Tonight. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Good evening. More than 18,000 californians have been diagnosed with coronavirus. Imagine the entire town of maraga getting sick. Its the second record in five days. On saturday the record was 15,442 new cases. For perspective, over the past seven days, weve averaged fewer than 14,000 new cases. Over the past two weeks, the average is roughly 11,000. Here is another way to understand whats happening in this graph you can see our summer spike right there in the middle and on the right, the current surge, which eclipses anything weve experienced so far. In many ways, the timing couldnt be worse. Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of thanksgiving travel despite numerous and repeated warnings from Health Agencies against traveling or gathering. Lets take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, San FranciscoInternational Airport and 101 in san jose. Sky 7 was over 680 in the east bay. You can see plenty of cars on the road at 1 00 in the afternoon. At sfo this morning, people on their way to a flight talked to us about their trips. I think as long as we do it safely and wear masks and take precautions, its okay. Not like im itching to go party or anything. Ive been safe, ive been social distancing. Ive been getting my tests regularly and i feel like i agree but also, i just want to be, continue to be safe and fly home to see my family for one day. I think that we got to be smart and be safe because we cant go through life fear. This past sunday was the first time in the pandemic that more than 1 Million People passed through tsa check points and this coming sunday is expected to be busier. Travelers will see these signs reminding them of california and Santa Clara Countys recommendations to quarantine for two weeks after a trip and to get tested. Abc 7 news reached out to sfo and oakland International Airport and neither has signs because there are no county requirements. Starting today, at californias busiest airport, thats lax, travelers need to sign a form acknowledging the States Travel advisory. People must fill it out online if theyre arriving from another state or country by train or plane at lax, california will shut down Outdoor Dining for the next three weeks. Indoor dining was banned. Restaurants and bars can only offer takeout and delivery. Its just been devastating now that we have to close the outside, its we have to tell 11 of our em plployees go home. Los angeles county shut down overnight tv production. Los angeles county has the most coronavirus cases of any county in the state and is the states most restrictive purple tier. The majority of the counties are in the purple tier, so is most of the bay area. Only three local counties, thats San Francisco, san mateo and marin are in the red tier. Santa clara county has the most cases of any bay area county, more than 31,000 the last time we checked and today the county set a record for the highest number of new cases ever. Taking care of our health is one of the ways that we can Work Together on building a better bay area and why chris nguyen went to hear what Santa Clara Countys lead eer had to say abt this. Reporter as the bay area preparing for a thanksgiving unlike any other, Santa Clara County has another urgent warning for the public. Do not have gatherings and do not travel. Period. Reporter today, 512 new cases of covid19 were reported county wide. A new record for the highest daily case count since the start of the pandemic. Perhaps, up to 60 of the times when people are infecting others or infectous them shelves, they have absolutely no symptoms. Reporter the county saw the highest daily number of hospitalizations at just under 200 patients. Troubling numbers at a time of year when most hospitals are busy because of the cold and flu season. We are extremely concerned about what this means for our hospitals ability to care for not only people with covid19 but for other people who need access to care in our hospitals. Reporter stanford hospital is ready to implement its surge plan if icu rates continue to rise. I feel as though for those people who just cant resist getting together that there will be significant consequences. If there is ever a time to shop online during black friday, this is the year to do it. Reporter with black friday shopping on the horizon, county compliance officers are ramping up enforcement through the weekend with backup from county fire. Well be looking at capacity limitations and making sure stores arent overcrowded and social distancing protocols, the orange check mark is posted and the business is committed to doing the right thing. Reporter officials here asking the community to do its part to help reduce the spread. Those little actions combined will help this county again be the resilient county it has been and get through this pandemic but it will take all of us. Reporter in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Santa clara county officials spoke directly to the countys latino population urging them to stay home during the thanksgiving holiday. I beg this community to please stay home. The tragedy would be that instead of making membories or celebrating a beautiful time that we can still share, were going to be planning funerals. The Latino Community makes up 26 of the countys population. Many of whom are front line workers but they represent 59 of the countys coronavirus cases. We learn today about an Encouraging Development in the fight against covid19 in sonoma county. The good news is that our adjusted rate of daily cases per 100,000 population dropped significantly. Its now down to 8. 