Stores with reduced capacity could mean a 40minute wait. The National Retail federation on its website predicts online sales will be capturing 20 to 30 of the holiday market, up from last year. There are no corporate parties and reduced inventory and fewer employees are in many stores according to consumer expert and San Francisco State University marketing professor. The projections are that because the consumer demand has been suppressed so far, starting with today, which is black friday and the start of the Holiday Shopping season, there is some kind of penalty up demand that people, you know, they want to give gifts to family and friends to uplift their spirits in a very challenging year. Reporter walnut creek downtown there is a 20 vacancy rate right now but Property Owners say they are getting inquiries about renting the vacant sites according to the walnut creek Downtown Business association. Whats missing is probably, you know, the ice rink. Were unable to host the ice rink thi
Today low to mid 60s. 61 to 66. Some upper 50s at the coast. Kumasi, reggie. Mike, thank you. Happening today, president elect joe biden talking about his plans for health care. Hes already at work tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile President Trump and his team defiant claiming that the election was stolen but providing no evidence to back that up. Abc News Reporter alex presha live in washington. Goodern moi morning, reggie kumasi. No evidence right now to back up those claims of Election Fraud. Meanwhi meanwhile, we know president elect joe biden is set to address health care. Supreme court looking at the Affordable Care act today. But on the coronavirus front, some good news. Drugmaker pfizer announcing that its vaccine has a 90 or more than 90 effectiveness rate in some lateround clinical trials. As the u. S. Passes 10 million covid cases president elect joe biden is welcoming pfizers vaccine breakthrough but warning more work is still to be done. The challenge before us
Now at 11 00 huge concerns over illegal fireworks heading into the holiday. Tonight we have already seen one big example, of the danger. Troubling images san josc restaurant appears not to be enforcing social distancing. The warning from city and county leaders tonight. We just learned atop Trump Campaign official and a former first lady of San Francisco, has tested positive for coronavirus. Heating up for the holiday trucking your hour by hour with the july forecast. Now 11 streaming cbsn bay area illegal fireworks making for a dangerous dr. The Holiday Weekend in San Francisco. That evening i am elizabeth cook. Alan martin in for can firefighters locked up a neighborhood in the excelsior tonight after a powerful explosion some sort of firework larger than an m 80 was dropped into a drainpipe on edinburg street. Officials say three windows were blown out of the house. It could get even worse as the we can goes on, as kpix, crackdown and oakland. Reporter many of the residents in this
Disagreement about the illegal Fireworks Show going on . Almost on a nightly basis. Too much, they have gone till midnight, 3 00 a. M. Its season, it is just irresponsible. Im not a fan of it. Reporter officers from the Oakland Police department responding to calls of illegal fireworks. Oakland Fire Department will have five additional crews over the weekend, three of them will be patrolling the lake merritt area. Expect to see many many fires tomorrow over 15 wildfires just since monday. Reporter a small brush fire tonight mountain boulevard and Fontaine Court while the cause is under investigation, oakland Fire Department says there was another fire in the area on sunday, that was caused by fireworks. Trying to crack down on these illegal shows oakland fire has these buckets throughout the city to collect fireworks. Oakland police have also been busy, hundred and 10 pound hall of highgrade illegal fireworks confiscated near international boulevard today. All in an effort to keep ever
It is out from around the delta. That is what we are keeping an eye on. Highs are coming down. They are still above average. We are in the 60s or 70s. That is down six from yesterday. Lets go over to sal and see if there is anything new at the 6 00 hour. Good morning. There is not a lot going on. Right now, we have a look at the bay bridge and some of the other commutes. We do have fog. Thats what steve was talking about, that is a factor on 80 westbound. That is between berkeley, coming into the area. Now, it is not low enough to be affecting drivers. This is a look at interstate 880. The traffic is there. I see smoke in the background that i normally dont see. We will investigate that. It is 6 01. Lets go back to the headlines. Thank you, sal. Happening today, alameda county, the bay area which has been hit hardest by the pandemic in terms of numbers is moving into the next phase of its reopening plan. The updated phase to order means that retail sales can resume. Restaurants can now