In person. Nothing was going to stop us. These players deserve support and that is why we are here. Right now, Health Officials in San Francisco tonight are launching a new strategy to keep cases under control, and like many other things these days, it involves your phone. Good evening. Andria borba is live in San Francisco, with the hope behind this new plan. It takes advantage of the fact that people are used to doing things via text message. Perhaps the readiness to answer a phone call but they can still get the Contact Tracing done to help spread the help control the spread of this disease. The fight to trace the spread of covid19 is moving to text message. 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 beating up the reopening of our city. Reporter it is called a Virtual Assistant and after a positive test you could get a text message to your cell phone, where you fill in the blanks for contact t
Home or order earlier than required so starting tomorrow, San Francisco santa clara and Contra Costa County stay at home orders will go into effect at 10 00pm then on monday just after midnight Alameda County state home order will kick in then on tuesday marine countys order will go into effect at noon this news comes as the bay area region including monterrey in santa cruz counties. Have not yet reached the states icu threshold. Health officials here in the bay area say they need to take action now so hospitals do not become overrun with patients. Here are the very latest numbers of icu bed capacity is across the state. Northern california and the sacramento regions are a little more than at 24 capacity. The bay area region is close to 22 regional stay at home orders in San Joaquin Valley and Southern California will go into Effect Tomorrow because capacity in those 2 regions now sit at below 15 . A stay at home order means that personal Services Like hair salons and barber shops must
One monday morning in Alameda County in marine county will implement that order tuesday at noon. The stay at home order means a personal Services Like hair salons and barber shops must close Outdoor Dining is over indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds entertainment centers, zoos museums opener bosses and boat operations all must close there are some things that can continue with modifications Retail Stores but only at 20 capacity. Outdoor gyms will be limited to just 12 people. Youth sports with strict social distancing and face masks and also schools that are already open can stay open more details on the stay at home order or on our website kron 4 dot com but were just starting our Team Coverage thats right meanwhile, a little more than 25 hours to go before an Outdoor Dining ban is set to take effect here in San Francisco. And folks using every second thats left to eat outside under the citys new stay at home order all restaurants want to turn to takeout or delivery onl
Using Curbside Pickup here in the bay area some stores did not see the large crowds that were anticipated, but that depends on where you did your shopping today kron fours gayle ong talked to shoppers in walnut creek. She joins us now live with more gayle. Vicki and can i actually spoke to a manager at lululemon where the wait time was about 45 minutes and part of the reason was because they were following Covid Protocols and up staying under the Maximum Capacity to avoid those lines Health Experts are encouraging people to stay home and shop online get your deals that way at least one person i spoke to got that message. Looking at the lines and thinking were glad that will be done most of our shopping online on black friday lines out the door at Broadway Plaza in walnut creek still stores doing their best to make sure everyone stay safe in the age of covid19 theyre doing a very good job with the social distancing a lot of people Wearing Masks out here a different story in the morning
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. With covid19 cases growing, millions of people here in the bay area will see indoor operations at restaurants and several other businesses come to an end. And with the holidays coming up, many are doing what they can to survive. Some are getting creative in expanding services in ways never seen before. Good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us. It is sunday, november 15. Im liz kreutz. Well have much more on the changes and restrictions many counties are facing this week. First, as always, a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, liz. Good morning, everyone. Its a beautiful start to the day although its pretty chilly out there. We have low dew points and a dry north wind. Thats also going to warm us up pretty quickly. As we look at the visible picture, check out the clouds in northern california. The top of mt. St. Helena shows you where that line is. East bay, 49 in San Francisco,