday cindy read the owner of groves a specialty all of oil shop says that moving back to the purple tier is not great news, but notes that they have 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 we're still going to have the safety for our customers. >>county officials are now asking people to take the change seriously they say wearing masks and social distancing is key to stopping the spread of coronavirus county supervisor erin hannigan posted to facebook saying i know you're tired of staying home w

well. >>41 other counties will be joining solano county they've been monitoring the situation unfortunately as you guys mentioned the covid-19 cases, rising to dangerous levels to the point where according to sullivan county lawmakers. they're not even waiting for tuesday for the update they are going to do it today so if you're waking up and solano county you're waking up in the most restrictive tier that means as daria mention no more indoor dining no more theaters, no more gyms there are some gym operators however reportedly who will be fighting this claiming that they are going to be able to do it safely but according to the solano county health department purple tier means they are shutting down restricting a lot of access into stores, they will go back to counting. the amount of people they are allowing inside the store at any picked his particular time. the reason being they said in this particular county and all the other counties that have stepped backwards whether it's the orange or the purple tier or even the red here. they said that increased social gatherings people showing up

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

>>reporting live in solano county sarah stinson kron 4 news all right, thank you very much sara. >>and we have new alarming data about who's getting infected in california it's young adults turns out more than half of the new coronavirus cases in the state or younger people conference theresa has the report. this information coming out and the governor emphasizing that this is what he's been talking about all along. >>this virus simply doesn't discriminate the number of people that are testing positive. the number of new cases in the state of california. >>the age cohort is something i wanted to highlight california governor gavin newsome on what the state is saying when it comes to that surging covid-19 cases. the state revealing the seven-day positivity rate is 7%. >>and over the weekend there were 14,390 new cases reported on saturday alone. also the data showing that more women than men make up the cases in california and there is this an increasing concern the governor saying that new information pointing to people between the ages of 1849, are catching covid-19 to 18 to 49.

kron 4 sarah stinson is live in solano county now with more on this story, sarah. >>james has those cases continue to rise and spread rapidly. it's concerning for health officials here in fairfield people are shopping for the thanksgiving getting ready. but the question is will people stay with the people they live and just celebrate that way or will they invite over some friends and family they don't live with because that is not recommended by the cdc include make the cases rise even further now the county health officer says the numbers are driven by halloween parties with groups of 20 to 30 people gathering together indoors. that's what they think caused this spike the previous peak in solano county was in mid july with a 100 cases reported in day. and this past week there was even more than 100 cases per day. the number of hospitalizations have also tripled from below 20 to over 60. the concern is that people will gather on thanksgiving but with people of all generations which puts older family members at a higher risk than i've talked with people here in fair

>>in the north a solano county is getting ready to roll back. it's reopening next week possibly joining sonoma county in the purple tier that's the most restrictive tier and that's because of all the cases that they've had. they think from halloween parties and family gatherings, the recent outbreak in solano county reached almost a 100 cases a day a peek they haven't seen since early summer. the county needs to repeat port fewer than 31 cases a day to stay out of the purple tier so doesn't look like that's going to happen. but county supervisors think that there is a disconnect when it comes to the spread of covid. >>i just that state would target where the problem is you know we all need to do a much better job communicating with the public and our bodies get more now therefore they get through this economically we we've got to be smart and work together. >>another supervisor suggest the county pay for tv ads and billboards to encourage people to keep up the mask-wearing. less than a week after it reopened rides and other attractions, the sant

but when we zoom in on solano county that is certainly not the case some widespread light to moderate showers are now falling along 80 from fairfield through vacaville davis up to sacramento some of the heaviest of rainfall is actually just south of davis right now so do watch for some wet roadways as well as you traverse towards rio vista in that eastern side of solano county these showers will gradually spread further and further southward through the day today by the time we work our way into the afternoon all of us are going to be seeing a dose of rain it will be some lighter stuff, nothing more than a 10th to a quarter of an inch of rainfall for the bay. snowfall in the sierra i'm anticipating is going to cause you some more travel woes than anything here locally we'll have winter weather advisories and wind warnings both taking effect in only an hour from now at 10:00am last until 10:00pm tonight, the pairing of snow and winds doesn't mean potential of low visibility and drifting snow on roadways. so bring the chains with and i would do your travel during daytime hours avoid eve

