About the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. Business owners are highly concerned as San Francisco could enter the purple tier as soon as sunday. Reporter santa clara hospitals sounding the alarm. They could be at risk in a matter of weeks. Reporter in berkeley people coming by ahead of the first weekend of ski resorts opening up in tahoe. How people are making the most of the pandemic ski season. Reporter cold and frosty mornings. I will let you know if it will last through thanksgiving. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. The big fear is that the public will not want to come out because of the curfew. Tonight as covid cases are spiking, San Francisco is on the verge of entering the purple tier. That would require the city to impose a curfew and reverse many reopenings. Reporter on a typical day this view can take any worry away. But tonight it is not doing the trick as he goes into the weekend knowing San Francisco could soon enter the purple tier. From a Business Owners standpoint it is like we are getting punched in the gut every single day. Reporter today the Health Director said that covid19 cases are rapidly increasing. The 14day average of new cases has gone up to 152 since november 1st. Placing it on the trajectory to be in the purple tier, potentially as early as sunday. They are putting a plan in place, knowing a statewide curfew would be next. We are basically going to take reservations up to 8 30. Reporter San Francisco would close indoor movie theaters and museums. The conservatory of flowers is gearing up for this potential. We do have people that researched tickets in advance and reached out with the people to work with them. Gyms would only be allowed to open outdoors, an option that is not feasible for them. I have a 4,700 square foot facility. To tell me i cant do oneonone training so i can continue to make a living seems criminal. Californias new curfew takes Effect Tomorrow night applying to counties in the purple tier where the virus is widespread, sonoma, napa, alameda, santa cruz and santa clara. All nonessential work, travel and gatherings between 10 00 p. M. Until 5 00 a. M. Are banned. In the north bay Solano County sheriffs say they will not respond to calls just about violations of the governors curfew. The sheriff says we encourage every individual who conducts their business in public to do so in a lawful manner and celebrate the upcoming holidays mindful of the need to Public Safety guidelines. New at 11 00, one of governor newsoms children is quaranti quarantining after possibly being exposed to covid at their school. The rest of the family all tested negative. The governor received a rapid test this week and will get a nasal swab this weekend and in compliance with guidelines only the potentially exposed child needs to quarantine. California set a unfortunate record with more than 13,000 diagnosed cases. The 14day rate jumped to 5. 2 . The number of newly admitted patients to hospitals has far exceeded the twoweek hospitalization average of about 4,300. Today the state reported an additional 178 patients hospitalized with covid19 for a total of 5,500. In the south bay one of the more dire warnings we heard yet from Public Health officials. Santa clara county could reach capacity at the hospitals in a matter of weeks. Reaction from the communities most at risk. I am concerned for the wellbeing of the community. Reporter she has been advocating for her Latino Community since the pandemic began, a demographic hit hard by the virus in Santa Clara County and now she is even more worried. Hospitals in the county could reach capacity in three weeks if the current surge continues. Cancel your holiday plans. Dont travel. Reporter newly elected state Assembly Member alex lee tweeted this. It becomes incredibly scary to hear we might run out of capacity in hospitals where my mom works directly. If that is the case i get increasingly worried. Reporter 407 new cases reported countywide today. And in the last week the covid19 hospitalizations went up by 50 . We talked about surge plans, contingency plans with hospitals. Bringing in the own staffing from critical areas and redeploying them. To meet demands the Santa Clara County fairgrounds will expand to 5,000 by middecember. Developing news tonight, donald trump jr. Is isolating at his cabin after testing positive for covid19. A spokesman said the president s eldest son is asymptomatic so far. The latest member of the trump family to become infected. The president , first lady and youngest son, baron all tested positive last month. For the first time the u. S. Is reported more than 200,000 cases in 24 hours. Pfizer could be closer to providing a vaccine for millions of americans. Reporter friday afternoon pfizer officially requesting emergency use authorization from the fda fors it vaccine. A vaccine Advisory Board will meet on december 10th which pfizer said is 95 effective. The government already stockpiled 40 million doses. We have developed a very extensive plan. We are going to get it down to the states. States are going to tell us where