Dr. Coal fox expects San Francisco could move to purple by then. A curfew would have to be implemented within 48 hours of that announcement. By the look of the citys latest case counts, we technically already qualify to be in that category. The third surge, there is no question. Its not a matter of if it will happen. It is happening. A stern warning from dr. Coal f colfax as covid is surging. What is really important is that curve, that steep slope of increasing cases. The 14day average of cases increased 152 since november 1st. Thats one of the highest spikes in the bay area. To put it in perspective, 217 new covid cases were reported in mid october. Nearly a month later, that number is 768. This rate of increase is higher than we experienced during our summer surge. On monday, San Francisco was safely in the red zone but todays data indicates the citys cases per capita is far past the threshold to be in purple. A surge that could overwhelm hospitals across the city that are already reporting limited icu space. Health care system is bracing for an influx of patients over the next one to two weeks. The medical director of ucsfs Emergency Department expects the next surge of hospitalizations will be more severe cases. You know, in the second week of their illness is when we know people tend to either start Getting Better or might get more sick. As the infection gets a little worse or pneumonia develops, those patients may end up in the e. R. Again and a good number of those will be hospitalized. The Field Hospital can accommodate 99 patients to help with the surge. Dr. Colfax expects the city could have hundreds of people in the hospital by late december, early january to help avoid reaching that point, the message to stay home, avoid travel and limit gatherings couldnt be more clear. The choices we, you, i make in the next two weeks will determine the trajectory of this holiday season. Now, dr. Colfax also pointed out the city may also be closing indoor gyms, museums, movie theaters and worship facilities as well as limiting capacity at retail outlets if cases do not improve. Just another reminder why keeping those gatherings to immediate family and limiting travel is so crucial as we head into the holidays. Stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Now, speaking of the holidays, we know the state has indicated gatherings should be no more than three households. Did dr. Colfax weigh in . He said those gatherings should be immediate family or people within your bubble should not exceed more than six people. Not excehe overall message froms people have become complacent and we certainly see that reflected in the numbers. All right. Stephanie sierra reporting. Dr. Sarah cody is sounding the alarm about a surge in santa clara county. The city is seeing an increase in the number of people getting infected and hospitalizations. If things dont change, the south bay could have a crisis in its hands in weeks. We are indeed at a critical juncture at this pandemic and the choices that each of us make in the next two weeks may mean the difference between enough Hospital Capacity to care for all of us and our families and friends and not enough. Santa clara county reported 407 covid cases today. That is its highest single day total since march. Covid cases in burkely are soaring, as well with much of the sudden spike attributed to a major covid outbreak among work ers at Golden Gate Fields racetrack, which is currently shut down. Leslie brinkly spoke to Community Leaders who sadly are not surprised. More than 100 racetrack workers at golden gate field along the bay tested positive for covid leading the track to issue a statement saying theyre suspending all live racing through the end of november. Management says all facilities have undergone a thorough cleaning as they work with the Berkeley Public Health department to get things under control. The vast stable area just south of the track is home to over 1,000 horses and 400 people according to the Multi Cultural Institute in berkeley. Groomers and trainers live in crowded conditions there and theyre not surprised to learn the outbreak is centered among them. Theyre the caretakers to the horses. They live above the stables. You can sort of see them when youre driving past on the freeway, but as i mentioned, theyre very vulnerable population that isnt really taking advantage or has access to the Services Provided by similar organizations like ourselves or the city of berkeley. Outside the gates to the stable area, this announcement at lunchtime. It is of extreme importance everybody follow social distancing guidelines. The jockeys gail told me that none of the 25 jockeys at the track have tested positive thus far for covid but they are, they said, very concerned about the closure. Because no races equal no income. No formal statement from berkeley officials on the spike in cases or Contact Tracing efforts. No one yet knows where the finish line is. Im leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. So how are coronavirus cases trending where you live . We made it easy to find out with the exclusive interactive map at abc7news. Com and abc 7 is committed to keeping you fully informed about every development with a covid19 vaccine. Weve assembled our own abc 7 vaccine team. Dr. Patel and kate larson, luz