If anything, i think it helps slow the spread, i support it. Reporter the governor issued the order thursday by statement instead of the usual video News Conference. Part of issuing this decree by statement was having to avoid the media and answering questions. About why he has been a hypocrite and why he has had such a difficult time managing through this crisis. All of those questions are things that he frankly did not want to deal with. You cant tell somebody dont do this and governess like that and they go out and do it. Reporter 41 of the 58 counties are in the purple tear, and the counties, and lest restrictive tiers. How the curfew will be enforced is still unclear, the state is reporting a weekly average of 9900 cases per day, or than double the average two weeks ago. Kenny, the governor has put himself in a tough spot, how has he responded since issuing the order . We reached out to the governors office, at times, soon after he issued the order via statement, but we have not heard back about why he did that instead of a video News Conference like he normally does, addressing reporter questions. As for the visit to the french laundry, he issued an apology earlier this week, saying it was a bad mistake. Allen . Kenny choi, thank you. San francisco could be on the brink of joining the curfew, Health Officials say the county could move into the more restrictive purple tier as early as sunday. San francisco has the Positivity Rate of just over 2 , it is below the 8 threshold but however the county is seeing 9. 6 code cases per 1000 people, that number more than qualifies for the purple tier. If the number continues to go up at this rate, we could considerably and have have hundreds of people in the hospital by late december and early january, we are on track to exceed the hospitalizations that we had in the prior surges unless again, we flatten the curve again for a trip third time. If San Francisco does jointed, gyms and movie theaters and museums and churches would close. A similar warning from Health Officials in santa clara. Hospitals could be at capacity in three weeks. Right now the 166 code positive patients are hospitalized, up more than 50 this past week. The county recorded 407 cases, the highest number of infections since march. The actions that we are asking and urging everyone to take is number 1, cancel your holiday plans. Do not travel. Celebrate the holiday at home with your loved ones from your household. The doctor also had a blunt message for people wanting to the it get tested. We look at the high demand for testing around the bay area that has Health Officials changing their advice. We brought you the updates from sam cisco and Santa Clara County streaming on cbsn bay area, the cbs news app, or your favorite platform. New information on a growing scandal at the Sheriffs Office, rick sun has been indicted in the bribery investigation, devon joins us live from san jose, devon . Reporter under the sheriff, the second highest ranking official, it is the sheriff and undersheriff, the indictment is leaving many to wonder what is the next domino thats going to fall this investigation . It brings a concealed carry permit bribery investigation into the highest levels of the sheriff office, one step away possibly, from the sheriff themselves. Lori smith ultimately is the person who has to sign off on weather someone has a concealed weapons permit, it would appear that she could logically be the next target. Reporter the eighth person to be indicted in the alleged conspiracy, Trading Campaign contributions for difficult to obtain concealed carry permits. He was the indicted in this scandal, the das office tacked on an Additional Charge today. If she truly had respect for the community, she would walk away and turn over the keys. Reporter sheriff smith has not been charged with any crime in connection, buwier spokesperson and 2nd in command under indictment, reverend jeff morrises that it is a reflection of or failure of leadership. She shouldve known, she knows, whatever happened, disqualifies her from being a leader. It is under her watch that it happened. Reporter the Sheriffs Office says that they have been placed on administrative leave, the sheriff has not commented publicly on the case, and investigation on a singular focus to answer the question what did the sheriff know and when did she know it . She is the person who would have benefited from the scheme, if there are making political contributions for her campaign, with the understanding that if they contributed sufficient amounts of money, they would be put first in line to receive these permits. But this thing is knocking readily top door of top brass, any chance the investigation stops short of the sheriff . Reporter it is certainly possible that they might not be able to find enough evidence that she either knew about it, or direct to the scandal, but the investigation has unfolded in textbook fashion. Starting with the civilians and made the bribes and moved up to the leadership here at the Sheriffs Office, that allegedly facilitated and solicited them, and it landed with the undersheriff, and circling perilously close to the sheriff for self. Thank you devon. Out of wisconsin, news, eight people have been shot at a mall, a search for the gun man happening right now, just outside of milwaukee. You can see a lot of police activity, armored trucks on the scene, witnesses reported hearing a dozen shots earlier, now seven adults and one teenager were all taken to the hospital. The site of San Francisco highrises and charred debris after a fire, chopper 5 got the view of the aftermath of a three alarm fire in the financial