Or your phone, our app on the phone to see the temperature, subtract about 3 to 6 degrees from that. Thats what the windchill will feel like. This afternoon, how about low to mid 60s from the coast to our inland neighborhoods. Lets get the news on this thanksgiving. Heres kumasi. Good morning, by day for staff and volunteers here at glide. Volunteers are busy setting up tables and putting up signs. The tables are set up to allow for social distancing, aside from those few changes it will be the same glide thanksgiving meal that thousands demand on each year. Glide has continued to serve food three meals a day since the start of the pandemic. That has not stopped. Organizers say there was never a doubt they would do thanksgiving, the issue was how. So moving the event outdoors solved that problem. Thankfully no rain. They plan to serve 2,300 meals. One of the organizers says because of covid19 this years thanksgiving brunch is even more necessary. Covid is affecting all of us, but its affecting our Community Even more. Most in need are the most that are suffering this year. So this year is more important than ever. Now, normally they have about 300 to 500 volunteers, but this year because of covid19 and social distancing, theres only 100. Well talk more about that coming up at we have the power to harness californias Abundant Solar and wind energy, but its not available all day long. Use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. If i could, baby id how can i, when you wont take it from me. You can go your own way. Xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now, get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. Welcome back. Volunteers all over the bay area are helping their communities this thanksgiving. Christ Episcopal Church will deliver meals to families in need starting at 7 30 this morning. Memb a celebration will be held at noon with live music at laurel and front streets. The sonoma Storm Community center made their help this Holiday Season safe with drivethrough meals. You can give where you live and make a difference this season. Go to abc7news. Com to find a donation link right on the home page. Developing this morning, the Supreme Court has blocked new yorks covid restrictions ruling against attendance limits in houses of worship and in favor of religious groups. This is the first show of conservative strength on the bench. Weeks after being confirmed, Justice Amy Coney barrett casted a pivotal vote. She sided with the courts conservative majority insisting those limits on religious gatherings are a threat to the first amendment. The u. S. Is seeing a big jump in covid19 deaths. Abc news received an internal memo from the health and Human Services department. It says more than 11,000 deaths recorded in the past week marked a 36 increase compared to the week before. Despite all of this millions of americans are ignoring cdc guidelines and traveling for the holiday. Abc News ReporterElizabeth Schulze shows us the point impact. Reporter good morning. While Many Americans are forgoing traditional thanksgiving plans today, more than 50 Million People are expected to travel by plane or car this holiday. The results could be another spike in covid cases just in time for christmas. As the daily death toll from the virus climbs towards an alltime high, millions of americans are ignoring a cdc plea not to travel this thanksgiving. We just try to be as safe as we can and get home and see family. Reporter Health Officials are fearing large crowds will exacerbate the pandemic. We are in a humanitarian crisis right now. Reporter the covid tracking project says 90,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19, an alltime high. On wednesday there were more than deaths. I dont understand what 230,000, 240,000 deaths sounds like. Reporter while many cities and states face growing resistance to new restrictions, officials are reminding americans masks and testing remain the best line of defense. You obviously have to take a mask off if youre eating or drinking. Try to avoid that as much as possible. Reporter the cdc is out with a grim new forecast this morning predicting up to 321,000 deaths from the virus by december 19th. Elizabeth schulze, abc news, washington. In the south bay, Santa Clara County is stepping up enforcement of safety regulations at businesses today. Violators wont have a grace period anymore. This is the message from county Health Officials to everyone. Do not have gatherings and do not travel, period. Santa clara county says it hit a new high for daily cases with more than 500 on tuesday. Grocery stores now have to limit capacity to 50 . Retail stores are capped at 25 . And the use of face coverings inside businesses will also be enforced. New details in the race to create a covid19 vaccine. A leader in that effort is admitting to a testing mistake. Astrazeneca and Oxford University acknowledged a manufacturing era. Some vials did not have the right concentration of the vaccine. The group of volunteers unexpectedly got a better dose and seemed to be better protected than volunteers who got the two full doses. That could put the test results in question. Astrazeneca says the contractor was