25% capacity. customers must wear masks and social distance. and if not, businesses could face fines up to $1,000 per violation, and there s no grace period. this willow glen boutique owner says she has a compliance plan, and she knows they have to enforce the rules somehow. it s worth it, you know, for the risk that we are going through right now with the cases rising. so, yes, i think it s definitely. reporter: county officials are also pleading with shoppers to cooperate, saying this won t be the black friday you re used to. let s not crowd into any store. know that you re going to wait, and let s bring just the knowledge that we re going to wait. be paitient. let us treat each other like we are family because our lives really do depend on it. reporter: the plan for this enhanced enforcement is to go through the weekend but perhaps even longer. live in willow glen, roz plater, nbc bay area news. let s take a closer look at the numbers in santa clara that are driv
appointments. covid-19 is very serious. we want to ensure they understand that. we will do whatever it takes to ensure that they feel safe in our space. retail stores must limit capacity to 25%. grocery stores are at 50%. code enforcement will go through sunday, could be extended. restaurants got a welcome boost from last-minute shoppers. we have live coverage with a look at how people are preparing amid the pandemic. reporter: some of the restrictions that you were talking about were seen today. many stores said that the usual rush was replaced by a week of people trickling in. many people say that tomorrow, the meal will be served up within extra helping of gratitude. the thanksgiving eve rush took on a different tone this year for smoke berkeley. had to turn away more than 100 orders for thanksgiving dinner. people found that their travel plans changed right at the last minute. they were trying to find someplace to find dinner. reporter: chef tina found of the barb
chain of events that ended with the police shooting outside of bay area mall. eye-opening new numbers about the coronavirus and nurses, tonight why are so many workers of filipino descent dying? if you have gained weight during the pandemic, you are not alone. tonight the science behind covid cravings and had a cope. good evening, i m elizabeth cook. now, alive look outside, two days before thanksgiving and we are seeing some serious coronavirus warning signs. the state reported more than 15,000 new cases today along with an increasing positivity rate and an 81% spike in hospitalizations in the last two weeks. here s a look at the bay area positivity rates, ranging from 1/2% in marin county to 3.7% in contra costa county. the situation still much better than what is going on in southern california. la county has a positivity rate of 6.6%. this alarming new statistic caught our attention when it comes to nurses that are dying from the coronavirus, nearly a third of the
joining us on kron 4 news at 5 everybody. i m grant lotus and i m vicki liviakis those scary numbers going up as we head into the holiday season with millions of americans already. traveling for thanksgiving this week. doctor fauci says he s very worried about how much the virus will spread during and what the pandemic will look like in 3 weeks when those new infections. we ll have manifested covid cases are also surging here locally in the bay health officials urging people. to stay home, avoid large gatherings this weekend that definitely includes the south bay which is seeing a major spike kron 4 sanaz tahernia reports. covid-19 cases are hitting record highs in santa clara county with more than 500 newly reported cases a day and county health officials are expecting things to get worse if we look back in july when we were we re really worried about an increase then we saw. 385 cases has a maximum and as we have seen our numbers are now much higher we were at 512 cases
now at 11, good samaritan stabbed at a church while helping the homeless in san jose. is a good, caring guy. tonight we have the just- released video of a bizarre chain of events that ended with the police shooting outside of bay area mall. eye-opening new numbers about the coronavirus and nurses, tonight why are so many workers of filipino descent dying? if you have gained weight during the pandemic, you are not alone. tonight the science behind covid cravings and had a cope. good evening, i m elizabeth cook. now, alive look outside, two days before thanksgiving and we are seeing some serious coronavirus warning signs. the state reported more than 15,000 new cases today along with an increasing positivity rate and an 81% spike in hospitalizations in the last two weeks. here s a look at the bay area positivity rates, ranging from 1/2% in marin county to 3.7% in contra costa county. the situation still much better than what is going on in southern california. la coun