To quarantine. Good evening, everybody. Not too late to hit the pause button as many of us get ready for a covid thanksgiving. This wave could be the worst one so far. We are in san jose with the details. Reporter one of the more dire details is how quickly it is stretching the countys medical resources. Right now there are own a few dozen intensive care beds avail be availabe in santa clara county. Its its troubling. All the way from gilroy to mountain view, palo alto, here we have collectively very few number of beds. Reporter this afternoon, a team painted a disturbing picture of the coronavirus infection. Its the highest spike we have observed in the county. Every day there are now over 500 new cases diagnosed. Reporter and the only thing that will help right now is the public takes action to flatten the curve. What were asking people to do is call your family members. Enjoy them via the telephone. Enjoy people in 12 feet distance wearing your mask. Even if you know somebody well, they could be covid positive. Reporter nbc bay area news. Thats the plain truth, they could be. Lets look at the numbers were talking about the graph that im showing behind you shows daily new cases in santa clara county. Check out july. In july, they were seeing 386 cases. Thats on july 15, right . Thats actually at the height of the summer surge. Check out where we are right now. 532 new cases on november 17th. Its a record high for the county. And it shows that upward trend. Stark numbers statewide as well. California just recorded a Record Number of cases. 18,000 alone. The Positivity Rate is creeping up, 5. 9 . Two weeks ago it was 3. 8 . Hospitalizations also up over the last two weeks. With cases up, the big wrinkle, obviously is thanksgiving. And the traditional indurioor m should be taken outdoors. Outcan doo outdoors is a good possibility, because its going to be clear. Youre exactly right. Overall, the forecast looks good for small gatherings you might be doing to get fresh air. Well start out with storm ranger doppler radar. There is no rain across northern california. Normally, wed be really wanting rainfall about now, but this will be a good break for us. Well start off cold. If you have to head to the store to get a few lastminute items, take your jacket and sunglasses. It will be at 43 at 7 00 a. Down in the valleys by 3 00 p. M. , winds of 1020 miles per hour. You may have to hold onto the napkin a little bit. But i think were good for thanksgiving outside tomorrow. Take a look at any airport delays and all the way through that sevenday forecast. Im back here in about 15 minutes, jessica. Speaking of airports, even though weve been warned not to travel t travel, it is happening. With all this traffic, will that translate into covid chaos . Lots of people are chancing it. A simple sign filled with love, todd and Nicole Orlando embracing their daughters homecoming, a trip home that is bittersweet because of covid. A little scary for us, but were just so happy that shes home. Everythings shut down, so just to have her here was worth it. But its a nervewracking time. Reporter at Oakland International airport, a steady stream of passenger, both coppicoming and going, many admitting theyre apprehensive about traveling. Were making sure to take all the precautions of keeping your mask on the whole time, sanitizing your hands. Reporter since friday, nearly 5 Million People have been screened at the nations airport, but the crowds have increased substantially. With this increased travel, mixing of population from one location to another we pouring gasoline on the fire that is already burning very hot. Reporter while california officials are worried, some travelers arent going to let concern stop them. At the end of the day you have to live your life and make decision for yourself that you feel comfortable with. Reporter in oakland, cheryl hurd. The cdc trying to make guidance easier for all of us to find. A change is reducing the recommended time to quarantine after youre exposed to someone with covid19. Right now youre supposed to stay away from everybody, quarantine for 14 days. They may change that to seven to 14 days if you test negative. The vaccine could be approved in less than three weeks. Bigtime preparations are under way. These are ultracold freezers, which is how pfizer will store its covid19 cravaccine. It is 95 effective. The company is one of the five major ultracold medical freezer makers in the world. Each unit costs about 10,000. New at 11 00 tonight, another 2020 fail. Someone stole christmas before we even had thanksgiving. 200 tricycles stolen. Reporter this empty space is where 200 tricycles were being stored for this years San Francisco firefighters Christmas Toy drive. But yesterday morning. Lo and behold all the tricycles we had were gone. 200 tricycles. Reporter the chain on the storage unit cut. Police looking into how thieves got the back gate open, how they knew to go to this particular unit and why they left more expensive bikes behind. Its hoped surveillance cameras will help, but they have left the toy drive in a bad way. Were putting the need out there to the public. People are usually pretty generous. Reporter as if on cue, she got a call from a san jose woman who heard about the holiday heist. Im going to send a couple radio flyer bicycles to the Fire Department so the kids can have a christmas. Reporter so many questions about how the thieves got into the back and the bikes out. The toy drive starts monday in a covid kind of way. Every fire station has a barrel. So businesses in San Francisco will not have barrels this year because of the covid. But everybody has a fire station in the neighborhood. Reporter to register go to sffirefighterstoys. Org. Take that, 2020 the need is great, thats for sure. It