Rules go into effect, aimed at stopping the effect of covid. The stay at home order is not as restrictive as the one in march. But it applies to all counties in the purple tier. That means all bay area counties except for three. That could change if the counties slide from red to purple. To find out what it means and how people are getting ready, Marianne Favro joins us live. Reporter well, so far today, all of the people we spoke with said they support the curfew. They say its a small price to pay to curb the spread of the virus. This was absolutely bustling today with people shopping, dining, and enjoying live music. All things they wont be able to do after 10 00 tonight, when state leaders implement what they call a limited stay at home order. The curfew will end at 5 00 tomorrow morning. People here seemed to take it in stride. I think its great. We need to stop the virus, stop the spread, and i think its going to be great for everyone in the long run, even if it doesnt feel that way in the short run. I think its probably for the best generally. Reporter once the curfew starts, you cannot gather with people outside your household. And you are not allowed to work or travel outside your home unless you are in an essential worker. What you can do after 10 00 tonight is work at an essential job, as we mentioned, go to the grocery store, walk your dog, and get takeout or drivethrough food. Now, again, the curfew starts at 10 00 tonight, and will be lifted at 5 00 tomorrow morning. This curfew in the purple tier is going to continue until december 21st. Now, i have to tell you, a lot of people i spoke with late this afternoon said that really its been so cold lately, that theyre really not bothered by the 10 00 curfew. They dont even want to be out after 10 00 bauseecits been so cold. Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thanks so much for that report. Lets take a live look at San Francisco this afternoon. That city is still in the states red tier so that new curfew wont be in effect there. Health officials expect to move into the purple tier as early as tomorrow. If that happens, the curfew would go into play and more indoor operations would be restricted. If fremont, tesla employees are classified as essential workers. That means teslas plant in fremont, which sometimes operates overnight, can continue operating with its existing covid19 safety plans. You may remember at the start of the pandemic, elon musk defied Health Orders requiring teslas factories to significantly scale down operations. The curfew set to take effect comes as cases continue to explode across the state. In the past 24 hours alone, a record 15,000 californians tested positive for the virus. That is up more than 200 from the previous record set just thursday. Prior to that, we havent seen numbers this high since that big surge in july. Another sobering moment in the fight against the virus. The United States surpassed 12 million cases. More than 1 million of those cases reported in just the past six days. Sadly, more than 256,000 americans have lost their lives to the virus. New at 5 00, several cal Football Players missing from todays game after a member of the team tested positive for covid19. The team saying the positive case came as a result of regular testing. It wasnt clear if the person infected is a player or coach. But as a result of contact tracing, several players are quarantining as a precaution. The game against oregon state went on as scheduled. Cal said since daily testing began, just two students have tested positive so far this season, two cal games have been canceled because of covid cases. Santa clara county is ramping up covid19 testing as demand increases. This is what testing locations looked like at the County Fair Grounds today. This testing site is expanding next week to accommodate 3,000 appointments a day. By mid december, it plans to test 5,000 people a day. Thats twice the current capacity. Here are a few of the places that you can get a test for free next week, without an appointment. On monday, its the Emanuel Baptist church in san jose, and the south county annex, both locations will be open from 11 00 in the morning until 5 30. Wednesday, you can be tested at antioch Baptist Church from 1 to 3 00 and the Bay Area Community health from 1 00 to 7 00. Some of the longest lines are down at dodger stadium. This was the line to get tested today. Yesterday alone, l. A. County reported nearly 4300 new cases. Were continuing to track the number of cases in each bay area county. Just go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com coronavirus. With Inauguration Day less than two months away, joe biden is in wilmington, delaware tonight. Sources say we could see picks for bidens cabinet as soon as next week, this as President Trump continues to insist he won the election and refuses to allow the transition to take place. In pennsylvania today, and in new york, demonstrators say the head of the gsa must recognize the president elect. Were here because emily w. Murphys delay will actually cause death because of the delay in the Covid Response by the Biden Administration. Bidens attorneys are weighing whether to take legal action to force the Trump Administration to cooperate. The president teased revelations of voter fraud on twitter, including in wisconsin. Twitter and facebook are preparing for a president ial transition. Both Companies Said today that the official potus accounts will be transferred to the Biden Administration on Inauguration Day. The accounts are separate from the president s personal twitter account. And the donald trump Facebook Page that the president uses. The company also hand over other official handles like the white house, Vice President and first lady on january 20th. We reported on an encounter between neighbors in Discovery Bay thats getting a lot of attention. One family says they endured a racial attack from their neighbor. Today, protestors made sure the community heard their message. Chrissy smith joins us live now. The family was there, correct . Reporter yeah, thats right. And they spoke out about this experience and how its affected them and said no one should have to go