Governor today. Liz . Reporter hi, larry and kristen. Yes, there was a lot of news at this briefing today. We did get an apology from the governor for attending that dinner party at french laundry. The only one that didnt is sonoma county. Thats because its already in the most restrictive one. With just over a week until thanksgiving, not great news from governor nufz. Covid19 cases in california have doubled in just the last ten days and on sunday the state reported over 10,000 cases for the First Time Since august. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter because of that newsom says the state is pulling the emergency brake. Today he announced 40 counties are moving backwards into a more restrictive tier. In the bay area, all counties are now in either red or purple. The most restrictive. Every age group, every demographic, racial, ethnic, in every part of the state we are seeing case rates increase and Positivity Rates increase as well. Reporter the statewide 14day Positivity Rate is now 4. 6 . Still much lower than the nationwide average, but a significant increase from a week ago when it was 3. 7 . The rapid rise in cases is illustrated on this map. 41 counties making up 94 of the states population are now living in the purple tier. With widespread transmission. California health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley says social gatherings remain a major cause, especially nearing the holidays. In red and purple tier counties, we are strongly urging do not gather indoors with other households. This is the type of gathering that is highest risk. Reporter at todays briefing Governor Newsom also apologized for his recent attendance at a friends 50th birthday party, a decision that went against his own state guidelines for limiting gatherings to three households. I made a bad mistake. Instead of sitting down, i should have stood up and walked back, got in my car and drove back to my house. Instead, i chose to sit there with my wife and a number of other couples that were outside the household. Now, you can quibble about the guidelines, et cetera, et cetera, but the spirit of what im preaching all the time was contradictive, and ive got to own that. So i want to apologize to you. Now, newsom said he is considering enacting a statewide curfew. Nothing announced on that yet. He also said the state is changing how it will announce county tiers. Theyre no longer going to wait every two weeks, but instead assess it more on a weekly basis. He said there could even be more rollbacks this week. So, liz, how does this compare to the rest of the country and to other states at this point . Right, larry. So when you look at the big picture, california is doing relatively well. Our sevenday Positivity Rate right now is 5 . The nationwide according to john hopkins is 9. 8 . When you look at specific states in even bigger trouble, south dakota, for instance. South dakota has a Positivity Rate of 58. 4 . So it does make our 5 seem pretty good, but it still is troubling that its going up and pretty rapidly so larry. All right. Liz, thank you. So heres a quick reminder of californias tier system. Purple, the most restrictive, indicates the virus spread is wide spread in the community. Nonessential businesses must close including churches, movie theaters and gyms. Indoor dining not allowed in that purple tier. The red tier its a little bit better. Means cases are substantial. Only 11 counties are now in that tier. Indoor operations are allowed for most businesses but at a greatly reduced capacity. And San Francisco is one of those counties thats now back in the red tier. Abc 7 News Reporter mel anie woodrow has a look at the changes here and a warning for those considering holiday travel. Reporter San Francisco is rolling back its reopening again. A number of things will need to come off the table. Reporter mayor london breed announced nonessential offices which had been opened to 25 capacity in late october will need to close. Also Fitness Centers will need to reduce their capacity to 10 , down from 25 . The changes will go into effect tomorrow. This is me sounding the alarm. Reporter both the mayor and dr. Grant colfax explain that San Francisco is in the midst of a major surge. In order to avoid a citywide shutdown, dr. Colfax urged san franciscans to not travel for the upcoming holiday. These are not normal times. Next week is thanksgiving. And as hard as it is to say this, please do not travel. Please do not travel. Reporter dr. Colfax also urged residents not to use testing to determine whether or not they can travel. He explained a negative test does not mean youre not harboring the virus. The safest way to celebrate thanksgiving is to stay home with members of your own household. Reporter if you are going to gather, which dr. Colfax strongly recommended against doing, he suggested no more than six people. Outdoors and with masks on. Emphasizing the best way to celebrate this year is virtually. He said anyone exposed to the virus should quarantine for 14 days. Another change coming tomorrow. The soma covid19 testing site is being relocated to theal the Farmers Market to serve the neighborhood more impacted by covid19. In San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. A law firm representing restaurants in several california counties says the blue light in San Franciscos cal hollow neighborhood has filed a claim against the state seeking refunds for fees, including liquor licenses and health permits. The Law Firm Says authorities are restricting operations but still requires full payment of fees. Now we all know the dramatic impact that covid19 is having on businesses. Many have been forced to close permanently. As abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman found out, now some used car dealers are just giving up. Reporter sitting around waiting. Theyre the exact opposite of how