solano county has the largest group in the bay area. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 are registered as republican. >> solano county is a republican stronghold because there is such a strong military presence with the air force base. >> reporter: approximately 30% of those voted by mail and 55% of those that went to the polls voted for president trump. >> i didn't realize that there were that many trump supporters here. >> reporter: at this grocery store parking lot it is not difficult to walk up to people and strike up a conversation and find trump supporters who are willing to talk. some even mentioned they have gotten backlash on social media for their views. >> i would never thought in a million years i would get the commentary on me just having a different opinion and me not being liberal. >> i supported trump. a lot of people say that is racist even though he mentioned he would donate $500 billion towards black communities. >> they bad mouth president trump, he is our presiden

>>now the problem was how we health officials here in solano county say they. expect that there's parties of 20 to 30 people in halloween and that's what spread the coronavirus like crazy as you said they've seen more cases recently than they did back when the pandemic first started so now is the time not loosen up in his time to crack down and i know that giving something up but it's not worth it to get together with your family, the big concern right now is spreading it to your older relatives the county health officer says that the previous peak in solano county was in mid july was 100 cases reported in the day and this past week there's more than 100 cases per day though the number of hospitalizations has also tripled from 20 to over 60 now the concern again is that people will gather on thanksgiving like they did on halloween but this time. >>with people of all generations which puts the older family members at a higher risk. >>with with the winter holidays, we're talking about getting together elderly people in our in our families as well and they are far

county is facing day after day and increase in covid-19 cases in solano county covid-19 cases slowing down for months now surging, california health officials calling the virus load hopping from substantial to widespread in the county. >>in the last 3 weeks also hospitalization rate climbing, but it's important right now that we're experiencing this surge. >>that we protect our health care system also protect our local public health care stations, they're doing a lot of work. to protect our public public health and we want to make sure we don't overwhelm the health care system and the public health system during this time so health officials pointing to social gatherings, including halloween for the steep increase with growing worry about what thanksgiving might gatherings outdoors if they >>the weather seems like it will be very nice thursday, so brings as much as possible outdoors. >>he gathering small. keep your thanksgiving celebration with your immediate family and also keep duration of the celebration short. >>richards adds that they continue to try and contain the virus through

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 us or have a county supervisor jim sparing says since the pandemic businesses are hanging by a string 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 and is preparing for the unknown if it's going to be more strict than last time. >>definitely during the holiday season if we have to shut down again it's really going to impact our business for months young has been trying to keep up with state county and city guidelines we do require masks, we do require you to sanitize our staff

point they went ahead over the weekend declare that monday in solano county. they are moving into the purple tier. a lot of people are social distancing did talk to a lot of people and they were fearful to even get close to me. i can tell you they are aware of it and they are trying to practice social distance which means moving forward no more dining-in you probably back to doing takeout back to you. >>they said we'll one of the biggest ways to spread covid is indoor dining so that's got to be the first thing to go thank you very much well then let's go over to napa county where they are taking one more measure and that is increased testing that's another way that all the experts have said we can get a handle on covid so in calistoga they're offering mobile testing by appointment today and tomorrow at the fairgrounds at the napa county expo center this testing there we have a full list kron 4 dot com. then there's the confusion between if you have coronavirus or the flu. the regular flu because it is flu season. >>and it can be tough to tell the difference so

solano county has the largest group in the bay area. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 are registered as republican. >> solano county is a republican stronghold because there is such a strong military presence with the air force base. >> reporter: approximately 30% of those voted by mail and 55% of those that went to the polls voted for president trump. >> i didn't realize that there were that many trump supporters here. >> reporter: at this grocery store parking lot it is not difficult to walk up to people and strike up a conversation and find trump supporters who are willing to talk. some even mentioned they have gotten backlash on social media for their views. >> i would never thought in a million years i would get the commentary on me just having a different opinion and me not being liberal. >> i supported trump. a lot of people say that is racist even though he mentioned he would donate $500 billion towards black communities. >> they bad mouth president trump, he is our presiden

