832 beds are available. 33 capacity. However hospitals are on track to go way passed this. Over 100 in three weeks. And skyrocketing in San Francisco and the peninsula. San francisco and right now in re. They could go purple as soon as this sunday. Ma rin plans to remain red. Those three still in red will not be under the states new curfew. Every other bay area county will. In fact, 94 of the state will be under this curfew. Which begins tomorrow night. It lasts for a month. No nonessential activity between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Among the many take aways, change your thanksgiving plans. We begin the coverage. Start with hospitalizations. Which here in the county jumped by 50 in the last week alone. County Officials Say at that rate if nothing changes, local hospitals will reach capacity in three weeks. Which led Santa Clara County to repeat this warning. Cancel your holiday plans. Dont travel. Saying covid cases are now at record levels here. Today we have had more cases reported than we have ever had. At any other time in the pandemic. 407 cases. County leaders pleading with everyone to do the right thing. Think about loved ones. Protect ourselves and them. By just wearing a mask. Stand six feet apart. Social distance. Have your thanksgiving outside. Next door, the county currently in the red tier. Says it too is preparing for the purple tier curfew. Because the virus doesnt respect county lines. Its serious. Everyone forecasted that we were going to see this spike. Its nothing that should be a surprise. The advice may sound repetitive. Its just as critical as its always been. My daughter is here showing her mask. It is so vitally important. That we continue to wear a mask. Businesses are bracing for another pandemic challenge. Tomorrow night that statewide cur few goes into effect. It will impact the purple tier. At 10 00 p. M. And will go until 5 00 a. M. Bars and restaurants are preparing to close earlier than usual. Business owners are already hurting by forcing operations outside. And worry the curfew will make it harder to stay afloat. We have to close earlier people have to get home by 10. We lose revenue. Bills dont get paid. We count on that money friday and saturday nights. Also worried people will stop coming out all together. They will have to go out earlier. The Public Health director is warning the city could move into the states purple tier. If the surge continues. That would mean the city would be under the state curfew. And the operation of more indoor businesses would be shut down. We sort it all out. San francisco is currently assigned to the red tier. Department of Public Health director warns that current covid cases are surging. If we continue on the trajectory, in quadrupling of cases over a month. Our Healthcare System could be struggling to deal with the burden of the virus. That has the city edging towards the purple tier. Possibly as soon as sunday. Just three weeks ago we were in the state least restrictive tier. Yellow. Now we are on track to be in the most restrictive. This is indicative of how fast this virus is spreading. We can change the course of the surge. Heading into thanksgiving hes urging people not travel. But stay home and flatten the curve. Indoor operations at museums, places of worship and gyms would stop. It will crush us. They do have out door operations but not all locations. With the weather its cold. Its not ideal. We have moved Fitness Equipment outside. Weight machines, squat racks. The works. Its big. But you can only have so many people in there as once. And implement a curfew. A requirement in the purple tier. Limiting nonessential work and gathering at 10 00 p. M. That will shorten the dining dinner period substantially. Most people are taking reservatio reservations up until 9 30. Theyre already limited to out door dining. Guests need to be finished by 10 00 p. M. Restaurants might not be able to take reservations passed 8 30. Some silver lining. We are fairing better than other parts of the country. San francisco and north dakota. Populations are similar. Look at the drastic case difference. In San Francisco, 14,000 cases since the pandemic began. North dakota 70,000 cases. San francisco adopted the mandatory mask policy. Back in june. North dakota started a mask policy last week. The race for the Covid Vaccine continues. Latest trial is happening now. Here in the bay area. This time theyre focusing on teenagers. Younger teenagers. Some of the details. We have been talking about how the vaccine has been tested on older adults but now the focus is on younger people. Thats right. The man vaccine phase 3 trial. That was in adults only. And we heard that it was 95 effective. Its expanding to teenagers and hospitals are helping to take part in that. That includes kaiser. Locally. And have been testing it on 16 and 17 yearolds and expanding to younger kids. They want to expand it to include 12 to 15 yearolds. 