In person. Nothing was going to stop us. These players deserve support and that is why we are here. Right now, Health Officials in San Francisco tonight are launching a new strategy to keep cases under control, and like many other things these days, it involves your phone. Good evening. Andria borba is live in San Francisco, with the hope behind this new plan. It takes advantage of the fact that people are used to doing things via text message. Perhaps the readiness to answer a phone call but they can still get the Contact Tracing done to help spread the help control the spread of this disease. The fight to trace the spread of covid19 is moving to text message. The more people that answer the call or text the better our chances of getting control of the spread of covid19 in San Francisco and beating up the reopening of our city. Reporter it is called a Virtual Assistant and after a positive test you could get a text message to your cell phone, where you fill in the blanks for contact tracers, without ever hearing their voice. Now we are in a large surge with infections that are more widespread across the city, and reaching different populations and our numbers have been increasing sharply. Reporter the city of San Francisco is averaging 130 new cases of covid19 a day, more than 900 a week. Dr. George rutherford, an epidemiologist, says this takes advantage of the cell phone number permanently attached to most people hands. And freeze of contact tracers, to deal with those who are not so tech proficient. It has been used a lot in college campuses. You know, where everybody walks around with her head down looking at their cell phone all day long. So it has been used quite successfully at the university of arizona, for instance, to notify people about Contact Tracing and it creates huge efficiencies. The text option bypasses the screening most folks do, of Old Fashioned phone calls, in the era of incessant spam. That is an easier way to get a hold of people and get responses. I agree, i would respond to that for sure. Reporter this Virtual Assistance Program also helps to give your friends contact information. There phone number perhaps if they were in close contact with you. It even helps you backdate to when you may have been a symptomatically spreading covid 19 him a they can help get some control of this disease. Live in Newman Square tonight, andria borba, kpix5. A live look in oakland, Alameda County is becoming the first county in the bay area to report more than 500 deaths because of covid 19. And tonight, in santa clara county, 76 violation notices have been given out to businesses for not following safety guidelines. Most of them were because they were not following proper physical distancing. The county ups patrols, it is also increasing testing to help make the postings giving demand. The county is adding more sites next week including los gatos, palo alto, and they were. People who get tested today say it went pretty smoothly. I scheduled it on monday, ugly i got it today, so i am happy the way that it has been organized. Most of the test site you do need to sign up for in advance and we do see them filling up to the thanksgiving weekend. We saw the spike in the summer and it was hard to get back down so the quicker that we get under control, the better off we will be in the long run. We posted more information on the new testing locations and a link to make an appointment on our website. You will find the story on the front page of kpix. Com. A live look at traffic tonight on some bay area highways and bridges. Shoppers are still out there but less of them than years past. Still some popular hotspot sought the normal big crowds, while others only sought a trickle of shoppers. We are at the premium outlets in livermore, for us tonight. Reporter some shopping locations much busier than others, here at the premium outlets in livermore. Pretty much packed. The only difference compared to previous years . People are wearing masks. The line for bargain hunters starts here. On interstate 580. These cars are trying to exit the freeway to get into the parking lot. Once inside it is another 20 to 30 minutes of looking for a parking spot. It is really busy out here, so there is a lot, long lines, i have to park on the other side. Reporter the lines get even longer once people are at the stores. About an hour to an hour and a half wait right now. Reporter is is a line for michael course. I will pan the camera to show everywhere you turn, people are waiting in lines to get into the popular sport stores. Dr. Peter chin tells me over the phone, outdoor shopping is low risk, as long as everyone wears a mask and stands 6 feet apart. His concern is when people take off their masks, to snack while waiting in line. It is more of an outdoor environment, im willing to brave that. Reporter a very different experience at union square. Here is how it looked this morning. Very quite compared to previous black friday events. There is a picket line outside of macys, so not too many people inside. There is a short line after louis vuitton, no lines at the other stores this morning. Some stories are still warded up, from previous protest. This is a different black friday, 2020 is a different black friday. Reporter he runs a shop half a block away from union square. He is disappointed no lines outside of his store this year but he understands the fear of covid. We are living in a Virtual World and that is how we will get it, through instagram, through online. Reporter it appears the stores are doing their best to keep people safe. They are constantly coming out to lines to remind folks to stand 6 feet apart. In livermore, i am doll lynn. Tomorrow