Now at 11 00 countless urgent warnings didnt stop people from gathering this thanksgiving. So now what . Tonight the new strategy from Bay Area Health officials to slow the next covid surge. Plus shots fired at a packed Northern California mall sends black friday shoppers running for their lives. At least one person dead tonight, the manhunt underway to find the gunman. This is stupid. This was dumb. This was cowardly. For whatever reason it had to end up being violent and it had to be tragic. Holiday shopping during a pandemic, well show you what popular spots in the south bay look like this black friday. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area tonight, Bay Area Health officials preparing for a major coronavirus surge. Good evening. Im brian hackney. Im andrea nakano. Theyre crafting a new strategy after people ignored warnings not to gather over the thanksgiving holiday. Tonight Alameda County became the first in the bay area to top 500 covidrelated deaths. Those numbers are expe
Reporter in San Francisco theyre hoping cell phones hold the key to contact tracing. The more people that answer the call or text, the better our chances of getting control of the spread of covid19 in San Francisco and speeding up the reopening of our city. Reporter after a positive test youll get a text asking you to fill in the blank for contact tracers. The city is now averaging 130 new cases of covid19 a day and more than 900 a week. Now we are in a large surge with infections that are more widespread across the city and reaching different populations and our numbers have been increasing sharply. Reporter its a surge that started before the Holiday Season thats expected to continue through december. We saw this spike in the summer and it was hard to get back down. So the quicker we get it under control, the better off well be in the long run. Reporter if you get a positive covid19 test in San Francisco, you should expect a test and Public Health officials hope youll answer it becau
Less than an hour ago we took these pictures. If you look closely you can see the rooster tails spraying water behind those cars. Lets go to drew tomb and live dopplar 7. The rain gear certainly getting a workout tonight. Life dopplar seven showing you were tracking widespread showers. I do want to take back about an hour and a half ago because live dopplar seven showing a couple of thundershowers on the west. A couple of lightning strikes. Many of you were saying you saw lightning and heard rumbles of thunder and thats why. We have downpours through san leandro just worked through castro valley, 880, highway 105 showing those downpours to the peninsula. Belmont, south to redwood city, atherton, palo alto. Benicia downpours in your neck of the woods. Highway 4 we are wet at this hour even into the east bay, downpours there working through alameda and right now San Francisco just some light rain overhead. Lets get you out the door tomorrow morning lots of clouds and isolated sprinkle. T