>>james health officials here in solano county. they're most worried about elderly family members who are part of a a big thanksgiving gathering because they're the most at risk to have the worst symptoms and fate of fatal case so now here in solano at a safeway where people are getting thanksgiving goods, their turkeys everything they need before i just talked to she said, she's having a people over house all family members and she's trying to do everything she can to keep everyone safe. but health officials worry again about those elderly family members now the worries because we're seeing the worst cases, the highest number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic here in solano county. they're saying the cause of all of this is halloween parties with groups of 20 to 30 people gathering together indoors. the previous peak in solano county was in mid july with a 100 cases reported in a day and this past week there was even more than 100 cases per day. the number of hospitalizations have also tripled from below 20 took over 60

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. but that number is going to go up down in the south bay traveling through san jo

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 and is preparing for the unknown if it's going to be more strict than last time. >>definitely during the holiday season if we have to shut down again it's really going to impact our business for months young has been trying to keep up with state county and city guidelines we do require masks, we do require you to sanitize our staff has b

restrictions in contra costa county santa 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. here's 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 you're painting a service involving the nose or face and must remove their mask. briefly obviously don't 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 conditio

solano county has the largest proportion of republican voters in the bay area. leslie brinkley went there to speak directly with voters as the results unfold. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 of those are registered as republican. >> of solano county is a stronghold with a strong military presence. >> reporter: 30% of those who voted by mail and -- this biden supporter was surprised to hear the numbers. >> i didn't realize there was that many trump supporters here. >> reporter: at this grocery store parking lot it's not at all difficult to walk up to peel, strike up a conversation, and find trump supporters willing to talk. some, even mentioned they've gotten some backlash on social media for their views. >> and i never would have thought in a million years that i would get some of the commentary on me just having a different opinion. me not being liberal. >> reporter: i supported trump. but a lot of people say that's racist, even though he did mention he's g

san francisco and santa clara counties are seeing more than half and solano county is seeing more than 40% in early voting turnout. we have you covered, tomorrow on election day, we have a special edition of the kpix5 news app three. followed by the cbs evening news, then cbs2 news election coverage, america decides, and we will bring you all the local results route the evening on kpix5 and cbsn bay area. and make sure to download our new app so you can watch newscasts on election night and get the latest bay area result. >>> a police pursuit ended in a crash in san jose. investigation is now underway. you can see the chp cruiser and another vehicle being towed away. it cause a huge back along southbound lanes, just before noon today, no details yet on who was involved in that crash. and a few hours later, hp shut down the northbound lanes entirely for police activity there. we have calls out to see if the shutdown is related to that earlier pursuit and crash. it happened shortly after one this afternoon. because of the smoke, a level i warning was issued, that is the lowest level on t

county is facing day after day and increase in covid-19 cases in solano county covid-19 cases slowing down for months now surging, california health officials calling the virus load hopping from substantial to widespread in the county. >>in the last 3 weeks also hospitalization rate climbing, but it's important right now that we're experiencing this surge. >>that we protect our health care system also protect our local public health care stations, they're doing a lot of work. to protect our public's health and we want to make sure we don't overwhelm the health care system and public health system during this time so health officials pointing to social gatherings, including halloween for the steep increase with growing worry about what thanksgiving might gatherings outdoors if they >>the weather seems like it will be very nice thursday, so brings as much as possible outdoors. >>he gathering small. keep good thanksgiving celebration with your immediate family and also keep duration of the celebration short. >>richards adds that they continue to try and contain the virus through what the

and solano county are going to join that list pretty right and when you go to the purple tier which is the worst that means you really have to roll back and what you can do to try to stop the spread will tran is in solano county with the details of what their plan is there well good morning. >>their plan is to not a lot of people inside the restaurant, so the gym they trying to corral covid-19 as it got out of hand over the past several weeks which is why they're not even waiting james in duryea for the state which they usually decide on tuesday's which tier county should be they're going to go ahead and do it today purple tier, the most restrictive tier as far as covid-19 cases because they have seen an explosion and the number of cases over the past several weeks with private social gathering, they say that seems to be the number one reason why they have seen the increase from 50 at one point even 80 cases on one particular day they're jumping off point it's around 30 cases so when you go from 30 to about 80. obviously it is out of hand for solano county which is why they are restric

