There continues to be concern that gatherings could lead to more transmission. Liz kreutz joining us live with the latest from the state on exactly where things stand, liz. Larry, yes, things continue to be not so great in california while San Francisco, marin and san mateo counties did not get moved into the purple tier today. Numbers continue to go up and another number on the rise, hospitalizations. With thanksgiving just two days away, californias covid19 cases are not showing any signs of slowing down. The 14day Positivity Rate is 5. 6 , a 51 increase from two weeks ago on november 10th when it was 3. 7 . At that point, there were 7,000 cases a day. Today there is more than 15,000. Hospitalizations have increased since then, too by a whopping 81 . Statewide, i dont believe weve ever seen as many hospital admissions increased like we did just in the past 24 hours. This message critical ahead of the Holiday Season. Today californias health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley again desperately urged people to reconsider thanksgiving plans and even brought out a map of californias thanksgiving day forecast making the case if you do have to gather, then do so outside. Never did i think id get to be a Weather Forecaster or weather person but here you go. The only good news, San Francisco, marin and san mateo counties did not move into the lowest purple tier but doctor galley said it doesnt mean it wont happen soon. Not a single california county remains in the yellow tier. For most counties, transmission remains wide spread. The truth is even those activities that felt low risk, felt safer a month ago today are higher risk than rerawe realize when you compare the bay area to Los Angeles County, the difference is striking. L. A. Has a sevenday Positivity Rate of 6. 6 , significantly higher than most of the bay area. In los angeles, because of some of the unique and broad scale char agent tacteristics h communities are set up, you see a perfect sort of storm of where transmission can occur. Dr. Galley said household transmission there in l. A. Is a big factor and also saw a spike in cases from celebrations following the dodgers and lakers wins. A reminder these gatherings can and do lead to transmission and we need to be extra vigilant this thanksgiving, larry. Liz, obviously, cases going up. There is concern. Is there any sense there might be another statewide lockdown coming . Is that something being considered and especially given the push back that were seeing in Southern California without door dining being closed in addition to Indoor Dining . There is certainly friction there between residents and what state officials want. Yes, absolutely, and, you know, this is something dr. Galley was asked about today as far as would there ever be a statewide stayathome order again . He made it sound like at the moment that is not something being considered. Theyre trying to be more targeted allowing specific counties to set guidelines and also by specifically targeting activities, maybe Outdoor Dining for instance considered high risk and allowing those activities considered lower risk to continue but at least thats where things stand now. Well see if that changes. All right. Liz, thank you. Liz kreutz reporting. Here is a closer look where the bay area counties stand. San mateo in red and the rest purple. Just because some arent in purple yet, doesnt mean they wont be in the coming week. San francisco officials issued that warning today as cases approach the surge the county saw in july. This is lower than the national and state average. Were at a critical moment. We cannot let the virus get so far ahead of us or we will never catch up. According to the state, counties in the purple tier must shut down gyms, museums and movie theaters. County officials can institute stricter rules. Abc 7 committed to keeping you fully informed about every single development with a covid19 vaccine. In fact, its multiple vaccines. Weve assembled the abc brks krs c 7 vaccine team plus 7 on your sides Michael Finney bringing you the most complete coverage. Last week, pfizer submitted data to the fda for emergency use authorization. If everything goes well, Officials Say the first immunizations could begin on december 12th for the most vulnerable. Officials expect to have 40 million doses of Vaccines Available by the end of the year. All of the leading vaccine candidates, were talking pfizer, moderna, as tra seven require two vaccines. There is questions when exactly it will be available . The former cdc acting director says it will likely still be awhile. In all likelihood, it will be late spring, early summer, but there is still a lot of things in play. Non none of these vaccines have been approved. Some are challenging whats required to distribute them and i think there will be far more vaccines than we see by the time the late winter comes. There is vaccines in trial that are being studied. Both pfizer and moderna announce that Clinical Trials show their vaccines are more than 90 effective. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter lu talked to someone in the trial that started back in march. She described what she experienced. Reporter as the race for the covid19 vaccine continues, those in the trials for both moderna and pfizer are describing the side effects. Im jennifer howler and i am the first person in the u. S. Reporter jennifer howler was injected on march 16th with the experimental vaccine by moderna. My arm was sore the next day. I had two doses of vaccine, four weeks apart and each time my arm was pretty sore the next day but besides that, i personally didnt experience any other side effects. Reporter in september, daniel was injected as part of pfizers covid19 vaccine trial. The trial is double blinded. So he is not sure if he received a vaccine or the placebo but his side effects are similar to those of the flu shot. I got a little aching in my muscles. It went away after that day. Reporter moderna points to this graph for side effects which include fatigue, chills, headaches, muscle pain and pain at the injection site. Ucsf Infectious Disease specialist says these are normal vaccine symptoms but transparency is important. 