The boards on the windows have come down. The holiday lights and the Christmas Tree are up. And stores are now hoping for the holiday rush they desperately need to survive. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Lets go to kpix 5s andria borba. Andria, despite the shutdowns, despite the pandemic, businesses are still hopeful . Reporter businesses are still open. Of course, on friday here in San Francisco, indoor restaurant dining will come to a halt per the mayors orders, but brick and mortar retailers and the large stores and small stores supported by them say they need this Holiday Season to be good in order to survive. Its kind of make or break. Reporter union square retailers say they need a big Holiday Season to survive after months of nearly empty streets and few shoppers. Some large chains have already filed for bankruptcy protection and the Small Businesses who feed on foot traffic from Bigger Stores say they are fighting to stay alive. We would really need them to be in union square, not only at our shop but all the shops welcome them, because we are all struggling to. Reporter plywood put up over worries about postpresident ial election civil unrest are beginning to come down, and people are beginning to trickle back. I want to be out with the people. I want to i dont feel as much anxiety as i did before in the grocery store. Reporter the Christmas Tree in the middle of the square is up, and retailers say there are many ways to safely shop in person. It has been a challenging time for our retailers to say the least. Many have adapted, though. The stores are all open. And there certainly is curbside pickup. Theres instore shopping. Reporter one sign that business could be on the up swing, parking. Its no longer the bonanza of empty parking meets for march and april. Usually, you can find a spot, you know, after circling for five minutes. But yeah, today was crazy. Reporter now back out here live, the Christmas Tree here in the center of union square, which has been up for about a week now, will officially be lit on november 18th. Retailers are hoping and praying that people come back and start shopping for the Holiday Season so they can live to see the next one. Live in union square tonight, andria borba, kpix 5. Ken, liz . Andria, thank you for that. Developing news in benicia right now, a Police Officer being investigated after hitting and killing a pedestrian with their patrol car. It happened around 2 00 this morning when the onduty officer was driving down east second street. Thats when he struck 48yearold scott hamers. Police say the unidentified officer was not responding to any calls at the time. Obviously, it is a very tragic event for everyone involved, and you know, our deepest, deepest condolences go to the pedestrians loved ones and friends and family. We turn over all the investigation at that point to the california highway patrol, and the Solano County district attorneys office. And we are not part of the collision investigation. The scene is only half a mile from the police station. Investigators were spotted collecting evidence from a gas station nearby. Well, now the latest on coronavirus. California is among the states seeing, quote, uncontrolled spread. That is according to a tracking group called covid exit strategy. In just 24 hours, we saw more than 7,400 new cases, 69 more deaths. Positivity rate for the past two weeks is now 3. 8 . And tonight, Sonoma County is arguing that it should be moved up from the purple tier to the red tier in the States Coronavirus tracking system. They believe the state is not taking into account thousands of unreported negative test results. The county is asking for the state to calculate those into their totals, but its unclear if that will happen. Santa clara county Health Officials are asking businesses please follow the health guidelines, otherwise, the county may have to roll back its reopenings. A Business Compliance team has been following up on complaints from the public, especially in the hardhit areas of East San Jose and gilroy. When we have repeat offenders, when we have willful violation, when we have businesses that are just simply refusing to comply and putting our community at risk, we take it very seriously. The new kpix 5 app is the best way to stay on top of all the daily coronavirus updates. You get access to newscasts 24 7 and breaking news alerts. On this veterans day, the uss hornet, thats a Floating Museum in alameda, was open, but the historic warship is also in need of some help. Closed for five months and now open with only limited access, the hornet has lost out on about 80 of its revenue. Thats why theyre asking for donations to help the museum to stay afloat. The intrepid in new york shut down. The missouri in hawaii. The new jersey shut down. So theyve already shut down trying to conserve their cash. Were an aircraft carrier, we fight. I mean, thats what we do. And on mare island in vallejo, they honored veterans a different way, by bringing a cemetery back to life. The Mare Island Naval cemetery is the oldest on the west coast and had fallen into disrepair. The 801st engineers reserve unit got to work and rebuilt it, unveiling it today. But where it is today is a definite, definite change and a respectful change to those that have been buried here. Take a live look at Market Street in San Francisco tonight. A plan to transform it just got scaled back big time. The original plan was going to cost about 604 million. The new version is 121 million. The change is