Now at 11 00 countless urgent warnings didnt stop people from gathering this thanksgiving. So now what . Tonight the new strategy from Bay Area Health officials to slow the next covid surge. Plus shots fired at a packed Northern California mall sends black friday shoppers running for their lives. At least one person dead tonight, the manhunt underway to find the gunman. This is stupid. This was dumb. This was cowardly. For whatever reason it had to end up being violent and it had to be tragic. Holiday shopping during a pandemic, well show you what popular spots in the south bay look like this black friday. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area tonight, Bay Area Health officials preparing for a major coronavirus surge. Good evening. Im brian hackney. Im andrea nakano. Theyre crafting a new strategy after people ignored warnings not to gather over the thanksgiving holiday. Tonight Alameda County became the first in the bay area to top 500 covidrelated deaths. Those numbers are expe
Reporter in San Francisco theyre hoping cell phones hold the key to contact tracing. 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 speeding up the reopening of our city. Reporter after a positive test youll get a text asking you to fill in the blank for contact tracers. The city is now averaging 130 new cases of covid19 a day and more than 900 a week. 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 its a surge that started before the Holiday Season thats expected to continue through december. We saw this spike in the summer and it was hard to get back down. So the quicker we get it under control, the better off well be in the long run. Reporter if you get a positive covid19 test in San Francisco, you should expect a test and Public Health officials hope youll answer it becau
California going under curfew. The new order comes exactly a week out from thanksgiving. There to hold all nonessential activities from 10 pm to five p. M. That is every county except San Francisco and marin. The order be in effect for at least a month maybe even longer. So, what exactly is the plan to enforce this . We are in livermore with that part of the story tonight. Restaurants will have to close up shop by 10 00 bm come saturday night. Health Officials Say covered cases are on the rise. In fact, they say covid can go from zero to 60 rapidly. They need these Health Measures in place. There is no single culprit. It is a combination of factors. It is certainly the colder weather, more mixing which comes with more opening. Reporter state and Public Health officials are issuing the curfew until 10 00 p. M. Until 5 00 a. M. In the looked here. It goes into effect saturday and expected to last one month. Essential workers are exempt. I dont approve of it, but if it is going to happen,
Latest developments and has that story. Friday white house staff aged in Contact Tracing to track down how the president and first lady became infected. And who they may have infected. To the staff saying that the mitigation plan was in place prior to the positive test result. Because the broader question even with a lot of the mitigating factors what you have is a virus that is contagious that certainly continues to be regardless of what protocol we have that and has the ability to impact everybody. Late thursday night he took to twitter saying tonight we tested positive for the coronavirus. We will begin our Recovery Process immediately. We will get through this together. They are now quarantining at the white house the commander inchiefs doctors say that they are well and that this will not impact his president ial duties. His positive test comes hours after senior aide and confidant hope hicks tested positive for the coronavirus. The president defended her choice to go without wear
For more than three years before that. And now to the wildfires. National guard troops will be on the front lines today against the lnu complex. Evacuation orders have been reduced to warnings in parts of the napa county. It has burned over 360,000 acres. Containment is 33 . 250 members of the National Guard have been training to join the firefight. And a second website is up and running that shows the homes that have been damaged or destroyed in the lnu fires in the north bay. It is similar to the Damage Assessment for the czu complex down south. Red means that the house has been destroyed, orange means there is significant damage, yellow means minor damage. If it is green, the home has very little damage. The black building means that there was no damage. You can find a link to both of these maps at abc7news. Com. Today officials will hold a Community Briefing to provide fire updates and information about recovery programs and resources for Sonoma County residents. Officials from the