The participate ball attacks leaving people in pain and uneasy in a San Francisco neighborhood. There was a big cut on my back. I got shot at pretty close range. The worst surge of cases yet. Tonight new warnings and new numbers. Plus. Thanksgiving is almost here. Whats already here is an unprecedented need for food and volunteers to help the needy in San Francisco. Good evening, everyone. Nbcs lester holt sat down with president elect joe biden for his first postelection interview. Tonight biden on the difficult transition, reopening schools of the pandemic and when you can get that covid vaccine. Nbc bay areas ian cull with that exclusive interview. I want this country to be united. President elect joe biden sitting down with Nbcs Lester Holt to address a series of issues as the official transition has begun. Meeting with the covid team in the white house in how to not only distribute from a vaccine being distributed to being able to get vaccinated. So i think were going to not be so far behind the curve. And theres a lot of immediate discussion, and i must say the outreach has been sincere. Reporter adding hell seen begin receiving daily president ial briefings holt also asked who mr. Biden thinks will receive the first vaccine. I think we will focus on obviously the docs, the nurses, those people who are the first responders. I think we should also be focusing on being able to open schools as rapidly as we can. I think it can be done safely. So theres a lot to work out in the next two months as to exactly how it will be distributed. Maybe the hope is we can actually begin to distribute it, this administration can begin to distribute it before we are sworn in and take office. And so its all in train right now. Im feeling good though. Reporter biden says in his first 100 days hell also focus on climate change, Financial Relief for states and most importantly americans. To keep them from basically going under. So its going to be instead of what in a normal circumstances youd set your priorities. There are multiple things going to have to be taking place at the same time. Reporter biden will be inaugurated january 20th. Ian, cull, nbc bay area news. That president ial transition is happening in the midst of a pandemic that is escalating. In the bay area the surge continues. Another record breaking day in santa clara county. 512 new cases confirmed. Contra costa county, 399. San mateo county 227. Some of those are the highest numbers weve seen in those counties to date. Were also seeing record numbers statewide. The graph youre looking at shows daily new cases in california. In july in the middle of the summer surge the state peaked with 12,807 cases. This is now. Today the state confirmed 15,329 new cases. Heth and Human Services secretary dr. Mark golly updated the numbers today. He says hospitalizations are also up and golly says the worst may still be ahead of us. I think that certainly the numbers of deaths will likely go up and will likely just as we are exceeding our highest ever numbers of cases and beginning to see our Hospital Systems pressed with covid beyond where theyve ever been pressed before. Right now all bay area counties remain in the same tiers. Most of them in that purple tier. Its the most restrictive one. San francisco, san mateo and marin are in the red tier although San FranciscoHealth Leaders say the county could move into the purple tier by sunday. So from a full house to a small family dinner. Thanksgiving covid style means a paired down holiday short on guests and long on precautions. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd talked to a woman in susoon who usually feeds many but this year settling for safety. This generally seats eight, but i have it setup for four. We have limited the amount of people that will be coming, and it will pretty much be the immediate household. Reporter which means three adults and one child. Taking temperatures, requiring hand sanitizing upon entry and providing outdoor seating for over flow. Shes setting up a drivethru for food pickup. On this thanksgiving shes doing everything to be covid safe. In the age range i now am i am very mindful about that whole aspect of gathering together and about face masks. Reporter infections and hospitalizations shot up after canadian thanksgiving last month. Now the toronto area is on lock down. U. S. Health experts are mindful Something Like that can happen here, so theyre asking people to stay home. It appears no one is. Take a look at these images from flight radar. There are more planes in the sky today than there were the two days before thanksgiving in 2018. The important thing is protecting your nose and mouth from other noses and mouths, washing your hands and then keeping social distance as we talked about. Reporter fatima is doing just that. Tomorrow she will put the final touches on her outdoor seating and start prepping her turkey. She says her heart is filled with gratitude even though the situation with the virus seems bleak. But she knows what shes doing is necessary to keep family and friends safe. In sassoon, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. More evidence of the toll the pandemic is taking on our community. Tonight muny is confirming one of its employees has died of covid19. Since the beginning of the pandemic 90 sf mta employees test tested positive for the virus. But muny is pointing out as a agency as a whole its covid Positivity Rate is lower than San Francisco is as a whole. New at 11 00 tonight peppered with a paint ball at close range. Nbc bay areas jean elle spoke with a victim who wants it to stop before someone is seriously hurt. Reporter video captures the moment shes hit in the back with two participate ball shots thursday night leaving painful welts. I mean it hurt me but it was unexpected so it hurt more. It was really close, so i mean it hurt really bad. And my back started to weld up and my back was bleeding. Reporter at least three other people were struck last week all along courtland avenue. Here at the Brewing Company witnesses say two people were hit, one in the head, one in the shoulder and they thought it sounded like gunfire. Video shows what looks like the same car involved driving by the parklette friday night. It sounded like a gunfire when it went off. Reporter tony