so that the city can save some money during the pandemic. For now, there will be no wider sidewalks, no new concrete pavers and no new bike lanes on the sidewalk. Instead, Officials Say youll notice smaller changes. They say it should be done by 2022. Up next, who president elect joe biden has just picked to be his chief of staff. Plus, bay area Trump Supporters still not giving up hope tonight. The demands behind this large rally. Trump won, so, whats to argue . There was 518 signed affidavits today about people who saw voter fraud. She started punching me. Like that. And shes a big woman, you know . And she just started punching. New video from Southern California. A veteran attacked after trying to be a good samaritan. But first, the cruise line offering up free trips, but there is a catch and it involves coronavirus. What doesnt these days . This evening, nice weather out there as we look at the city from the mark hopkins hotel. Still see clouds floating through, but those move out. When rain clouds might move in coming up in your forecast. And coming up at 11 00 in our series project home, Homeless Individuals staying in hotels in San Francisco has been tied to an increase in emergency calls. Its been a controversial concept that will be expanded under a Similar Program statewide, but is there too much impact on neighbors . Within a span of four days, we got two alerts of active shootings. Well, my buildings had three intruders we know of. Is it doing what it was intended to do . Is it helping people . I actually think its been very successful, i mean, incredibly successful. We break down the statistics on project home tonight at 11 00. And well be right back. In just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. Is now the right time to take a cruise . Royal caribbean is offering free trips, but theres a catch. Yeah, youd be a volunteer testing the cruise lines new safety protocols. A free, short trip will take passengers to royal caribbeans private island cococay near the bahamas. These test voyages will help determine when traditional passenger trips can resume. Volunteers must be 18 years or older. Take a look at this. Uhoh, Mother Nature has controlled this boat, and she is not a very good driver. The owner watching in agony as it slowly drifts toward the bridge. The video from florida, hurricane eta to blame for this. The boat seems to take the impact pretty well, though. The owner comes around and is actually able to grab the front of the boat, but what are you going to do . Hold on to it . Pray . Hes going to be there a while. He needs a little bit of help, poor guy. That is not a good scenario. I hope he has good insurance. Yeah, the water always wins. The insurance adjuster is going to ask why did you not have that secured as a Tropical Storm or hurricane was approaching the coast. Maybe it was, it just was too strong. Crazy. It could have ripped loose. Theyre still dealing with that. This has yet to make landfall on the west coast of florida. This is now Tropical Storm eta, its been a hurricane, tropical depression, then regained hurricane strength. Its off the coast of tampa producing a lot of rain in western florida. Talking about flooding rains because that florida, all of florida, is very flat, and it collects water. And were talking about heavy amounts of moisture. The storm itself is centered offshore. Its going to make landfall up the coast from tampa later on this evening and then weaken as it crosses the florida peninsula. A marginal Tropical Storm by this time tomorrow evening, 40 mile an hour sustained winds. Thats just above the 39 mile an hour threshold then will weaken to a tropical depression as it skirts the outer banks of north carolina. Just another weirdly behaving storm in an exceptional 2020 atlantic hurricane season. On our side, some clouds across the bay area today. A little bit of sunshine did manage to peek through those clouds this afternoon. The clouds will gradually depart as we head through the rest of tonight. You see that clearing line already moving into the north bay. As that blanket of clouds moves out, temperatures are going to drop off. Theyre starting to drop off, especially where weve already cleared out. Not downtown. 53 degrees. Santa rosa down to 48 degrees. The warm spot is oakland at 57. Temperatures are going to be chillier in the north bay to the low to mid30s tomorrow morning. Upper 30s for the trivalley. Barely around 40 for san jose with mid40s around the the bay and along the coast. A couple degrees below average, but nothing we cant handle. A few degrees warmer than today since we see more sunshine. Mid, even upper 60s in the santa clara valley. 64 in san jose. Same for dublin, danville and livermore. Mid60s in the trivalley with low to mid60s in the north bay. A few cooler spots in lake and mendocino counties. A very fallish feel to the atmosphere there. That next chance of rain is heading our way on friday. Watching a few showers starting to move into the north bay by midday on friday. These are going to be slowly making more progress to the south as we get to late friday afternoon, but then a nudge friday evening into friday night. Total rainfall amounts a tenth of an inch to maybe a quarter inch of rain. Not enough to cause problems in those wildfire scars, but still just enough rain to wet things down, and thats exactly what we need. Even better, its out of here as the sun comes up saturday morning. It really does look like a nice weekend. Got to put my words in the right order. Temperatures in the mid to upper 60s inland over the weekend. 