Im larry beil. Im christian see. Were in a difficult situation and we got to keep pushing. The push to get people to wear masks and stay safe into the holiday season. This as california hits an unfortunate milestone in the fight against the pandemic. The state marked 1 million cases today according to data compiled by several news organizations. That includes people who have recovered, texas became the first state to hit a million cases yesterday. More than 18,000 californians are died. In the bay area, there are more than 130,700 cases. Alameda county is causing further reopenings as it anticipating moving to the red tier. Daily new cases for 100,000 people are up to 4. 9 from the countys low of 3. 4. There is also a steady increase in hospitalization. Officials say if Current Trends continue, the county may be put back into the most restrictive tier and that is purple. Spiking numbers have counties in the bay area hitting pause in their reopenings. The question is this going to be enough as we head into the busiest holiday months of the year. Kris reyes talked to two doctors on the front lines and are issuing a warning, get complacent and we could lose the gains weve made in the course of the last nine months. As the virus becomes more prevalent in the community, the chances that person sitting next to you at a dinner table or next to you in a store is infected is higher than it was a month ago. We got to be super careful. Reporter new stats could show thanksgiving could see the most air travel since the pandemic was declared. United added 1400 new flights and christmas and new yearss celebrations, dropping temperatures driving people indoors as numbers spike in the bay area and all over the country. Its a formula Public Health officials are extremely worried about especially considering everyones favorite holiday activity. Sit for many hours together with masks off because theyre eating. Thats a combination of all the things that are about as worrisome as you can imagine. You kind of get behind the eight ball and you get to the point of no return and its once you start increasing, you increase exponentially. Reporter in the bay area doctors are on the lookout of spikes because of halloween and elections. The worries people are getting complacent as the virus remains as contagious. The problem is the virus doesnt care. Its the same virus as it was all along. Reporter the other warning from the doctors we talked to is this socalled third wave could be worse and last longer than the previous two, which lasted about two months. One reason is that the holidays could bring more people into the bay area traveling from covid19 hot spots. The thing that keeps me up at night is over running our hospitals with patients and not having enough staff to take care of them, enough icu beds. Reporter the doctor must remain vigilant and remember nine months into the pandemic, we have a long way to go and a lot more to lose. The good news about vaccines means that if we hunker down for another six or eight months, we may be in a much, much better place next year. Reporter kris reyes, for abc 7 news. Some of you are counting on covid tests before thanksgiving and we warned you that could be challenging. In San Francisco, city testing sites at the embarcadero are fully booked. If you need a test today, we know a place you can get one with little to no line. Amy hollyfield was in fremont today where testing comes with a little fun. Reporter lab workers are set up and ready to go at the bart station. The only thing they need is more patients. This is the third day of the free covid test site and hope as many people as possible will take advantage of it. The last two days that we have done here, weve tested around 140 and 160 patients. Im hoping to hit that number again today. Reporter Bay Area Community health arranged the clinics when Alameda County moved into orange figuring as businesses reopen, cases would likely go up and testing would be crucial. The important piece i want to say after the mask is the testing because a lot of asymptomatic cases of young people, they dont feel symptoms and can be positive and spread the disease across. Reporter once eve notable difference is how covid test sites changed. This has a d. J. Creating a fun environment. Quite a contrast to when the pandemic started and sites were quiet and tense. Patients who have been tested more than once noticed the change. It was very tense. I was really afraid. Everybody was like so serious and today coming here, hearing the music and people extremely friendly was it put me at ease, yes. We have definitely been enjoying the music out here. The chief medical officer told me that is bedesign. They wanted to create an environment where people felt relaxed and comfortable, not scared. A amy hollyfield. Staffers with the Santa Clara County office of education staged a rally. They have a rush to reopen schools. Members of the Service EmployeesInternational Union called on the officials to implement three things before any decision is made to reopen. First, ensure appropriate staffing for in person and Distance Learning classrooms. Second, allow workers to telecommute when their job duties allow them to do so and provide comprehensive health and Safety Training for all workers. Its hard to ask for help when you dont know what you dont know. I thought id asked all the necessary questions until i went to work the first day and realized i didnt know how i was supposed to disinfectant the toys in beach and water, how long are they supposed to be there . The Union Members were flanked