Governor today. Liz . Reporter hi, larry and kristen. Yes, there was a lot of news at this briefing today. We did get an apology from the governor for attending that dinner party at french laundry. The only one that didnt is sonoma county. Thats because its already in the most restrictive one. With just over a week until thanksgiving, not great news from governor nufz. Covid19 cases in california have doubled in just the last ten days and on sunday the state reported over 10,000 cases for the First Time Since august. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter because of that newsom says the state is pulling the emergency brake. Today he announced 40 counties are moving backwards into a more restrictive tier. In the bay area, all counties are now in either red or purple. The most restrictive. Every age group, every demographic, racial, ethnic, in every part of the state we are seeing case rates increase and Positivity Rates inc
Contact tracers are struggling to keep up with the surge of covid cases and calls. The patterns theyve noticed in cases and when cooperation gets complicated. Love is in the air and you can see the tents are up as we approach thanksgiving. Ill let you know the best time for dining outdoors. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. The range of reactions are theyre really sick. Others are just, oh, i got it, and im still going to go back to that allinclusive place in mexico. Tonight the explosion in covid cases has made it nearly impossible for contact tracers to keep up. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larson spoke to a bay area Contact Tracing team about the unprecedented challenges theyre facing on a daily basis. In the last few weeks weve been slammed. Reporter prepandemic was a library. 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 whic
One business has two generators ready to go. Ill tell you why in my story. Tracking fire danger and winds. Hour by hour look at how strong and how long coming up. Reports of High School Students having sleepovers shuts down campus for in Person Learning amid concerns. Bars and restaurants in san jose can be open longer, but the issue is employment. Abc 7 news starts right now. Now from abc 7 live breaking news. And that breaking news is a new red flag warning just went into effect for large parts of the bay area until friday morning. Pg e has started shutting off power to parts of Sonoma County because of the extreme fire danger. Tonight the eutility reduced the number of planned outages. The bulk of customers in napa county. We have Team Coverage on the dangerous fire weather. Lets start with j. R. Stone in calistoga where residents and businesses. Fill up your gas container, another Public Safety shut off is underway. Im filling the gas can for the generator. Reporter in calistoga, t
One business has two generators ready to go. Ill tell you why in my story. Tracking fire danger and winds. Hour by hour look at how strong and how long coming up. Reports of High School Students having sleepovers shuts down campus for in Person Learning amid concerns. Bars and restaurants in san jose can be open longer, but the issue is employment. Abc 7 news starts right now. Now from abc 7 live breaking news. And that breaking news is a new red flag warning just went into effect for large parts of the bay area until friday morning. Pg e has started shutting off power to parts of Sonoma County because of the extreme fire danger. Tonight the eutility reduced the number of planned outages. The bulk of customers in napa county. We have Team Coverage on the dangerous fire weather. Lets start with j. R. Stone in calistoga where residents and businesses. Fill up your gas container, another Public Safety shut off is underway. Im filling the gas can for the generator. Reporter in calistoga, t
Bridge when a tanker truck comes barreling toward the crowd. Police moving in with pepper spray. The driver arrested. In philadelphia, chaos. A line of police cars vandalized, doused in gasoline, and set ablaze. Fire crews racing to the scene just hours after nearby stores were looted in broad daylight. Demonstrations from indianapolis to chicago, to austin, texas, ros squared off with police. Here in new york city, this demonstration has been peaceful. Many of the people here telling me its not about being violent, but sending a message to end inequality. Come in peace, say what you have to say, black lives matter. Reporter the National Guard activated in 20 states and washington, d. C. In chicago, where trains and buses were halted, draw bridges raised after scenes like this overnight. For days thousands have filled the streets, calling for justice, after the death of george floyd. But across the country, city after city brought to its knees when peaceful protests gave way to violenc