25 to 50 of people might feel some mild side effects after the first dose. Reporter are these vaccines sa safe. Fiezer a pfizer and moderna announced shoulder vaccines are more than 90 effective with 70,000 people on the trials combined. Now as to longterm side effects. Usually, these occur within two months and so far, they havent had any problems with either the pfizer or moderna vaccine. Reporter in San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. The u. S. Government started e 30,000 doses were made available today. This is one of the treatments President Trump received during his bout with the virus. They hope to distribute it to 80,000 patients. Coronavirus changes can happen quickly. We made it easy to track with this map. Governor newsom wants the fraud to stop. Prosecutors revealed 35,000 unemployment claims have been filed in the names of Prison Inmates including murderers like scott peter son. Prosecutors say the amount of money here is staggering. Hundreds of millions of dollars that may well amount to upwards of a billion dollars having already been paid in their names. San mateo county d. A. Steve wag staff is one of the prosecutors who uncovered the acts. According to the l. A. Times, the schemes have taken on multiple forms including inmates and family members filing claims, even some inmates being witting victims. Economic emergency, the surge in people with the serious need and the groups stepping in to help. Christmas cheer, it can be more important than ever. How a little holiday spirit can help right now. Doggie in the window, macys annual Christmas Display will be less life like this year but might be just as cute. Spencer christian. How about a little holiday records today as the dow jones broke through 30,000 points. Investors were encouraged by the latest progress on developing coronavirus vaccines and news that the transition of power in the u. S. To president elect joe biden will finally begin. The dow rose 454 points, 1. 5 to close at 30,046. The pandemic and accompany restrictions and business closures created an economic emergency. As Laura Anthony found out. The result say huge surge of people in the bay area seeking services and food making lines long. Without this we wouldnt have a thanksgiving. Reporter keith is not alone this thanksgiving. Because of covid19, have you lost your job or health . My job. Reporter not this year when demand for food amid a deepening pandemic is surging at nonprofits like concords monument center. That does give you a personal little bit of comfort that youre not alone. Also, sad. This is a wonderful thing but where can you go when everything falls apart. Reporter cristerman is 74 and retired. Dena rose is 25 and living on the streets while taking college classes. Its already like hard being homeless going to school and trying to figure out where youre going to sleep and eat. Reporter many have not been in a line like this before. Triple the numbers of people we saw prior to the pandemic. Theyre youre nextdoor neighbor. Theyre people who have lost their job and never expected to be unemployed. Theyre folks that have been sick with the virus and unable to work again. Reporter as big as the demand has been here for the thanksgiving holiday, the expectation is that need will only grow in the weeks ahead. Im tired but inspired. Reporter Keith Chesterman sees a future that is hopeful. Its great. Willing to help people like him. Effort by a few for so many. Thats a wonderful thing. Reporter in concord, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. Meanwhile in richmond, the Bay Area Rescue Mission also lending a hand. Abc 7 News ReporterJulian Glover spoke to grateful families. My husband and i have been unemployed since this pandemic started. This will give us a good thanksgiving meal for us and the girls. Reporter the stories put it into perspective. Grateful was the word today at the annual thanksgiving food box give away. Made possibe by donations from people, corporations, and area crunches. You have people that really need it and feed ones that dont have the food to eat, their kids. Reporter the plan is to help 1,000 families in richmond put food on the table for thanksgiving during such hard times. The need this year greater than ever before says the organizations ceo. He said the families who come out for help are facing tough choices. Making a choice, do we have a thanksgiving meal at all . Do we pay the rent . Do we buy food . Do we buy medicine . Reporter the walkup drive was held outside and recipients were spaced out in line. Each box of hope as theyre called was stuffed with turkey, canned goods, other shelf stable items and a bag of rolls. Pastors offered a message of hope. We thank you for today. We thank you for what you have reporter well received by families like melanies who depend on the support. So grateful because they have so many families. Reporter after the turkey give away wraps up, they are looking ahead to the next big challenge thanks will be the Food Distribution drive for christmas. They are forecasting the need for the christmas distribution drive will be greater than any other year prior. Reporting in richmond, Julian Glover, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news was also in oakland where turkey dinners were given out to gig workers. The drive was organized by the app worker Advocacy Group known as we drive progress. They gave out turkeys to drivers