17 yearold lives in and her parents participated in the adult vaccine trial. She signed up for the teen study. She says she wants to be part of the solution. Teenagers are one of the most irresponsible during the pandemic. My parents have both already done it. They only had like slight flu symptoms for a day. I knew thats probably the worst that would happen to me. I didnt feel in danger. The study will run for two years. Healthcare proride r says it will enroll 100 participant ins the 16 to 17 yearold age group and 100 in the 12 to 15 age range. Everyone as the studies continue, pfizer submitted an application to the fda for emergency use authorization. Allowing the public to get vaccinated. If it is approved, within weeks. End of the year. We could see the first vaccination going out to front line healthcare workers and people most at risk. This vaccine process is moving quickly. We have reached this point. And people could get vaccinated end of the year. The public. Thats a few weeks away. Thank you. What about the millions of californiaens unemployed or under employed because of the pandemic . Governors task force delivered the final report on how the state can help people recover. The governor hand picked the 100 Member Task Force in april. Made up of former california governors, tech ceos. And labor leaders and healthcare officials. Tom steyer is the cochair. He says the best shot at recovering is health and safety of california has to come first. This was a pandemic. Which was hurting everybody in california. It was being disproportionally painful for essential workers. Who tend to be low income people. And people of color. Other things the state needs to focus on. Bridging the digital divide. For Distance Learning sp access to tell health. The sheriff gun permit corruption probe widens. The sheriff number two indicted. We investigate where the case goes now. Ski season is here. A lot of the resorts open today. Theres some new things to know about before you head to the slope. Working from home where the temperatures are dropping this weekend. If youre looking to put up Christmas Lights, ill show you what to expect. Coming up. Grocery outlet jingle do you have cheese . Of course. More cheese for less chedar do you have kale . Absolutly. More kale for less cabbage in our produce section. How about pizza . yep. More pizza for less dough in the freezer section. Now youre getting the hang of it. Grocrey outlet jingle a twist in the cash for concealed kpaer concealed carry permits case. The grand jury indicted the under sheriff which is the departments seconds in command. We first reported it this morning. He joins us now from the latest. The under sheriff has been put on administrative leave as he faces serious criminal charges related to the issuing of gun permits to political donors. Quickly worked up the ranks from sergeant to second in command. At the sheriff office. Hes become the highest ranking person in the department to face a criminal indictment. In connection with to allegations that someone was trading concealed carry gun permits for political donations to the sheriff. Its a blemish on the badge. Garcia says while he is sad about the indictments. Hes not surprised. The way they gave the permits out was a little bit i would say not like other agencies. Like in fresno. So far the alleged scheme led to charges against a prominent attorney. A sheriff captain and now the under sheriff. Its the sheriff who signs off on the gun permit. She should be cautious. Legal analyst says sheriff smith should be worried. He believes the District Attorney is methodically building a case. The way the indictments were being brought seems to suggest theyre working up the ladder. To be clear the sheriff hasnt been accused of wrong doing. And in a statement she said her department is committed to maintaining the highest level of public trust. And safety is the highest priority. Its a sad day for law enforcement. This is another hit to the department. The rank and file will continue to do their job to the highest standard. Despite all the turmoil. These indictments follow the exclusive reporting from our investigative unit. We exposed the link between the permits and contributions to the sheriff political campaign. Heres senior investigator. We analyzed five years worth of data. Comparing a list of those who got a coveted concealed carry weapons permit with a separate list of those people who contributed to sheriff smiths political campaign. The numbers show if you contributed to her campaign over the years, you were about 14 times more likely to get a rare permit. Than if you didnt contribute. According to sheriff records that we obtained, 749 residents applied for a new permit. Between 2014 and 2018. Most applicants were not campaign contributors. And for those nondonors about 5 were approved for a permit. Then there were the 28 people who did donate. Either in their own name or indirectly. Such as through a company or family member. They success rate in landing a permit . 