says it hit a woman in the side of her face. The woman was traumatized, unfortunately. And as soon as she got hit, they raced her into the bar and put some ice on her head. It was really severe. Reporter police are investigating. Hes hoping the people in that white car realize this is more than a prank. I dont appreciate it. I wouldnt want anyone else to go through what i did because definitely scary. Reporter jean elle, nbc bay area news. We should know more tomorrow about that deadly stabbing at a son jose church. Police chief eddie garcia expected to hold a news conference. Two people killed, three others seriously hurt in that attack. One of the survivors was helping feed the homeless at the Church Sunday night. He was stabbed as he tried to intervene to help the others. Sam is a City Employee who were told spends much of his free team helping the homeless. Police are arrested a suspect but so far no details about a motive. The need this holiday is like nothing weve ever seen before. Were in the middle of a pandemic and those who provide free meals are trying to do the impossible this holiday season. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney has more from San Francisco on how you could help. Reporter shannon is rolling away num the Memorial Church this evening with a meal she otherwise might not have had. Her situation is not unique. Me and my roommates dont have enough money to buy food. Reporter were told covid and what its done to the economy are bringing people for free meals. Thursday from 9 00 to 1 00, 2,900 people are expected here. On thanksgiving day were closing down the thanksgiving block of ellis and setting up three giant tents. Reporter those at home and unable to make it to glide will still have reason to give thanks. Some of those meals will track into to go boxes and glides Services Team will take it and deliver it all over the city to different encampments. Reporter the San FranciscoMarin Food Bank is also dealing with demand this season. Were serving twice as many families, almost 60,000 than we were just a year ago. Reporter thats 60,000 per week. People are showing up in droves to food pantries. It was in a drivethru pantry paul saw something that touched his heart. When we opened the trunk it was full of the gear a crossing guard would use, and this was just about a week after the schools closed. We realized this was a crossing guard who no longer had a job. Reporter the food bank could use two things rights now, more volunteers and more money. Now, he could ask santa but he cant afford to wait a month. He tells me the need is right now. In San FranciscoTerry Mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. Another easy way you can help is through our nourishing neighbors food drive. The next time youre at safeway just make a 10 donation. The money will go right to local food banks. You should know our drive goes through december 29th. Could the renters put the place you own on airbnb . We investigate a legal loophole that could be leaving home owners vulnerable. And inspired to paint. People are taking notice, too. Were going to introduce you to a south bay teen and his latest work of art which he hopes will catch the eye of Vice President elect Kamala Harris. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Im tracking a system that will bring us the chance of some drizzle tomorrow and some colder mornings. Ill give you all the details in about 6 minutes. This has turned out to be such a nightmare. A fremont family risks losing their home they say after renting it out only to find out their tenants were gone and there were strangers living there through airbnb. Investigative reporter candice wynn looked into the bizarre circumstances that critics say reveal a loophole in airbnbs policy. A policy that can leave small landlords vulnerable. You got to lower your voice. Reporter its a homeowner tenant. I i dont even know their name. Reporter airbnb nightmare that has flipped their families lives upsidedown. In august 2019 they bought their first home in fremont, but they couldnt move in right away because they were locked in a leasesy they rented it out for a year to this couple. Theyre a family like us, trying to build a life here. Reporter instead their tenants turn their dream home into a hotel. Their rental agreement prohibited subletting, but in june neighbors showed them these airbnb posts. About 200 guests had stayed there. I was furious. All they wanted to do was make money off our house. Reporter which raises the question does airbnb check if the person creating the listing owns or manages the property . So here we are in my apartment. I can tell you im not allowed to put it on airbnb, but lets try. So twice now weve gone through this and already im here, i can start hosting starting in november, but not once have i been asked to provide any sort of document proving that i can even list it on airbnb. Airbnb declined our repeated requests for an interview saying these issues are rare but we take them very seriously. The Company Tells listers by clicking next you certify you have all the necessary rights to list your space. They say that lack of thorough vetting by airbnb led to this mess. Im the homeowner. I do not give you consent. Reporter he was called to the house after his tenants locked out the airbnb guests they had subleased the property to. He says his original tenants were nowhere to be found. He later learned they were attempting to return and i dont know them. I dont even know their names. Reporter the airbnb guests later got back into the house. We reached out to the original tenants for the story but they wouldnt talk to us. We may end up doing afore closure. Reporter they say they also blame airbnb for this dilemma. I shared the contract to prove i shared my county title papers but i am the owner of this house, but still they refuse to take down the listing or interact with me in anyway. Reporter airbnb tells us they took down the listings in august. Online the company told the jhas even when offered proof of ownership they cannot arbitrate these disputes. These are situations happening all over the bay area and especially in alameda county. Reporter allan is a landlord attorney. I cant speak for what happens out there but i can tell you i have multiple cases that