district. Video from a viewer shows the intense flames, fire broke out just before 1 30 am, the east tower of the gateway apartment complex. Five people were hurt. Flames and smoke prompted people to get out fast, and some needed help to escape. Today call from unit 1105, she says she cant get out of her apartment, shes on the balcony. What is amazing, the majority of people im seeing, they all remembered to grab their masks, even in a emergency situation, everyone is thinking about the coronavirus. Nearly 2 dozen units we are told are uninhabitable. Two years ago, if i read Gateway Apartments caused about 10 million damage. That that time investigators determined a candle ignited curtains inside the 12th floor unit, climbing up three more floors, no serious injuries then. The eldest son for President Trump has tested positive for coronavirus, donald trump jr. Got the result earlier this week, he has been quarantining at his cabin, he is reportedly asymptomatic. President trump summons top michigan lawmakers today, in his bid to overturn the 2020 election results, but late today they said they are not aware of any information that would change joe bidens victory in the state. Michael georges live in wilmington, delaware with more. Michael . Reporter president elect biden spent the day working on his transition and covert plan, meanwhile the white house continues to focus on the largely unsuccessful attempts to overturn the result of the election. Will you honor the will of the michigan voters . Reporter mike shirkey was met with protests, as he arrived in washington for a meeting at the white house friday. The invitation to michigan lawmakers appears to be President Trumps latest effort to overturn results in a state he lost by more than 150,000 votes. This is an abuse of office, its an open attempt to intimidate election officials, it is absolutely appalling. Reporter georgia certified their results friday, with a win for biting, a recount is underway in wisconsin, and the Trump Campaign is still pursuing lawsuits. The prison has been clear, he once every legal vote counted and no illegal votes counted. Reporter president elect biden is pressing ahead with the transition, despite a lack of cooperation from the white house. Reporter the president elect and Vice President elect met with top congressional democrats. We are discussing the lame duck session, the urgency of crushing the virus in easing the pain of this economic crisis. Reporter the Trump Administration is pushing back on concerns that a delay transition with regard to the Coronavirus Vaccine distribution will cost american lives. The same career people running the response and word speed on january 19 will be the same people on the january 21 in every aspect is completely transparent. Reporter mr. Biden is said to be inaugurated as the 46th president in exactly 2 months. Todays birthday for president elect biden means he will make history in january. Reporter yes, yes, he is 78 today, he will take office as the oldest president in u. S. History, second place for that distinction would be ronald reagan, who left office when he was 77, behind that, donald trump, who is currently 74. Michael george live in wilmington, thank you. Still ahead on kpix 5, streaming cbsn bay area, replaced with brandnew diggs, a modern upgrade could make all the difference in fighting fires. Cove it strikes again, another bummer for stanford football fans this weekend. 2 big tahoe ski resorts are open for business, what will be different for people hitting the slopes . A beautiful sunset this evening, quite a way to finish off the work week, dipping below the horizon in the last 12 minutes, plenty shaping up to be a nice evening, a city on the coast getting a new fire station after 25 years, the fire station is officially open, ready to respond, new stateof theart facility, don ford gives us a look. Reporter the dilapidated building for decades. Coming to an end. And today they say goodbye. And and serving the folks near half moon bay. Getting used to it. The amount of space we have any functionality of it. No longer having to back up in the tiny garages. And safely driving through the equipment bays, special tempered glass. And one shower for everyone. Something from the 80s, this beauty, feeding many more firefighters, the Fire Protection district paid nearly 13 million for the station. How did you pay for this . They paid cash basically through savings, and through and without any special bonds or tax assessments. Reporter a remarkable achievement in this day and age, the new station, above the tsunami danger zone. A block away, keeping it out of the zone annexes to the highway. The beautiful beaches, the added protection. Near half moon bay, kpix 5. Some people had home from work these days, metropolitan transportation commission, a new commute strategy for the future. Calls for Big Companies to give employees incentives, for sustainable commutes, transit, bike, carpool, the goal is to have only 40 of employees traveling by car by 2035. This would not apply to businesses with fewer than 50 employees. State lawmakers, mayors, county supervisors, transit officials gave their input on that proposal. Stanfords home Football Game against Washington State is canceled because of covid 19, the pac12 canceled it because Washington State lacked the minimum scholarship players due to the number of positive cases among players there, under conference policy, it will be declared no contest. A player tested positive, and prompting other players, going into quarantine, no plans to reschedule that game. And pfizer, submitting an application to the fda for emergency