And we can protect california for generations to come. Feel about protocols. Breezy and cool. Abc news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area. The individual decisions that we make and you all make together do add up and do make a difference. The bay area is seeing a third surge of coronavirus cases, and tonight were getting a clearer picture as to the cause. We are. Good evening to you. Kate larsen is in the newsroom. You spoke local Health Officers about whats really driving this latest spike. When San Francisco moved into the yellow tier last month, Health Officials knew cases would go up as the city opened, but they were surprised at how high cases have surged. Many groups are letting their guard down. San Francisco DeputyHealth Officer dr. Susan phillips says the third surge is different. We have a higher proportion of people who are white testing positive. Latinos still account for the largest number of cases in San Francisco. But the overall percentage of cases is down from 50 over the summer to 40 in november. While cases among white people have gone up, from 19 over the summer to 27 in november. And this San Francisco map of new covid cases in the past month shows just that. The darker the green the higher the case count per 10,000 residents. Presidio, Pacific Heights and the marina are looking more like the tenderloin and south of market. The fact that it is more evenly spread across the city means there is potential for explosive increase in cases. Over the summer in marin they were in the canal district. A mostly latino district. Now . Its popcorn. This graph shows a shift in dynamics. Latino cases went down to 42 in november, while cases among white people went up from 29 in september to 45 in november. Indoor gatherings are to blame. People gathering to watch a football guam ame is another exe of five cases. The doctor is so concerned that the activities like Outdoor Dining will carry more risk. But we can control the outbreaks. Everyone just needs to avoid indoor gatherings. I know youve heard this before, but stay distanced and wear those masks. Kate larsen, abc 7 news. New at 11 00, municip says of its operators has died from covid. The name has not been released, of course, but they had been on longtestimo long term leave. The person had not come into contact with anyone in months. Since the pandemic started nearly 100 employees have tested positive. In the past 24 maer americans have died, the highest total since may. We have indicators on just how close we are to a vaccine. 6. 5 million doses are expected to be released after 24 hours of its approval, as soon as december 10th. Moderna has a deal with the European Union for 160 million doses of its vaccine. There is a stockpile of 2 billion. Abc 7 is committed to keeping you fully informed about every development with the covid19 vaccine. Weve assembled the abc 7 vaccine team. Our doctor, reporters and Michael Finney to bring you the most complete coverage. As california covid cases surge, officials are issuing a warning. Some intensive care units are approaching capacity. I dont think weve ever seen as many hospital admissions increase like we did in the past 24 hours. The Health Secretary says the number of people in the hospital due to covid spiked 81 in the state during the past two week. Since monday, seven more counties, none in the bay area, slipped into the mostrestrictive, purple tier. The Public Health director expects the downgrade this week. Were hopeful we can crush this third curve but we do expect to be in purple relatively soon. And to slow the spread, another holiday plea. Keep any thanksgiving gathering small and outside. Remind others around you that these are the things we have to do to protect our family and friends because we love them. On the peninsula, smaan mat s Health Officer is urging people, right now enough are acting like they are individuals, care lossly, thoughtlessly and i would add selfishly, resulting in a surge of new cases. Because of these actions, everyones lives are disrupted. Schools will not function properly and your favorite businesses will close, likely forever. Coronavirus rules and restrictions can change quickly. Weve made it easy to keep track of this on our be wiwebsite. 4 million passengers nationwide have already taken to the air for travel for the thanksgiving holiday. The tsa expects tomorrow to be the busiest day yet. Some are looking at alternatives to flying. One option is taking the train. We talked to a bay area expert on just how safe it is to ride the rails. They were really good about letting people know ahead of time, please keep your mask on. I believe right now they are currently cleaning up. They told us not to board just yet. Amtrak is far from welcoming the normal amount of passengers, but things have changed. This is video of new and enhanced cleaning measures. Trains are running at only about 50 capacity. And everything such as payments are run through an app for contactless experience. Ucsf dr. Hong says train travel can be as safe as planes with the right protocols. What would you say are the ups and downs of train travel . The upsides are that you dont have to spend time in a crowded airport. The train is probably a little less controlled. People walk up and down the train. Reporter keep your masks on for the entire trip. I feel safe, but i also wish people would follow protocol a little more. I was talking to my fellow traveler and other people, please keep your mask on. Reporter crack open a window if you can and keep your masks on in the bathroom. Chris reyes for abc 7 news. Or anywhere really. A toy Program Needs your help. Nearly 200 tricycles were stolen from their storage unit. The loss is devastating. Reporter youre looking at a storage unit half emptied out by thieves who took an electric fire truck and trikes, similar to ones that look like this. I think my only question would be why . Im disappointed, why did you do at that to the kids that were trying to help. Reporter sally from the toy program says she arrived tuesday, days before thanksgiving and weeks before christmas to find nearly 200 strikes worth over 100 each gone. I can see somebody maybe taking one item, but taking the whole thing . There goes all the stuff we had for the younger children