Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. As we hear about surges in coronavirus cases in other parts of the country. Californias numbers have been fairly steady the past several weeks and thats helping us build a better bay area. Nearly 3300 cases were reported with Southern California remaining the hardist hit region. The twoweek average is about 3200. There were another 22 deaths, which pushes californias total close to 17,000. More than 3100 people are hospitalized around the state with coronavirus. But there is very good news locally. San francisco is the first county in the bay area to move to the yellow covid19 safety tier. Thats the least restrictive tier that allows more businesses to expand and increase capacity indoors. Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra has the story. Reporter San Francisco may start to feel alive again. The city officially moving into the yellow tier today granting the least restrictive rules for reopening. Here are the big take aways. Starting next tuesday, nonessential offices can reopen indoors at 25 kristen cant wait. I feel like youre constantly in zoom meeting after zoom meeting. Reporter he is a senior researcher. Expects more than 60 of San Francisco companies will have staff physically return to the office. There are a lot of tenants that really want to get back, need to get back into the office to have a culture again, to have that work relationship that theyre missing right now. Reporter also next tuesday, indoor climbing and fitness gyms will be allowed to reopen at 25 capacity. This does not include cardio and aerobic classes, plus, masks are required. Spa services can open at 25 capacity and colleges and universities can increase classes up to 25 people. Starting november 3rd, all restaurants, shopping centers, movie theaters, places of worship, museums including zoos 50 . The timing is spot on. Daylight savings times ends december 1st. It will be super cold and super dark early. This is Perfect Timing to allow restaurants to take advantage as safely as possible. Reporter november 3rd, indoor pools and Bowling Alleys can reopen and by mid november, bars not serving food are expected to reopen outdoors. We dont know what the guidelines are going to be for outside bars. I would imagine face masks need to be worn. Reporter the citys case count of covid19 doesnt meet the threshold to qualify for the yellow tier, but mayor london breed explains the equity met trick do metric does. We need to be i canble in our approach and not just concentrating on the population but the entire city, especially those communities most impacted by the virus. Reporter stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Napa county has good news. As the number of covid19 cases decreases, it will join alameda and santa clara in orange or moderate tier for precautionary restrictions. This will impact indoor capacities but as Wayne Freedman explains, there is at least one business that will finally get to open its doors after months of being closed. At the napa bowl, this is what moving from red to orange sounds like. I love to hear this sound again. Its been a long time. Reporter dan cannot talk about his place without bringing up decades of family owned history of switch months of closures, the place finally reopens. Today a run through. These are all my people in the crew. Reporter guys like j. C. , the custodian and guy friday was happy to be here. The lanes are great. Im rusty. Reporter when napa goes from red to orange, the Bowling Alley may allow 25 capacity. 25 is better than no percent. Reporter it means the bar attracting customers again and same at the restaurant for alex soto. Great. Reporter in napa, not only the Bowling Alley may reopen but wineries may open the indoor tasting rooms and same here in town. In downtown napa, adam has been serving customers outside beginning tomorrow, they may come in but. I just think the rules dont make sense now. They arent consistent. Why can i reopen but maybe some other business cannot . Reporter as napa goes orange, restaurants may expand Indoor Service to 50 but in practical terms, sean otoole questions how much of a difference it will make. 50 he says is still not sustainable. At this point in time, 2020, i dont know what is right. Reporter but now in an Orange County, they will have to settle for better. In napa, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. State Health Officials issued guidelines today to reopen theme parks and prosporting events. The green light was given for the 49ers to allow a limited number of fans to attend games at levi stadium. Santa clara county leaders stepped in saying it could create a super spreader event. Here is david louie. Reporter it was long awaited guidelines on two key fronts, theme parks and pro sports. But it also exposed how county and state leaders are not on the same page. State Health Secretary mark galley said for example a pro team playing in an outdoor stadium in a tier three or Orange County can allow fans up to 25 capacity. Ticket sales would be restricted to a 120 mile radius. To limit the mixing and certainly discouraging out of state travel or far away travel for multiple days in order to enjoy a sporting event. Reporter the niners and levi stadium qualify under the guidelines with santa clara and Orange County, however, county officials wont allow it. This is the worst thing in the world to be doing at a time period when california is beginning to see some light. This amounts to another step backwards. Reporter the 49ers front Office Issued a statement how it plans to proceed. Our organization will continue to collaborate with local public Health Officials to implement a plan that protects the health