High sierra. Around the bay area, starting to see a few cracks in the cloud cover. Well talk about whats next in the forecast coming up. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Also right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow and right now some people are rushing to get tested before their big family gatherings. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich is in pleasanton where people are having a hard time getting a test. There are many testing options, but getting a test seems to be the hard part these days. And when you do get your test and you get the results, doctors say that doesnt mean youre in the free and clear come next week. Karma chang and her two sons got their covid test today in the cv s drivethru line. No, we just wanted to before the holidays just make sure we were healthy. And we plan to just stay with our own family. Reporter but securing appointments meant booking them at the strike of midnight, and even then
A potential gamechanger. Its really getting labquality testing at home. Reporter an athome nasal test promising to give you results right there in 30 minutes. Developed by emeryvillebased lucira in connection with sutter health. Its aimed at both worried customers and doctors, both of whom want easier, faster results. Faster testing, getting results quicker will help you be able to determine where people should be and help us get the pandemic under control. Reporter the fda approved test will cost 50 and youll have to get a prescription from your health care provider. Sutter Health Patients will be first to get them. Doctors can also perform the tests on their patients. Some say its what theyve been waiting for. Others say theyll wait and see. I think that would be fantastic. Assuming its reliable. Personally, i wouldnt trust it. Simply because . Simply because its not a professional administering it and i would want a doctor. Reporter the timetable as it stands now is the tests are ex
Desensitized to these numbers. Imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. Thats what were looking at right now. Thats abc thats abc 7s special go ahead, ama. Please. Sorry, dan, go ahead. Thats abc 7 news special correspondent dr. Alok patel who just spoke on our 7 00 news getting answers. Good evening to you. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Dr. Patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. Experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. Thats because just a little while ago we learned that a quarter of a million americans have died from the coronavirus, passing the number dr. Anthony fauci predicted in march. And tonight several counties are seeing the most Covid Patients admitted in a single day since the last wave hit in july. It raises the question will hospitals have to ration care . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into this question and leads us off tonight. I have not been in the military and i have not been in wa
Since the pandemic began with more than 10,000 cases reported since yesterday. More than 18,000 people with the virus have now died in our state. Including 94 deaths in the past 24 hours. In the last week or so, a lot of items sold out early in the pandemic are selling out again amide this new second wave and rise in cases and the holiday rush. Ktvu has been looking into the increased demand and tells us what Grocery Stores are doing in the face of this second surge in sales. When the pandemic began, toilet paper, paper towels, disinfectants, sugar, rice, flour, and other items were swept from the shelves. Consumer Brands Association executive, katie denis says though actual pandemic sales went up only 21 above normal, that was enough to create months of shortages that forced rationing. Ultimately, putting in some of those restrictions is responsible in that people buy what they need and not more than what they need. Some over buyers bought massive amounts of items then resold them on
Square today empty space that would usually be packed with visitors. San franciscos lack of tourists could mean cuts to programs that residents rely on. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro has the story. Reporter suns around San Francisco say welcome, were open and visitors are few and far between. One of the campaigns is our gate is open. While that gate just got closed two days ago. Reporter steve rizzo is general manager at hotel g. The hotel has been closed for eight months. Rizzo estimates theyve lost 8 to 12 million in that time. I imagine that a lot of places are in the same boat as we are. Your cash flow runs out when you have no Revenue Source coming in. Reporter according to the quarterly status report released this month by the controllers office, the hotel tax is expected to drop 43. 4 million below the expected 126. 2 million. One of the things that visitors really do is help to pay the cost of living in San Francisco and without them, its going to be noticeable for all