Reporter while San Francisco sounds that message loudly, some counties are suggesting otherwise. Contra costa county held a press conference called testing for turkey advising residents to test for covid19 if they are going to gather with family members. Dr. George rutherford is a professor at u. C. Season fran. Its both. You know, so the doctor is 100 . This is the most Current Public Health advice, which is just dont do it. Stay inside your family, you know, no amount of testing is going to guarantee youll be safe. Reporter that being said. However, if they dont do that and were into harm reduction. Reporter it seems Health Officials across the bay area recognize they can tell you to stay home, but not everyone will. Like Contra Costa County, alameda, santa clara, marin, so solano and sonoma say avoid traveling for the holidays but if you do, get tested before and after and quarantine for 14 days if youre exposed to covid19. Finding a test before thanksgiving can be challenging. San Francisco City test sf shows no available appointments at embarcadero pier 30. City test sf limits the number of Appointments Available in advance to ensure essential workers that have symptoms and those workers that have been exposed are prioritized for testing. Most counties agree the safest way to celebrate this Holiday Season is virtually whe lly or members of your household. Mel knanie woodro, abc 7 news. Health officials are urging people not to gather but acknowledge some people will ignore that advice. Lessee brinkley digging into the testing alternatives in Contra Costa County. Everyone here is ready for coming to take their covid test . Yes. Reporter a swab before thanksgiving and a swab after thanksgiving, thats the holiday alternative to staying home. The Contra Costa CountyHealth Officials are dishing out. We think the safest thing is not gather outside your household. We know, though, that some people will not follow that. Reporter so they rolled out a testing for turkey option. This family from pittsburgh was the first to take advantage of it. A daughter home from college, her grandfather lost to covid three months ago but they are going ahead with the meal. Its only two households, probably around maximum ten people. Its not that much. But were still wanting to be safe. Anyone that lives or works in Contra Costa County can get access to no cost, convenient covid19 testing at any of our 13 Community Testing sites. Reporter results come back in less than two days and for the moment, there are plenty of appointments. Relatives coming from out of state cannot get tested here. Its suggested they get tested in their hometown before they leave. For those who live and work in Contra Costa County, the suggestion there is make an appointment and get tested again five to sevendays after thanksgiving. Im lessee brinkley, abc 7 news. Indoor dining is banned in every county almost. The only place where it is still allowed is in san mateo county. When it comes to cases, there are more than 8 700 reported today in california. Thats lower than the past couple days. The Positivity Rate which is a good indicator continues to rise. The 14day is at 4. 7 . Developing news, california senator Dianne Feinstein is coming under fire after being caught on camera today not wearing a mask. She was at the u. S. Capital building for a hearing. This shows senator feinstein during the questioning but so was everyone else on the panel. The clip shows her before the hearing in the hallway talking with two gentlemen both Wearing Masks while she was not. One of the Largest School districts in Contra Costa County allowed more students to return for in Person Learning today despite the county moving backwards into the most restrictive purple tier yesterday as abc News ReporterAmy Hollyfield shows us all schools in san ramon district have a small group of kids on campus. Im so happy reporter this is what a mom looks like after dropping 6yearold twin boys at school for the First Time Since march. This is how he feels. Elated. Majestic. Everything. Im so happy first day back. Its a little bit of normalcy, even though were closing back down, ill take whatever i can get. Reporter faculty at San Ramon Valley high school in danville greeted students with cheers as they headed in. Teachers and administrators are thrilled to see students on campus again. Parents say the kids are just as excited. I dont think ive seen her as corporative in like six or seven months to lets get ready for school. She brushed her teeth, did her hair, got dressed, breakfast, snack. Its like christmas morning. It was great. Reporter this plan to allow small groups of kids back that need extra attention for in Person Learning was in place before the county was sent back to the purple tier in the states reopening plan. San mammoramon valley administr agreed to move forward. We got an email from the special education superintendent lady, and she comforted us and let us know they are taking precautions and safety and at this point, we just have to go with it. So try not to worry about it. Reporter administrators say each campus welcomed back about a dozen or fewer students today. These are english learners, special education kids, orchids who are just struggling, not thriving at home. In danville, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Earlier today on getting answers, state superintendent tony therman was a guest. Businesses