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
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
Judge barretts for right, out of the mainstream views the generations. Her confirmation means the court will be firmly in conservative hands with a 63 majority, the vote could be crucial in deciding the fate of the Affordable Care act, which will go before the court a week after the election. Any objective standard, judge barrett deserves to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. The American People agree in just a few minutes, she will be on the Supreme Court. , President Trump is set to host the swearing in at the white house tonight, with Justice Clarence thomas giving the first of the two odes, this is a live picture of the scene there on the south lawn, you cant tell, but there is a Group Gathering for the swearing in and we have seen, for the most part, most of them wearing masks, and the chairs on the lawn, it is hard to see because it is so dark, but the chairs on the lawn are spread farther apart than they were when barretts nomination was first announced. Lawmakers say there is s
Agrees on a new government. And iran accuses the trunk administration of conspiring to starve its people and the u. S. Imposes new sanctions on iranian banks. Russia says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed to send their Foreign Ministers to moscow for peace talks as the latest effort to end increasingly violent conflict over the region of the. Mediators from the u. S. Russia and france also mean holding talks in geneva to find a resolution all media accuses ery forces of shelling the historic cathedral in the corner of our back on thursday i mean yes says several journalists were injured in the strikes which knocked over pews and left rubble strewn across the floor. Well hundreds of people have died in fighting over the last 2 weeks the disputed territories officially part of azerbaijan is controlled by ethnic kamini and you have reporters in azerbaijan and armenia but his method is n. P. R. s allison garcia. In azerbaijan 1st of all lets go over to. The russians are saying that the ar
The east bay contra costa alameda all the way down santa clara and then that continues even into parts of a San Mateo County and then you get the spots in the orange here those are places that are under heat advisories even along the coastline, expecting some of those toasty temperatures now tomorrow. We begin the heat wave, but its not going to be the absolute heat were going to see the hottest temperatures i thing on sunday and monday still 77 degrees in San Francisco that will be well above the average up toward the beaches are going to find 60s 70s and lots of sunshine inside the bay, turning in the 70s and 80s in the burning game moving south you see 90s begin to pop up in the more 90s into the south even triple digits in the morgan hill and then youll find a lot of heat as you start to move inland. A 105 and limb or one of 4 in pleasanton a 104 in walnut creek, one 05 in concord you get the idea very hot weather all around the bay area this just the beginning of the heat wave. Th