Covid19. The Deputy Health officer in San Francisco and Infectious Disease specialist speaking amida rise in coronavirus case. Helping people isolate, quarantine and test. Thats how we slow the spread. San francisco has one of the most robust and competent investigation teams. At most times the department of Public Health is reaching more than 80 of people who test positive for covid19 and close contact. This tool is part of states platform. San francisco has just recently moved over the investigation and Contact Tracing system. To the state system called cal connect. This tool is now available to us. It began with a text to the number provided at the time of the test. It leads to an Online Survey on your smart phone. Its a tool used in conjunction with the 200 team members. And the Virtual Assistant is confidential. Just like a phone call is from the health department. We spoke with a few people. Who sounded hopeful. Other countries have used Contact Tracing successfully. If we can do that. Any avenue to make sure were safe. City residents receive the notification and some get a call. Calls may go to areas with disproportionate cases with the idea of focusing resources there too. Were not giving up on reaching anyone. A crack down on covid compliance is urn way. A special team is patrolling malls and other busy shopping districts. The job is make sure businesses arent breaking any rules when it comes to covid. Live in downtown to show us what businesses are doing to be safe. Thats right. In addition to Hand Sanitizer and rules about wearing a mask, businesses here have signs like this. Posted on their front windows or front doors. It has a big check mar. Meaning they are compliant with social distancing protocol. Everybody is doing a wonderful job on setting up safety protocol for everyone. Thats what Health Officials are hoping for. Theyre stepping up enforcement by sending up out compliance officers to patrol shopping areas and make sure businesses are following rules. We will be wearing vests like this. Also some of the Staff Members will Carry Business cards. Business owners can contact them. Officers will give out tickets to businesses that dont follow county guidelines but the officers dont collect any money. The owners of childrens books havent had a visit from an officer yet. But theyre confident the changes they made meet county standards. Customers use Hand Sanitizer before coming in. Wear a mask and social distance. The store Owners Limited capacity inside to a max of 12 people a time. Including kids. With 30 minutes to shop. Were doing our christmas wrapping. Instead of having people wait inside the store and were asking them to leave the package. And come back. Under the purple tier businesses are only allowed to have 25 capacity. Inside. Youre not going to see the typical black friday crowds inside stores this year. They issued 76 citations to different businesses noon on black friday. Noting most were for failure to submit and foes a revised social distancing protocol. County wants you to know if you get a ticket from an officer make sure you call the county Business Call Center to make sure that the ticket is real. And you dont fall victim to an imposter. Thanks so much. Speaking of shopping. Usually the lines are at the cash register. Today the lines formed outside the store. Buyers had to wait their turn to go inside. And spend money. If you shop online they dont have anything. In person they have everything for you. The deals. Some shoppers were getting out for the first time in months and had already done most gift buying online. Covid tesing. The hope is stem the surge of cases. Its opening several new free testing locations to use tesing to spread the slow of the virus to identify people who have covid19 but not showing symptoms. The walk up and appointment only testing sites are located in. Appointments can be made online. Back in may the u. S. Supreme court denied a California Church permission to open up in defiance of covid rules. This week new york churches did get that permission. When religious conservative Amy Coney Barrett replaced ruth bader ginsburg. They ruled against cuomo and allowed churches to open. Hoping for the same treatment. A church tied to 160 other California Churches also attended to appeal to the supreme court. And allow them to reopen. The bay area lost latino icon. Performed with the and marched for social justice. He died on thanksgiving from complications of covid. We remember the man who devoted his life to the community. He was salt of the earth. Wealth came from seed and community prospered. A community that is in shock tonight. His songs were always about social justice. A man pick up his guitar when someone asked for help. He would go and perform. When people couldnt afford to pay. And he would perform for community organizations. He marched with chavez and always wore the emblem of the united farm workers and trafled to the fields. And played music for the farm workers. Thanking them for labor. Had he wasnt on stage. Often playing the role of the mexican peasant who witnessed t the. Well miss you. From the bottom of our hearts to the top of our minds. For the rest of our lives. Movie director is the founder. It lived in him. He celebrated through his presence, talent and kindness. A man of great heart. And tremendous courage. He posted on social media three days ago he was feeling better after being diagnosed with covid. Thursday he lost his fight. Hes been called a cultural warrior. Champion of civil rights. Who lived a simple life and stood in the trenches for the cause. Up next from one holiday to the next. How the pandemic is already changing things up for people ready to celebrate christmas. Tough