solano county is the largest proportion of republican voters in the bay area. res lee brinkley went directly to voters about how they are feeling. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 of those are registered as republican. >> of solano county is a stronghold with a strong military presence. request travis air force base. >> reporter: 30% of those who voted by mail and 55% of those who went to the polls voted for president trump here. this biden supporter was surprised to hear the numbers. >> i didn't realize there was that many trump supporters here. >> reporter: at this grocery store parking lot it's not at all difficult to walk up to people, strike up a conversation and find trump supporters willing to talk. some, even mentioned they've gotten some backlash on social media for their views. >> and i never would have thought in a million years that i would get some of the commentary on me just having a different opinion. me not being liberal. >> reporter: i supp

solano county, a regression would be back into the purple tier, the state's most restrictive tier. officials warn with the increase that's going on right now going back into the red or even purple tier is a possibility. >>> san francisco taking new steps as it prepares for students to return to the classroom amid this pandemic. according to "the examiner" starting monday the city plans to deploy 20 disaster workers to help public schools access buildings for in-person learning. the workers will look at any repairs that need to be completed before some students return on january 25th. >>> when it comes to making it in the bay the south bay appears to be the exception rather than the rule when it comes to lower rent in big cities. as you probably heard cities across america including san francisco and oakland are seeing the largest drop in rent prices. according to the new apartment list study reported by the mercury news san jose is experiencing only a 6% rent decrease. this while surrounding suburbs including mountain view, sunnyvale, santa clara have rent drops at 1%. some may hav

., 29-miles-an-hour, noontime lighter winds, breezier in the solano county area. and tomorrow night around 6:00 p.m. is when those winds pick up again. they're going to be gusty and strong. so, just watch out. secure any loose objects you may have out there. tomorrow afternoon a nice day for thanksgiving in the south bay, 63, santa rosa 64. gilroy on the peninsula, sunshine mid 60s around san mateo. downtown san francisco 63 degrees. breezy at times. 64 in san rafael. sunny skies 64 in oakland in the east bay. head inland and it's going to be windy around solano county, not the rest of the area. 66 concord, 64 antioch. i want to show you the tahoe forecast. cold, slight chance of snow showers tomorrow morning. look at this. sunshine friday, saturday. getting a little milder. mornings will be very cold there. in the accuweather 7 day forecast, thanksgiving is looking fantastic. nice one. cold frosty mornings friday, saturday, sunday. little morning drizzle on monday. ama, dan, happy thanksgiving to both of you and everyone out there. >> and to you as well, sandhya.

>>solano county is actually a risk of joining sonoma county in the state's most restrictive purple covid to year that's because of the rate of new infections there and they have nearly doubled what is needed to remain in the red tier solano county needs to report fewer than about 31 cases per day to avoid the move to loudoun county average more than 50 new cases per day over the last week including 6 days with more than 60 new covid cases per day if it can remain out of the purple tier it would allow the county to continue allowing businesses such as restaurants and gyms and movie theaters to operate indoors at reduced capacity. ease want to remind you that tomorrow night at midnight san francisco county will temporarily rollback the reopening of indoor dining as well as reduce the capacity of fitness centers and movie theaters, san francisco also paused the reopening of indoor instruction at high schools that have not already opened. >>and in the north bay marin county is now strongly recommending that restaurants cut their indoor capacity from 50 to 25%. the county health officer docto

., 29-miles-an-hour, noontime lighter winds, breezier in the solano county area. and tomorrow night around 6:00 p.m. is when those winds pick up again. they're going to be gusty and strong. so, just watch out. secure any loose objects you may have out there. tomorrow afternoon a nice day for thanksgiving in the south bay, 63, santa rosa 64. gilroy on the peninsula, sunshine mid 60s around san mateo. downtown san francisco 63 degrees. breezy at times. 64 in san rafael. sunny skies 64 in oakland in the east bay. head inland and it's going to be windy around solano county, not the rest of the area. 66 concord, 64 antioch. i want to show you the tahoe forecast. cold, slight chance of snow showers tomorrow morning. look at this. sunshine friday, saturday. getting a little milder. mornings will be very cold there. in the accuweather 7 day forecast, thanksgiving is looking fantastic. nice one. cold frosty mornings friday, saturday, sunday. little morning drizzle on monday. ama, dan, happy thanksgiving to both of you and everyone out there. >> and to you as well, sandhya.