is reigniting a long political issue, the history of a man accused of stabbing five people at a san jose church. He killed five people and wounded t wounded three more at grace church last night. A News Conference was held today. They blasted the county policy that left him on the streets. Lopez is an undocumented immigrant who had been deported try time three times. He was on probation for a similar crime in another county. They said if the county would let officers know when he was to be free this would never happen. I. C. E. Can pick him up. He was to make his First Court Appearance today but it was delayed for kroicovid issue. Today President Trump granted a full pardon to miechal flynn. He was fired in 2017 for lying about his contact with the russian ambassador. Earlier this year, flynn asked to remove his guilty plea. President elect joe biden addressed the nation today, offering the hope, a bit of hope, during a challenging time. I know we can, and we will beat this virus. Americas not going to lose this war. Well get our lives back. So far, the president elect remains quiet on to Key Administration posts, secretary of state of defense and attorney general. Maggots, mold, ooze in the fridge. Good reasons to replace it, but one Insurance Company is telling people no. And with so many families separated this thanksgiving, neighbors are coming together to try to comfort each other. In some case, the emails im getting from people are like, this is the first time ive been apart from my family my whole life. We all have to help each other. And thats the only way to get over this kind of crisis. The lengths some are going to make others smile. And ill have details on your thanksgiving forecast and wind kicking up in the hills in about seven minutes. The several families in the czu fire zone, a fire that burned for five weeks in the santa cruz mountains. They say theyre not getting the insurance payments they expect and what they need. They asked chris chmura to help them. In the santa cruz mountains, the charred scars of the czu fire stretch in every direction. But every once in a while, the scorched landscape yields to a house that swieurvived. Theresa was spared a total loss. But shes nonetheless locked in a fight with her Insurance Company, state farm. The first phone call i had with our agent was actually very comforting. He said hed gone through a fire. He knew what we were going through. After that, its been an absolute nightmare. Reporter case this point, her moldy and infested refrigerator. Flies everywhere. It was disgusting. Reporter theresas power lines burned, so the fridge sat idle for a month while the fires raged. When her family returned to survey the damage, the fridge was grotesque. Theres an inch of ooze and food in the ooze. Theres mold. Reporter theresa says state farm refuses to replace it. Were immediately told it wont be covered. Reporter her adjustor recommended she clean it with baking soda. Thats what shes reluctantly doing now. The white plastic walls look better. When we asked about the p predicament, elect troe lux said it should be replaced. The rest is somewhat hidden. Smoke damage. The whole house needs to be cleaned. Reporter but state farm refuses to pay for professional smoke remediation. It costs anywhere from 3,000 to 50,000. Theresa said state farm told her she can hire an ordinary maid and suggests she do 45 loads of laundry. It will pay her 8. 50 per load. Reporter considering how close the fire was, many of her neighbors are in the same boat. Their homes also surrounded by fire. We had thought our house had burned for a while. Reporter and theyre also now fighting state farm. Its been very frustrating. Reporter more than a dozen people met with us by Video Conference and shared stories. We had maggots and mold in our refrigerator. Reporter state farm offered them 1,000. How much do you think it will cost to clean . Probably closer to 14,000 to 20,000. Reporter and they gave you 1,000. Yes. What do you think about that . Its unacceptable. Reporter we collected peoples complaints and asked state farm to address them. Each claim is unique. We handle each claim on its own merits. State farms commitment to our customers is the same for all claims. That commitment is to pay what we owe promptly, kucourteously d efficiently. We are working to provide them assistance as they recover from the recent wildfires. Im not sure what is going on at state farm. Reporter amy bach helps people with insurance claims. She encourages an all business mind set whenever dealing with insurance. Forget about all those ads youve seen. This is a business negotiation. I no longer sleep through the night. Several customers tell us theyve turned to the state department of insurance to help them. Thats key. If you ever feel an Insurance Company has cheated or ignored you, you can file a complaint with the state. The Insurance Company is then required by law to respond. You can also call us. Go to nbcba area. Com and click the responds ochgs or dial 888996tips. Back to the fight against covid. Starting tomorrow, extra enforcement in santa clara county. Firefighters will be on the lookout for businesses violating health orders. Theyre going to work with compliance officers who will fine businesses. Grocery stores also limited to 50 capacity, Retail Stores 25 capacity. And of course any time you go in anywhere you have to wear a mask and social distance. The pandemic has changed thanksgiving as we know it. A lot of people are going to be alone without a traditional meal. Some people are hard at work hoping to change that though. We have a look at some people who will be doing some giving tomorrow instead. Pie. Reporter making a big difference in a small kitchen. Margaret cranyak is cooking a traditional thanksgiving dinner