skating but not giving up. A Bay Area Community is helping a popular ice skate maker. It will be another night for bundling up. Temperatures drop into the 30s. What can we expect saturday and sunday. Give you my world 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. Ditch the mall and head for the out doors . Many families looking for a taste of christmas during the pandemic headed to tree farms today. Even though theyre outside that didnt stop from putting in place covid19 protocol to stop the spread of the virus. As we found out one tree farm had to close gates because of over crowding. Look at the day. Its beautiful. Were outside, its we live in california. If 2020 was the year of the smaller thanksgiving turkey, its also the year that many families embraced this christmas tradition. Cutting down their own christmas tree. Its fun to see people all messed up and still enjoying the spirit of christmas. Nothing can daunt that. Theres plenty of fresh air circulating here. The tree farm is requiring families to wear face masks and stay six feet apart from others. Another edition to the tree farm. Sanitizing stations. We have had our hand washing table. We wash all the tools. We wash the saws. For the first too many ever the farm had to close the gates in the middle of the day. To limit over crowding. I hope they all can realize were doing our best. Some people are frut frustrated. It feels safe. Not every tree farm is taking advantage of people craving the tradition. They are closed. The web site reads were getting through it. Its exciting to see people are being careful and on board with with to do as a business and community. The coronavirus didnt stop from early Holiday Shoppers from cashing in on black friday deals. Best buy earlier today. Scoring new tvs and games and computers. People told us this Holiday Shopping tradition felt similar to past years. Even with precautions. Coming out here its the same. Its wearing a mask. Seems to be less people. Because of the virus and everything. Besides that, its the same. Whats the most popular item on the list . Play station 5. Which was already sold out. This time of the year ice skating rinks pop up. Of course the pandemic is keeping that closed. Without ice skating obviously no need for ice skates. The impact to a ice skate maker and the Community Coming to his rescue. It doesnt matter which season is on the calendar. He is always preparing for ice. He has pretty much built skate boots his whole life. I started in 1995. The skates from his shop all bare his first thingerprints. We get foot impressions. The feet of olympics and hockey players have slipped on his boots. One of a few companies in the world still making them this way. It takes a lot of work. And skill. When his crew work, time stands still. There are a lot of clocks. None of them work. Building ice skates you cant rush. Of course in the pandemic there are no olympics. No ice shows. Most rinks are closed. Covid happened and production stopped. Completely. Orders dried up. He found his business on thin ice. We were extremely close to close our doors. When word of the Company Struggles reached the skating community. They laced up and skated in. Dozens of orders poured in from skaters. Who didnt even need skates. I didnt need them. Hes a beginning skater from oakland and launched a go fund me. And paid for skates for a sunny day. I figure sometime in the future ill need them. It was a down payment for the future. Those skates they bought. It wasnt just a one time purchase. It was thank you for letting us hold on. More years to come. The business was enough to keep him going. Both in walt and gut. You cant stop when you see the love you receive. No matter what season is on the calendar. He plans to be here. Preparing for ice. Well all survive. What a great story. The cool nights. Its the perfect. With hot cocoa. All right. It will be cold outside. Like we were ice skating. Exactly. We can still drink the hot cocoa. Heading into the over night hour its so cold at night and cold Early Morning and thats what well see tonight. Clear skies in walnut creek. Well get another chilly start to the day. Lets lock at temperatures trends. San jose 54 degrees. Notice over night lows 1 00 a. M. An increase in cloud cover. Forecasts for liver more into the low 40s by 1 00 a. M. A system to the north but well are main try in the bay area for the weekend. How cold will it be tomorrow morning . Take a look. 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Napa 34. Likely frosty conditions especially for some of the sheltered valleys and by the afternoon, well warm up a bit. Lets look at your daytime highs. Mid60s tomorrow. Mostly sunny. Over the next seven days. Towards sunday and monday we get a system that passes to the north. Right now it looks like the most from that is increase in high clouds. Fog monday morning and increase in the winds. One thing youll notice is how consistent the temperatures are. No huge temperature drops or increases. Those lows will stay in the 30s. And well remain fairly dry. Any chance of rain monday will stay far north. If any. North bay might get drizzle monday morning. No measurable rain. Ill have another look at the forecast coming up. Great. See you later. Much more to come. Including President Trump getting ready to hit the campaign trail again. This time not for himself. We talk to the political analyst about what the president is hoping to accomplish in georgia. Plus a black friday like we have never seen before. How the pandemic is changing the way stores are offering deals this season. First alarming animated simulation. Japanese researchers use a supercomputer to show us how the coronavirus can spread in airplanes and taxis. Still hard to find a spot. Just easier to park. Still the big move. Just more moving. Still singing. Just more in tune. Still the gangs all here. Just less are we there yet . The chevy family of suvs. Making lifes journey just better. Now during the chevy cyber sales event, use 500 cyber cash on most suv models. To get 5,250 total cash allowance on most 2020 equinox models. Visit chevycybersalesevent. Com today. 