79 . Ccw licenses shouldnt be given in exchange for donations. They are not for sale. The dritranscripts show 19 different witnesses. Businessmen, and sheriffs officials. And the sheriff herself was called. She exercised her right under the fifth amendment not to testify. Her defenders say shes done nothing wrong is call it a political hatch job. The District Attorney has scheduled a News Conference monday. The main topic will be the ccw investigation. And the findings from the grand jury. Very good reporting there. We head into the weekend another bay area bummer. Stanford Football Game tomorrow at at stadium cancelled. There was an out break with the Washington State players. Stanford looked to book another opponent. At this point that doesnt look like it will happen. San jose state was cancelled earlier. The they were supposed to play tomorrow. At fresno state. So it goes. Were hearing more and more of these. You went outside. Hes got his Christmas Lights on. Yes. You are doing it up. Making us look bad. Hows it feel outside . It is chilly. Temperatures fwin beginning two drop into the 40s. Theyre going, well be good to go. I want to share the lights with you. And maybe cheer you up and get ready for putting up Christmas Lights into the weekend. You can see on storm ranger we are currently dry after getting rainfall earlier this week. And i think well have a dry forecast as we move into the weekend. If youre getting up on the ladder to put the lights up it will be better for you. Tomorrow morning it will be cold to start. Make sure to dress in layers. We have 32 for the low. 39 concord. And upper 30s in dublin and liver more. San jose upper 30s. Daytime highs as you move through the day. It looks great. Mostly clear. If you start the Christmas Lights around 10 00 a. M. You should be good to go. Mid to upper 60s. San jose also at 65 degrees. Air quality as well tomorrow. That is looking good. I want to share good news with you. Coming up, well take a look at a question here. We heard about the Christmas Tree in nightly news. How many football fields and Christmas Lights will the tree have this year. I thought it tied in well with my lights. Since this is bright and everything. Well talk about the Christmas Tree lights and see if you know the answer. Can i google it . Is it cheating allowed . Yes. I think did a good reverse engineering on this. It might be hard to find out. Go for it. Much more to come. Defying coronavirus safety protocol. The bay Area Business hosting indoor parties for dozens of people. And the price theyre paying. Hiring a local Company Looking for new workers. Not just for the holiday. Ready to hit the slope. Some of the covid related changes youll see. We are told to stay home. In the middle of another covid surge. People are itching to do something different. Especially if its outside. Now they have a option. A winter option. Skiing in tahoe is open. The big change you have to wear a Face Covering all the time. Even when youre on the slope. You have to make a reservation. Theres reduced capacity. The chair lifts and slopes arent crowded. You dont have to ride the chair lift with strangers. Just your party. And only make a reservation a week out. Season pass holders can book starting in december. Because its in the purple, the lodges are not open. For Indoor Dining or hanging out. Grab and go meals are available. For outside. We are really fortunate to be able to provide a great experience. Outside. Which is also allows for natural physical distancing. Everyone is just so excited to get outside and back in the fresh air. And enjoy the sport we all love so much. Back here at home. Ski rental shops are hoping to see business pick up. They took a major hit after they closed last ski season in march. The owner of the ski renter says people are starting to come in and tighten bindings and rent boards and skis. She ordered a larger variety of neck gators and Face Coverings. Required on the slope. So making adjustments and making due. North star and heavenly open today. Two more next week. And early december kick wood. Exciting. Opera ski get togethers. Thats not allowed anymore. If youre outside. Social distancing. No problem. Im always cold. I always have my gator up. Per fegt. Up next. Donald trump jr. Testing positive for coronavirus. How hes doing. And where hes isolating. Plus. People are starting to book. And getting tired of lock down. And the antihuman nonsense. Not backing down to the coronavirus guidelines. The bay area event hall in trouble with the law. Right now at 6 30. Donald trump jr. Tested positive for the coronavirus. Mr. Trump is asymptomatic and isolating in up state new york. Last month you may remember donald trump jr. Criticized for down playing the coronavirus death toll. Describing it as quote almost nothing. This is all part of the spread within the first family. President trumps youngest son recovered from the virus last month. As did the first lady and the president himself. We have this. Rudy giulianis son testing positive. Which kept him from tanding a white house meeting today. He was to join two michigan lawmakers invited to the white house. Protesters heckled them when they arrived. If the president hoped for help in changing michigans election results, the men told him they saw no reason to do so. Michigan stays. Also today georgia confirming