responsible for that dosage error. Abc7 is committed to keeping you fully informed about every development with the covid19 vaccine. So we assembled this abc7 vaccine team to bring you the most complete coverage as updates come in. Thousands of people in Southern California may have to eat their thanksgiving dinner in the dark. So cal edison is considering a Public Safety power shutoff to more than 85,000 customers because of increased fire danger. The utility wants to lower the risk of fires caused by damage to Electrical Equipment during wind events. Strong winds are expected today with possible gusts of up to 45 Miles Per Hour. Youre also being asked to hold off on burning wood today. This is an effort to keep air pollution from getting to unhealthy levels. Theres no spare the air alert in effect but the air district says the smoke from burning wood is a major source of air pollution. It could be harmful to kids, the elderly and people with respiratory conditions. Hi, kumasi. Other than this morning, maybe this evening, theres no reason to be burning wood during the day for sure as temperatures will be very mild. Hi, everybody. Thanks for joining us on this thanksgiving. Winds are a big issue in the overnight hours. Theres your difference, a tale of two current conditions, if you will, as the north bay is exceptionally warmer while the rest of us are exceptionally cooler where we dont have the breezes. You can see it on the micro scale. Danville in the middle of san ramon valley, because you get the breezes coming off mount diablo, youre at 47. Blackhawk, 50. The rest of the tri valley in the mid to upper 30s. Thats definitely a difference there. As you look around, we have 30s to 50s. Watch out, the windchills will make it feel like 6 degrees cooler. The breezes will be an issue if your outdoors today, especially up in the north bay and higher elevations. Look at those temperatures in the mid 60s during the afternoon hours. For outdoor activities, breezy at times if youre exercising. A Small Craft Advisory for the bay and a High Surf Advisory. The Small Craft Advisory is through 3 00 this afternoon. North winds gusting up to 30 knots, up until noon today we have a High Surf Advisory for swells up to 24 feet. So, watch the waves from a distance if you can. Kumasi . Thank you. Covid concerns are forcing parking lots to close near the south end of the golden gate bridge. This is a live look at the bridge right now. Officials say the lots will be closed today through sunday. The pedestrian walkways on the bridge will be open. In the east bay, there is a new way that you can support artists and get some Holiday Shopping done. Oaklands nonprofit Industrial Art School the crucible is holding its gifty craft show online. This is a first in the shows 17year history. The virtual gifty features 80 local vendors. This is a really important opportunity for folks in the bay area to choose to shop local and choose to support artists when our Community Really Needs that support right now. You can check out the virtual gifty at the crucible. Org gifty. They are also offering glass bloeri ing blowing and ceramic classes. A major change on a local high school campus. What is set to go away after more than three decades. Happy thanksgiving. Thank you. Bye. Bye. That was a shock. A south bay teen gets the surprise of a welcome back. New details about the suspect in the deadly stabbing at a san jose church. Police say Fernando Lopez stabbed five people at Grace Baptist Church on sunday night. Two of those people died. Investigators say that lopez was homeless and a frequent guest at the church which often served as a shelter. In a joint News Conference yesterday the police chief and the mayor expressed disappointment that he was even on the streets. They say he was deported three times before and had a criminal record. I cannot understand why a defendant with multiple prior convictions for Domestic Violence was released without bail on a new Domestic Violence arrest this june. Lopez remains in police custody. The Los Altos City Council voted to end a 35yearold program that puts Police Officers on its high school campuses. The vote comes after complaints surfaced about the mistreatment of minority students at los altos high school. The daily post quotes one former student who said police followed him to his car and randomly questioned him. A teacher told the council a Mental Health program should be created in its place. In the north bay, students in san rafaels Miller Creek School district will not be going back to school in 2020. Inperson classes are suspended through the end of the year. Marin county Health Officials are not recommending school closures, but the district is saying that its being proactive because of the spike were seeing in the countys covid cases. For now students in the districts four schools will return to remote learning. Kamala harris is taking notice of a young artist in the south bay. Tyler gordon painted a portrait of harris and launched a campaign to try to get her to see it. As dan ashley tells us, the teenager just received the phone call of his life. Oh, my god. Im overwhelmed with your the magnificence of your artistry. You