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. The true number of cases in the u. S. May be much higher than whats reported. Court to a new study. The total number of covid19 cases by the end of september this year. At that time the cdc reported 6. 9 million cases. The actual number of infections was likely eight times that. Higher than the estimated 52 million people. Most of the unreported cases were ioa symptomatic or mild infections that didnt require medical care or testing. The researchers used a supercomputer to simulate how the coronavirus spreads in airplanes, taxis and outside. They found the amount of virus particles spreading can be reduced to onethird it everyone wears a mask. Outside they extend the group of ten people around a table eating and talking. Three feet apart. Wearing a mask cut the amount of droplets reaching people to nearly zero. Santa a peak into childrens worries about the pandemic. Some letters are heartbreaking. One girl asked santa to use the front door. Some are sending santa face masks. One wrote she wishes her aunt never had cancer and the coronavirus would go away. Its not just letters to santa that are different. Taking your children to sit on his lap at the mall doesnt seem so wise. Like many other traditions, hes going virtual. Several Online Services popped up. Many online Santa Service ts create custom visits based on Children Special needs, language and ethnicity. Some allow to tell santa beforehand so visits are more personal. You can choose a black santa. You can choose a signing santa. You can choose a Spanish Speaking santa. Its a personal uplifting experience. Virtual visits with santa cost around 20. A recorded video runs about 65. Up next ready to campaign in georgia. President trump looking to help two senate candidates. Some believe he could be doing more harm to the republican party. Black friday influenced by the coronavirus. How the pandemic is changing marketing strategy. For Big Box Stores that rely upon crowds this time of year. In just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. Cgrand openinge flooin san leandro safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decors newest location is now open. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. President trump requests the recount in milwaukee after the county went through half a million ballots. The change 132 more votes for joe biden. Also today a Philadelphia Federal Court handed trump another defeat. Seeking to over turn Election Results there. The next stop would be the supreme court. President elect biden remains low key. President elect joe biden remaining low key in delaware this day after thanksgiving. Taking time to give thanks to the nations indigenous community. Expected to announce more cabinet picks early next week. President trump continuing his twitter claims that the president ial election was fraudulent. After indicating to reporters thursday without specifics. That its not over yet. There will be a will the of things happening between thousand and the 20th of january. Remaining mum on a potential run for president in 2024. But weighing in on the next critical election. The january 5 senate run off in georgia. The president tweeting he will go to georgia to campaign for the republican incumbent. Some believe his rhetoric about rigged elections could keep voters from turning out. The best case democrats have to make in this election is let trump go out and say insane things. Destabilize democracy. Also today a federal Appeals Court rejected his latest effort to challenge pennsylvania Election Results. The court saying calling an election unfair doesnt make it so. Charges require specific allegations and proof. We have neither here. If the Trump Campaign appeals the case could reach the supreme court. In spite of the pandemic some shoppers still chose to hit the stores this black friday. The tradition locked a lot different. Lines were much shorter. And masks and social distancing mandates were enforced as much as possible. Instead of hunl door buster deals. Many are offering best sales online. And over a longer period. To keep people out of the stores as much as possible. Retailers adapt quickly to the changing environment. So far this month. On lip shoppers spent 60 billion and sales are expected to top 10 billion today alone. Up 39 from last year. In south bay some video game enthuse yiss risk possible exposure in hopes of getting hands on a new game console. Lines before dawn at best buy and game stop. Everyone was waiting to buy the play station 5 or the x box. Most left both stores disappointed and empty handed. The wait was not worth the risk. I think its impossible to find it in person. I waited all night and it wasnt here. It wont be anywhere else. Finding it online will be the best bet. Wait it out. Enforcement teams and firefighters are 345ik making sure retailers are following the rules. Of 25 . Businesses could be fined up to 1,000 per violation. Theme parks continue to get hit hard. Disney plans to lay off 4,000 additional workers. Than previously expected. In florida and california. Parks closed in march when the pandemic started spreading. Parks in florida reopened with limited attendance in the summer. Here in california they are closed. The company will cut 32,000 employees by march. A ye