is Small Business saturday, and local shops are hoping for a big turnout. The economic fallout from the pandemic has been especially hard for Small Businesses. There banking on foot traffic tomorrow but now, with physical distancing. It is uncertain how sales will go. It is harder and harder every time a new mandate comes out. Theres a lot of things going on right now. The key thing is to always support Small Business and always remember your community. The muchanticipated big game between stanford and cal came down to the wire and fans cannot see the thrilling ending in person. Both teams looking for the first win playing against their biggest rival but inside the stadium, it was very unusual not to hear the war of the bay area fans. Still, many of them found ways to watch from vistas or fences. I tried a lot of strategies to be inside the gates. I looked for pac12 positions that might be open to they could apply for. I was willing to do anything it took and we got her to underneath the gate so we are counting that as a win. Nothing was going to stop us, she is a senior this year, she deserves to be here, these players deserve support and that is why we are here. It came down to the wire late third quarter, tied at, Stanford Drive extended after penalty and austin jones drag the pile into the end zone for his second touchdown and the cardinal up seven. Final minute, on the line, and cal facing a third and goal. Chris takes it in. 2041 yards on the ground but they still needed that extra point to tie it. And for the second time in the game, stanford blocked the kick, just to many missed cues for the bears today and the cardinal ran out the clock to beat cal 2423. They are heading back to the farm. A Company Christmas tradition may not happen this year. And it is not because of the coronavirus. Whales are overstaying their welcome in the bay area, which means that the crab season is delayed. Here is why. California fish and wallet is worried that whales might get caught in crab fishing gear. Commercial crab season has been pushed to december 16. Skippers hope the whales will have headed south by then. If you were oh, well and you were in an area where youve got nothing but good food, you dont have a whole bunch of whether to have to fight, why would you leave . California fish and wildlife will fly over the fishing grounds to see if the whales have moved hopefully in time for christmas. Still to come, the new issues test owners need to know about that could spark a big recall. Plus millions of people in Southern California hit with a brandnew stayathome order. The bay area beach tragedy, spotlighting the two changers of the waves, along our coast. Plus. At that moment, all he wanted to do was make sure we got them out of the way. Reporter and explosive crash and Daring Rescue after a car plows right into a bay area house. And later it was the other big game, the bay Area Basketball Team that pulled off a huge upset. Details on the biggest win in decades. A calm look toward down 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. A family greeting tonight after thanksgiving day tragedy out at the beach in marin county. A fouryearold little girl was hit by a large weight at point reyes and sort out is the. She died at the hospital. Have a democrat speech where the waves were 8 to 12 feet. Her father jumped into the water to try to save her, he was taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia. Nearby, neighbors came to the rescue after car crashed into a house. Take a look at the damage. Firefighters say the driver lost control this morning, slamming into the garage of this condo on puffin court. Neighbors heard the commotion, and leapt into action. So i grabbed his arm, we got him so far, we could get him a little ways. And then we started hearing the car popping. Flames are getting better. You cannot think about how scared. Is not clear how theyre doing tonight pick of the crash caused a gas leak. Pg e was on the scene working to repair it. A live look outside, top of the mark in San Francisco, looking nice and pretty clear out there, and is not too cold, either. Chief neurologist paul heggen is here the all important weekend weather forecast. Things are looking pretty good as we head to the rest of the weekend, today turned out to be very nice day come the wind significantly calmer than what we had on thanksgiving, and just minor changes as we head to the rest of the the weekend forecast the big picture first, clear skies overhead tonight and again on saturday, so chilly conditions tonight but the dry air in place will warm up rapidly on saturday, and again, minor changes, a few passing clouds on sunday but the main storm track will be pushed farther up to the north so that means any chance of rain around the bay area is not much of a chance. Maybe a couple of passing spangles for the northbay, late sunday night into monday morning. And we really could use the rain. To this point in the season we are talking about a fraction of what we should be seeing. This is still early enough in the rainy season, the water your start in october 1, still have time to make up the deficit but we need to see some rain in the forecast at some point. None and the sevenday forecast. It takes us into the first third of december, and it shows a significant chance of below average precipitation, not just for the bay area but for most of the western half of the country and to go along with that significant chance of above average temperatures of not just for the bay area but for most of california. Out there right now temperatures started to cool off a little bit, nice feet toward downtown from sutro tower, temperatures