Thats due to more restrictive measures being instituted in california and other states to help stem the growing tide of covid19 cases. Today, the cdc announced its recommending against travel for the holiday. Ktvu southbound reporter jesse gary picks it up from there. Reporter with a week before thanksgiving, air travel is light at Oakland International and other bay area airports. We just wanted to break it up, so that we werent traveling with a bunch of other people. A little bit easier the week before. Reporter this as officials at Mineta San Jose International airport say travel during the 11 day thanksgiving holiday period is scheduled to be 1 5th less than it was the year before. This is the simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter newsom says 94 of the states population is now in the purple tier, including six bay area counties. As a result, Officials Say people should forego gatherings with families and friendes this year. Just take a look at him having his French Laundry activities that were going on, and thats not even with close family. Reporter the governors of oregon and washington asked travelers to selfquarantine for 14 days when entering or leaving these states. You know, its just one more thing on top of these many months of restrictions. Of having things that were used to taken away from us, in order to deal with this pandemic. Reporter businesses that had seen the daylight of partial reopening are once again having to deal with increased restrictions, and a halt to indoor activities. This during a time thats traditionally used to kick off the Holiday Shopping season. History professor, dr. Nancy toms says the idea of lengthening the buying season was born out of the last major global pandemic. The influenza pandemic, the people were encouraged to shop early for the Christmas Holidays as part of the effort to reduce density in stores, and to prevent the return of the great flu. Reporter the spanish influenza saw a resurgence in fall and early winter, similar to coronavirus now. So government officials continue stressing social distancing, masks, and keeping your hands clean, as People Struggle whether to ride out the pandemic with limited contacts or embrace the things that matter. You need the strength and support of your family. Reporter in san jose, jesse gary, ktvu, fox 2 news. More than 250,000 people have now died from covid19 across the united states. As David Lee Miller reports, a fall surge of new cases is leading to another round of new restrictions, including the closure of schools and nonessential businesses. Nationwide, were averaging nearly 160,000 new Coronavirus Infections per day. Cases are on the rise in all 50 states, as governors and mayors enact new covid19 restrictions. New york city Public Schools are closed today after the citys infection rate topped 3 . We set a very clear standard, and we need to stick to that standard. And i want to emphasize to parents, to educators, to staff, to kids, that we intend to come back, and come back as quickly as possible. School systems in kentucky and colorado are planning a return to remote learning. This comes as the states hospitals see an overwhelming number of covid19 patients and a shortage of hospital staff. They are getting sick, and theyre not getting sick at their hospitals. Theyre getting sick in their communities. Reporter but a lot of hope is riding on a vaccine. Astrazeneca releasing results from its phase 2 trials, showing a high success rate in older adults. Pfizer is expected to file for emergency use on friday for its candidate, which showed a 95 success rate. The first thing were going to do, is give it to those most at risk. Once those groups have it, then we have to make it a priority to give it to young people, to stop the spread. Reporter pfizer says it could have up to 50 million doses of its vaccine by the end. Year. In new york, David Lee Miller, ktvu, fox 2 news. Here at home, happening now, a b. A. R. T. Board of directors meeting is on the way. On the agenda, a plan to encourage hundreds of employees to retire. Allie rasmus is here to explain how the Transit Agency is doing what it can to help fill a growing budget hole. Youre live with the late details. They are discussing other issues right now, but at some point today, theyre expected to take up and vote on a plan that would give extra incentives for employees to retire. Reporter its all because of the dramatic drop in ridership b. A. R. T. s experience since the start of the pandemic and an expected budget deficit next year of 167 million. One option b. A. R. T. s board of directors will work on, encouraging eligible employees for retirement to leave. B. A. R. T. Doesnt expect all of them to take the offer, but hopes that several hundred will. We think theres about 300 employees who are most likely to retire. 