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
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
Theyre discussing changes to the short term rental rules. Juliette goodrich is live in orinda where Council Members expect to get an earful. Reporter yes, the meeting is at 7 00 at the Public Library in orinda, and they expect overflow, a lot of emotion tonight, and a lot of mixed emotions on what to do. Im very distressed to hear about the events of the last week. Reporter as the memorial at theater square continues to grow, so do the concerns. One of them about orindas short term rental policies. Just needs to be a tighter reign on it. I think there needs to be closer monitoring. Reporter the Orinda City Council will look at 2day minimum stays instead of 1, or eliminate airbnbentirely. But some say the problem is not airbnb. Its not the Short Term Rentals of airbnb, its the enforcement of the laws in place. Reporter at 9 19, a noise complaint was called in to the police. 90 minutes later police went to the scene. They had been assisting in a Home Invasion not far away. They were off
Inside their home. I was upset because what are you doing running into this house . You shouldnt be because i have a 5yearold here and she knows that. Reporter the standoff started around night. Female is he is terrifysteri. One of the r. P. S says there is a male with a gun. Reporter San Jose Police say the suspects wife, daughter and niece escaped unharmed. Police then entered their home to try to save the other victims. They saw at least one of the victims moving and figured that they needed to go in there and do something. Reporter a man and woman were taken to the hospital where they died. Two other female victims were later found inside the home. Late today, San Jose Police gave this update on facebook. There is no documented history of Domestic Violence between the suspect and family members. Reporter police say the suspect used a handgun and was found in his side yard. The neighbor says after hearing gunshots when he went outside to lock his doors, he saw the ats all thats the