they want it to be. Reporter this as the demand for testing skyrockets coasttocoast. Many waiting hours at Dodger Stadium in l. A. , the cdc recommending against travel for thanksgiving, urging americans to spend the holiday only with the people in their household. I really do think people need to stay home. Things are really bad across the country. You want to be able to see your family in 2021. Reporter half of all states in the u. S. Are reporting massive staffing shortages. Indiana nurse carrie weber lost her coworker to the virus. One of my coworkers got it and she died. She almost lost her own life as well but got a Second Chance with a double lung transplant. As a nurse who did not expect any of this can get out there and bring it home to people who do not want to necessarily wear masks or isolate themselves or quarantine. This is real. Who is going to get the vaccine once it is available . According to the National Academy of medicine priority goes to frontline workers and First Responders and people with High Risk Health conditions. Phase two goes to people over 65. Critical workers like teachers or people in prisons and detention centers, young adults and people who work in hotels, banks, factories. After that everyone else can get the vaccine. It is the first week of the ski season in tahoe and businesses are benefitting. How skiers and snowboarders are making the most of the pandemic ski season. President elect joe biden moves forward with transition plans. What he did today that President Trump hasnt done in more than a year. And saving endangered sea otters off of the coast line. The one thing that could be done to triple their population. I am sandhya patel, dry and mild this weekend. I will let you know if it could last through thanksgiving. First a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. Thanks dan and ama, lets do this one for the kids. You were the most thoughtful contestant that we had. By thoughtful, i mean the slowest contestant. I dont know why i come here. [whats this . ] oh, are we kicking karly out . We live with at t. It was a lapse in judgment. At t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gigspeed internet, but we cant sign up for that here. 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It is definitely not down from last years. Reporter on a friday night the rental line was the most crowded place in the store. It is a way of having a little fun and going out. She came with her son to rent some gear. They were originally visiting family in brazil. Because of the pandemic, things are really hard. Even with covid cases surging, skiing seems safer than flying. North star and heavenly opened on friday both requiring reservations to limit capacity and do not expect to sit inside a warm lodge. There is still a bit of a gray area for ski resorts. When it comes to specific guidance for ski areas, nothing specifically talks about ski areas. Reporter they represent dozens of california ski resorts and said that the industry has worked together with guidance from county health departments. Matt boone, abc 7 news. Test your knowledge and weigh the risk. Tonight President Trump continues to refuse to concede the election. The campaign, which i won by the way. You will find that out. Trump lost by 6 million nationally. His team is now considering more legible options to contest it. We were discussing a lame duck session. The urgency of crushing the virus and easing the pain of the economic crisis. A spokesman for bidens team said mr. Biden met with other elected officials from both sides of the aisle about the crisis. Twitter is announcing plans to hand over control of the official president ial account to biden on inauguration today. It is separate from the real donald trump account the president uses to tweet. About a dozen accounts will be affected. New developments, after months of debate a panel voted to change the name of sir Francis Drake high school. In the meantime known as high school 1327. According to berkeley, contractors hired by the city started to prepare the statues for removal by morning and should be gone by tuesday. They voted to remove the statues because upkeep was too expensive. Tonight there is hope for the endangered sea otter population. Yeah. A new study finds in order to save the fuzzy creatures cant swim north because the area is filled with sharks. Moving some of the population under the Golden Gate Bridge would allow them to thrive. It is in the early stages and already has been backed by the monterey aquarium. The impact the rest of the ecosystem, and they improve the health and the growth of the sea grass beds. The relocation would need the approval from the u. S. Fish and wildlife service. It is like watching ballet. They are so graceful in the water. It is so fun to watch. It is just relaxing as they go back and forth. It is great. The lasting weather to come from the weekend. Nothing too crazy, sandhya . Nothing too crazy, dan and ama. You can sit outside and soak up the sun and just relax. Just imagine watching them, all right. That will help you out. I want to show you a lovely view from our camera. San francisco, all lit up and festive for the holidays. It is feeling like the holidays without a doubt. It is chilly right now. These are some of the colder spots. 