have dipped down to the mid50s, down to the upper 40s in concord and santa rosa and inland portions of the bay area will be a bit on the chilly side by early tomorrow morning. Bottoming out in the mid to upper 30s for most of inland parts of the bay area but the colder spots in the valleys in the northbay are going to dip down to or even a little bit below freezing to start the day on saturday not quite as chilly around the bay pick of the moderating influence of the bay. Temperatures tomorrow like today, not a whole lot of variation, sometimes you can see the huge swing from the coast to inland parts, we will not have a tomorrow, high temperatures are around or above 60 degrees, mostly low to mid 60s for the south bay and mid 60s for the santa clara valley, low to mid 60s for the trivalley and a couple of degrees warmer on the east side of mount diablo, not a big difference there either. Low to mid 60s around the bay and made maybe upper 60s for the northbay. The chilly spot tomorrow morning but places like santa rosa could be some of the warmer locations by tomorrow afternoon, and temperatures into the 60s for mendocino and lake counties as well. Passing clouds and the night into monday and by thursday of next week but no chances, no significant chances of any rain falling out of those clouds, maybe a sprinkle or two monday morning and the north bay but nothing measurable in store for us with temptress not changing much either. 60s inland, low to mid 60s by the bay and upper 50s as we head into early december. Heres a look at your top headlines, the Top Nuclear Scientist is dead tonight after his car was apparently ambushed near toronto, in an apparent assassination. He was considered a top mastermind in the nuclear program. The countrys foreign minister is blaming the attack on israel tonight. But it is still unclear who was involved and why. Another stayathome orders starts monday in Los Angeles County but it will be less strict than the first one issued in march. Everyone is asked to stay at home as much as possible and wear face coverings outside pick of the county is also banning gatherings out died of households and putting more limit on businesses. It last until at least december 20. Kelly kennedy has been averaging more than 4700 new cases a day. Across the country the death toll has topped 263,000. The number of people in the hospital has surpassed 90,000 for the first time. Despite warnings, Health Officials say millions of americans gathered for thanksgiving in large groups, and now hospitals are preparing for a surge. In san antonio, texas, there is a new curfew in place. It is nonsense, it is not there to the citizens of san antonio for grown adults who can make their own decisions but whether they gather and how they gather. Will not get a reprieve because christmas comes in years comes. I am significantly worried about that. More trouble tonight for the nfl, the ravens steelers game is postponed again. More baltimore players have tested positive for covid. So the league is now pushing the game again from tomorrow to tuesday. And that means the ravens cowboys game plan for thursday now moves to the following monday if you can keep up with all of that. Up next, tesla owners listen up, the problem just spotted that could lead to tens of thousands of cars being recalled. Stuff korean action, how we fared on the course will teaming up with a tesla is not the focus of an investigation into suspension failures. Now nearly 115,000 electric vehicles are in danger of recall. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had 43 complaints of front joint failures which can lead to tire damage. Model as a dance for 2015 through 2017 and model x suvs from 2016 through 2017 fall under the probe but no injuries have been reported. Steph curry lacing up the golf spikes. Staff struggled with the putter, the birdie chance on eight runs right past the ball. They fell behind early and had to make up some ground. Staff with a great shot from the bunker on 12 to keep the pressure on mickelson and berkeley but in the end, he reminded everyone he is the bro around there and this was the course. He hit the winning putt on 15. A huge shadow to usf, pulling off a huge when earlier against fourthranked virginia. Who also won the National Title in 2019. Less than four minutes to play, they get free for two of his 19 points, two plays later, setting up, for a long three. The 801. They knock down 13 threes in the game, and then in the final seconds, virginia down one, sam houser misses the gamewinner. They meet for jeanette, 6160 come the first win against the top five team for the First Time Since 1981. It seems like yesterday. He a group of garbage collectors calling themselves the dancing been men from britain started making these uplifting videos when the lockdowns for started and now they hope their new tuned book around the bends at christmas time rises to be the uks number one christmas single. It is available to stream and download now, and best of all, proceeds from this are going to charity. Thank you for watching at seven tonight pick of the news continues streaming on cbsn bay area. Will be back here at 11. Good night. Here is some scenic areas from around the bay area. See you we have the power to harness californias abundant wind and solar energy, but its not available all day long. Use less from 4 to 9 pm and we can protect california for generations to come. I just add a spoonful to my marinades. Llon . To stir frys. Sauces. Just whisk it in. Brush it on. Saute it. It adds a cooked all day taste. That doesnt take all day. Better than bouillon. Dont just make it. 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