are like this where weve got people that have come onto a property under the guise of airbnb and have just decided not to leave. Reporter these home owners say theyre not getting any rent, they dont have any sort of rental agreement with these airbnb guests. Thaguests are claiming residency because they stayed there for more than 30 days. Whos right, whos wrong . Legally the tenant may very well be right. Legally theres nothing the landlords can do about this. Reporter the covid Eviction Moratorium makes it even harder on small landlords like the jhas which is why we reached out to Scott Haggerty and richard bya. I think its criminal airbn has not looked and seen whos on title for that property. Reporter after the Eviction Moratorium you voted for is it leaving some smaller landlereds stuck . I could see where that would happen. The general concept was we wanted to protect the general population especially the homeless. Reporter so is there room for improvement . Theres always room for improvement, i agree with you. So were looking at the potential of extending the moratorium beyond december 31st. We want to hear from the public to hear these stories. Reporter until then theyre forced to absorb the losses, losses that have taken more than just a financial toll. Sorry, just emotional that, you know, this has turned out to be such a nightmare. Reporter airbnb says theyve taken down those unauthorized listings and suspended one of the guest accounts, but the jhas say those airbnb guests are still living in their house. And throughout it all theyve never received rent. Candi candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. You can call 888996tips. Time to check in with meteorologist jeff ranieri already in the holiday spirit and were going to need to be outside if we have family over. You are exactly right, and that weather i think is going to cooperate on thanksgiving. A little bit breezy at times, but we are expecting dry weather. So you can be outside with that air circulating and moving around. Lets bring into that microclimate forecast right now and were looking at a storm system beginning to drop down. Theres no heavy rainfall associated with that for us but i think its going to bring a blast of colder air and even a chance here of a bit of drizzle as we move through tomorrow morning. Let me take you to storm ranger and the only one in the bay area and just one of six here in the United States and youll see some of that rainfall welloff to the north. This is expected to break up as it gets closer to us. Let me show you that better on my future cast and you can see 2 00 tomorrow morning just a few hours from now well see those showers and a bit of drizzle getting close and continues to break up as it moves down the south bay at 7 00 a. M. I think well start off with early cloud cover and just a slight chance of some of that spotty drizzle for the south bay. Then through the afternoon we get that sunshine back. Do you know if youre headed up to tahoe we could get a dusting of snowfall for the afternoon. So watch out for winter conditions on the interstate and well start off on the cold side. Plenty of low 40s for the morning and mix of some sun and also some clouds. Well start off with temperatures around 42, 43 degrees there for the south bay. Also the east bay looking at those mid40s. And for the trivalley, 41. Youll see here for the east bay 44 and the north bay going down to 42 degrees. Daytime highs dont really change a whole lot as you travel through the bay area. 62 in martinez, and there you go. 62 also in morgan hill. My extended forecast shows dry weather the next seven days here in San Francisco. A little bit breezy there thanksgiving, 10 to 25 mile per hour winds. And then for the inland valleys what i want you to notice is once we hit friday well likely see inland temperatures for the mornings go down close to the freezing mark, so time to bundle up. Thanksgiving is here and looks really good for us, jessica. Winter is coming, thats for sure. Up next a work of art hoping to end up at the white house. Up next a talented teen whose portrait are turning heads. Happening now crews are monitoring hot spots on a fire thats been burning for days inside a seven Story Building under construction in berkeley. The metal structure in front of the building is on university avenue. Its being taken down so that firefighters can get to the hot spots. An investigation into what caused it is ongoing but cant really wrap up until flames are knocked down. Were back in a moment. State regulators today let pg e know theyve launched a fact finding review of the company which could be the first step toward an attempted government take over of the utility. The preliminary review is under way. The eview involves pg es record sparking multiple wildfires over the years. Its one of the six steps listed in the companys approved bankruptcy plan. Pg e told us it has made substantial progress in wildfire safety and is working to address regulative concerns but adds that theres always room for improvement. Well, it is the power of a portrait. A south bay teen turning heads in the nations capitol and hopes to catch the eye of Vice President elect Kamala Harris herself. Posting a time lapse video of him pantding a portrait of harris. So far its gotten over 40,000 likes. Even Chelsea Clinton retweeted it. He said he chose harris as his latest subject because she inspires him to overcome some of his own obstacles. My stutter, me being deaf since i was 6, me breaking my legs being in a wheelchair for about two years. So ive been through a lot, and ive also broke through tons of barriers, and i feel she also relives that sort of thing. 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The owner turned to social media for help, the neighbor saw the plea and volunteered to scale the big tree in the dark to get the kitty cat down. Once i got up there and realized trying to grab her, hold onto a tree and try to climb down was a little more difficult than i was expecting. You think . Kitty loves rescuering there lost his footing, fell the last 10 feet down. Luckily hes okay as is kitty love right there. Kitty love needs a heavy collar so kitty love can no longer climb. But thats a happy ending to that story. Stay safe, stay healthy. Ill see you tomorrow