pena and Michael Finney to bring you the most complete coverage and answer every single question you may have about the vaccine. Now today, we start with the latest effort to get a vaccine approved. Foo pfizer filed paperwork to allow emergency use of the covid19 vaccine. That starts the clock on a process that could allow the initial phase of vaccinations as early as next month. The action comes days after f z pfizer and its german partner announced its vaccine appears to be 95 effective preventing mild to severe covid19 disease in a large on going study. Next question is who will get the vaccine once available in according to the National Academy of medicine, the first in line is Front Line Health Care workers and First Responders along with people with High Risk Health conditions. Phase two we go to people over the age of 65, critical workers like teachers and people under 65 who are in prisons or detention centers. Phase three would include young adults and people who work in Industries Like hotels, banks and factories and after that, everybody else can get the vaccine. Now as drug makers race to get a Covid Vaccine available for the public, one company partnered up with kizers Vaccine Study Center in the south bay to expand trials to younger teenagers. I spoke to a doctor and teen who participated in the trial and why she wanted to be part of the solution. On the heels of news pfizers Covid Vaccine trials are 95 effective in adults, the study is expanding. One of the first manufacturers to test those 18 and under, 12 to 15 yeeyearolds will soon participate. Teenagers and Young Children arent thought to get as much disease, especially younger children in terms of disease sev severity but they do get it and transmit it. They hope to enroll 2,000 young people study where two doses are administered 21 days apar aliso 17yearolds. School in san j fo6 theres always been talk of young people gathering and you see new stories about people gathering and transmitting the spreader vents. Did any of this News Coverage infli influence you . Halloween there were a lot of parties with a lot of people not social distancing and not Wearing Masks and that, its, i dont know, thats like probably the worst possible thing its so selfish. Alisonr kizer that participated with her father jeff in the adult portion of the trial. I felt poor. Lethargic. I didnt change my routine or whatever but i did feel lethargic. Experience symptoms but continues to check in with kizer daily. Its an app on my phone that i take my temperature to make sure i dont have a fever every week. That study will continue for two years and if participate, you have to be part of the kizer system. That information can be found on abc7news. Com. Another person close to th positive at the start of the week a. Spokesperson for the president s son says hes been cabin since diagnosis but been completely asymptomatic so far. Of authorities y tion, did campfire . Holiday cheer, how you can still be happy this holiday even when its going to be so different. A to oprah, the n chef behind oaklands brown sugar kitchen. Im spencer christian, dry mild days through the what i wanted my hepatitis c gone. I put off treating mine. Epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. What i just found out about mine. Epclusa has a 98 overall cure rate. I had mine caused liver damage. Epclusa is only one pill, once a day, taken with or without food for 12 weeks. Before starting epclusa, your doctor will test if you have had hepatitis b, which may flare up, and could caus tell your doctor if you have had hepatitis b, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions. And all medicines you take, including herbal supplements. Ng amiodarone with epclusa may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects includ ask your doctor today, if epclusa is your kind of cure. The second in command of the santa clara cou Sheriffs Office is on administrative indicted by a grand jury. Under sheriff rick is charged for his alleged role in a scheme to trade concealed weapons permits for donations to sheriff laurie smiths 2018 reelection campaign. The grand jury indicted captain james jenson. Prosecutors plan to outline the nature of the charges against the two on monday. In all, at least five people now Face Criminal Charges in this been charged. A dozen people are without a place to live right now following this overnight fire at a San Francisco high rise apartment building. That blaze broke out at about th floor of the east Tower Apartments just off the embar ro evacuate. I got up and when i kale out of the apartment unit, the smoke was coming down the hallwa movi. Its not like burning plastic. Yeah, pretty scary. That fire fight wasnt easy. The building doesnt have any sprinklers and crews had to climb the stairs carrying dozens of pounds of equipment. They were able to contain the fire to two floors but not before the flames damags and le uninhabitable. Four people were injured, two investigators are now inside the building trying to determine how it all started. This was the second major fire in the complex in the past two years. New details today on the investigation into pg e and the deadly campfire. At least 84 people were killed r lines in 2018. Th or paradise was virtually wiped out. Pg e pleaded guilty in the case. An