38 degrees in danville. It will be a cold night, right around freezing in santa rosa, napa not far behind at 33. 36 in livermoore. 39 san jose. 53 in San Francisco. Here is a view and a look at the forecast. Cold mornings with frost this weekend, mild afternoons through next week and bright and sunny for thanksgiving. In case you are thinking of taking your dinner or lunch outside and just enjoying sun, obviously with just your immediate family the weather will cooperate. Live doppler 7, it will be great to see rain but we are not seeing anything. Everything is going well to the north for the time being. Lets check out the 12hour planner for thanksgiving. At 7 00 a. M. It will be crisp to chilly, a nice afternoon looking at mid50s to 60s. Mild and sunny at 4 00 p. M. And a starry night, middle 50s to lower 60s. It will be a nice rebound by the afternoon. 68 in the south bay. 70 in gilroy. 63 santa cruz. Filtered pie by a lot of hig log clouds there. 63. If you want sunshine you have got it in the north bay. 69 in santa rosa. In the east bay, temperatures a little above average. 65 oakland. Head inland and it will be nice and mild. Here is a look at the extended forecast. We will run the model. First system, sunday. Throwing a few more clouds our way and dropping the temperatures a couple of degrees. These systems going well to the north as High Pressure is blocking them from getting here and it will keep the pattern dry through next friday, a week from today. Here is a look at the forecast. Cold in the morning with frost. Afternoon, nice and mild. Definitely bundle up if you have sunday morning plans. You will need those. Heavy coats and jackets. Comfortable right on through the early part of next week. It is still going to be the sunny streak. We need the rain. 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I can pull up, buy a plant, buy some coffee, chitchat with the ladies, and then head on my way. The sweetest grandpa. Its more than donuts and coffee. Its a place that we connect with people. Drawing your vacation. Great opportunity to get creative and have a little fun and let the kids have a free for all on the walls. Taking Public Transportation has never been easier. Having that Service Available for them whenever and wherever they need to go in Santa Clara County, thats huge. But first, were riding high. This is my very first time on this thing. Oh, my goodness. This is fantastic. This is so fantastic. Like, this just has such a great view of the park. Now were getting to the point where you can see the city. Usf. Salesforce tower. You can see the presidio. Im super excited. Oh, my goodness. We are celebrating Golden Gate Parks 150th anniversary, and what Golden Gate Park really wanted was a 150foot observation wheel. That allows our parks visitors to rise up above its canopy and be inspired by not just the beauty of this 1,100acre park but the beauty of our city. This wheel is about rising above all of the crud that we have found ourselves in and rejuvenating. So many people looked at the skystar for seven, eight months waiting for it to get activated, and now we are finally activated and i think people are just thrilled that the wheel is turning and that they can go in it and enjoy the view. It was great. [ chuckles ] the views are amazing. You see the Golden Gate Bridge. You can see down to, like, ocean beach and even over here, sutro tower. It was pretty cool. So, im originally from San Francisco, and i just cant believe they put a ferris wheel here. And because ive been coming to this park my entire life, i thought that was pretty cool. I had to come heck it out. I love it. It was too short. [ laughs ] they need to make it longer. Definitely worth, you know, coming over here and walking. Were native, so we live close by, and having such a nice attraction close by really makes it, like, a nice experience. Ive been out here a lot just observing, and people this makes people happy. It makes people joyful. It does give them hope that things are getting hopefully getting a little bit better or there is some normalcy in our lives where we do have these special activities that provide a little bit of joy and inspiration and are great for families. You know, being six years old and coming here, now being an adult and seeing it just, you know, flouring and a lot of people enjoying San Francisco now. Its nice. Its nice to see it. To keep everybody safe, weve really instituted some very Strong Health and wellness protocols for the public. For instance, all of the gondolas are completely wiped down before you get in them. Somebody exits, they get wiped down again. We have hand sanitizing stations everywhere, the social distancing. Everything is done from a ticketless point of view. Its all by reservations. The public should not worry. This is really weve taken the cleanliness factor, i think, to a very high level. I think everyone can feel safe