through Something Like this. A short time ago, their supporters gathered here in this parking lot, and then they started to march. They marched from here up Discovery Bay boulevard. Some walked, some were on bicycles. They stopped near the gated community they live in. There, family members spoke, describe thing ordeal. There was also a call for unity. They say they have received expressions of support from the community and beyond. After racial comments from a neighbor who came to their door to complain about their dog earlier this week. That sparked you know what . You are a black person in a white neighborhood, and youre acting like one. Why dont you act like a white person in a white neighborhood. Reporter of course, that sparked an uproar. We did reach out to the woman about those comments but didnt hear back. The jones family has an attorney and today, they say they hope some change comes from this. What im hoping is that this brings about change, change in the community, and like me and ms. Lisa bloom discussed, if one person changes their heart because of this, then we have a success. But thats the most important thing. What i envision leading up to this day was Martin Luther king. This is what he wanted. He wanted all of us to unite, to be together. Reporter so the jones family reached out to me a few days ago. I saw the video, i was appalled at this act of racism. Reporter she believes there may be some legal ramifications here. Some people who marched today say they were not expecting this sizable police presence. In the meantime, the jones say they have received emails and flowers expressing support. We asked if he heard from the woman. He said, in his words, nothing genuine and added, he can forgive but not forget. We have made repeated attempts to reach the woman shown in the video, but so far shes not responded. Reporting live, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. Now to our Series Making it in the bay about the cost of living here in the bay area. The pandemic continues to shake up where people live and where the hot real estate markets are. Realtors in the area say there are no signs of a typical slowdown at this time of year. Trooi valley refers to dublin, livermore. There are bidding wars and high demand for the area despite the pandemic and despite it being offseason. We have a lot of Silicon Valley buyers, kind of looking in trivalley now, because its because of bigger backyards or more space or people who need an office space. Theyre just looking for a little more space and theyre able to get more here for their dollar than in the Silicon Valley area. Similar trends are unfolding across the bay area. The market is slow for apartments and condos, but demand remains high for the Single Family homes in many areas. Coming up, a new way for a jail visit. The new Program Launch at several state prisons, including one in the bay area. The pandemic is not stopping them from delivering thanksgiving meals. Nope. The changes the Salvation Army is make so that people still have a warm meal and how you can help. Were tracking some changes ahead, first increasing clouds on sunday, but those rain chances could be a little tougher to find. Well look at that and the week ahead including thanksgiving when we come right back. New at 5 00, some well known statues in berkeley are coming down. The big people statues on both sides of the pedestrian bridge leading over interstate 80 and down to the Berkeley Marina are being removed. Theyve been there since 2008. The city says the salt in the air was corroding the art. Berkeley does not plan to replace them because of that reason. The statues are being given back to the artist. Scott donahue. He says he plans to bring them to alameda to repaint them and look for a new home. A new way for families to visit loved ones in prison. Five state prisons, including san quentin, will roll out video visitation programs. Inperson visits are suspended because of the pandemic. Inmate also get a free 30minute video visit every 30 days. The video visits will take place on weekends and holidays. Visitors must make a reservation ahead of time. The Corrections Department hopes to expand that to all state prisons by the end of the year. A creative new program kicked off today in San Francisco designed to help artists struggling during the pandemic. 60 actors, musicians and dancers have been hired to go out into the city as Community Health ambassadors. Their job is to promote covid safe behavior. Artists have been tapped to create health themed murals. As thanksgiving draws closer, it is drawing more people to the grocery store. A small but steady line outside of this trader joes in san jose. The store has been limiting capacity that leads to the lines that are only likely to get longer. Some people not in that line were people from the Salvation Army. For 60 years, theyve been bringing meals to people in San Francisco not able to leave their homes. They plan well ahead of time and that is not changing. Cdc guidelines are preventing the organization from its traditional turkey carving and meal prep events. This year, theyre working with catering businesses to put together these meals. Then an army of volunteers, and i do mean army, will deliver some 4800 meals on thanksgiving morning. Nearly 1,000 more people than in years past. In order to make that happen, the Salvation Army says theyre still in need of drivers. In years past, weve been turning people away that want to volunteer. But people are concerned about the virus and its scared a lot of folks off. Everything is going to be contact free. We are posting information on how you can help deliver meals thanksgiving morning. All the thanksgiving there on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. You too can help families in need this holiday season. Next time youre at a safeway, you can donate 10 to go to local food banks. The food drive runs through late december. Its feeling like the holidays. You want to stay indoors. A few spots around the bay area will be dropping into the low 30s around the north bay. Though the weekend will end with more clouds but not essentially looking at increasing rain chances. So that is