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
The experts weigh ip. And the rain is on its way. What you need to know before you head out the door tomorrow. But first we begin with breaking news in the president ial election. Nine days later, jessica, the wait is over in arizona. There is a winner and this is going to give joe biden an even bigger lead. Nbc news now projecting biden wins arizona. Hes flipped another red state blue. Biden receiving 11,000 more votes than President Trump. Arizona will award all of its 11 electoral votes to joe biden putting his total at 290. You see the map here. President trump has 217. Heres why it matters. Bidens win in arizona makes President Trumps fight to overturn the Election Results essentially impossible. If President Trump were to win in georgia and also overturn the results in pennsylvania biden would still have the 270 electoral votes to win. President trump is still refusing to concede. Tonight the Homeland Security department had a message for the country saying it was the most secure
Acres in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Sadly, one person died. 925 homes destroyed. But firefighters did manage to save thousands of homes. Cal fire tweeted out this video, firefighters reading parts of the hundreds of thank you letters they received. Also tonight, progress in the fight against covid19. Three more bay area counties are now in the red. San mateo, solano, and alameda counties have moved into the red tier, which means increased capacity at a number of businesses and indoor customers for salons and tattoo parlors. One of the counties is saying not so fast. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney reports from Alameda County. Reporter its out of the purple tier and into the red in san mateo, solano, and here in Alameda County. But Alameda County Health Officials say there will be no immediate changes, and as with other reopenings, it will be important for Alameda County to take a measured and phased approach to avoid dramatic increases in disease transmission and reclosures. At s
Happening right now, thousands of pg e customers are still in the dark this morning. And the power might not be back on until tonight. So here is a look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties across the state, august because of the high fire danger. The purple triangles indicate those Public Safety power shutoffs. Calistoga is one place that is impacted. The mayor says the shutoff was a necessary step because of the threat of high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark statewide. Crews will be working to restore power once the sun comes up. High winds and dangerous heat are making it difficult for firefighters battling dozens of fires across california right now. And i really want you to Pay Attention to this number. So far wildfires have burned about 2. 3 million acres in comparison to this same time last year. And this same time last year, just during a press conference yesterday, Governor Newsom said that he has had it with Clim