Up with this. Were considering full disclosure, a little preview, the notion of a curfew. Reporter Nothing Official has been announced yesterday, Marin County Public Health director told kristen sze hes not surprised. Were aware this is on the table. Its something thats more co common back east in massachusetts, virginia. Reporter massachusetts statewide curfew requires residents stay home between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Daily unless going to work and most businesses, restaurants and bars must close by 9 30. George rutherford imagines thats what newsom is consideri considering. Its a lockdown less detrimental to business because they can be open some parts of the day. Reporter the point rutherford says is to limit late night socializing where alcohol is often involved and people might let guards down. Countries and cities in europe have tried it. In europe its closing bars. Its a big push. The closing between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Where i live in Alameda County, i dont see a lot open during those hours. Reporter which brings us to the big question, how effective are curfews . He says they do appear to have some impact but the victerdict out on how much. I dont know if it makes a major impact. Reporter he hopes californias restrictions with 94 of the population in a purple tier county will be enough to slow the spread. Id say lets hold in reserve and look at the numbers from a from now and make a decision at that point in time. Reporter liz kreutz, abc 7 news. For now a curfew is just talk but they exist in some cities and states. We asked dr. Patel about the possibility of one being enacted. This comes down to behavior. A curfew, im not sure its legally mandated like the 14day travel restriction. Thats something we need to take seriously and hopefully, by hearing that, we realize this winter could be really bad if were not careful. Yesterday Governor Newsom said hes looking at places that have curfews and how it worked. Restaurants, bars and Retail Stores must close from 10 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. Beginning friday. As we inch closer to thanksgiving, there are mixed messages about travel, mainly, can you test for covid19 and then leave the bay area . A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro went in search of answers. Reporter the messages from San FranciscoHealth Officials is clear, stay home this thanksgiving. Please, do not use testing to determine whether you can travel or not. We have seen the repeated failure, the repeated failure of this type of testing strategy across the country. Reporter but 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 gather with family members. Dr. George rutherford is a professor at uc San Francisco. Its both. You know, so dr. Colfax is 100 correct. This is the most current Public Health advice, which is just dont do it. Stay inside your family. No amount of testing is going to absolutely guarantee youre going to be safe. Reporter that being said. However, if theyre not going to do that and were into kind of 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, solano and sonoma say avoid traveling for the holidays but if you do, get tested prior and after and they recommend quarantining 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 of pier 30. According to the San Francisco covid command center, city test sf limits the number of Appointments Available in advance to ensure essential workers with symptoms and have been exposed are prioritized for testing. Most counties agree the safest way to celebrate this Holiday Season is virtually or with members of your household. Melanie woodro, abc 7 news. Health officials are urging people not to gather, they are acknowledging some people may likely ignore that advice. Abc 7 Leslie Brinkley looked into the testing alternatives in Contra Costa County. Everybody here is waiting for coming to take their covid test . Reporter a swab before thanksgiving and a swab testify thanksgiving, thats the holiday alternative to staying home that contra costa Health Officials are dishing out. The safest thing is to 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 just three months ago but theyre going ahead with the meal. Its only two households. Probably around maximum ten people. We still want to be safe. Anyone who 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 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 work and live in Contra Costa County, the point is make it a point to get tested five to seven days after thanksgiving. Im Leslie Brinkley, abc 7 news. In the north bay, new coronavirus restrictions went into place today in marin county after it moved from orange tier into the red tier. A restaurant was dealing with the stricter safety guidelines as it set up outdoor dining. Indoor dining is banned. Marins county Health Officer says covid19 cases doubled since the beginning of the month. Lets take you to the east bay. It was the last day for people to workout inside a gym in Alameda County. Gyms can only operate outdoors after the county slipped down into the purple tier. This Planet Fitness location in oakland just reopened indoors last friday. Movie theaters and places of worship are also limited to outdoors only. We have continuing coverage on the coronavirus, of course, on abc7news. Com and on the abc 7 news app, as well including an interactive map of what is open and closed in the bay area counties and the rest of the state. We also have our exclusive holiday risk calculator where you can weigh the risks of different activities. Breaking news now, lets take a live look from fifth and Market Street in downtown San Francisco. You can see the heavy Police PresenceNear Union Square where an officer shot someone this evening. It happened after 5 00. Bart trains arent stopping because of this police activity. We will bring you updates on the story as we get them on abc7news. Com as well as our abc 7 news app. For now, you can see that chillily outside and dark as it gets cooler. Much needed rain has been hitting the bay area. Spencer christian is here with more. Ama, its wet, raw and windy. Here is a live look. Its still raining across much of the bay area especially the east bay from san ramon to Discovery Bay down to livermore and hayward and fremont. Parts of the south bay, as well mainly in the Higher Elevations there. Most of this is light to moderate rain with an occasional downpour. The storm ranks one on the impact scale tonight and tomorrow we expect more light to moderate rain mainly tonight, gusty wind over the hills and scattered showers. Tomorrow here is the forecast animation picking it up at 7 00. 9 00 tonight most of the rain in the east bay and south bay and a little bit of not so much a break as the rain tapering off a bit during the overnight hours but waves of new rain will arrive first in the north bay tomorrow morning and sweep southward, eastward much as todays waves of rain did. So we have more wet weather coming our way. Ill have details on the complete accuweather sevenday forecast in a few minutes, dan and ama. Bring it on, spencer, we need it. As we continue, a bay area professor who had covid19 eight months ago is still suffering adverse effects. What he wants everyone to know. Plus. Why dont you act like a white person in a white neighborhood . A family confronted in for people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto. Or high blood potassium. All otc pain relievers including volthave one thing in common none are proven stronger or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large theres surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. Hisamitsu. The Oakland Fire Department is mourning the loss of a chief who suffered a heart attack and died at the hospital. 