Dr. Coal fox expects San Francisco could move to purple by then. A curfew would have to be implemented within 48 hours of that announcement. By the look of the citys latest case counts, we technically already qualify to be in that category. The third surge, there is no question. Its not a matter of if it will happen. It is happening. A stern warning from dr. Coal f colfax as covid is surging. What is really important is that curve, that steep slope of increasing cases. The 14day average of cases increased 152 since november 1st. Thats one of the highest spikes in the bay area. To put it in perspective, 217 new covid cases were reported in mid october. Nearly a month later, that number is 768. This rate of increase is higher than we experienced during our summer surge. On monday, San Francisco was safely in the red zone but todays data indicates the citys cases per capita is far past the threshold to be in purple. A surge that could overwhelm hospitals across the city that are already r
Most restrictive teier. Thats purple. Kiviran contracosta and solano counties San Francisco had been in the least restrictive yellow tier. Now its in the red, the second to the worst. Marin and san mateo moved from orange to red. Take a look at this map. All of the bay area is classified in red or purple with either substantial our widespread coronavirus activity. This troubling trend is happening statewide. 94 of californians live in the most restrictive purple tier. Were tracking them all with this interactive map on our website, abc7news. Com. And abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz is here with the latest on the changes across the state, including an apology, liz, from the governor. Reporter thats right, dan. There was a lot of news at this briefing today. We did get that apology from the governor for attending that dinner at french laughtonery. Every bay area county but one moved into a more restrictive tier. The only one that didnt is Sonoma County and thats because its already in the m
With that light wind overnight, look at the temperatures, dropping into the low 30s in the north bay, 31 in santa rosa, 32 in novato, 33 in livermore with freezing conditions in the san ramon valley. 39 in oakland, cold for oakland, anywhere from two to seven degrees colder this morning, along the shoreline and your forecast calls for plenty of sunshine, upper 50s by noontime. By the afternoon weve got low 60s around the bay and looking at another clear and cold night tonight. Temperatures are going to stay on the mild side. Well tell you how mild and talk about the rest of the weekend, the week ahead, coming up. Liz . Lisa, thank you. Today is Small Business saturday as we mentioned, but no matter the turnout, some berkeley shops are getting some extra help. The city of berkeley raised millions of dollars for a relief fund. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to the mayor of berkeley who says there are still more ways for the community to now chip in. Reporter may 2020 marked ten years
Increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. The governor is now putting 94 of the state in the most restrictive purple tier, including alameda, contra costa, santa clara, napa and solano counties. The purple tier means cases are widespread and nonessential indoor businesses like churches, movie theaters and gyms must close and Indoor Dining must also close. Meanwhile, San Francisco, marin and san mateo are moving back to the red tier. That means cases are substantial and indoor operations are allowed at a reduced capacity. Good evening, im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Thanks for joining us. Lets get right to liz kreutz with the latest announcement from the state including an apology from the governor. Yes. There was a lot of news from this briefing. We did get an apology from the governor and also saw every single bay area county but one get moved into a more restrictive tier. The only one that didnt is sonoma county. With just over a week until thanksgiving, no
They can try to steal the election from us. The vote counting continues tonight. We heard from both president ial candidates this afternoon. Former Vice President joe biden is confident of a win, while President Trump claims fraud, though no votes have yet found to be illegal. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. There are six states abc news has not called. Alaska, arizona, georgia, nevada, north carolina, and pennsylvania. Former Vice President joe biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. Remember, it takes 270 electoral votes to win. Lets zero in on whats happening in some of those key states, battleground states that have yet to be called. In georgia, President Trumps lead continues to slip. Its now just under 35,000 votes i should say, 3,500 votes. In nevada, the candidates are split by about 11,000 votes with a current tally favoring biden by less than 1 percentage point. Clark county which includes las vegas is expected to release results from 51