50s a little early. So we think its about 300 people. And while theyre is a one time cost to it, its still a significant savings. B. A. R. T. Expects to save about 45 million in the next two years if 300 of its workers retire. Also at the meeting today, b. A. R. T. s board of directors will discuss service cuts that will go in effect in march. That includes eight commuter routes that would have to be eliminated. B. A. R. T. Would have to reduce sunday service to a regular saturday schedule. B. A. R. T. Says theres no way trains can go back to Midnight Service anytime soon, but the ease in closure has helped b. A. R. T. Catch up on several projects. Not only does it save us money, but it lets us accelerate all of these rebuilding projects, and the idea is when the economy opens back up, and we go back to serving large amounts of people, well have sped up so much of this rebuilding work. Now as for the retirement incentives, b. A. R. T. s Board Members are expected to approve that idea. If they dont, the Transit Agency says they will have to start laying off workers. Reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu, fox 2 news. Very difficult times for all, thank you. Still to come here at noon, the bay area grocery stores, you may have noticed, are empty once again. The advice for shoppers as another round of panic buying appears to be underway. Plus the new coronavirus virus surge is hitting europe hard, but social distancing rules could be making a big difference. And the rain has cleared out the bay area. A beautiful sunshine look at the east bay along interstate 80 in emeryville. Its going to be a cool rest of your week though. Your full forecast up next. You have the power to know before you go, when you wake up with mornings on 2. You also have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. Wild thing, you make my heart sing wild thing i. Think i. You know what i think . I think you owe us 48. 50. Wild thing. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. A new covid19 surge is spreading rapidly overseas, prompting a series of new restrictions aimed at slowing the outbreak. Reporter greg palcot has more from london. Reporter there are almost 4 million new coronavirus cases around the world last week, and almost half of them were in europe as the virus continues spreading quickly. Across the continent, strict social distancing rules are in effect in almost every country. Prompting a backlash in some areas, including berlin, where police used Water Cannons to dispurse a protest on wednesday. But those restrictions do seem to be having an impact. With a number of confirmed cases dropping about 10 from last week. Translator the case numbers have stabilized at a lie level in the last two weeks. Theyre not increasing. At least not at the moment. Reporter were also seeing major spikes in some asian countries, including japan. Tokyo increasing its virus alert to the highest level, prompting a new lockdown. Translator whether it will further spread or not depends on your cooperation. The most crucial thing is to not have more patients with severe conditions. I think this is the red line. Reporter as the spread continues, there are new concerns about outbreaks in the developing world. Africa now has more than 2 million confirmed cases, and that number is rising quickly. Health officials blaming a lack of face masks and social distancing rules. Small gatherings at the family level can lead to new clusters of cases in parts of africa that might previously have been spared. Reporter here in the uk, coronavirus deaths continue to spike. Theyre almost 600 recorded on tuesday, thats the highest number since may. In london, ktvu, fox 2 news. For the first time, a top u. S. Diplomat went to a jewish settlement in the Israeli Occupied west bank. Secretary of state mike pompeo traveled to an area in the mountains of jerusalem. Israel has built dozens of settlements in the west bank, which palestinians want as their future state. Most see the settlements as a violation of international law, and an obstacle to peace. Lets swing back to the bay area. The rain is out of here, and the sun is shining bright. Hi there, gasia. Good afternoon to you. We start off the day in some areas with some pretty dense fog out there. In fact, a dense fog advisory was issued up in the north bay. That has expired. As you mentioned, we have more sunshine to report this thursday afternoon. Showing you this on the satellite. You can see some high clouds in addition to some of the fog from this morning, kind of roaming through portions of the bay area. Right now we have partly to mostly sunny skies, and well check in on some of the current numbers out there. Most areas in the 50s. The warm spots right now approaching the lower 60s out toward fremont, out toward palo alto, san jose. You can see napa, one of the cooler spots, checking in at 54 degrees. We had some stubborn fog up in the napa area this morning to this afternoon. Blue sky above. Of course we had some overcast this morning, but things are clearing out nicely. Here is our old system. This area of low pressure thats produced the unsettled weather pattern over the past couple of days. This is moving on out as an area of happen offshore builds in. As a result, we are expecting basically a dry weather pattern, cold overnight temperatures. Mild afternoons, especially as we head into next week. It looks like an extended period of dry weather, not only into the weekend, but also into next week, and of course that will be factored in to the thanksgiving forecast. Here is the plan later on today. Partly to mostly sunny skies. We could have a batch of clouds, at least according to this forecast model, move in tomorrow morning. Then clearing things out for your friday afternoon. As we head into the weekend, temperatures will actually trend up a bit as we head into saturday. For today, though, we have some areas of fog, and partly, to mostly sunny skies out there as well. Mostly sunny skies up above my neighborhood right now. The temperatures forecasted to warm up to the upper 50s, to the low to mid60s later on today between about 2 00 and 3 00. Heres a look ahead. Your fiveday forecast. You will notice this. We have a sun cloud mix into your friday forecast. Then it looks like into the weekend, some cold overnight lows. Cooler spots will be in the 30s. A nice recovery into the afternoon hours. Gasia, if we were to extend this, the graphic into tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, we would probably have mostly sunny to talk about. It looks like this dry weather pattern is here to stay for quite some time. Mark, thank you. Still to come at noon, some encouraging news for a San Francisco firefighter injured on the job earlier this month. The show of support from his colleagues as he continues his recovery. 