70 by monday and tuesday. Low to mid60s around the bay with the next chance of showers lining up by the middle of next week. An updated look at futurecast coming up at 11 00, liz . Paul, thank you. Well, heres a look at your top headlines. Just hours ago, president elect joe biden named his longtime advisor to a key position in his new administration. Ron klain will be tapped to serve as white house chief of staff. Klain was also chief of staff for biden when he was vice president. Meanwhile, both biden and President Trump marked veterans day. Biden laid a wreath at the Korean War Memorial in philadelphia. The president visited the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington, marking his first public appearance in days. The Trump Campaign filed a new lawsuit in michigan claiming voter irregularities while a full recount was announced in georgia. This will help build confidence. It will be an audit, a recount and a recanvas all at once. None of these accounts are first person. None of these accounts were brought in a timely fashion. Here in the bay area, dozens of Trump Supporters rallied in danville today. They say President Trump actually won the election. This election is nowhere close to being over. Im 100 confident Donald John Trump will be our president for the next four years. Thats why were celebrating today. Bidens going down. Hes not going to win because he had too many fake votes. Tonight texas became the first state with more than 1 million cases of coronavirus. California has the second highest case count followed by florida. In ohio tonight, hospitals are filling up so fast that some may have to start postponing nonemergency procedures. And in wisconsin, the governor just issued a new stayathome order unless it is absolutely essential to go out. Please, cancel the happy hours, the dinner parties, sleepovers, the play dates. As for new york, restaurants, bars, gyms and other businesses will be ordered to close at 10 00 p. M. Starting friday. And ken, the state will also ban gatherings of more than ten people inside a private home. Drastic measures. All right, thank you, elizabeth. Coming up next, another bay area city that just decided to start pushing out the use of natural gas. And the shocking attack on a veteran in santa ana who was just trying to help. I said, honey, i just got off homelessness myself, i cant afford that. And then later, a very special plane ride for a pair of very special bay area vets who are 100 and 105 years old. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. 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The 62yearold says he was on his balcony when he heard a woman scream below. He assumed she was homeless because she was carrying three large bags. He went down to check on her, called for help, invited her into the lobby. Thats when she grew impatient and ended up throwing punches. So i hung up and i said, okay, ill walk you out, you know . She was standing about right here. And she asked me if i could help her get a motel room. And i said, honey, ive just got off homelessness myself, i cant afford that. You do take a chance any time. If i go into battle, you take that chance too. The veteran was able to block her punches for the most part before some people who were passing by intervened. The suspect just walked off. Taking a live look at San Francisco, which just banned natural gas and New Buildings to cut down on Greenhouse Gas emissions. Another reason, the natural gas explosion on gary boulevard last year. Theres also air pollution and wildfires to worry about, but some say now is just not the time to go all electric, especially with the power shut offs. The state of california does not have the ability to meet the energy needs, electricity needs and home heating through electricity at this point in time. The sky was orange earlier this summer because of, you know, all the fires. We have to do something. And that means getting off fossil fuels. The ban will go into effect for newly constructed buildings starting in june. Coming up next, a special mission over the Golden Gate Bridge today for a pair of world war ii vets. A couple of veterans once again took to the sky today. 100yearold del tiedeman and 100yearold al maggini both flew for the Army Air Corps during world war ii, and today they got a chance to fly again in this restored c47 used to secretly fly weapons and ammo into china. Del flew c47s in europe. Al was a b17 navigator. Come over, load up with recruits, take them to the battle of bulge, and then return to london with a full load of wounded. We had to make a forced landing in belgium. The only scare i had was landing that getting that landing into a small air field that the germans had bombed a lot of the air field when they were leaving it two days before. Well, with a professional pilot close by, del flew over the Golden Gate Bridge. He took the controls. He says the flight was beautiful and is grateful to be able to feel the controls of that aircraft once again. Al enjoyed announcer its time to play family feud give it up for steve harvey [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve yeah yeah hows everybody . I appreciate that. Thank yall. Hows everybody doing . Thank you very much, folks. Well, welcome to family feud, everybody. Im your man steve harvey. [cheering and applause] well, we got a good one for you today. From darien, illinois, its the abbate family. 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