epps is hosting a drive-by thanksgiving at her home in solano county. her family members are stopping by to get a plate of food made with love. >> given this circumstance, we still can give thanks. we still can appreciate one another. even if we're not together. >> reporter: thanksgiving isn't quite the same, folks say they're more grateful than ever for their health and their families. jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> we're hunkering down this thanksgiving because of the record high case levels continuing across the state. the graph shows the daily new cases in california, yesterday, the same reported a record high number of 18,000 new cases. today, a drop, but still very high, another 14,000 cases confirmed today. health officials are worried about how high these numbers could rise after the thanksgiving holiday. >>> well, seven california hospitals are first in line to get a covid-19 vaccine and two of them are right here in the bay area. if the fda approves pfizer's emergency use authorization for coronavirus vaccine, health care workers and f

>>if you're waking up in solano county you are waking up in the purple tier because covid-19 cases are rising again restrictions heavy restrictions are once again once again placed on you will explain coming up in >>costco and wal-mart stepping up covid precautions as we see cases increase across the live at costco with all the details coming up. >>and major breaking news on the race to find a covid-19 vaccine. a second company announcing this morning their vaccine is 94% effective against the virus. news station. >>you're watching the kron 00:00am morning news. and thanks for joining us on a monday, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher and we've wintery type weather right here on tap for the week ahead, which is going make these kind of interesting here around let's check that out right away rebecca strom is in for john this morning hi rebecca hi, good morning daryn good morning. james, yeah, big changes in the weather center guys because we are going to see the possibility of rain coming to the bay area. >>early tomorrow morning as a matter of fact right now though we're looking o

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

all will now be investigated by the solano county major crimes task force. it is in partnership with the district attorney's office and was approved by police throughout the county. the announcement comes following several deadly shootings involving vallejo police officers of the past few years. >>> turning back to the pandemic as cases spike in new york, a statewide curfew is set to start tonight. bars, restaurants, bowling alleys and gyms all must close by 10:00 p.m. mayor bill de blasio is considering shutting down all schools with a switch to virtual learning before thanksgiving. health leaders say the spread in schools remains low. >>> breweries are thinking outside or inside the box. a shipping container has been converted into an outdoor dining space. the owners say they have struggled during the pandemic but they'll have more space to give people another option besides sitting out in the cold. >>> it's approaching 6:00 quickly and this morning arizona is for joe biden. that is the projection. >>> happening today for you, fallout from the pandemic may

in solano county, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> an important warning there from j.r. sal's mom told us late tonight neighbors have now raised enough money for them to buy a new bike and a helmet, but sal was particularly fond of his old bike, so he would still love to get it back. good to see a happy ending to that story. >>> now to the weather, where we are hoping for a little more sunshine. we will get it, at least for tomorrow, drew. >> yeah, dion. a lot of changes coming our way the next 48 hours. tomorrow we'll have some very warm weather before the temperatures plummet and rain returns on tuesday. out there right now tonight, we had a warm front move through today. so this evening we're in the upper 40s to a lot of 50s on the board. so it's 57 right now in the city. 53 in oakland. 50 in san jose. 54 in cloverdale. we're from 5 to 10 degrees warmer right now than we were this time last night. tonight will not be nearly as chilly as last night was. last night we had many cities fall into the 30s. tonight just a few cities getting that chilling effect. >> most of u

we talked last week about solano and contra costa county being dropped down into read more severe level but that's not as bad as it's going to get here they're going into the widespread purple level and that means big restrictions will tran is in solano county now with the details well. doria it is the most restrictive tier that the state can slap on any particular county because they have seen an increase in covid-19 cases. >>not just a little bit an explosion at any point in time over the past several weeks they've seen it go up to 50 and one day it was 80 cases of covid-19 and solano county which is why they are not even waiting for the state which usually decides on tuesday which here they're going to go ahead this morning, waking up to the purple tier because they want to get a handle on this sooner than later so what that means is no dying in at restaurants, no gyms no movie theaters. >>they believe over the past several weeks that they have seen an increase of private gatherings that that has increased the number of covid-19 cases not to mention halloween. they're not blaming any

solano county would fall back into the most restrictive purple tier. with the recent increase orange could become red or slide even back into purple. >>> let's get to "today in the bay's" cierra johnson and a first of its kind rapid test to talk about this morning. this is for both covid and the flu, cierra. >> reporter: good morning. yes, this development coming out of uc davis. this week they've already made announcements they have freezers that could work to store the vaccine when the vaccines become available. they announce they look to acquire more freezers to store those vaccines and this week making news announcing they've developed a test that could check for both covid-19 and the flu both type a and b. these tests are rapid meaning you would have results available after 20 minutes. developers say this test will change how testing is done in emergency or urgent care settings because it can be done to the person right at their bedside. so as you can imagine this test coming at a very crucial time as we are still in the midst of the pandemic and