by mock body bags to dramatize their desire to be safe. Weve reached out to the Santa Clara County office of education but have yet to hear back. A new Study Compares state and federal responses to the pandemic and concludes an early nationwide mask mandate would have been the number one saver of lives. The study by economics and statistics was done by Santa Clara University professor and others. They found had a federal mask mandate gone into effect in mid march, mid april between 90,000 and 180,000 deaths could have been prevented. In San Francisco today, dozens of homeless residents were provided with free masks. The Salvation Army teamed up with mask manufacturer halo life. For every mask sold, they donate another to organizations that serve the homeless. You can see where your county stands with the reopening tracker now on abc7news. Com. To the south bay, sky 7 flew above santa clara after a sink hole opened up and damaged at least two cars right near levi stadium. It appears a broken water main caused the pavement to collapse. The ground rupture in a parking lot and the tracks used by ace and amtraks capital c c train. Water from below. Can we see water from above . Tomorrow, rain perhaps. Spencer is here with the forecast. Rarelarry, okay. Youve given us the question and part of the answer. Let me show you the storm impact scale. The storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. We have friday p. M. There because more most of the bay area, this is going to be an afternoon and evening event. However, the rain will begin tomorrow morning in the north bay light to moderate showers up to a quarter of an inch and a wet evening commute. Here is the forecast animation. 8 00 tomorrow morning, by late morning youll see the rain and showers spreading across the north bay. By mid afternoon, well see the rain through the central part of the bay area through San Francisco out to parts of the east bay across the peninsula and later in the afternoon, early evening, it will be on the south bay, the east bay, the peninsula and still raining in some parts of the north bay. Rainfall estimates indicate that it will be a wide range of rainfall totals anywhere from just a few hundredths of an inch in some places like redwood city to a quarter of an inch or more. Good news is there will be sunshine this weekend and ill have the sevenday forecast coming up later, larry and kristen. See you in a few minutes. A group of people that saw an older woman getting robbed did not just speak up, they jumped right into action. Abc 7 dion lim brings us the story of some china town Good Samaritans working together with sfpd to make an arrest. When you see someone especially like an older woman like yelling for help. You kind of just help. React. Reporter during a routine trip to china town to buy groceries, lily and tom house knew they had to spring into action when they witnessed a young man snatch a cell phone right out of an hand. We saw a man running with something in his hand and i said should we go after him . She said heck yeah. Reporter they chased him and when tom, a 25year Service Member jumped out and gave chase on foot. I turned and said hey, give me the phone back. He turned and looked and his eyes got really big and he turned and threw the phone at me. Reporter also witnessing the incident, a u. S. Army veteran and rob low, founders of the united peace corps. A Neighborhood Watch group formed at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. They stood by to console the victim and then jumped in themselves. We chased him down all the way to murphy ally and the Police Officers and robert and i teamed up together and we chased the thief down. Reporter thanks to Community Team work, sfpd arrested a suspect across from the China Town Police station. This image taken by one of the Good Samaritans. Police tell me they are appreciative of the Community Working together, but. We dont recommend citizens approach or confront suspects on their own accord. If he would have had a gun and turned and shot me, that would be bad but i dont know, i didnt think of it at the time. Reporter both groups of Good Samaritans have this request to others who might one day be onese witnesses to crimes themselves. We see these cases that go unnoticed, unarrested. What we all should do as a community, if you see something, Say Something or do something. Reporter in San Francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. In the south bay, the city of san jose hopes an incentive program, cash for trash. The city is partnering with mastercard and valley water to incentiv incentiveize homeless residents. To be able to provide a pathway for homeless residents, our neighbors to be part of the slution, to be able to help us clean the community and beautify our city in a way that makes us all collectively proud. Those who pick up trash get 4 per bag up to 20 per day. City Officials Say there are restrictions on what can be purchased with the cash cards. All right. Now to a big find near Scotts Valley this morning. Would you believe big foot . Well, maybe not the real big foot. This guy was spotted in the road way near glen canyon and green hills road. These photos were posted on the Scotts ValleyPolice Department facebook page. According to officers, big foot was a little banged up. A it appears he doesnt move around that much so he cant get away, but hell be returned to his home at the big foot discovery museum. All right. Shark attack. Are the sharks swimming out of san jose . Theyre saying today. Black friday, it wont look like the typical shopping