7 as of this week and as a reminder just a week ago, it was at 15. The countys testing Positivity Rate is Isolation Hotel rooms for people with covid and it keeps the county in the purple most restrictive tier. In marin county, there is temporary closing a restaurant after an employee tested positive for coronavirus. Dozens of people that ordered prethanksgiving meals were caught off guard. Abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard says Health Officials are doing the best they can at contact tracing. Reporter cleaning crews were disinfecting the interior of the Italian Restaurant after a staff member tested positive for covid according to management officials. I made a reservation for Outdoor Dining and i thought this place would be okay and its closed. Reporter customers found the doors locked and this note out front explaining why. We were disappointed, obviously, and yeah, the first thing we thought of is there a covid outbreak . Reporter they are one of 42 customers that preordered thanksgiving dinner. On the website, its built as a thanksgiving feast but now those holiday orders cant be filled. Were visiting them. We were going to have an early thanksgiving with this but now theyre getting some chinese food and other things for us as a backup. Reporter inn an email for thanksgiving customers, they sad we made the decision to temporarily close the restaurant and have all Staff Members tested. This is an extremely difficult decision as we hate to disappoint you on a holiday but the health and safety of our guests and staff is our top priority. This restaurant did the right thing by shutting down right away. Contact tracing can now begin. Our process is to reach out to the establishment, have a conversation with the person infected to determine who they might have had close contact with in the course of their work life. Reporter dr. Willis doesnt believe any recent outdoor diners were at risk. They said all customers that preordered thanksgiving meals will get a full refund. Do you know what the riskiest holiday activities are . Test your knowledge with abc 7s exclusive holiday risk calculator. Medical many perexperts weigh i taking a flight or sharing a meal. Youll find this helpful tool on the abc 7 news app. Details about wide spread edd fraud seeping through california state prisons and county jails. Tens of thousands of inmates are involved in a scheme stealing upwards of a billion dollars worth of unemployment benefits. How exactly did the name of convicted murderer Scott Peterson get included . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into it and is live with the latest. The short answer is there are a number of ways Scott Petersons name could have gotten on this list. Prosecutors say inmates are working with people both inside and outside the prisons to pull this off. But most importantly, for nine months now, the money is not getting to those who need it most. Im down to my last package of ramen. Matthew wilson has barely enough money to survive. Hes one of tens of thousands of californians struggling to get unemployment. Claims were successfully paid out under the names of tens of thousands of Prison Inmates across the state since march. How exactly . The information is being shared to people on the outside. So its not just the inmates that are involved, it people on up outside because people have to receive the money. Reporter San FranciscoDistrict Attorney is one of the lead investigators. She explains most inmates are asking partners outside the prison to file an unemployment claim with their Social Security number. Make a phone call to, say, their friends or family and say can you file a claim on my behalf . We know thats happening because of jail communications. They often times can use the jail phones to make the claims. They can use contraband phones, meaning illegal phones. Reporter from there the edd debit cards are sent to an address criminals stake out to access the money. In a few rare cases, the money is sent directly to the prisons. From march to august 35,000 claims have been filed in the names of california state Prison Inmates including the names of 133 inmates on death row like Scott Peterson. Is there any evidence to suggest Scott Peterson is involved in this . Clearly, the claims were filed under individuals names. Reporter but as she pointed out, just because petersons name is listed, doesnt prove hes directly involved. Because john does name is on the list does not mean john doe did it himself. It could be he was involved or someone else took his identity and did it on his behalf. Reporter Governor Newsom said they will launch a task force to support investigations by local District Attorneys. The governors response is im going to set up a task force. Just now . Another task force . Another strike team . Team . Team . I mean, mr. Governor, get your head out of the French Laundry and do your job. Reporter Jim Patterson sits on the budget subcommittee overseeing edd. He believes the agency could help facilitate the fraud. I think edd is a dim accomplice to this. They were warned about it years ago and a continuing review by the california state auditor and absolutely did nothing. Reporter now people like wilson are paying the price. Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Christmas is a month away and there is people being evicted. Reporter prosecutors have said it is virtually impossible to retrieve the money that has been sent out as a part of this operation. Now, we have tried to reach the edd again today but have yet to hear back. For the iteam, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Thank you so much. Many people have had problems with unemployment claims. Michael finney and the 7 on your side team have been tracking issues. You can reach them at abc7news. Com. Stay here with us. 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Reporter the amount of money to be spent online over the next five days is staggering. Adobe projects 6 billion on thanksgiving, 10 billion on black friday and almost 13 billion on cyber month but cyber criminals will be shopping, too and websites large and small. The reality is that the smaller retailers are just as vulnerable in some cases, theyre even more vulnerable. Reporter because they may not have resources to fight intrusions. Silicon valleys white hat security says organized crime rings and nation states are stealing credit card numbers and exploiting holes in security. One of the ethical hackers is able to have the website shipping products and credit back the hackers credit card so in essence, the hacker was able to have the business pay them for items the business sent to them. Reporter for protection, consumers are urged to use strong passwords, not to verbally give out credit card numbers or save them on a website as part of a customer profile and to be on the alert for suspicious messages with links. They can show up as Text Messages on your mobile phone. Another Silicon ValleyCybersecurity Firm vector ai believes foreign adversaries will exploit the delay transition at the white house and possibe distractions. I am 100 sure there are plenty of gaps to exploit if somebody wants to get focused, which necessitates that whatever transition is occurring now accelerates. Reporter hackers will be stocking you and sites you shop. David louie, abc 7 news. If there is a time to support locally owned Small Businesses, this Holiday Season is it. Oakland mayor libby schaaf said many are hurting from the effects of the pandemic. Put your money where your heart is. 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