wednesday contra costa county santa clara county and solano counties are in effect at this moment. napa will go into the purple tier at midnight wednesday and sonoma counties we know has been in the purple tier since september. we'll take a closer look at the counties that are now in the red tier coming up in the 2nd half of the hour. and put things into perspective of course we have to remind you of the latest numbers when it releases as it relates to the coronavirus statewide we've seen more than a million recorded cases now with more than 18,000 deaths in the bay area more than a 129,000 cases with more than 1800 deaths from covid-19 and there could be even stricter rules on the way coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news, the pushback. >>against a statewide curfew we're going to tell you why some on the peninsula watch it nipped that idea in the and then how the next 8 weeks can make or break. the retail industry and it's going to be even worse with our new restrictions. then coming up on the buzz the niners lose a player to the covid list after their loss to the saints. but

solano county has the largest proportion of republican voters in the bay area. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley went there to speak directly with voters about how they are feeling as the results of the presidential unfold. >> reporter: solano county is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. >> we have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 of those are registered as republican. >> slow slaw know county is a republican stronghold with a strong military presence. >> reporter: 30% of those who voted by mail and 55% those who went to the polls voted for president trump here. this biden supporter was surprised to hear the numbers. >> i didn't realize there was that many trump supporters here. >> reporter: at this grocery store parking lot in fairfield it's not at all difficult to walk up to people, strike up a conversation and find trump supporter who are willing to talk. some, even mentioned they've gotten some backlash on social media for their views. >> and i never would have thought in a million years that i would get some of the commentary

also we have the fastest winds blowing through solano county at 10:00 this morning through 5:00. outside dining could make it a little more difficult. and you may want to put off putting up the holiday decorations until tomorrow when the winds are not nearly as gusty. here's a quick look at what will happen during our prime outside dining times. low to upper 60s with sunshine. have a great thanksgiving. >> that will be nice weather. we thank you for that. and i'm thankful for you this holiday, mike. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving to everyone. >> you, too, kumasi. >> have a good day. >> let's make it a good one. >>> good morning, america. thanksgiving travel trouble. more than 50 million people expected to hit the road and the skies despite that cdc warning to stay home for the holiday. the busiest travel day still ahead as cases surge across the country and hospitalizations hit another all-time high. this, as the economic fallout grows. hundreds of thousands apply for unemployment this week. food banks across the country trying to feed the hungry. >>> breaking overnight,

>> looks like they're going to have a purple tier in solano county. purple is not a complete shutdown. the stores at this mall would be allowed to stay open but they would have to cut down on the number of people allowed inside in half. this was announced in a facebook post. this was post ed by s by s by sy supervisor saying that the state's public health officer told her they will move to the purple tier today and they may be calling for a curfew later this week. the purple tier means gyms cannot allow people inside anymore, same with restaurants. indoor dining would be shut down. the purple tier has changed a bit. nail salons and hair salons can still stay open. originally when this was created this reopening plan, they were not allowed to reopen in the purple tier. the supervisor who made the facebook post said private parties and gatherings where masks are not worn is the cause for the increase in covid cases. she said religious gatherings are the second largest cause. she says she knows people are tired of this but that we all need to do our part

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'

county kay recede. >>well the put things in perspective, here's a look at the latest coronavirus cases and deaths across california as you can see we've had more than a million recorded cases with more than 18,000 deaths and for the bay area. we've seen more than a 129,000 cases with more than 1800 deaths so far. >>time now 6 '09 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news bay-area hospitals are bracing for a surge of covid cases as our numbers go up and then one san mateo county leader is pushing back against the idea of a statewide curfew to prevent the spread of covid we'll tell you what they think the state should be doing instead. >>and storm is on the way to the bay area in fact we're going to be seeing rainfall heavy at times. and we're also going to see the pick up. i'll have more details coming up in just a bit. and when it rains there's always an increase in crashes right so be careful driving on the wet roads from the rain comes in right now we're okay at the bay bridge toll plaza normal backu