frenzy, what you can expect this year. Taxing times should people that work at make your holidays happen. At ross surprise ahhh yes i love it you dont have to spend a lot to give a lot to the ones who mean the most. Youve got the holidays, and weve got you, with the best bargains ever. At ross. Yes for less yowomen with metastatic, anwe breast cancer. Rs. Our time. For more time. Has come. Living longer is possible and proven in postmenopausal women taking kisqali plus fulvestrant. In a clinical trial, kisqali plus fulvestrant helped women live longer with hr , her2 metastatic breast cancer. And it significantly delayed disease progression. Kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. It can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. Tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdomen pain, bleeding, bruising, fever, chills, or other symptoms of an infection, a severe or worsening rash, are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. Avoid grapefruit during treatment. Ask your doctor about living longer with kisqali. Yep get the gifts you love. Yesss . For everyone on your list. Youve got the holidays, and weve got you. With all the gift for less. At ross. Yes for less in the south bay the San Jose Sharks are raising concerns about a slate of Massive Development projects right near the sap center, the shark tank they say can impact their viability and success in the downtown area. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen spoke with the sharks president about the teams concerns. As more details surrounding googles Downtown West development are beginning eme e emerge, the San Jose Sharks are asking the public to weigh in about the future of the massive project adjacent to the sap center. The arena might be infeasible at some point in the future. It might be impossible to host a concert or hockey game and if that were to come true, then we would be forced to leave. Reporter jonathan beggar, president of sharks sports and entertainment is raising concerns about Street Network access, parking challenges and construction impacts related to san joses station area plan, which is set to transform 250 acres over the next two to three decades. But as the city starts to layout its plans, some say more must be done to ensure that projects are staggered to avoid congestion. Groups such as the San Jose Downtown Association say theyre excited for the future but also be keeping a watchful eye on the process. There is going to be a lot more people, customers, traffic. We want them to be able to circulate and move between all the businesses. We want it to work. Reporter local reconfigured as officials focus on Transit Oriented Development with housing, commercial and open space. Progress can be painful but say if done properly, the sharks could have a lot to gain. We have to change. We have to be a forward looking 21st century city. Reporter the mayor says hes confident the city and teal will be able to work out any differences in the long run. The ability for us to bring thousands of sharks fans in the form of bart riders, form of local workers and new residents right to their front door is something that any professional sports franchise would love to see happen. Reporter for now, the sharks have a Lease Agreement at the sap center through 2025. We were born in san jose. Weve grown up in san jose. This is our home and we want to stay here. Reporter in san jose, chris nguyen, a brks krrks 7 all right. Time for consumer news. Michael finney with a look at todays consumer headlines. What doe you have . Well, lets start with costco. Soon, they will require every shopper that goes into their stores to wear a Face Covering no matter what. Here is what is going on. Staring on monday, costco says those who cannot wear a fe mask, must wear a face shield. Costco is one of the first retailers to implement the mask mandate at the start of the pandemic. Costco encourages customers to use its Delivery Service if they are unable or unwilling to wear a mask or shield. A new survey by the American Hotel and lodging Association Says 28 of americans plan on traveling this the Christmas Holiday . 31 . And the survey also says 44 of us dont plan to stay at a hotel for vacation for at least another year. The Better Business bureau is warning about an online secret Sister Gift Exchange c am email or social media encouraged to sign up. The scam asks for personal information, dont they all, and promises gifts as long as a participant sends a gift out, as well. Now the bbb says this is a pyramid scam. They are correct, and that makes it illegal here in the united states. Look, when anybody is offering you a gift, you guys, you know its a scam. Right . Right . Too good to be true. Especially if its you. [ laughter ] yeah. [ laughter ] just joking. Okay. Youre right off of my christmas list. There you go. I know. [ laughter ] michael gives me gifts all the time. I didnt know i was on it. Thank you. Now to a square car on the course. These photos were taken yesterday at the valencia golf and country club in naples, florida. The gator appeared to be about 17 feet. Apparently the alligator strolled throughout the golf course before oh, just kind of slipping away. Hes just playing through. Spencer, looks like tryju gigantic. Youre right. For sure. Scary. Absolutely scary. Iad im he comfort of my home. Lets look at the weather. Bright sky out there today and a few high clouds around. Clouds will increase overnight as we have a storm on the way. Here is a view looking toward the golden gate. 53 San Francisco right now