Stephen stock good evening, im stephen stock. Thanks for joining us on nbc bay area, where we investigate. Were not far from a year into this pandemic that has put many parts of our lives on hold, but what happens if you cant wait for when we come out the other side of this tunnel . Terminally ill people are fighting for their day in court before its too late. Senior investigate reporter bigad shaban has the story. Bigad shaban how do you build a legacy . Alfonso rocciola spent his whole life building his. Alfonso rocciola if you drive through the city, you can say, wow, well, look what i did. You accomplished something. Bigad hes been in charge of some of the most iconic Construction Projects in San Francisco the cliff house, exploratorium, and his favorite, this chapel in north beach. Throughout his life, alfonso also built a marriage. Alfonso my wife is the number one bigad a family. Alfonso we have five grandchildren. Bigad and now hes building a court case. Alfonso is suing nearly
And putting months of planning to test at local hospitals. This graphic shows the average number of cases in the bay area. The numbers on the right, cases are rising. We have more on what hospitals are preparing for. Reporter bay area doctors say hospitals are better prepared for a surge because they have been planning for one since sprng. This tent was set up for covid19 patients. It hasnt been filled but experts worry this time as cases rise sharply that may chang. We have a playbook, we have a formula that we set up even from the beginning of the pandemic. Reporter this doctor says while bay area hospitals are prepared for a fall surge in covid19 cases he is urging everyone to keep the guard up. Cases are climbing. Right now San Francisco is seeing an average of 80 new cases a day compared to 32 a day in early october. Experts warn if the curve isnt flattened it could climb to 300 cases a day by theened of december and could overwhelm hospitals. A lot more people are in the hospital
It opened 15 years ago and was one of the first in the world to begin operations. But couldnt survive the pandemic. Owners tried adapting to the changing guidelines and mandates by the city and the county, but the bills kept stacking up. They say overhead remained the same while loss of membership and limits placed pop them were just too difficult to overcome. Its been part of our lives for so long. Weve met so many friends and created such a Strong Community here. So it just felt like the bedrock of our life for 15 years, and its just such a heartbreaking loss. The gym held one final workout today, then hosted an open house for people to come and say goodbye. We could know in a couple of day it is San Francisco is moving a step closer towards welcoming students back to classrooms. On tuesday, the San Francisco Unified School District will discuss that idea. Three Board Members are pushing for students in first grade or younger, as well as those with disabilities, to return to classroo
Now. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im anoushah roasta. And im terry mcsweeney. Doctors say cases continue to climb at an alarming rate. Take a look at this. These are the new cases reported today in the bay area. Santa clara county adding 335 cases. Alameda, San Francisco, sonoma countys all adding more than 100 cases. These new cases are pargts of the growing trend across the country. Tonight the United States has more than 11 million covid19 cases. As we mentioned, many bay area counties are tightening restrictions. Right now indoor operations in San Francisco are scaled back. Starting tuesday, marin, contra costa, santa clara counties, theyre all going to do the same. Some restrictions in Contra Costa County are being tightened even further, especially when it comes to indoor gyms. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is in walnut creek where one gym owner plans on fighting the new rule. Reporter for the last several weeks, a night at the gym for walnut week resident maureen kosta h
Jose and thats going to be in effect at least through 9 00 a. M. So were still pretty foggy. If you woke up around 3 00 a. M. , you probably saw how dense things started to get. Your hour by hour temperature forecast, it is cold. We have 30s up in santa rosa. Then 40s throughout the rest of the bay area. So its feeling more like fall. Of course we had that rain that moved in late last night and as far as the moisture goes, well have a little bit of the moisture left over. As far as rain, it looks like the remnants of the moisture is bringing us fog and you can see that up in napa and down to less than a mile down to visibility. Three miles half moon bay, so ill have a closer look at what we can expect tonight coming up in a few minutes. See you then. It has been eight months since coronavirus restrictions first became the new way of life for us. And in recent months, the bay area has picked up speed in easing some restrictions. But now local leaders are looking at pausing reopenings be