the story as we wrap up the month of november, which includes thanksgiving day. We may have to watch the wind at times, as we go through the next few days. Outside, it is a very nice evening. We had a gorgeous sunset. Thats the view around San Francisco. Temperatures cooling under partly cloudy skies, currently at 61 degrees. May see some patchy low clouds trying to form as we head towards the morning. The view in walnut creek, 59 degrees. In san jose, another nice view, 59 and the wind out of the northwest at 5 miles per hour. So as marianne was talking about, we have some cold temperatures to start things off. A combination of thirties to low 40s. A few patches of fog, maybe not as much as we have had, as the air has dried out, with a little bit of a north breeze at times. Notice what happens tomorrow. Highs again in the low 60s. But a shield of increasing mid and high level clouds. So some of those clouds around mendocino county, during the day may try to toss a few widely scattered showers for areas north of sonoma county. Look how it washes out. So even though we might see sprinkles before 11 00 tomorrow night after sundown, nothing is adding up in the rain gauge. So thats the unfortunate aspect of the forecast. Weaker weather system is moving through, not even for the north bay. So what were getting now is a snapshot of where the forecast is headed, all the way through the holiday week ahead. Youll see thanksgiving there. Breezy as the system that brings us the clouds tomorrow moves out. A little taste of north winds picking up. Doesnt look to be too strong, so thats the good news. But with the not so good news is the transition to a much drier extended forecast. As you can see here, the longrangeout look that takes us through the week, that rain will take us into next weekend. So the item to watch, speaking of thanksgiving day into friday could be the breezes. Some drier offshore winds, wind speeds not expected to be too strong. Unfortunately, thats more of an october pattern and were seeing it again the next seven days. Coming up at 6 00, well take a longer view of the outlook into december to see if we can change our fortunes and be thankful for rain to make a comeback next month. A closer look at that coming up at 6 00. Back to you. Rob, thank you very much. Last weekend, spacex sent astronauts to the International Space station. Today, it launched a satellite into space. The goal of Todays Mission coming up next. It was go for launch today from californias central coast. And liftoff of sentinel six. Spacex launched a satellite into space today. It was a joint venture between the United States and the European Space agency. Lifted off around 9 15 this morning from Santa Barbara county. The satellite will spend decades in space, measuring global sea levels. Its main instrument is an extremely accurate radar altomet altometer. I want another angle on that launch. A bay area family took a road trip to watch the launch. Brian rice took this video from a road. You can hear his kids thinking it was pretty darn cool. There it goes. Still going. For decadesful still ahead, several east bay businesses banding together to do something good for their community this holiday season. Well show you next. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. Check out this drivethru turkey giveaway in union city today. With the help of small now for something good and delicious. Check out this drivethrough turkey give away in union city today. With the help of Small Businesses and donations, 80 families were able to take home a turkey and all the fixings for a thanksgiving dinner. How nice. Former student actually organized todays event. It was hard growing up. I feel like its time for our Younger Generation to give back and show that its good to give back, but its all love at the end of the day and were all humans and have to give back to everybody. Turkey giveaway was held at the Union City Family center. They say the need for help is dire this year because of the pandemic with so many people out of work. Our fourlegged friends in need during the pandemic, as well. The San Jose Animal Care Center hosted a holiday pet food giveaway today. Just look at the video here, you know the need is great. The long line of cars there. The center expected to help as many as 400 families. Pet food is expensive. It costs money. When youre trying to pay your rent and bills, you know, this is just a little bit of relief. Yeah, it is. The Animal Care Center had 7,000 pounds of dog and cat food to give away today. That came from individual donations, as well as donations from pet food express. This one of a kind holiday tradition is back but looks different this year. Were talking about the christmas fair. How you can go to the fair even during the pandemic. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. The great Dickens Christmas fair is back, but yes, like everything else, it looks very different. For years, holiday adventure has transformed it into a combination of victorian london, music halls, pubs, dance floors, shops. This year, its all online, and its free. Look at that. Organizers are calling it the dickens fair at home. Theyll add new content to the website. Another beautiful picture here, a live look at Rockefeller Center tonight. The pandemic has put a lot of celebrations on pause. Hasnt stopped the tradition of skating at Rockefeller Center. The rink officially opened this afternoon. There are some people there, small group. They have to limit the number of people on the ice, and people have to wear masks and social distancing is encouraged. Were back at 6 00. See you then. Tonight, out of control. Nearly 200,000 new covid cases in 1 day the new curfews and restrictions across the country. The dire warnings from the Coronavirus Task force. This is faster, its broader, and what worries me it could be longer. The grim work, one city has inmates and now the National Guard taking on. Airports at their most crowded since the pandemic began despite the cdcs plea to americans to stay home for the holidays. Nothings stopping me, nothing. Even longer lines at testing sites as people try to get tested before seeing family an inside look at