joe Biden Victory there. In his first on camera appearance in a week. Trump took no questions from reporters after accusing drug makers of delaying vaccine announcements to hurt him mittically. By far ma ran million of dollars of negative advertisements toward me during the campaign. Which i won. Well find that out. Almost 74 million votes. President elect biden and Kamala Harris spent joe bidens 78th birthday today meeting with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and chuck schumer. Covid adviser in trouble with his boss at stanford university. She called the recent tweet offensive. It urged people who live in michigan to quote rise up. Rice is director of the hoover institution. Where atlas is a seen your fellow. Rice part of the Online Meeting of the University Faculty senate where 85 of members condemned his actions as covid adviser to the president. Citing his discouragement of mask use, disdain of medical knowledge and damage they say to stanfords reputation. The covid out break in golden gate field. 200 workers have tested positive. We first brought you the story last night. 100 employees at that time tested positive. Tonight the track says the number doubled. Everyone who tested positive is now selfisolating. According to track officials. The track is closed for the rest of the month. Officials are working with the Health Department to manage this out break. Event hall in oakland is in legal trouble. After of the city says the onner repeated repeatedly repeatedly ignored Public Health orders by hosting indoor parties. The city filed a restraining order against the man who runs the space. Its antihuman. Its satanic actually. The pandemic everyone is talking about. Himist hall in oakland says its a hoax. While other event halls in the county have followed Public Health order by saying no to indoor parties. He says yes. To birthday parties, baby showers and weddings. We charge from 600 to 800. This photograph posted to facebook on september 29 shows up tables and chairs set up indoor. Children are seen not wearing masks. There can be 200 in here. A judge sided with the city and signed off on the the restraining order. Ordering him to stop hosting gatherings. Like the baby shower scheduled for tomorrow. Its a cop came here and said if we try to do something. They would shut it down. After the expense and hassle of set up. And take me to jail. We took a look at the web site. How many events were booked december. It was shaping up to be a busy month. A retirement party. Then on the 11th a baby shower. On the 19th another baby shower. And a christmas wedding. Perhaps the most surprising event of all. A Birthday Party for someones grandma. On new years eve. Making money from indoor gatherings during a surge of covid cases is reprehensible and the judges order should be enforced to the fullest extent of the law. If the hall continues to host gatherings. Okay. Thanksgiving is less than a week away. There isnt a lack of food supply. But theres a lack of money to boo that buy that food and feed people. Its a nationwide problem. This is because of covid restrictio restrictions contribution will stretch over four days. Sacred heart is preparing 4,300 box meals with about 100 worth of food. The need is skyrocketing. Were trying to do what we can to help. We teamed up with safe way for the holiday food drive. Were joined by cat. Thank you for being with us. Theres people out there that need food and going hungry. This year is just off the chart. With so many people being unemployed and everything with covid. Were seeing lines and need like we have never seen before. Were serving 500,000 people every month. Getting them groceries when they need them. And only seeing the need continue to rise. Are you getting donations . Everyone is preoccupied right now and working at home. Sometimes we dont think outside our own home box. To help. Luckily we are in a very generous community. Folks have been stepping up. What we need help with is volunteering and donations. You can donate at safe way. And at our web site. Shfb. Org. Well do so much with the dollar. We can take one dollar and turn it into two meals. Thats amazing. When you need volunteers. Explain what they do. And how do i sign up. You were showing pictures. About 70 of the food we distribute is through drive through. We need more volunteers at distributions. Pick up a box and put it into a trunk. Folks are lining up in cars to get groceries. They run out of the savings and dont have jobs. Of course we have masks and the ppe required. That sound safe and easy. And a great thing to do. Thank you for helping. Okay. You can help families in need too. You can do what she was saying. Or easier than that. The next time youre at safe way, make a 10 donation. The money goes to the local fad bank. The food drive runs through late december. So you can do it once or multiple times. Making it in the bay. This is our series about the challenges of living here. Heres good news. A local company is desperately looking to hire the. The delivery net work as warehouses stocked physicfull o packages. We have critical