really have a gift 14yearold tyler gordon had been waiting for that call, but he didnt know if it would ever come. The teenager from san jose painted a portrait of Vice President elect Kamala Harris and wanted her to see it. She came from the bay area and i just felt really connected because shes working hard and her hard work did pay off. Tylers hard work paid off. She tweeted a time lapse video of himself painting. The video was viewed over 1 million times. One retweet came from Chelsea Clinton and in a retweet today tyler thanked her. One day when im in oakland i hope to meet you in person. Me too. I just wanted to call to say thank you. In a later tweet, Chelsea Clinton suggested the painting go up at the Vice President s residence. Tyler has similar dreams. My dream is to paint the white house official portrait. Maybe its not out of the question. One dream today already came true. Thank you. Happy thanksgiving. Thank you. Bye. Bye. That was a shock oh, my gosh. That was dan ashley reporting. And you probably remember that we did the story with tyler last year. The young artist painted j. Lo and Alex Rodriguez and his dream at the time was to meet the couple. Abc7 teamed up with j. Los team to make it happen when she was performing there in 2019. You know what . He hes so talented. Mmhmm. Not afraid. Right . I love that. I like hes getting a good response from people. I need to learn how to paint Michelle Obama. I want to meet her. I need a lot of practice. But you got to meet oprah without having to paint. Maybe theres let me claim it. Youre right, mike. Paint Michelle Obama by numbers. That would not work. No. All right. Let us know how that goes. Wed love to see it. Lets look at whats going on. Hi, everybody. Thankfully youre with us on this thanksgiving. Its about 50 degrees from sutro tower. Its bouncing a bit. Its one of our sturdier cameras. Its definitely breezy out there. Theres people on the roads this morning. Essential workers, i appreciate you. Sunny sky today, breezy, dry air and mild temperatures. Clear, calmer and cooler. Frost possible in our deepest valleys. That will continue through the weekend followed by mild afternoons. The storm track is back well to our north. Not a cloud in site as the great basin High Pressure is bringing the santa anas to Southern California. An offshore breeze for us, but not quite as intense. We dont have to worry about eating thanksgiving in the dark like they may have to. Half moon bay at 61. San jose, antioch, vallejo, san rafael at 64. Concord and santa rosa at 66. Oakland today about 65. In fact, if youre going to be outside other than those breezes, it ought to feel comfortable until that sun sets at about 4 52. You can see we drop from the 60s into the 50s quickly. Best time to be outside, 2 00 to 3 00. Tonight the 30s, even around the bay. So well have low 30s to mid 40s. Thankfully we continue have the winds. So we dont have to worry about a windchill tomorrow morning. Its going to be cold tomorrow morning, saturday morning, sunday morning. Temperatures a bit above average from 56 to 60 at the coast, 62 to 66 inland. Theres a slight chance of drizzle monday morning, otherwise it remains rather dry. Kumasi . All right. Thank you. Good morning america is coming up at 7 00 on abc7. Rob marciano is in connecticut with a look at whats ahead. Good morning, kumasi. Great to be with you on this thanksgiving morning. The rain let up for now. Its been raining heavily here in connecticut as it has been across much of the east coast. You may have to deal with that if youre traveling here or have friends coming this way. We have travel trouble for millions not just because of the weather but because of the pandemic. Millions are taking to the roads and skies despite urgent warnings about celebrating with others during this crisis. What you need to know before you start your journey and the best ways to stay safe. Also ahead, thanksgiving 911. All the lastminute tricks, tips and hacks you need to know for the picture perfect dinner tonight. Our chefs are standing by with the secrets you need for the ultimate thanksgiving meal. And theyre answering your lastminute questions. Love that. Plus black friday boom. Before you gobble up the turkey, get ready to gobble up the savings. Becky worley and tory johnson are both here with huge deals on everything from apple watches to tvs and amazing bargains from americas Small Businesses which we love to support. Kumasi, im always great. For you, i see your partner reginald is taking the holiday off. Thanks for holding down the fort, have a great holiday. Love to see that. The holiday spirit is moving into the bay area. The installation opening in the south bay tonight. And some local families forced to figure out alternative thanksgiving dinner plans. 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The down held its popular event virtually last night. Organizers posted the video online with Christmas Carols and highlights from previous tree lightings. Last nights event was done online to avoid people getting together and having a large gathering. People who do live in danville are encouraged to look at the tree next time theyre downtown. Thousands of people attend that event, you stroll through downtown, a lot of the local shots have coffee, hot hot chocolate. Its a good event. Im glad they were able do it virtually this year. Want to show you the windchills out there. Concord where it feels 33 degrees. 