Alameda Koufax has led his life. Yet here we see him in his sonoma used car business alone. We used to have salesmen seven days a week. Right now this is the inventory i have. Reporter its another economic symptom from covid19. The virus is killing off small used Car Dealerships everywhere. Im actually at this point done. So i have to consolidate. Meaning well be moving out. Its just a case of trickle down economics. People arent driving cars these days nearly as much and they dont trust the economy. When they do sell, dealers are keeping those cars. The covid, you know, factor has really lowered the supply of cars. Reporter henry owns 12 new Car Dealerships in northern california. Covid has changed his business model. He now keeps many of the tradein cars that he used to sell at auctions just to keep his inventory high. The small independents are probably in the biggest hurt because that car would come from us before. Because we wouldnt want to sell it. Now we do sell it. Reporter thats covid making times tough all around, and even worse for alamedam, who also ow three gyms in sonoma county. They remain closed. Its hard to watch them suffer like this. Its tough. Does he sleep at night . No. He doesnt. Do you . No. Reporter nor would many of us after laying off 100 people with a third wave of covid on the rise. There is no vaccine for hard times. In sonoma county, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Now, officials have talked a lot about the thanksgiving holiday, and you can weigh the risks of different holiday activities. Use our abc 7s exclusive holiday risk calculator. Medical experts weigh in on each common scenario like gathering or maybe sharing a meal. You can find this tool now at abc7news. Com as well as our abc 7 news app. Turning now to weather. Take a live look outside for you right now from our mount tam, east bay hills and exploratorium cameras. Its sunny out there right now, but some rain is on the way. Spencer christian is here with the forecast. Spencer . Okay, kristen. It certainly does look like a storm is approaching if you look at the clear skies out there, but let me give you a look of whats coming our way. A storm just offshore already producing Stormy Weather in the pacific northwest. Thats going to be our storm on the next two days. It ranks 1 on the abc 7 storm impact scale. We can expect the heaviest rain tomorrow, followed by gusty conditions or accompanied by gusty conditions in the morning and followed by scattered showers on wednesday. Just a quick look at the forecast animation. You can see that by 8 00 tomorrow morning, rain will be falling rather vigorously over much of the north bay. And its going to pred pretty quickly southward and eastward by midday. Well all be feeling the impact of the storm. Ill show you how much rain we can expect and a look at snow in the sierra a little bit later. Kristen . All right. Spencer, thank you. Some San Jose Council members are calling on santa clara advisers to shut down reed hill airport because of the risk the leaded fuel used in the planes poses to the neighborhood. Lead concentrations exceed National Air Quality standards. Supervisors voted two years ago to stop accepting federal grants for the airport in anticipation of closing it some time after 2031. Our message is simple, stop lead poisoning East San Jose kids and families and dont wait until official closure. Reduce activity now. Shut down this airport and commit to a new future. Tomorrow supervisors are scheduled to talk about the next steps toward repurposing the airport. Some Community Members want housing built on the nearly 200 acres of land. Covid19 closing in on a vaccine, but just who is going to get it first . A basketball bubble. The ncaa offering up a fix for march madness that is not good news for one south bay city. And black friday sales, you all otc pain relievers including volthave one thing in common none are proven stronger or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large theres surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. Hisamitsu. [whats this . ] oh, are we kicking karly out . We live with at t. It was a lapse in judgment. At t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gigspeed internet, but we cant sign up for that here. Yeah, but im just like warming up to those speeds. Youve lived here two years. The personal attacks arent helping, karly. Dont you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something . [ muffled scream ] stop living with at t. Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. New details out from the ncaa today. The Association Planning to hold the entire 2021 Mens College Basketball tournament in one geographic location to mitigate the risks of covid19. Basically a hoops bubble. There are talks with indianapolis to be the host city in march. The final fours already set to be held in indy next year. That means cities like san jose that were set to host some games are out of luck. And the plan, you know, is going to hit the south bay hard. Joining me now is john poach with the san jose sports authority. John, thanks for the time. How many people, lets say, would normally fly into san jose for a regional event and what kind of a loss would this represent in term office dollars . Well, the loss is huge, larry. Normally for this event you have the eight teams here, you know, a number of games, six games. There is over 3,500 or 4,000 hotel rooms booked just to attend the first and secondround basketball games. So 10 to 20 million is the Economic Impact of an event of this size for san jose. Has the ncaa indicated that theyll make it up to host cities in future years . You know, unfortunately, they Just Announced the championship sites for the years 22 through 26, and luckily were going to host the ncaa mens basketball regionals in 2026. This event we wont be able to get back. That means another five, six