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. This comes after encouraging news about a San Francisco firefighter who was badly injured on duty this month. Matthew van was taken to a rehab center yesterday. Van suffered a brain injury when he was knocked to the ground by a heavy fire hose. The Department Says van is in good spirits and thanked the staff at San Francisco general who worked day and night to care for him. It has been a sad timefor the oakland fire department, as they honored sean lassen, who died. Many police mokes and fire engines escorted his body to the chapel of the chime, where an American Flag was hoisted by two fire trucks. The doctors said the 42year old assistant chief had died. She says he was thrilled to work with his 21yearold son caden. Knowing that caden wanted to follow in his footsteps in oakland was a bright, shining moment. Lassen is survived by his wife sabrina, and his two other sons connor and cooper. Oakland fire Officials Say there are no current plans to hold a celebration of lassens life. Thats because they dont want other Fire Departments to feel pressure to attend a large gathering. Any say theyre working on ways to honor lassen and to support his family. In neighboring berkely, an investigation is underway after a man was found dead, following a fire at a home. It started just before 8 30 last night on delaware street. Firefighters were told it was an abandoned building, and thought no one was inside. The roof collapsed, making it hard for firefighters to get in to battle the flames. After getting inside, they found the body of an older man. The cause of the fire is under investigation. One man is in custody in antioch accused of killing another man there. Police say they were called out to a canal between manzanie and lemontree way. Investigators think there was an argument between the victim and the 30yearold man, and that the suspect struck the victim in the head. The suspect was arrested shortly after police found the body. Hes being held on 1 million bail. The San FranciscoPublic Defenders Office has launched a free new website that publishes information about Police Officers in the city. As ktvus andre senior reports, not everyone feels comfortable with the information thats being made available. Reporter in january of 2019, california passed senate bill 1421, making public serious allegations against Police Officers. Fast forward to wednesday, when they launched a website, publishing that information. The thought is to put that out there for the public, because i think right now the george floyd era, the public is demanding accountability, and transparency. These records are a part of that process. Reporter brian cox says it centralizes the names of officers. People can see actually whats happening. People can see what the officers are doing, and how theyre policing. Reporter but San FranciscoPolice Lieutenant tracy mccray takes issue with it. The database publishes a link to an article, where she expressions frustration when prosecutors refused to press charges. Im like is an opinion now equated to being misconduct . Its like, are you trying to squash our ability to debate and talk about things . About how we may see one thing as a Police Officer . Reporter for its part, the San FranciscoPublic Defender Office says the database isnt just to detail issues with Police Officers. The purpose is not necessarily to point out misconduct. Its to point out what is available. Reporter the Police OfficersAssociation Says the site is riddled with errors. In one case, it identified San FranciscoPolice Officers being involved in an officerinvolved shooting. That information turned out to be incorrect. When its the wrong information, its misinformation. You know, you could be putting an officer in harms way. Reporter the Public Defenders Office says its since corrected that error, and says the efforts are designed to provide better insight into policing. The poa says it understands the need for wanting the information to be public, but says accuracy is also important. The Public Defenders Office says work on this project began after the passage of sb1421, spurred on by the fallout from George Floyds death to make this information more accessible to the public. Im andre senior, ktvu, fox 2 news. Another former San Francisco public official has been charged in the Corruption Scandal involving the department of public works. Federal prosecutors charge 64 yearold paul diesty with bribery. They say he helped formal public works director Mohammed Nuru launder more than 100 million. In return, the u. S. Attorney says nuru helped recology obtain garbage fee increases paid for by the public. Diesty is set to make his initial Court Appearance on monday. Coming up, a new act for College Students to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. How it uses cell phones to determine if you may be around someone exposed to covid19. Plus providing help for the holidays. How annual food drive in the south bay looks very different for the pandemic. And what the agency is asking for, from the public. Humira patients,. This ones for you. You inspired us to make your humira experience even better. With humira citratefree. It has the