can reopen with mod ka fa ca modifications, what is stopping high schools . Cant open. Says high schools what were doing, local School Districts are making decisions but being cautious, as they should. To be clear, a lot of counties have fallen into a situation where businesses have had to close, you know, Indoor Dining and things of that nature. Were seeing a scaling back and i think thats a signal that we should be careful as it relates to schools, as well. Therman added with many counties going back to the purple tier, we should expect plans of resuming in Person Learning to be put on hold. You can watch getting answers every weekday at 3 00 p. M. Bottle rock, napa valley is pushed back to Labor Day Weekend next year. The annual Music Festival typically happens around memorial day but organizers are waiting for the fall out of an abundance of caution. The Oakland Museum of california postponed the reopening. The museum was scheduled to reopen this friday. Now that the county moved into the purple tier, thats not going to happen. It will monitor and align with local and state recommendations. Turning to our weather and rain finally coming down all across the bay area. This is video from san mateo where you can see the rain not stopping people from heading outside. Lets take a live look. Mt. Tam. Far left. When the weather is bad, its always socked in like that. Larry, as you know, its still with us. I was heavier and more wide spread throughout the day. Still wet in many locations. On live doppler 7, the greatest concentration of rain appears to be down to the north bay. Not so much in the lower lying areas like in san jose and Mountain View and the rain shadow areas, mainly in the heehee Higher Elevations but its still wet and more rain waves coming our way. The storm ranks one. For tonight and early tomorrow, we expect more periods of light to moderate rain followed by scattered showers, rainfall. 10 to. 75. As we take you into the evening hours, this current wave of rain sweeping eastward and moving, not moving out but tapering off but that will be followed by other periods of rain during the late night overnight hours. Early tomorrow morning more waves of rain pushing on shore so this rainfall event will not be over until late tomorrow and its still snowing in the sierra where we have a winter storm warning in effect until 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow, ill have a closer look at the details in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Thank you. The rain is here but does that mean fire season is over . Mixed messages clearing up confusion over covid19 and the holidays. And caught on camera, a racist tirade in discove my body is truly powerful. I have the power to lower my a1c. Because my body can still make its own insulin. And trulicity activates my body to release it, lowering my blood sugar from the first dose. Onceweekly trulicity responds when my body needs it, 24 7. Trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. It isnt for people with type 1 diabetes. Dont take trulicity if youre allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. 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Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. In the east bay a white woman was caught on camera holding a stun gun accusing a black family of acting black. Dion lim brings us the story from discovery bay. You know what . Unfortunately, thats the pretty of being black in america. Reporter this is the interaction the jones family never expected to happen in their quiet neighborhood. You guys are acting like black people, you shouldnt, you should act like white people. You are a black person in a white neighborhood and youre acting like one. Act like a white person in a white neighborhood. Reporter who is seen holding her poodle in one hand and a stun gun in the other upset over the jones 2yearold pit bull dice. I dont want to see that dog outside. Hes going to be outside. I have a right like everyone else. I was raised in Oklahoma City where there were tons of black people. But youre acting like what . People that arent normal. Normal to her is people that will lay down and submit to unfortunately, her white privilege. Reporter the jones say in 12 years living in the neighborhood, their interactions with the deans have been pleasant including on monday when they took dice for a walk. I crossed the street to get the deans side of the story. Are you mr. Dean . Yeah. Reporter after acknowledging mondays incident. This is your wife across the street. He declined speaking to me. This is a minor incident and its on tv . Reporter and shut the door. While uncomfortable, the jones are not afraid. They said keeping calm is parliament. She had a stun gun. Had my sister or any of them got physical, myself, with her, the story would have been, hey, this black family is assaulting this white lady in the streets. Reporter they are choosing to turn this incident into a learning lesson for their family and all black americans. I want my son to grow up and be proud of who he is and i hope that people all over the country learn from this and that they see that this cant be tolerated. Reporter he and the family have a me slogan. Well act black in our white neighborhood. Reporter in discovery bay, dion lim, abc 7 news. Racism is now considered an urgent threat to Public Health in the united states. The American Medical Association made that designation. Its doctors say Research Proves marginalized community haves shorter life spans, more chronic illnesses and less access to care. They want to dismantle policies and practices in health care. Fighting for racial and social justice, that is just part of building a better bay area. To find your ally, go to a b abc7news. C abc7news. Com take action for a listresources. The Oakland Fire Department is mourning the loss of a chief that suffered a heart attack on the job and died at the hospital. 