years for our basketball fans in the south bay. 2026 is a long way off. San jose was also supposed to hold the u. S. Figure skating championships in january. That was moved to vegas, so its kind of like a double whammy here. Yes. That one hurt. You know, we spent three years in preparation for the figure skating championships. And you know northern california, our alumni from peggy flemming, Brian Christie ya christie yamagucci, we have a great figure skating community. The s. A. P. Center was ready to go to make a safe and memorable event for the south bay. There is an incredible amount of planning that goes on behind the scenes. Let me move on covid for a second and touch on another south bay topics. Whats your take on the sharks and their concerns about the big Construction Projects right across from the s. A. P. Center . Yeah, thats a tough one. Theyre our partners for every event we do, and i understand their concerns. And to me the concern is lets bring everyone together, the sharks and the s. A. P. Management with the city and the developers and let them plan these activities together and how they can happen where it doesnt impact our folks and fans being able to get in and out of the s. A. P. Center and throughout downtown. All right. I want to finish up on a positive note. How about the san jose state football team, 40 under Brent Brennan . How long did you have that hat sitting there . Well, larry, i know youre a great hawaii rainbow warrior, and youve always done nice stories for the spartans when hawaii has played. Brent brennan is just a great individual and you cannot help but root for somebody who does things the right way. Im a spartan alum and thrilled the way the program has gone. Brent brennan is a fantastic coach and a friend. Its good to see hes turned the program around. I root for the spartans every game, unless they play hawaii, which you understand, and so does he, actually. Oh, yes. All right. John, thanks so much for your time. Any time, larry. Love what youre doing. Appreciate it. All right. Thanks so much. John poach from the san jose sports authority. All right. Well, larry, College Basketball makes a lot of people happy, but playing video games may also make you happy. Thats according to new research from the university of oxford, which found that time spent playing games was associated with players reporting that they felt happier. The study was limited to two titles, animal crossing new horizons and plant versus zombies. Researchers said the experience of social competition and interaction with others may have contributed to the results. And, of course, among us, thats the one we got to try all all together, right, spencer . Thats exactly right. Lets try that. Lets try out our umbrellas tomorrow because rain is on the way. Heres a look at whats coming our way. Heres a look at whats happening right now. You cant really tell from this view whats coming our way. This is the view from sutro tower over San Francisco, bright skies right now. 67 degrees in the city. 75 in oakland. Nice and mild afternoon we have. 71 in mountain view. San jose, 73. 73 also in gilroy and 63 at half moon bay. And we have a bright western sky also looking toward the golden gate from emeryville. 71 right now in santa rosa. We have upper 60s at novato, napa and fairfield. 67 in concord, 65 in livermore. These are the forecast features. Rainy and gusty day tomorrow. The rain will start early in the north bay. Showers will linger into wednesday and a dryer pattern will be with us for the remainder of the week. Lets talk about the wet weather coming our way. This storm ranks 1 on the abc 7 news storm impact scale. Tuesday and wednesday well get wet weather from the system. Heaviest rain comes tomorrow with gusty wind tomorrow morning, scattered showers on wednesday, and here is the forecast animation. Starting midnight tonight, notice by 5 00 tomorrow morning as the commute gets under way, rain will already be arriving in parts of the north bay, but it will be steadier and heavier and more widespread by 9 00 a. M. Then its going to swing southward and eastward by early afternoon. Well have rain falling in virtually all regions of the bay area. That will continue into the late afternoon. So its going to be a wet morning commute for some parts of the bay area and probably a wet evening commute for virtually all of the bay area. The first wave of the storm swings through, but early wednesday morning a second wave comes through. By the way, the first wave is going to start producing snow is in the sierra, so its going to be wet for at least part of the day on wednesday as well. Rainfall totals will range very widely, but it will be wet. We expect nearly 0. 4 of an inch by tomorrow night. Over half an inch in hayward. 0. 2 in san jose. Closer to an inch in parts of the north bay. Meanwhile, winter storm warning is in effect or will by from 2 00 p. M. Tomorrow to 6 00 a. M. Wednesday. Above 6,500 feet in the sierra, many areas will receive a foot to a foot and a half of snow. Low 50s near the coast and way. Higher 50s coast. Low to mid60s just about everywhere else. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. After two days of wet weather, well get partial clearing on thursday. A little bit brighter skies. On friday, sunny and 3450i8der on saturday and and clouds begin to increase again early next week. This storm is going to be a wetter, more vigorous storm than what we had last week, so be prepared. Larry and kristen . Target to feel like winter. Spencer thank you. Coming up, the housing is one of the cornerstones of abc 7s efforts to build a better bay area, and today major progress in making housing more affordable for teachers. Abc 7 News ReporterJulian Glover has the details on a new program that aims to allow teachers to live where they teach. This is addressing housing insecurity, its addressing the quality of