solano county, 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in those areas, low temperatures could drop to the mid to upper 20s, so it's going to be cold. be prepared for that. 29 in santa rosa. 31 in napa. a few mid to upper 30s in the south bay. and upper 30s on the coast. cold all around the area. highs tomorrow, upper 50s on the coast. under mostly sunny skies. low 60s near the bay. low to mid-60s inland and then on friday in comes that one little storm that ama was talking about, ranked 1 on the abc 7 news storm impact scale, bringing powers and the possibility of thunderstorms and hail. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. two more cold days coming our way, tomorrow and thursday. clouds increase. showers and breezy conditions on friday. on saturday, clouds lingerers and maybe more rain on monday. so looks like an active weather pattern, as we like to call it, dan and ama. >> all right. that's good. thanks, spencer. >> all right. abc 7 news sports director larry beil is here. we have coronavirus headlines with the vaccine and also

up into lake in northern solano county and then that purple issue those are actually freeze warnings. the first of the season across the board as daytime highs eventually rise into the 50's and 60's right now we're only in the 20's and 30's. now let's get a look ahead at the rest of your week. so we saw rainfall over the weekend snowfall in the sierra we're starting this week dry with monday tuesday and wednesday all looking good to go you'll have some cloud cover at times early no chance of rainfall these next 3 days after that thursday does bring the potential of return of some isolated showers here and there after that on into friday looks much more widespread with rainfall across the bay area and snowfall in the sierra nevada to kick off the weekend on friday just around the corner we've seen expanding drought conditions so far this fall this is exactly what we need to see from this point forward. now daytime highs i briefly alluded to this they'll be in the 50's and 60's much as we were this weekend just a whole lot more sunshine and the steady forecast today. you don't have to w

county district attorney's office the benicia police department is not involved in this investigation and this area will be closed for some time yet the corner still on scene. they're just now towing. the police car involved in this fatal sam by on everything happening here will remain on scene to provide you the very latest reporting live in benicia sarah stinson kron 4 news. >>thank you sir. >>now let's get to the other big story. our top story this morning which is covid and the bay area is having to curtail reopening because we're seeing a rise in covid cases. >>and hospitalization and we are we know that even though san francisco still listed as minimal, we know that they're going to be some rollbacks there we'll talk more about that in a minute but solano contra costa county yesterday were in the orange which mean, but met moderate now they've been downgraded to the red which means substantial cases means places like walnut creek are going to see changes covers will tran is live there with a look at the rollbacks well. >>and let me show you what's going to happen. so we are in o

a little bit of a hint of an offshore wind up the solano county and also the napa county as well those temperatures marty was talking about her looks like around the freezing mark up their nevado santa rosa in the inland areas in the east bay also being treated to some 30's even lower 30's and tri valley livermore 33 napa 33 to 38 conquered got up to 43 m 38 down to san jose but make up for this afternoon with all this heating going on sunshine with temperatures expected to return to the 60's very indicative of the week ahead breezy early on monday as we talk about mild with mostly sunny same kind of temps going on here that wind will be concentrated in the west that is are in. sonoma counties and out of san francisco and the remaining dry for the week ahead looks like mild 30's for lows, 60's for highs there is another system to watch out for on wednesday but thanksgiving looks pretty good. 59 san francisco 62 for oakland 61 san jose across the wider geography back at it again with a lot of 60's on the board for highs today approaching about the middle 60's. next couple of days again

also freeze warnings for northern solano and then lake county to notice well as for future cast today tomorrow wednesday, all looking dry then comes thursday a chance of showers returns to the bay area you can see that here by friday more widespread of rainfall looking likely so we're certainly not done with the rain just yet we have more of that ahead of us and that is very welcome news because we've seen increasing drought conditions after what has been a dry fall until this past weekend. temperatures later today will rise into the 50's and low 60's that's what we're going to stay in this forecast ahead of us with low 60's remaining all the way through friday to start the weekend as for the weekend itself daytime highs will try to climb closer to the 70's, not quite getting there though fall has set in and not wanted to leave. robin. the traffic is picking up in some spots so the morning commute is starting to wind down out there but if you're hopping on barred, do expect residual delays up to 20 minutes they had some earlier equipment issues that impact at the berryessa line. so if