as far as tricycles go. Reporter firefighters would have given the strikes to those in need for christmas. San Francisco Police sergeant rich jones who runs hunters chest says his storage unit full of toys was hit by thieves six months ago. A suspect was caught but the toys never recovered. Its for the kids. Its christmas. Bring them back. If whoever took it is watching, if they want to return all those trikes to us, no questions asked. Reporter j. R. Stone, abc 7 news. Just awful. If youre interested in helping the firefighters toy program, im sure a lot of you at home are, we have all the details on our be with site, abc 7 news. Com. A billion dollar edd scam, how the name of convicted murderer Scott Peterson got wrapped up in that list. Hopes for dungeness crab crb were sunk. It sure is feeling like the holidays. Ill let you know how thanksgiving is shaping up. First a look at whats copping coming up on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Tonights show is our best one yet. You are also playing princess diana, which is a role i was considered for, but im not but you can work out anything wowith comcast business. W. Get fast, reliable, and secure internet on the nations largest gig speed network. Flexible tools like wifi you control. Voice solutions that connect you from anywhere. And expert advice here, here, or even here. Be fast. Be flexible. Bounce forward with comcast business. Get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just 64. 90 a month. Plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a 500 prepaid card when you upgrade. Switch today. Tonight, a staggering unemployment scam involving serious killers and rapists. The iteam first broke this story in october. And 7 on your side has doggedly pursued edd stephanie sierra reports its pegged as the largest case of taxpayer fraud in california history. It is perhaps and will be the biggest fraud of taxpayer dollars in california history. Reporter a billion dollars in the hands of inmates across the state. To give you an idea of the tup type of criminals cashing in, Scott Peterson was one of the names used. From march to august, 35,000 claims have been filed in the name of California State Prison inmates, including 133 inmates currently on death row. 20,000 of those claims have been paid since august, amounting to 140 million. Its scary how much money has been lost, not to, it went the wrong way, but stolen. Reporter the San Mateo County das office was one of the first to uncover the state was defrauded out of 250,000 of unemployment benefits. To find out its hundreds of millions, going to death row, we have to stop that. So why didnt it stop . The reason starts from the lack of a cross system to make sure data is matched against edd claims. We need to turn off the spigot. Right now there is no cross matching between incarceration data and edd like is done in 35 oth other states. Das requested help from the governor. Scott wiener agrees, it must be a priority. We need to take a look at why were not cross referencing. If there is a statute that prevents them from cross referencing, clearly that has to be changed. A policy change necessary to help the hundreds of thousands of people like brittany and ben. All of my money on that card, like i cant even go get food. I havent been able to pay octobers rent because of that. Who need this money to survive. Meanwhile, the response from the edd has been consistently criticized as slow and nonexistent. We have reached out to the agency for further comment on this but have yet to hear back. For the iteam, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Well stay on top of it, of course. With the crab season, the opening is delayed again and pushed back to december 16th. It was originally scheduled to start november 15th in time for thanksgiving. Its postponed to keep migrating whales from getting in fishing nets. Last year it was put on hold to protect the whales. We may not have crab for thanksgiving but we are going to have sunshine. Yes, which we have desperately been hoping for. Sandhya . Yeah, especially if youre going to sit outside and enjoy a nice meal on thanksgiving you want the weather to cooperate. It is going to be dry, and you will have plenty of sun to do that. Let michaud ye show you a view 7. We were seeing the low clouds and fog gathering near the golden gate and working their way in. You could see sutro tower. This is the first change under way for tomorrow. Visibility is dropping down to three quarters of a mile in novato. Watch out in the morning. There is fog also and low clouds along the peninsula as we head towards tomorrow. You are going to be seeing more of that. All the rain and snow is up around the Pacific North west, right here, which obviously, were not going to see much of it get down here. That front is going to fall apart. But we may see a few spinningicals tomorrow morning. High surf advisory 6 00 a. M. Until noon thursday. Watch if youre spending time at the beach. Swell 1824 feet. Most temperatures in the 40s, 50s. Novato, youve dropped down to a chilly 39 degreases. Patchy fog and drizzle tomorrow, gusty winds tomorrow night going intoe into early thursday. Bright and sunny for thanksgiving. Heres a look at the hour by hour forecast. Theres the front, 1 00 a. M. As it slides southward, it doesnt hold together well. By noontime, everyone is seeing sunshine. The winds will kick up. It will make it cooler. So tomorrow night the winds get stronger, gusting 2530 miles per hour. Secure any decorations, loose objects you might have in your back yard. Drizzle in the morning or sprinkles. You will need those jackets. Tomorrow afternoon it is going to be breezy and cooler than where you were today. Mid50s to the mid60s, but plenty of sun. Here is your thanksgiving day forecast. Noontime, the sun is out, mildest part of the day is 2 00 t p. M. Once the sun sets it will get chilly. You will need the sweaters and heaters. 65 in san diego and 71 in palm springs. Heres accuweather sevenday forecast for us. Morning clouds and sprinkles followed by a windy start thanksgiving morning but mild irfer for the rest of your day. Cold nights, mild days for the rest of your weekend and make a chance of a shower early next week. 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