information if you need a job. It is an organized but hectic scene. Online shopping has doubled their business. So, theres a lot of work but not enough workers. The Holiday Season has added to the strain on warehouse workers. The Delivery Business has been booming since the pandemic hit. And people began ordering just about everything online. Now add in the holiday rush. Were 24 7 now. All the way through. The warehouse doesnt close. Saturday and sunday. Hes working through college and wants to benefit from the labor shortage. They have weekly job fairs. And acknowledge its willing to look at anyone regardless of the experience. We watched a steady stream of applicants get processed and tour the warehouse. Is it refreshing to hear a company that needs people . Yes. It is. I was laid off. Due to the coronavirus. This is actually a really exciting experience. What makes on track recruiting different, on track says the jobs that pay about 17 an hour with benefits are not seasonal that will disappear. They are permanent. At this time. Its not seasonal. We are investing and interested in folks who are looking to stay with us long term. Warehouse work is not easy. It seems like hard work. But if you dont work hard you shouldnt be here. As essential workers, the people who get the jobs will for the most part not be affected by the new state curfew. Thank you. Up next new numbers and video showing how the reservoir is losing water. Its a good thing. Well explain. Its not easy now with this pandemic. Second harvest makes me really really happy. Meatballs, mexican rice, chicken enchiladas, and mole. For almost twenty years. Speaking in spanish the flames shoot out from balconies of the building. The building didnt have sprinklers. Which explains why the fire spread so quickly. And the building was not required because of the age and other safety features did work. Its likely theres an arsonist in pleasant ton. Two playgrounds were set on fire this month. Last night at hanson park. Causing significant damage. 75,000 estimated damage. The dam near morgan hill is close to empty. This is new video of the it being drained for an earthquake retro fit. How much water each day is getting pumped out. Equal to 98,000 olympic size swimming pools. Its expected to take eleven years to complete. 576 million. Thats a lot of water. Up before thanksgiving. Exactly. Im not the only one in the neighborhood. I know some of you are with me. Just brought he extra cheer today. They are still going strong. Despite a few loose bulbs. Well talk about how many lights in football fields on the Christmas Tree. And try to guess yourself. Ill have selections for that. And show you the question. Grocery outlet jingle do you have cheese . Of course. More cheese for less chedar do you have kale . Absolutly. More kale for less cabbage in our produce section. How about pizza . yep. More pizza for less dough in the freezer section. Now youre getting the hang of it. Grocrey outlet jingle bay area responds to viewers like you every day. Were counting up the cash we have put back in peoples ckets. Well start with patty and steve. We returned 5,000 to them. A tour Group Company wouldnt refund them for cancelled trip. Until we made contact. Chris got 220 back. After contacting us about a utility dig that went wrong. The company wasnt responding to her request. But it took action after we spoke up. Speaking of lackluster Customer Service. Lets talk about our recent survey. We posted the results of the survey showing among other things 75 of people who responded feel Customer Service has declined during covid19. You can see the results on our web site. Just click the responds option from the main menu. Thats where you can share consumer complaints or give us a call. Have a great weekend. Thank you. California favorite. Is it good . In and out opened the first location in colorado. In colorado springs. And lets say people are excited. Look at all those people in the line. Cars waiting in the line that stretched for miles. The location got so busy. It ended upd being a 14 hour wait. No way. Fries animal style. Come on. Outrageous. Back with us. Doing backyard weather. I agree. Usually we would point it out you have your lights up too early. You are bringing smiles to people. I he my lights out too. See. You know what, today i felt like i needed extra cheer. I had three wreaths up outside. And i thought why not. Put lights up and share it with you. We have great weather coming our way this weekend. If you want to get your lights up. I talked earlier about the Christmas Tree. We saw the story on nightly news. I have a question here for you. A trivia. You can think about it as we head through weather. And see where you are on this. How many football fields in Christmas Lights will the tree have this year . The first choice is 73. 68. 