and wellness of all San Francisco 49ers and levi stadium employees, patrons and our community. As pressure builds from theme park operators, fans and unions representing thousands of laid off employees, the state gave hope smaller theme parks below 15,000 capacity could reopen in orange counties. Attendances capped at 25 or up to 500 people. However, larger theme parks, such as disneyland must wait for a county to have tier four or yellow status. Disneylands resort home of Orange County remains in the red category. Dr. Galley reasons large theme parks draw visitors from wide areas for multiple days and patronize surrounding businesses. People may keep their guard up while theyre in, lets say, a theme park but Milling Around the community, their guard may go down and that could be just enough to create outbreaks and transmission risks that california just doesnt want to see. Reporter the Industry Group representing theme parks across the state said the guidelines will keep their facilities closed indefinitely prolong unemployment and harm the economy of local communities and businesses. Disney is the Parent Company of abc 7. David louie, a bbc 7 news. We made it easy to keep tabs on the rules with this interactive reopening tracker is on ourabc 7. Com. A single mother that lost her job in the pandemic and couldnt get the Unemployment Benefits she needed from the edd. It left her and her 4yearold boy living in a car. That hardship has turned to real hope and Michael Finney is live with an update. Were so glad to hear, michael. I got to tell you, dan, there is so much good news here i hardly know where to start. Let me tell you that the edd came through and so did many, many others. I just started losing everything one by one. I told you about shelby hues. The single mom living a happy life with her 4yearold boy kalan until the pandemic hit. Shelby lost both of her jobs and then the edd cut off her benefits with no explanation. She and her son began living in their car. I tried to tell edd, too, i understand that im just another claim. Im just another number, but to me, this is my life. I mean, honestly, i was heart broken. Across the state, an overwhelming response. It brought become a lot of memories when i was a single mom. It just broke my heart to see her and her son in their car at night. I put myself in her situation and it was just one of those things that you just have to do what you have to do to help another mom. Shelby told me about frightening nights alone and how kalan belonged to go to a Swimming Pool he had seen but could not have. Offers of help came pouring in. You can tell her she can come here with her son and i have a pool and i saw he wanted to swim and i thought oh my gosh. Patty in oak lley offered a room in her home and a pool. I have work available if its a case of child care. Karen in vallejo offered a job. We have guest quarters and they can come and wouldnt have to see us. They could come here and stay. Thats doyle in napa. My husband and i just looked at our budget and we could afford to give her 1,000. And then there is janelle in redland. He started a go fund me. If it makes a difference if she gets help, thats great. You just want babies to be safe. It raised 58,000. First of all, i want to be able to say thank you to everybody and how much youre going to change my sons life. I could never thank all of you enough. And then the reason 7 on your side got involved in the first place. Shelby finally got her benefits after our report aired or at least most of the benefits. I dont know, it is still all so surreal to me. The payments from last spring suddenly popped into her account. The edd tells us were so very glad to hear this case was cleared up for shelby hughes. We hate to see any claim any clc up. No words describe how much peace my heart has right now. Now, we ask edd what went wrong in this case siting privacy, they didnt answer. I dont care. Im feeling so good about this and about the bay area. Im sure you agree. Absolutely. This broke all of our hearts. We knew people would respond but no idea it would be to this level. Fantastic. Thank you. Great work. To show your support for shelby and to share this story with your friends, its such a powerful story, look for it on abc 7 news. Com. Once you drop off your ballot, where does it go . How do you make sure it gets counted . Im liz kreutz getting answers on voting two weeks before election day. Im spencer christian. The weather is turning cooler but fire danger remains high. Details in the accuweather forecast coming up. I just asked her what she wanted for dinner. It was the last conversation that man ever had with his wife. What happened next is a heartbreaking story the Justice Department filed an anti biggest confronatitation betwee government and tech giant in decades. Chris nguyen explains how the Technology Giant is responding. Reporter todays filing of a landmark anti trust case against google could be the start of more action to come against some of the key players in silicon valley. This is one of the first real examples that we have of the government trying to actually do something about the tech industry. Reporter googles dominance in Online Search and advertising has been under the microscope for years with critics calling for the company to be broken up. The Senior Editor says that the Company Controls roughly 90 of web searches across the world. The big concern the government has is googles power is so big that it is almost impossible for competitors to be able to really grow and compete. Reporter the federal case alleges that the tech giant used billions of dollars collected from its search advertising revenues to pay phone manufacturers and Companies Like apple to