42yearold sean laffan collapsed at the departments offices around 5 00 yesterday. He was rushed to Summit Medical center where he did die several hours later, unfortunately. Laffan 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. Health and an important part of our efforts to build a better bay area. Doctors at the stanford hospital are bracing for the next surge of covid19 patients. The hospital opened a year ago today and nobody had an idea a pandemic would hit within a matter of months. Chris nguyen explains how stanford is preparing for whats ahead. Reporter with covid19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise, medical providers across the bay are bracing for an ill innoce imminent surge. Its like waiting for a hurricane, you know its coming and dont know the details and where its going to land but we know we have to be ready for something and all those preparations are happening now. Reporter the new stanford hospital opened up one year ago today ushering in the latest technology. In room digital and teleconferencing tools helped preserve ppe. We know more about the virus and how to protect ourselves. Reporter little did they know how valuable their newly built private patient rooms would be. We have negative air flow there allowstous tr us to treat patients in their sequestered environment for patients and whether youre here for your normal course of care and treatment. Reporter the Stanford Emergency Department saw 314 patients on monday setting an alltime high for daily visits. Of those, nearly onethird were cases possibly related to covid19. If needed, the hospital is ready to reconfigure parts of the campus to accommodate more patients. Infectious disease experts are tracking the stats as they work to make sense of this deadly virus. Watching the daily case rate, its not good. Its going up every single day. Even in the bay area. So we just need to know were not immune yet. Reporter and a reminder that covid19 test results only provide you with the snapshot in time. It doesnt encompass days immediately before or the days immediately after that you might have been exposed to the illness or might start to manifest symptoms. Reporter a plea from the Health Care Community as we head into the Holiday Season. I implore people to make important decisions about travel and get tonights. We all want to see our family and friends right now. This is not the year to do it. Reporter at stanford, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Were learning more every day about the long term effects of covid19. A stanford professor says he tested positive in march and he can only focus about 45 34iminu a day. Reporter for nickelous, his Covid Recovery has been grueling. Our interview lasted ten minutes. He says he can only focus for 45 minutes a day. Thanks to covid. All of a sudden, i found i just couldnt concentrate anymore. It was difficult to read even. You would see worlds on the screen but you couldnt interpret them. Reporter he says covid impacted his neurological abilities. In march, when he tested positive, he says he was only able to focus for 15 minutes. Eight months later, the long term effects continue pushing him to make a tough decision, taking a sabbatical year from teaching to recover. It became apparent i wasnt able to actually lecture for a full hour or hour and a half like normal. My brain would shut down. Reporter the Infectious Disease doctor says the long term effects. People have difficulty with smell and taste and thats all linked to the brain but whether or not its the virus itself traveling up the nerves or some other way its getting to the brain is controversial. Reporter so at this point, what are your doctors telling you . How long will it take for you to recover . The doctors say this is a result of a post viral inflammation and its your bodys immune system reacting and it should eventually go away but it could be a year or more. Reporter hes staying positive rationing those 45 minutes every day. We have to hold out hope, though, like everyone that eventually it will get better but it can be tough in the middle. Reporter luz pena, abc 7 news. In the east bay a white woman was caught on camera holding a taser accusing a black family who lives across the street of quote acting black. You are a black person in a white neighborhood and youre acting like one. Why dont you act like a white person in a white neighborhood . The woman in this video is adonna dean seen confronting her neighbors. She was upset about the familys 2yearold pit bull dice being outside. Keeping calm was the most important thing. She had a stun gun. Had i or my sister, any of them got physical myself with her the storely would be this black family is assaulting this white lady in the streets. Deans husband acknowledged the incident but called it minor. They said they hope this is a sign racism cant be tolerated. Fighting for racial and social justice is a big part of our effort to build a better bay area. Go to abc7news. Com tax for a list of local resources. In the east bay, one of the Largest School districts in Contra Costa County is allowing for more students to resume in person learning. They were met with teachers cheering and holding pom poms in danville. All schools in the San Ramon Valley district are allowing for small groups of kids on campus. Parents seemed, yes, ecstatic their kids would be back in the classroom for the first time in months. Elated. Majestic. Everything, im so happy first day back. Its a little normalcy even though were closing back down. Ill take whatever i can get. This comes as the county moved to the more restrictive purple tier. The district will keep a close eye on the staff and adjust a g accordi accordingly. More to come, hundreds of families get help for the holidays. The thanksgiving food donations a fanfavorite venue ever since they got gigspeed internet. Xfinity gives them the ultimate home field advantage. Its their 12th man. Protector. Hey, amy . Want to grab a seat . Julie, were live. 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Its 58 here in the city. 61 across the bay. In oakland, Mountain View 57 and san jose gilroy and 55 at Half Moon Bay and here is the view at the golden gate where the pavement doesnt look quite so wet right now. Maybe a little break in the rain there right now well still exercise caution if i were driving out there. Temperature readings range from mid to upper 50s. Santa rosa, quiet there, as well. You see breaks in the clouds but dont count on that lasting long because more rain is on the way. Scattered showers overnight and periods of light rain tomorrow and it will start to taper off late in the day tomorrow and a drier pattern for the remainder of the week going into the weekend. For right now, excuse me, right now we have a storm ranking one on the abc 7 storm impact scale and as i pointed out, light to moderate rain tonight, gusty wind and scattered showers will follow tomorrow. Here is the forecast animation taking us into later hours this evening, 9 00 or so well see the rain push not too much further east and south than where it is now but then well get not a break but tapiering of with spotty