37 in los gatos. 38 in oakland. So those winds are definitely having an effect on how it feels outside. Theyre also ushering in drier air. You can see around novato and napa, up in the north bay and also in San Francisco, that will continue to get drier as we head through the day. My biggest concern for winds will be in Solano County, places like vallejo, benicia, fairfield, rio vista, vacaville, davis from 10 00 this morning to 5 00 this evening, prime hours to be outside, north winds at 20 Miles Per Hour to 30 Miles Per Hour, gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour. That could affect the outside dining and also if youre thinking about putting the holiday decorations up today, maybe wait until tomorrow when the winds wont be so gusty. Kumasi . Thank you. Some bay area families are figuring out an alternative thanksgiving meal this morning. An employee at a restaurant tested positive for covid19. So management decided to temporarily close the restaurant to have all the staff tested. Marin county Health Officials started Contact Tracing. They dont believe any recent outdoor diners were at risk. Dozens of customers who preordered thanksgiving dinner now having to make other arrangements. I made a reservation for Outdoor Dining, i thought this place would be okay. Its closed. Were visiting them. We were going to have an early thanksgiving today with them. Now theyre getting some chinese food and other things as a backup. The restaurant says all customers who preordered meals will be getting a refund. Still ahead on abc7 mornings, Prison Inmates ripping off the edd at a time when thousands are out of work. They need the benefits the most. The iteam is digging into the latest developments. And the president s decision to pardon former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and how Health Insurance shouldnt be one of them. Covered california is making Health Insurance more affordable for millions of us. Even if youve looked before, you should look again. Enroll by december 15th. Its the things that matter family. Health. Thats it. We found help at covered california. Now we have a plan we can afford. Enroll now at coveredca. Com now at 6 30, preparing the thanksgiving turkey and tent. Glide getting ready to take its annual holiday meal outside. The work under way now to make sure they can feed thousands this morning. Millions of americans are on the move despite a warning from the cdc. The signs travelers will be seeing at one local airport. And lets take a live look outside this morning. If you are planning to get together for the holiday, mike is pinpointing the best pim for us time for us to be outside. Its thursday, november 26th. Mike, i didnt get to tell you at the beginning of the show, happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving to you. Im glad we could im thankful we could share this morning together. Me, too. Yeah. We hope reggie and jobina are having a nice time whatever theyre doing. But were in this together. So lets talk about whats going on weatherwise. I wanted to show you the east bay hills camera. Its clear. Its also bouncing a bit as winds are gusting up around 20 Miles Per Hour up there around grizzly peak. The winds are 28 in fairfield to nearly calm in other areas. Thats creating quite a bit of discrepancy in our temperatures out there. Look how fast these winds are, 24 to nearly 50 Miles Per Hour in our hills. So once the sun comes up and we overturn the atmosphere, expect those breezy conditions to work into our neighborhoods. Thats the only issue being outside today. Total sunshine, dry air, temperatures from 61 to 66 degrees. Ill get more specific on outside dining coming up. Here is kumasi with more news. Abc7 news is focused on building a better bay area, and that includes finding a new way and safe way to holiday during the pandemic. Glide Memorial Church is not preventing them from serving thousands of meals to people in need. Anser hassan is live at the church in San Francisco with whats changed this thanksgiving. Good morning. Good morning. Thanksgiving starts at 9 00 a. M. Here. So volunteers and organizers are busy with the final round of preparations. Behind me you can see three large tents set up outside because of covid19. Glide has been serving three meals a day throughout the pandemic. That has not stopped. Organizers say there was never a doubt they wouldnt host thanksgiving, the issue was how. So moving the event outdoor s solved that problem and thankfully theres no rain. This is the 51st year theyve been serving thanksgiving meals and it requires a lot of coordination. They usually have 300 to 500 volunteers, because of covid19 and social distancing, this year they only have about 100. That presents some challenges but glides George Gundry says theyre making it work. Were going to be more strategic with them. Well have servers. Well have bussers. Well have hosts and everybody will be pitching in and, you