investigation from our sister station found that california state utility regulators got in the way of the effort to bring pg e to justice. Here is Investigative Reporter brandon. Reporter when a crime is committed, we expect our governmento Work Together to solve it, but when the biggest Power Company in california committed crimes that killed at least 84 people, thats not what happened. Do you run i thing with any state agency prosecuting crimes . Usually not, not. Reporter the Prosecution Team in buick county told us that instead of helping their investigation, california state utility regulators got in their way. Did it hold the case back . We believe it did, yeah. Reporter District Attorney mike ramsey said the California PublicUtilities Commission made it harder to convict pg e. His deputy mark null, the lead prosecutor said the puc had reams of evidence showing how pg e cut corne er ers maintenant the agency wouldnt share it. There was a lot of stuff that i wish we would have had months earlier. The puc wasnt in a corporative mood. No, they wouldnt give it to us without a sue reporter they say the puc also turned them down when they wanted to talk to the state eat top experts on pg e and power companies. Can you give us not just the information that you got but give us some expert give us some people to help, you got to reporter the president of the company declined our request for an interview. In a written statement they said they were disappointed by the rization prosecutors gave of the agencys behavior. Now to Discovery Bay where a neighborhood is rallying around a family that was the victim of a racist incident this week o w at abc7news. Com this week. Jerrett jones had a white neighbor come over holding a stun gun. She said she was upset about the jones dog and told the jones family to stop quote acting black. Jones joined us on abc 7 getting answers today and said the neighborhood response has been largely positive. We received outpour from, you know, the country club communi neighbors, even from people outside of Discovery Bay who have been showing their support, lo know, just unfortunately, incidents like this are all too common across this country, and so for some, this week reached out to him on behalf of the neighbor in the video, but he says he didnt think it felt genuine. The woman also decli tus. There is a new waterfront oakland. Township commons, the first of five parks to be completed at Brooklyn Basin, a 65 ac housing project. This is at the southern edge of the Brooklyn Basin and includes remanence of the shipping terminal that once filled the e weekend to take a stroll in any park and dion, the countdown on to thanksgiving. Thanksgiving and the holidays, spencer . Well, dion and larry, looks like a nice countdown. You can count on a nice day for thanksgiving. Thats how it looks now. We had a nice day today and continues. Here is a live look. We have sunny skies across the bay area now and seen a few passing high about it and breezy only on or 15 mile per hour wind at Half Moon Bay and 13 sfo and 11 San Francisco but the wind is light elsewhere. Here is the view from the tower looking over the city where it is currently wait, it was 60 now its down to 58. Mid 60s oakland, mountain view, gilroy and Half Moon Bay at 55. Here is a lovely view of the western sky, a bright western sky i might add. Its 66 right now at santa rosa, the view from onc our rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero. Check out the forecast features. Mainly clear and chilly. Cold mornings and mild days lie ahead. Mild days will continue into next week as this dry pattern the looks like its going to go throug end of next week. Here is a look at the forecast animation because its kind of t see much because there wont be much in the way clouds. Just a few quickly passing high clouds. Skies will be mainly clear and thats why temperatures will drop rather low in some of the interior valleys in the north bay where low temperatures will drop into the low 30s at santa rosa and mid 30s in other inland valleys and low 40s near the coast and around the bay shoreline. Tomorrow, look for sunny condity up to about 66 degrees in san jose, 68 morgan hill, on the peninsula with bright skies but high clouds. Mainly mid 60s, about 64 to 66 locations. We can expec degrees Half Moon Bay and 59 pacificia tomorrow and 63 downtown San Francisco, north bay highs 67. San rafael 69 at santa rosa and east bay shoreline and hayward inland east bay well have highs in the mid to upper 60s up to 67 in concord. Perhaps 69 over at fairfield and here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. Cold mornings the next two days saturday and sunday but wd afte tomorrow. Slightly cooler in the afternoon on sunday but for a through frik for mainly sunny skies and high temperaturs near the bay shoreline and that thursday, thanksgiving day, a day to celebrate, a day to be thankful for many things including this weather forecast. Yeah, nothing too s thankful. Thank you. A cell phone could be the link to prote Mental Health crishael finney will have details. And his honey bear art sells out in seconds. Later, hear from the San Francisco street artist f entresto is a Heart Failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. 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