in need outside the lift hub. President trumps pardoning powers were on full display at the white house. The president had two birds to choose from. This year between corn and cob. The president chose to pardon corn, so you know, both birds are spared. They will live out their lives at iowa state university. Turkey pardonings started with president clinton but not made official until 1989 when George Herbert walker bush formalized the event. There you go. Pardoning at the white house today. Lets check in on our Weather Forecast with spencer. People starting to get away for the holiday. They are, indeed, kristen and larry. The forecast is looking good. Here is a live view looking out over San Francisco under blue skies and its just a gorgeous day for thanksgiving eves eve. 55 degrees in the city. Mid 60s in oakland. Mountain view, san jose, 54 half moon bay. Here is the view from emeryville. Few clouds offshore. 61 right now santa rosa, a mild 68 at navado 67 concord and 65 livermore and sky 7 is giving us a live view. Oh my gosh, thats kind of dramatic there. Give you a look at the forecast features. Early morning drizzle is possible during the overnight, Early Morning hours. Mainly north bay along the coast. Bright and sunny skies will follow on thanksgiving day and well have cold mornings ahead friday through sunday. Now, we have elevated wave heights right now. The surf advisory from 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow until noon on thursday. There is possibility of large northwest swell 18 to 24 feet, large waves may be erratic and there is a risk of coastal erosion. Overnight lows under partly cloudy skies, mainly low to mid 40s but a little chilly in the north bay. Upper 30s there. Highs tomorrow as we look at the forecast animation you see the weak front sweeping through that may produce spotty drizzle in the Morning Hours and then we get to the afternoon under sunny skies and high temperatures mid 50s at the costa low 60s everywhere else. A cool day tomorrow. Looking ahead to thanksgiving, breaking down the day for you. Clear skies throughout the day. A bit breezy in the morning and midday to mid afternoon, mild conditions, high temperatures getting up into the mid 60s near the bay and inland but it will cool down very quickly in the evening hours as soon as the sun goes down and statewide conditions on thanksgiving day are looking bright and sunny just about everywhere. Milder down south and l. A. And palm springs a little chilly over in the sierra near yosemite and up near tahoe and then up in the northern part of the state it will be sunny and mild. Here is the sevenday forecast. Thanksgiving day will be a mild one. Mild afternoons will follow through the weekend but chilly mornings friday, saturday and sunday giving way to milder afternoons and the dry, mild string of sunny days will continue into next week. Weather is looking good. Much to be thankful for. Indeed. The holidays not what they used to be especially 2020. Coming up, how macys annual puppy windows i felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Four years clear. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Learn more at cosentyx. Com. 2d ocho today said field compilianc teams wearing vests will patrol making sure businesses are abiding by guidelines. If a business is not following rules, it will be fined. There will not be a 72hour grace period to allow for compliance which the county had in place for the last several months. Were doing that in the hopes that businesses will really be on point in ensuring compliance in their facility. They have a legal obligation and an ethical obligation to protect workers and the public. Fines begin at 250 and can go into the thousands for offending businesses and there can be fines for multiple violations. Okay. How do you do a dog display when you cant actually put the dogs in the display . That was the challenge for macys in the sfspca and today for the first time, we see the answer. A Amy Hollyfield caught up with the digital dogs today. Reporter this is what they are trying to avoid, crowds of people gathered around the macys windows to try and see adorable animals up for adoption. They were worried what happens behind the scenes to pull this off. Normally this space were in now would be buzzing with activity and quite crowded. So we didnt want to draw a crowd. Reporter they knew they wanted to do something, so they videos of spca alimbs showing off their cuteness and in the corn erwin doer window a giant dog scratching his ear surrounded by wrapped presents. This is a thank you to the city. This is a thank you to all the people who have been working throughout the pandemic and we wanted to give joy and love back. Reporter fans might be taken aback at first, it is different but its 2020. I think its a little weird. I think i understand it. I can see why if you put a puppy in the window, people will gather and that would be a problem. So maybe during the video will help people not gather but is it going to help the puppies and cats . Will they be adopted the same way . Reporter thats the one bit of good news, adoptions are up so the spca isnt too worried about moving animals out of the shelter. But macys and the spca were worried about letting people down. They wanted to somehow keep the tradition alive. When customers come to see these windows and to see these videos, their hearts will melt the same. Reporter the videos out here are pretty adorable. Im not convinced a crowd of people wont gather. Remember to spread out. These animals found their forever homes but on the website, they have a live feed of animals who are up for adoption, about 30 of them. So just go to our website abc7news. Com. We have a link for you there. In San Francisco, amy hollyfi d hollyfield, abc 7 news. Great idea. One advantage is with