know, well make it happen. Glide will serve 2,300 meals this morning plus volunteers will go out and serve 200 boxes. It all starts at 9 00 a. M. Reporting live, anser hassan, abc7 news. Thank you. And lets take a live look right now at the Salvation Army in San Francisco. Hundreds of volunteers are picking up these prepackaged meals to deliver to people who live in communities nearby. The meals include turkey, stuffing, vegetables, fruit, cookies and juice for families. The Salvation Army is providing a record 4,800 meals this thanksgiving. Other groups in the bay area are getting into the giving spirit. San Francisco City impact will serve people in need in the tenderloin starting at 9 00. The San Francisco county sheriff and the fire chief will be leading an effort to deliver thanksgiving meals to seniors. That starts at 10 30. In the east bay, volunteers with the oakland mutual aid collection will distribute 1,000 thanksgiving meals and reusable masks. That starts at 11 00 outside of the Planet Fitness on macarthur boulevard. More americans need help this season because of the economic downturn. Lines stretched for miles at some food banks and charities. Close to 780,000 people filed for unemployment last week. Restaurants in l. A. County have been ordered to close Outdoor Dining so now they can only do takeout and delivery. We have to look at our roster and say, like, okay, who will we call to tell them they dont have a job right now. I get it. This is what we need do, but to ask business and even individuals to stay home and to lockdown and to not go to work without providing any real tangible aid is irresponsible and its bad business. Its poor leadership. Feeding america estimates 50 million americans will have faced hunger at some point this year. And that is up from 35 million before the pandemic. There are a lot of people who need help right now in the Holiday Season. Some for the very first time because of the impact of this pandemic. You can give where you live and make a difference this season. Go to abc7news. Com to find a donation link on our home page. A Record Number of travelers are hitting the roads and the skies this thanksgiving. The tsa says more than 5 Million People have flown since last friday. Some airports are packed despite cdc warnings to stay home. Where are people heading . Big cities are not a destination for many travelers. Instead of people traveling to more major tourist destinations, were seeing a lot of hometown cities start to rise in popularity. So places like dallas, philadelphia, nashville are all topping the list this year compared to last year. Officials say since the pandemic started the busiest travel day at most airports is expected to be this sunday. Travelers at Mineta San Jose International airport will see these signs. Theyre reminding everyone about california and Santa Clara Countys recommendation to quarantine for two weeks after a trip and to get tested. Abc7 news reached out to sfo and oakland International Airport neither has those signs because there are no county requirements. The majority of bay area counties are in the purple tier as you can see in our exclusive interacting tracking tool. You can go to abc7news. Com to check the status of your county any time. President trump will be taking part in a thanksgiving video call with members of the military today. This comes after his decision to pardon former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Abc News ReporterElizabeth Schulze tells us why sources say we can expect more pardons in the coming weeks. Reporter this morning, democrats speaking out against president trumps decision to pardon former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. It makes a mockery of our democracy to those watching from around the world. Reporter trump tweeting, it is my great honor to announce that general michael t. Flynn has been granted a full pardon. Fling pleaded guilty back in 2017 to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia. But hes tried to take back the confession ever since. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed trumps decision calling it an act of grave corruption and a brazen abuse of power. But the Justice Department says the flynn pardon is obviously an appropriate use of the president s power. He should pardon everyone from himself to his Administration Officials to joe exotic if he has to. Reporter sources say trump is planning more pardons. This Holiday Season will be pardon palooza. Reporter but for now he remains focused on the election he lost. We have to turn the election over. Reporter trump calling into a meeting of Pennsylvania Republicans one day after the state certified biden as the winner. The states former governor also a republican called wednesdays event bogus and slammed trump for his, quote, brazen attempt to undermine the republic. President elect joe biden says his family is scaling back their usually large thanksgiving gathering. Hell be spending the holiday with three family members, those who are tending were tested yesterday and also yesterday biden gave a message. I know the country is growing weary of the fight. We have to remember were at war with the virus not