use authorization, coming days after companies revealed the vaccine is 95 effective. Pfizer hopes to produce up to 50 million doses this year with about half going to the u. S. Gilead suffered a blow, regarding the drug rim to severe. Advising doctors using it for covid19, remdisivir, the watchdog says it has no meaningful effect on mortality, sold under the brand name, was authorized for you as emergency use back in may. Gilead sciences said we are disappointed the who guidelines appear to ignore the evidence of the time when cases are dramatically increasing around the world, and doctors are relying on it as the first and only approved antiviral treatment for patients with covid19. Wall street close on a down note, worries about the pandemic at wing optimism about the coming vaccine, the dow lost 219 points, nasdaq done 24, and tech and Industrial Companies drove most of the selling. It has been a long week, lets take a breath and enjoy the sunset, absolutely fantastic. Chopper 5, and paul was going to tell us i think, more beauty ahead. It is been a long time. The same name. About 4 inches. Exactly the same. And happening there, in stores we had to the weekend, good news, and in the weekend. Lets dive in for a closer look. Just drop off quickly in the north bay, sneaking into the south bailey Santa Clara Valley as the sun is coming up early on saturday, passing clouds, often on throughout the day, saturday, not going to block out the sun, there will in the atmosphere, made of ice crystals, that will filter the sunshine as opposed to blocking it out, mostly clear skies tomorrow night, sunday morning might be even chillier than tomorrow morning, plenty of sunshine to start the day sunday before clouds try to build in, and any hint of a shower will stay up farther up the pacific coast, and the next 710 days, a long stretch of dry weather, look at the sunset, to the shower, 54 degrees in oakland, and this evening, and 60 degrees in santa rosa, it will be the chilly spot by tomorrow morning, mid 30s, patchy frost possible, in the more sheltered valleys, and it settles into the spots around the bay area. Most of us end up in the low 40s with mid to upper 40s along the bay and the coast. A nice warm up tomorrow. Temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Around the bay. Mid to upper 60s around the inland, getting up to run 70 in fairfield. Right around 60 along the coast. The temperatures at least a couple of degrees above whats average for november, and temperatures similar in the forecast for thanksgiving. Expecting highs in the upper 50s along the coast with a mix of clouds and sunshine, low 60s around the bay, mid 60s inland, late november, a couple of degrees above normal, hour by hour at 5 30 pm. For thanksgiving. Not much change to the next seven days and beyond that, most of thanksgiving weekend is also looking dry, alan . Local vaccine trials expanding to a new demographic, the new push to get thousands of teenagers involved. And im visiting my family, next week for thanksgiving. High demand for prethanksgiving covi raising the transgender flag for the transgender day of remembrance, in the hall of justice this morning. It was followed by a virtual remembrance ceremony. The transgender day of remembrance started back in 1999 to honor rita hester, a black transgender woman who was killed in massachusetts. In san jose, sacred heart is continuing the series of thanksgiving food box giveaways. Folks lined up in their cars to pick up their meal kits. Filled with 50 pounds of food, about 100 worth of groceries. This years food drive, going contact list to keep everyone safe and socially distant. We are giving out 4200 boxes over the next five days that will impact 10,000 families, and we are just excited and happy that our Community Keep showing up for each other, which is part of our vision. Sacred heart is looking for more volunteers and donations, the food box giveaway continues through november 25, for more information, head to the Committee Service website. Partnering with bay area food bank, the holiday season. And the whole foods market, going online, kpix. Com give. More local news at 5 30 pm, to test or not to test. A higher demand for covid tests ahead of thanksgiving, longer lines and testing, Health Officials are often competing with messages on weather or not to get testing. In project home, an ambitious effort to reduce homelessness is being met by lawsuits in the bay area. This is not how democracy works. Space x launching a new nasa satellite, how it will need better sleep . Try natures bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster and stay a sleep longer. Great sleep comes naturally with sleep 3 only from natures bounty youre watching kpix 5 news at 5 30 pm. Streaming on cbsn bay area, more local news, theyre open for business, were live, the changes on the slopes. An unprecedented effort to end homelessness is getting pushback in the bay area, investigating complaints and the potential benefits. People are really angry about this. Getting a coronavirus test ahead of thanksgiving, certainly not alone, why one Health Director says testing to see family is a bad idea. Good evening, i am alan martin, and the report is that there is a new warning about who should be getting those tests. The lines for covid tests are getting longer ahead of thanksgiving travel, protecting family and friends. I am visiting my family for thanksgiving, my moms older a senior citizen, ensure im taking all the precautions i can. Reporter Katrina Cameron will be flying to san diego, she thought about canceling. I thought was a gets worse and i dont have an option to travel . Or