88. And 50 football fields. Ill have the answer coming up. Into the weather. I am following two different systems out here in the pacific. The one to the south is dry. The north rainfall chances are heading into washington and oregon. Out of that we get a spotty drizzle chance through early monday morning. We are settling back into a drier weather pattern. That is going to allow the temperatures to really start to drop for tomorrow morning. Into the cold 30s. And low 40s as we start. Sunshine tomorrow. And the dry weather and cold mornings stay with us heading through this weekend. For tomorrow morning we start with temperatures in the 30s down to 38 in the south bay. Trivalley 36. Also coming down here to 37 in the east bay. San francisco 42. North bay at 36. Daytime highs tomorrow rebound impress ily. It will be good weather to put up the Christmas Lights. More of the 60s. Another day where youre around the bay area. That again is because we have had several different systems moving in back to back. And it helps to level off the temperatures. 67 napa. In San Francisco keeps morning temperatures in the 40s. And afternoon highs in the 60s. And a chance of spotty drizzle early monday morning. And for the inland valley we have cold 30s the next several mornings. Daytime highs in the 60s. And it looks dry for thanksgiving. Back to the question, what do you think the answer is . Lets go c. A group answer . Okay. C. Look at that. You are right. He knows football. I got all confused. I tried to look up the answer and cheat. Its 50,000 lights and 100 yards for a football field. I couldnt do the math. Fife miles of lights. To put it another way. Some fun there. Nowhere near as many as i have here behind me. So smart. Youre lights look good. Thanks a lot. Up next the u. S. Racing star calls the bay area home. Hes 15. Anthony joins us next. Todays ways of working may work differently tomorrow. But you can work out anything with comcast business. Get fast, reliable, and secure internet on the nations largest gig speed network. Flexible tools like wifi you control. Voice solutions that connect you from anywhere. And expert advice here, here, or even here. Be fast. Be flexible. Bounce forward with comcast business. Get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just 64. 90 a month. Plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a 500 prepaid card when you upgrade. Switch today. Sunday night football couldnt decide how interesting a race well have in the west. It is las vegas hosting kansas city. They met in week five. Las vegas beat kc. They have been winning lately with a pounding running game. It was big play passes against the blitz. Mahomes put up 32 points but the raiders scored and made big plays against the blitz defense. If the raiders win it would be a sweep. And they would have a chance in the division. They would have the tie breaker with the two win sweep. The raiders with momentum. The quarterback taking on mahomes. Always a show. See you football night in america. Raiders and chiefs. Raiders. Sunday night. Woo. We have a new champion in town. Hes 15. Cant get a real drivers license. Hes fast and making nascar history. Maybe the next jeff gordon. Hes too young to drive legally. At 15, he is already a champion behind the wheel. With three wins and top ten finishes in ten of the eleven races this season. The teenager raced his way into the nascar history books. Jesse love gets it done. He captured the 2020 series west championship. When a nascar top development. In his rookie season. Theres a will the of cool names that have won that championship in the past. To write my name in the history book is cool. I started doing go carts. Things like that. In san jose. And since then hes been climbing, driving up the ladder. Competing in nascars cup series has been his goal since he started driving at age five. He wants to follow in the path of his idol. Hall of famer jeff gordon. My dad grew up racing with him. Hes a mentor. And he helped me out. Nicknamed the hammer for his ability to drop the hammer. Hes won close to 300 races in various formatts. He likes going fast and loves everything about the sport of racing the. Racing to the top involves sacrifice. Hes a fulltime Online Student even before the pandemic. And now with all the travel, he has to take big precautions to keep he and his team safe. From the coronavirus. Theres a lot of people that i want to see. But i cant unfortunately. Thats one of the sacrifices. Its worth it. He has big dreams and goals. Including winning the day know daytona 500. But the next is january. When he goes to the dmv. I perform better under pressure. A great quality to have bh youre driven to get to the top of the racing world. The dmv test. Can you back up now. Do you think the teenage girls will like him . No problem. Thanks for joining us. A look at the union square Christmas Tree in San Francisco. This messed up stuff that people are saying. The extreme tiktok backlash, why does sensation Charlie Demelio lose a million followers. Im so in love with tom. So many notable couples have announced a split on friday. Its called the friday news its not a coincidence, its a strategy. Shes come a long way, were counting down to the amas with dua lipa. It just made me feel like a princess. He really around that time. Straight from tiffany, how she fell madly in love with common. I was like