with one another. Not with each other. On monday the president elect and Vice President elect are expected to receive their first highlevel intelligence briefing. Coming up, a spike in covid cases is making it tricky for contact tracers to keep up. The range of reactions theyre getting over the phone. And we might not be able to see our loved ones for thanksgiving but one family found a funny way to still include grandma and grandpa in the gatherings. First we check in with mike nicco for our thanksgiving forecast. Hi, mike. Its great to see them able to work it out. I miss my family today. They were supposed to be here as i imagine you miss yours also. Hopefully a little zoom, a little facetime later on today will make it better. Lets look at whats going on from sutro tower. About 50 degrees. You can see it bouncing around a bit. Winds around 20 Miles Per Hour, 25 Miles Per Hour on top of the tower. I see people on the road, if theyre commuting, i want to tell you how it is to get around this morning and this afternoon. Breezy in the hills all day today. It will chilly for any mass transit this morning. Breezy and choppy on the water. Lets look at temperature the down in the south bay. Were in the upper 30s to low 40s most areas. We do have 43 in san jose, one of the milder spots. You can see a lot of mid 30s in the east bay val lii ha val still a gorgeous afternoon today with sunshine and breezy. Those breezes may make it difficult for some of us have to have a quiet and calm thanksgiving dinner. Look at the beaches. Winds behind the swells are pushing those swells up to 24 feet. Large erratic waves, long run up on the beaches and the risk of but you can work out anything wowith comcast business. W. 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Lets look at the sevenday forecast for tahoe. Theyre making snow at night, thats all they can do with temperatures in the teens and 20s. It will be cold today, 35, 45 tomorrow. Closer to average in the upper 40s to upper 50s saturday through next wednesday. Heres a look at around the state. Winds will be an issue everywhere. Windy up in tahoe. The santa anas kicking in. The possibility of power being shutoff in Southern California for thanksgiving. Thats just cruel. This is the wind were getting, mainly Solano County. Gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour are possible. That will affect your Outdoor Dining. If youre thinking about decorating today, maybe do it tomorrow when the winds are less. Our winds will pick up. Well have gusts up around 25 to 30, which means theyll be below wind advisory levels. The higher in elevation you are, the closer you are to the north bay, the breezier it will be today. Kumasi . Thank you. New details about widespread edd fraud. Prosecutors say tens of thousands of california inmates are involved in a scheme stealing upwards of a billion dollars in Unemployment Benefits but how exactly did the name of convicted murderer Scott Peterson get included . Iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into it. The short answer is there are a number of ways Scott Petersons name could have gotten on this list. Prosecutors say inmates are working with people both inside and outside the prisons to pull this off. But most importantly, for nine months now, the money is not getting to those who need it most. Im down to my last package of ramen. Matthew wilson barely has enough money to survive. Its getting desperate now. Reporter hes one of tens of thousands of californians struggling to get unemployment. Meanwhile claims were successfully paid out under the names of tens of thousands of Prison Inmates across the state since march. How exactly . The information is being shared to people on the outside. So its not just the inmates that are involved, its people on up outside because people have to receive the money. Reporter San FranciscoDistrict Attorney ann marie shuber is one of the lead investigators. She explains most inmates are asking partners outside the prison to file an unemployment claim with their Social Security number. Make a phone call to, say, their friends or family and say can you file a claim on my behalf . We know thats happening because of jail communications. They oftentimes can use the jail phones to make the claims. They can use contraband phones, meaning illegal phones. Reporter from there the edd debit cards are sent to an address criminals stake out to access the money. In a few rare cases, the money is sent directly to the prisons. From march to august, 35,000 claims have been filed in the names of california state Prison Inmates including the names of 133 inmates on death row like Scott Peterson. Is there any evidence to suggest Scott Peterson is involved in this . Clearly, the claims were filed under individuals names. Reporter but as she pointed out, just because petersons name is listed, doesnt prove hes directly involved. Because john does name is on the list does not mean john doe did it himself. It could be he was involved or it could be that someone else took his identity and did it on his behalf. Reporter Governor Newsom announced the office of Emergency Services will launch a task force to support investigations by