42yearold sean laffan collapsed around 5 00 yesterday. He was rushed to the Medical Center where he died several hours later. He worked for the Department Since graduating from the fire academy 20 years ago. Hes survived by his wife and three sons, one of whom is a probationary firefighter in oakland. Now back to our rainy weather. One positive aspect to the rain is that it could mark the beginning of the end of fire season, at least in northern california. Abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman in Sonoma County where a little rain is a big relief. Reporter if you prayed for rain in a fire zone, they were answered today. In the sky hawk neighborhood of santa rosa, its proof of the difference six weeks can make and david masterly living proof. We last saw david on september 29th when he and his wife anna hiked eight miles into the glass Fire Evacuation zone to see if their house had survived the odds after the furry of those flames. We took two separate cars and we were not together and i thought okay, im going to have to say goodbye to my husband via text. Reporter most of the 32 homes destroyed by the glass fire had been in sky hawk, just a fraction of the losses in californias worst fire season ever. 8100 incidents, 4. 5 million acres burned with more than 400,000 of them in the north counties. Does the rain mean its finally over . Mentally were ready for it to be absolutely over. Technically, we have to see how much rain we get. Reporter if this rain does mean the end of fire season, it doesnt mean the end of concerns. Too much rain, we have another set of problems from run off and from mudslides. So now this, the stuff they call wa wattle. The city delivered tons of it and residents have taken all they can get to divert water. More than an inch of rain per hour and we could see problems. There is a happy medium and thats what were looking for. Enough rain to end fire season and promote regroewth but not to much to contribute or create large scale incidents like debris flows and mud slows. Reporter for david matterly, his home survived but could rain forever after what he and his wife have been through, the end of fire season will feel like a break. I dont know what the deal is going to be but i dont think its going away any time soon. Reporter in santa rosa, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. All right. When walking this morning, it was a little i want to say dristy, is that a combination of misty and drizzling . I dont know. What will it be tomorrow . We have rain falling around the bay area tonight. Not so wide spread or heavy as some spots earlier today. Its wet out there and the roadways are wet so the evening commute will be challenging. Here is a live look at doppler 7. You can see how wide spread the rain is. It started in the north bay and right now there is not much hatcheni happening there. Across the bay to the east bay down the peninsula. A closer look shows you this whole area is our wettest area now but more waves of rain are developing offshore and moving in our direction. Its pretty windy in some spots. Gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour and its generally breezy across the entire region. Some of the rain is wind driven. Right now, 57 degrees in San Francisco, 61 across the bay and oakland, Mountain View 58 and 61 san jose. Gilroy 65 and 55 at half moon bay. And here is the view from the Golden Gate Bridge looking northward where the heavier rain originated this morning, so cloudy up there. Wet in a few spots and wet pavement on the golden gate. Th th 56 livermore and looking at walnut creek where there was some rain drops just hitting the camera lens just a minute ago, looks like the rain has let up there just a little bit but once again, wet and slippery pavement on the roadways. Scattered showers and light rain tomorrow, dry pattern will follow and that will continue into the weekend. One on the abc 7 storm impact scale and into the afternoon and light rain followed by scattered showers as the system weakens and rainfall potential, the additional rainfall potential anywhere from about. 10 to about. 75 in the wettest areas. Frecast animation taking us into the evening hours shows rain continuing to taper off a bit exempt for isolated spots but notice more waves and rain developing offshore that will be swinging through during the overnight hours and then early tomorrow morning, during the morning commute, well see more organized areas of rain sweeping in. The wet weather is going to persist through at least the first for the of the day tomorrow and rainfall totals as we mentioned, additional totals will range from a few hundredths of an inch to. 25. Its snowing in the sierra, we have warnings until 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Well probably see one to two feet of snow above 6500 feet. Overnight lows, mid 50s for the most part and tomorrows highs ab