ensure that google is the default Search Engine on their brouwers. Google believes the lawsuit is flawed saying people use google because they choose to, not because theyre forced to or because they cant find alternatives. This lawsuit would do nothing to help consumers. To the contrary it would artificially property up lower quality search alternatives, raise phone prices and make it harder for people to get search features. The company has a website with an outline to the competition and how people can change settings on their devices. The Anti Trust Laws here in the United States are supposed to be to ill prove the welfare of consumers. Reporter professor donald dean at the Santa Clara University school of law says the government might have a hard time making its case. In fact, our Anti Trust Laws were originally ran in the 1890s and centered around alcohol, tobacco and commodities at the time. They have to find ways to establish how the American Public is being harmed by googles activities and not just the competitors that are have the ear of the government and complaining. Reporter the Search Engine is also free for consumers who have the ultimate say in whether or not they want to use it. The cybersecurity expert professor. You have to find a sweet spot to protect the data at the same time youre not slowing down the innovation, which is the spirit of the silicon valley. Reporter analysts say the lawsuit will be wrapped up in years to come in litigation. Can you believe election day is just two weeks away . California were seeing record early voting. So far more than 4 Million People in the state returned their ballots. Abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz has a look why voters are anxious to get ballots in early. Reporter inside the Santa Clara County register of voters office, boxes and boxes and boxes of ballots. We have over 218,000 that have already voted. Reporter that number is huge. Its three times the number of ballots theyed had received at this point in 2016. Across the state there is record turnout with more than 4 million bl ballots returned. People are excited and want to turn out and vote. Reporter outside the register of voters office, we met a voter from campbell. I voted yes Everybody Needs to get out here and do this. Reporter robin says her enthusiasm is one reason she voted early but not the on one. Because what is happening with the voting polls, with the post office, i didnt want to take any chance. Reporter like robin, voter after voter today had the same concern. I wanted to make certain of course there was no issues with regards to it possibly getting lost in the mail ordeal laid. We want to make sure it was right at the Central Location to be counted. Reporter once you drop off your ballot, you can track it. To make sure it ends up here. You can do that at wheres my ballot. Com. Once in the hands of the county, it gets sorted and counted. How do you keep the ballots secure . At the end of the night, this gate locked and they connect and its secured and cameras are on this area. This is where all the ballots are. Reporter despite some voting anxieties, the numbers are clear. People are turning out. For 21yearold laylanni its the first time for a president ial election. It feels good. Its kind of scary because theres a lot on the line right now. Reporter in san jose, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. Were under a red flag warning again right now and the fire risk could lead to pg e turning off the not as hot as it has been but donan, not out of the woods yet. Spencer christian is tracking the weather. Fire danger is imminent. Youre so right, dan, and ama, were going into a bit of a cooler pattern right now but the fire danger will be with us for a few more days. Temperatures that are a few degrees warmer than they were few Degrees Higher than yesterday. So lets take a closeup look. This is a view from the last rays of the setting sun, embracing the higher buildings in San Francisco. Its 65 in the city. 74 in oakland, 76 in mountain view, san jose 78 and 54 Half Moon Bay and a nice view from mt. Tam. Mid 70s santa rosa and upper 70s napa. Upper 80s fairfield and concord. Here is a view of the setting sun from emeryville and the forecast features, high fire danger all week long even as it gets cooler we can expect dry, gusty winds from now throughout the end of the week and a l cooing pattern from now to thursday and continue through saturday. Overnight, forecast animation looks like this. Mostly clear skies over the bay and inland. Little hint of a marine layer will form now but it wont push very far across the bay. We can expect mostly skies overnight and mostly sunny skies tomorrow. Overnight low temperatures will range from low 50s at the coast and north bay valleys to mid 50s everywhere else and then tomorrow, look for highs ranging from 67 Half Moon Bay to 73 San Francisco and upper 70s in the bay and inland areas upper 80s to low 90s. Le lets look at the fire danger. Red flag warning is in effect until 8 00 tomorrow morning for north bay locations, napa, sonoma and a good portion of lake county. Now, this will expire tomorrow morning but then tomorrow night, at 10 00, an expanded red flag warning goes into effect for the same north bay areas and nearly all of the east bay there, the Higher Elevations and the inland east bay, the valleys, everything except the bay shoreline of the east bay and thursday morning, 1 00 a. M. To friday 8 00 a. M. , the red flag warning goes into effect for the Santa Cruz Mountains in the peninsula coast. Excuse me. Im losing my voice here. One more thing to show you in terms of fire danger, a fire weather watch will be in effect from 10 00 p. M. Tomorrow, tomorrow n