local District Attorneys. The governors response is im going to set up a task force. Just now . Another task force . Another strike team . I mean, mr. Governor, get your head out of the French Laundry and do your job. Reporter state Assemblyman Jim Patterson sits on the budget subcommittee overseeing edd. He believes the agency could help facilitate the fraud. I think edd is a sort of dim witted accomplice in this. They were warned about it years ago and a continuing review by the california state auditor and absolutely did nothing. Reporter now people like wilson are paying the price. Christmas is a month away. Theres people being evicted. Reporter prosecutors have said it is virtually impossible to retrieve the money that has been sent out as a part of this operation. Now, we have tried to reach the edd again today but have yet to hear back. For the iteam, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. That was a lot. Many people have had problems with filing unemployment claims. Michael finney and the 7 on your side team have been tracking issues. You can reach them and the iteam by going to our website, abc7news. Com. Salesforce is reportedly in talks to by workplace messaging app slack. The companies could reach a deal as soon as next week. Slacks stock price jumped 37 to more than 40 a share once word got out. If this deal happens it would be salesforces largest acquisit n acquisition. Zoom offering up a deal for you this thanksgiving holiday. Since so many of us cant be with our families, the company is lifting its 40minute limit on free video chats. It is already in effect. Its going to end tomorrow at 3 00 a. M. Zoom wants to make it easier for you to spend time with your loved ones and it doesnt want the virtual gatherings to get cut short. Okay. Look at this story. A texas couple found a new way to share the holidays with their family including their grandson who is in marin county. This is what they came up with. Since an inperson visit wasnt possible, missy and barry did the next best thing. The buchanans ordered two sixfoot cardboard cutouts and mailed them to their daughter mindy. They warned their adult kids that a big package was coming in the mail. My mom said the other day its been a year since noah give her a hug. That chokes me up. But then, you know, i think also you get these giant sixfoot cutouts. Its impossible not to laugh. Its just it breaks the tension. It just, you know, its just such a goofy but serious reminder that, you know, this is but a blip in time. Missy says the cutouts have already relieved some stress for her and her loved ones. She says the cutouts will be celebrating christmas with the grandkids this year. Thats good. Im here for it. It makes you laugh. Its almost like something you could kind of hug a bit even though its weird, you could still hug the cardboard. Nsnuggle up next to it. Are you going to say grace this year . Okay. That is fun. Who are you spending it with today . You know what . Dont tell me youre going to be alone. I feel like i made myself a meal and i might enjoy my meal. I feel like with everything going on, what are the safe alternatives . Right. Im sorry. Im fine, honey. I made some mac roroaroni and c, greens, peach cobbler, ill be just fine. Were off at 11 30. Too bad we cant spend it together. That would be nice. Lets look at whats going on. From our east bay hills camera, we have 50 degrees right now. You can see it bouncing around as the winds are up around 20 Miles Per Hour. Look how clean that air is. We have cool, dry, clean canadian air taking over now. It will be sunny this afternoon. But its also going to lead to cooler nights. Frost is possible. If you were able to keep that tender vej tgetation alive thro the last few frosts, do that again. We have a very dry pattern. Look at the two areas of. Pushing the storm track well to the north once again. With that clockwise flow, its bringing us that drier air and warmer afternoons as the windy sends from high elevation to low elevation and compresses and heats and dries out. Thats why were left with 61 at Half Moon Bay to 66 degrees today in fairfield and santa rosa is our spread. If youre going to be outside. Let me warn you about the breezes. p bay and the north bay, more so than elsewhere. Temperatures low to upper 60s for a couple hours this afternoon. Thats fantastic. Tonight you can see the 30s taking over. Even a 32 in santa rosa. Mid 40s as mild as it gets tonight. Same type of temperatures for saturday morning and saturday afternoon well warm up a couple degrees. A few high clouds Holding Steady sunday. With that cold front monday, cooler after that drizzle. We warm back up tuesday and wednesday with more sunshine. Thank you. Just a heads up, you can expect to see extra officers on the roads today. The chp maximum enforcement period started at 6 00 last night and ends sunday at midnight. Officers will be out looking for people who are driving drunk or high over the holiday weekend. The explosion in covid cases made it pretty much impossible for contact tracers to keep up. Kate larsen spoke with a bay area Contact Tracing team about this unprecedented challenge and theyre facing it on a daily basis. In the