for strangers. I think they deserve it, its so hard for people right now, especially elderly who are hawa from families. Reporter grateful neighbors are responding. This is the first time ive been apart from my family in my whole life. So it seemed like a good thing to do. Reporter shes not the only one in a giving mood. In the castro district, theyre preparing turkeys for complementary dinner plates for the community starting at 11 00 tom. We love being in castro. Reporter its been a hard year for restaurant owners, too. But they are grateful for customers. We all have to get over this kind of crisis. Reporter theyll be serving free plates until the turkey runs out. That is so thoughtful, so kind, so generous. It reminds you of what the holiday is supposed to be about, right . Some of us are going to have to take our act outside tomorrow. We are. And, you know, just kind of roll with how things are going here in 2020. And at least the weather is cooperate being f cooperating for the most part tomorrow. I wanted to start off my micro climate forecast nationally. Some of you are headed to the airport to pick folks up. We do have rainfall over the northeast and also the southeast that could cause delays through tomorrow morning. But as for right now, there is no delays due to weather. So theres a little good news for you if youre headed out to the airport for a latearriving flight. Our big weather change comes from this area of high pressure. Its going to kick up the wind a little bit and bring us cold mornings as we head through the next couple days. In the hills were good for 35mileperhour on and off gusts tomorrow. If you have to head to the Grocery Store a little early because you forgot maybe the dressing or a pan to put the turkey in, or who knows what. Its always the lastminute items. Have a jacket if youre up early. Mostly sunny skies. W 40 for the peninsula and the south bay. The north bay down to 39 degrees. Pretty good rebound through tomorrow afternoon. We have the sunshine with us. Have us up to 65 in santa rosa. 64 in concord, also low 60s for the south bay. 62 in san jose and its pretty much the same everywhere you go. Low 60s from palo alto to half moon bay. The wind will be the biggest problem for the highest peaks. There will be fwugusty winds ard 30 miles per hour. For most of the elevations it will average 10 20 miles per hour. Daytime highs in the 60s and lots of sunshine coming our way right through this weekend. Focus in on those morning lows for the inland valleys. 30s as we head through the next several days. So nice and chilly in the morning, jessica, just like you like it. I hope you have a great thanksgiving. I know the show is not over yet. You too, babe. I miss you all. The search for a stolen sleigh part of a south bay tradition. Happening now, tesla recalling nearly 10,000 model x and model y cars because of faulty roof trim. Most were made between 2015 and 2016. The company was not aware of any accident or injuries tied to the recall. Well be right back. Okay. Have you seen this . Its a special sleigh, part of the willow glen tradition, and its been stolen. It was taken from the side yard early monday. Owner says the sleigh, he uses it to lead an annual bike ride with about 50 friends through the neighborhood. It would take a lot of work to try and take that sleigh. Its a big, heavy sleigh, and you hook it up to a bike. And it probably weighs a couple hundred pounds. So i have no idea how somebody stole it. Thats the crazy thing about it. Mitch says i just wants the sleigh returned, no questions asked, just give him back his sleigh. Crab for christmas still a possibility, but its a bit iffy. The state wildlife collision ha the harvest. The warmer water is keeping whales around longer and creates an entanglement risk if crab fish somethi fishing allowed. Ernest hemingway wrote the old man and the sea at 52 Satchel Paige was still dominating batters at 59. Celia cruz was still winning grammys at 77 john wheeler illuminated our ideas of the universe at 70 and roger crouch was 56 when he first went into space your best is yet to come our great street, huge yard. There is a bit of an issue with our neighbors fencing. Neighbor 1 allez sound from wind chimes neighbor 2 laughing at least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save even more. Neighbor 2 hey, sarah, hey, peter neighbor 1 touche. Neighbor 2 ahhh neighbor 1 pret neighbor 2 en garde for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com okay. Fresh off a bye, the 49ers were back on the field as they get ready for a playoff push. They are two games out of the final playoff spot but can still sneak in if they win games. Today was the first time the players practiced in a week. And coach shanahan says the team is a little rusty. Everyone has some cobwebs from that. Coaches included. When youre not talking ball every day you need time to get it back. Want to have a decent walk through and plan on going out there again and making sure were ready to go sunday. Thanksgiving always filled with food and football but one less game tomorrow than originally planned. Tomorrow nights ravens steelers game pushed back to sunday because of a covid outbreak on the ravens. Baltimore has about seven players on the leagues covid list. It will be shown right here on nbc bay area. Were back. Todays ways of working may work differently tomorrow. But you can work out anything with comcast business. 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He said watching the president elect break barriers inspires him to do the same, and he got the phone call. That was awesome. Hes hoping hell get it to her and it will be put up in the white house. That will do it for us. I hope you have a wonderful and safe thanksgiving tomorrow. Ill see you on friday