last two weeks weve been slammed. Reporter prepandemic she was a librarian. Now she leads a team of contact tracers in the city whos work load has increased to nine or ten calls a day. Some of which cause hours of counseling. Talked to a mother of a newborn who was a positive case. She was having a hard time figuring out how to isolate and take care of her newborn baby. We got emotional on the call. It was halloween day and i was chatting with people. I was like oh my gosh, you feel a surge is going to happen. Its clear that christina was right. Christina, another librarian turned contact tracer calls people who tested positive for covid and investigates who they may have infected. During that infectious period that people are maybe like, oh, i went to a party and there were like ten people and then i went to a bar. When you do talk to someone whos positive, are they always forthcoming about people theyve been in contact with . I want to say yes, but not always. Some people dont want to modify their behavior. San franciscos covid cases are now more evenly distributed across the city and are impacting a higher percentage of white people than previous surges. Christine says she has talked to people taking advantage of the openings. Doing all the things like having lunch with friends or going to the nail salon or the gym. Her advice . What i tell my 24yearold daughter is just keep your contact list short. Reporter kate larsen, abc7 news. Two Bay Area College students are partnering with a downtown san jose coffee shop to feed people in need. A few days ago libby and laura opened this Community Fridge outside of paper moon cafe on north 2nd street. This is the first Community Fridge in san jose. The idea is simple. Anybody can drop off food to donate and anyone can get food when they need it. When we first started people were like are you sure its free . What is it . Whats going on . It takes a bit to kind of get the idea. Now that weve been here for a few days, theres people who come and take regularly and people who come and give regularly. Reporter the organizers are accepting cash donations as well as produce, canned food and other staples. You can find out how you can help on their instagram account, its san jose Community Fridge. Michael jordan is donating 2 2 million to fight hunger. Jordan says the money comes from the proceeds that he earned from the last dance documentary. That money will go to the nonprofit feeding america. Jordan said in these challenging times and in this year of unimaginable difficulty because of covid19 its more important to pause and give thanks. Yes. Coming up, adorable rescue dogs from Northern California got a lot of attention for these Halloween Costumes. Well show welcome back. Four rescue dogs are giving us a preview of what we could be looking like at the end of tonight. Oh, no. So it appears my goodness. I cannot. They had an early thanksgiving feast. Anna schwab shared this video on her facebook page, the rescue boys. The caption reads when you say youre stuffed and the pie comes out. These dogs are good sports about the holidays. Last month schwab shared a video of them with their different holly hanuho Halloween Costumes on. Do you think this outdid the Halloween Costumes . The Halloween Costumes were so cute. But this in a different way,ya. Because this is more representative of the rest of us just not kids. This is all of us in about 12 hours. Right . The little legs up in the air. So cute. My gosh. Thats the best part. We eat early, like at 2 00, 3 00, we eat again at 8 00, youre so stuffed you try to put another piece of pie down there. You end up passing out on the couch or in the layz chairz chz that. Thanks for being with us. Let me tell you about some issues out there. High surf advisory until noon. Dont turn your back on the water. Admire it from a distance. Also we have the fastest winds blowing through Solano County at 10 00 this morning through 5 00. Outside dining could make it a little more difficult. And you may want to put off putting up the holiday decorations until tomorrow when the winds are not nearly as gusty. Heres a quick look at what will happen during our prime outside dining times. Low to upper 60s with sunshine. Have a great thanksgiving. That will be nice weather. We thank you for that. And im thankful for you this holiday, mike. Happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving to everyone. You, too, kumasi. Have a good day. Lets make it a good one. Good morning, america. Thanksgiving travel trouble. More than 50 Million People expected to hit the road and the skies despite that cdc warning to stay home for the holiday. The busiest travel day still ahead as cases surge across the country and hospitalizations hit another alltime high. This, as the economic fallout grows. Hundreds of thousands apply for unemployment this week. Food banks across the country trying to feed the hungry. Breaking overnight, Supreme Court shift. The court ruling on covid restrictions blocking new york attendance limits in houses of worship and ruling in favor of religious groups. This hours after president elect biden urged americans to stay home for thanksgiving with a call for unity